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Engadget has posted their review of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.

Compared to the Xoom the main differences are:

Galaxy Tab 10.1 is 1/10th of an inch thinner and 4 ounces lighter.
Galaxy Tab has better rear camera (1080p vs 720p).
Xoom has HDMI out, Galaxy Tab needs an accessory to do HDMI out.
Xoom has SD card slot, Galaxy Tab doesn't.

They conclude the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is the best honeycomb tablet to date but don't take our word for it, click on the link to the review below and see what else they had to say:

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The FCC has posted filing for what appears to be various versions of the Sony S1 android honeycomb tablet.

As well as WiFi only versions of the 9.4" tablet there is a version with WCDMA bands II and V which makes a wireless version for AT&T (USA) and/or Rodgers (Canada) seem likely.

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According to Digitimes industry sources the HTC Puccini 10.1" tablet is going into volume production in the next couple of weeks.

The Puccini will likely be a scaled up version of the 7 inch HTC Flyer (but hopefully not as fat as the flyer), and it is rumored to have a 1.5GHz Qualcomm processor and Android 3.0.1.

Source: Digitimes

Boy Genius Report has posted their review of the HTC Flyer and it matches our first impressions of this 7" Android Tablet:

Bulky
Expensive
Hampered by not having Android 3.0/3.1

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Samsung has confirmed via twitter that their Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet will be released in a few days, they have also announced that it will ship with Android 3.1 already installed.

Everything points to the Galaxy Tab 10.1 being an excellent tablet - android 3.1, thinner than the ipad 2, fast and powerful, the only real question still outstanding is whether it will have a microsd card slot (unlike those handed out to attendees at Google I/O).

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Business Insider has come up with a list of what they think are the top 10 smartphones currently available on AT&T.

To summarize - iphone is better than android, android is better than windows phone 7, windows phone 7 is better than webos, and webos is better than crackberry.

full list at Business Insider

As usual Engadget gets all the cool toys as soon as they are released and they have just posted their review of the HTC Droid Incredible 2.

The Droid Incredible 2 looks to be an excellent Android smartphone that comes in at the higher end of the specs spectrum: 4" gorilla glass WVGA (800x400) display, 1 GHz snapdragon CPU, 768MB RAM, 8 megapixel camera with dual LED flash, and 16gb MicroSD flash card (but only 1.1Gb on board storage).

What was their conclusion? "the Droid Incredible 2 is the best 3G Android smartphone on Verizon today"

Full review at engadget

Barnes & Noble has just announced a new Nook ereader.

The device has an e-ink screen, 2GB storage, microsd expansion, wifi, and can last up to 2 months on a single charge. It runs Android 2.1 and costs just $139.

It is available for pre-order now and ships June 10th.

via Engadget

PC Magazine has come out with some rumors and speculation concerning Amazon's entry into the Android Tablet market.

Their sources claim there will be both 7 inch and 10 inch tablets released by Christmas with e-ink/lcd versions to follow in 2012 or 2013.

The other new rumor is that they will be powered by a quad-core Tegra processor.

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A leaked ROM has exposed some details of the HTC Holiday, a high end android phone coming to AT&T sometime this year.

The specs seem very impressive: a massive 4.5" screen boasting qHD resolution (540x960 pixels), 1.2 GHz dual core snapdragon CPU, 1 GB RAM, dual cameras, and Android Gingerbread 2.3.4.

If phones keep getting bigger and bigger will we see massive pockets and MC Hammer clown pants become fashionable again? I hope not!

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Plex has just announced their their media streaming app for Android has been updated to take advantage of the larger screens of Android 3.0 (honeycomb) Tablets.

With Plex you can stream your movies, music, and TV shows from your PC to your Motorola Xoom/Asus Transformer tablet.

The Plex app costs just $5.

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Sprint just announced they will start selling the Motorola Xoom on May 8th..... a phone company selling a tablet without a cellular connection.

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Pocketnow got the scoop on the specs of the HTC Doubleshot aka the T-Mobile MyTouch 4g Slide:

dual-core 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8660 processor
768MB RAM
3.7-inch WGA display
8-megapixel camera capable of (possibly) recording 1080p 3D video
a forward-facing VGA camera for video chat
FM radio

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No sooner had it arrived than it was sold out.

A combination of high demand and low shipment volume means that this highly anticipated tablet will probably be hard to find for at least the next month.

If you want to get your hands on one I suggest looking on Amazon, Target (via Amazon), Best Buy, Newegg, and Walmart..... and if all else fails you can always find one on ebay (where people are currently paying a premium of $100-$200 over MSRP to get their hands on their very own Asus EEE Pad Transformer.