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Android tablet

A tablet that runs the Android operating system. In May 2010, an Android tablet with a case that resembled the iPad was introduced in China. Android tablets debuted in the U.S. in late 2010 with the Samsung Galaxy Tab and Motorola Xoom.

Unlike the iPad, where only a couple top models is available from Apple, Android tablets are offered by Samsung, Motorola, Dell, Amazon, Acer, Asus and other vendors. See Android, Android laptop, AOSP and tablet.

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The Lenovo Tab E7 will be a Walmart-exclusive Android tablet and will be available sometime in October.

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Future of Android Tablets May Be Chrome OS

The Xolo QC800 is the Best Android Tablet for users looking for screens above 7-inches.

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And learning to use an android tablet could help improve memory while at the same time bringing you into the twenty first century; allowing you to keep in touch with family and friends near and far.

AT LAST! an Android tablet for beginners; IF YOU feel technology is leaving you behind and you don't know your iPad from your elbow; Twitter is something that birds do; and Facebook means looking at a book to read, then you are probably one of hundreds of thousands who feel isolated from the outside world, with everyone speaking a strange new language

Handheld Group, a manufacturer of rugged mobile computers, has added e-ticket capabilities with an RFID reader to Algiz RT7, a new version of its Algiz RT7 Android tablet, so transit workers can use it for mobile ticketing tasks, the company said.

Handheld adds e-ticketing capabilities to ALGIZ RT7 Android tablet

The same stands true for most Android tablets, too.

Tablet with a difference

Sony describes the device as "the most premium, high performance 10.1-inch Android tablet available," which may be true, but only because Sony isn't pitting it against the Galaxy Note 8.0 or the Nexus 7, two smaller tablets that absolutely run rings around the Xperia Tablet Z.

Sony in retrograde

SCROLL EXTREME TABLET pounds 189.99 www.storageoptions.com If you want to watch films, play games or need the internet while you're away, this Android tablet could be the answer.

Put the planet in your pocket

GADGETS GADGETS ASUS EEE PAD TRANSFORMER PRIME EUR598 with dock A,device of two-halves, the Prime is a 10.1in touchscreen Android tablet that's also able to moonlight as a laptop with its clever snap-on keyboard.

Keep taking the tablets

According to the company, the free feature allows Digital TV customers to programme their DVR, add favourite channels and use their Android tablet as a remote control.

TWC TV app now available for Android tablets

Chinaqualitycrafts.com reports thatalthough Android Tablet PC accounts for about one-third of the market share, but Google's boot data have shown that Android Tablet PC's starting rate is not really high, especially compared with the iPad which has nearly 30 million units sold.

Chinaqualitycrafts.com: Android Tablet PC's Oversupply Forced Manufacturers into Price War

You can use the Chrome OS browser and extensions to access content on the web, which is faster and more powerful than the browser on Android tablets. The Play Store gives you access to all the apps you'd want to use on an Android tablet as well.