Apple stops Samsung Tab 10.1 in Europe, now goes after Motorola's XOOM

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

After managing to stop the sale of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia early this month, Apple has put a kibosh on the Tab's sale in Europe when a European court has blocked the sale of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 across the European Union, in every member state except the Netherlands. Now, Apple has sued Motorola Mobility for various alleged patent infringements present in their Motorola XOOM tablet.

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Motorola XOOM zips down in price, now $499 for a 32GB Honeycomb tablet

Our friends from MobileSyrup.com reported that Motorola's XOOM tablet is now $100 cheaper in Future Shop and Best Buy. The dual-core 1GHz tablet comes with 32Gb memory as well as a great assortment of features. We've had a lab unit for testing apps and there are a number of things we like about it like the quick recharge time, quick response and slick metal body, we also love the video quality on the XOOM although the slow adoption of apps has kept us from spending a lot of time with it.

At $499, this is a really great price for a 32GB 10.1" tablet, specially since Android 3.1 and 3.2 are on their way and should refine the experience. This makes other $499 16GB tablets seem expensive now, and the 16GB 7" inch tablets now just look exorbitant. How will competition react?

Why the price drop?

It is hard to speculate or guess what Motorola is thinking but they are either clearing the way for an updated model or sales are far below their expectations and slashing prices is one sure way to get people's interest.

Sources: MobileSyrup.com

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Review: HTC Flyer 7" inch 16GB WiFi tablet

Text and photos Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

At first glance, one could find many things wrong with the HTC Flyer WiFi tablet. It runs a non-tablet version of Android, it uses a single-core Snapdragon processor, its screen is only 7" inches wide and it has a $80 digital pen that works mostly on HTC Sense overlay.

So, why is it one of the most desirable devices we've seen in a long time? We spent a week with HTC Flyer and tried to dig deeper.

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Acer Iconia Android tablet now available for pre-order at Future Shop for $499

The deluge of $499 10"1 tablets continues with Acer's Iconia WiFi tablet on pre-order from Future Shop. The Iconia has the same specs as the Motorla XOOM but is slightly heavier and only features 1GB of memory (you can expand this yourself up to 32GB via a microSD card).