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Google has released its latest distribution figures for its Android platform, and Android Gingerbread is now on 55.5 percent of all Android devices, this is up from 50 percent in December. Android 2.2 Froyo is still in second place with 30.4 percent of Android devices, which is then followed by … [Read more...] about Android Gingerbread Now On 55 Percent Of Android Devices

We just heard that Asus has confirmed that they will provide a bootloader unlock tool for their Transformer Prime tablet, and now we have details on when the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update will be released for the Transformer Prime. Asus has confirmed that the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich … [Read more...] about Android 4.0 ICS Update Headed To Transformer Prime January 12th

A new tablet has entered the India tablet market from Classteacher Learning Systems called the Classpad. This new entrant is now looking to give the Aakash $50 budget tablet a little competition. The Aakash has already started well though and has already chalked up 1.4 million pre-orders in just two … [Read more...] about Classpad Enters Indian Tablet Market To Compete With Budget Aakash Tablet

It looks like Asus intends to release an official statement regarding the locked bootloader on the Transformer Prime that we heard about yesterday, as the company has now posted the following on their Facebook page. Official statement on bootloader for the Prime coming in a bit. Hang on tight … [Read more...] about Asus Responds To Transformer Prime Locked Bootloader

Last month HTC released the Android 3.2 Honeycomb update for their HTC Flyer tablet. Initially, the update was only available for the WiFi and 3G version of the HTC Flyer. However, it now appears that the update has also been released for the WiFi-only version, much to the delight of users who have … [Read more...] about HTC Flyer WiFi Gets Android 3.2 Honeycomb Update

We recently heard about the latest budget Android tablet from India, which is called the Akash, and now it looks like the device is going to be extremely popular as the manufacturers, Datawind, have received over 1.4 million pre-orders in the first two weeks. Datawind is stepping up production of … [Read more...] about India’s Akash $50 Budget Tablet Hits 1.4 Million Pre-orders In Two Weeks

Yesterday we heard that Asus's new quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 3 tablet, the Transformer Prime comes with a locked bootloader, which means developers won't be able to create custom ROMs for the device and it will only be able to run packages signed by Asus. The developer community is less than pleased … [Read more...] about Asus Transformer Prime Fans Launch Petition To Get Bootloader Unlocked