Chinese tablet maker Ainol is stepping up from its ICS-running Novo 7 to the Novo 7 Crystal, a new dual-core 1.5GHz model running Jelly Bean for $139. Below the hood is an Amlogic 8726-M6 Cortex A9 processor, a Mali 400 GPU, 1GB of RAM and 8GB of int…
The sea of budget-friendly slates just keeps on comin’ — and hey, we’re certain you won’t mind it in the least. This time around it’s Kogan bringing its own sub-$200 Agora tablet to folks living in the land of Oz. Those near 200 bucks will give Auss…
Tablets are are great and all, but they sure can be expensive — especially if you want one running a newer version of Android. Step in Xtex’s $150 My Tablet, a 7-inch device loaded with Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.3, a 16GB HDD (expandable to 48 GB via it…
There’s a new entrant in the cut-throat world of British budget tablet makers: Birmingham-based Ergo Electronics. It previewed its new GoTab line of Ice Cream Sandwich-powered slates and e-readers at this year’s Gadget Show Live, but our interest was…
It’s a tired promise for too many gadgets: Ice Cream Sandwich, just like the Gingerbread man before it, is coming… soon. You have to hand it to Acer, then, for bypassing those vague release schedules and actually pushing out a software update to the…
We were so busy fondling gaming machines and touchscreen Ultrabooks at CeBIT last week that we missed that tablet you see up there. That would be the Prestigio Multi 9.7, which — surprise, surprise — sports a 9.7-inch display. What’s intriguing to u…
Picture the scene: you’re checking your emails on a shiny new device (worth two months pay) and from nowhere, a greasy-fingered infant is screaming at you to play. Reluctantly, you pass it over, watching your own hands cup the air beneath any potent…
