Vizio has begun taking pre-orders for its new 8 inch Android tablet. They are hosting a pre-order via their site where you can plop down $400 to reserve your piece of Gingerbread tablet action. The Vizio Tablet will go up for limited pre-order starting today and will start shipping out on July 18th. A week later, on July 25th the tablet will show up in retail stores. The pre-order price appears to be slightly higher than earlier reports suggested, with several rumors and a Walmart leak pointing to a budget-focused pricing structure starting at $349. Vizio’s tablet is rather unique from most of the Android tablets on the market today. It has an 8 inch, 1024 x 768 pixel display and runs Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread.

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Shuttle has rolled out new barebone PC dubbed as H3 6700G Gaming PC and it’s now available in the States. The desktop has very unique design and coming with Intel’s second generation Core i processor. Inside the aluminum chassis there’s a motherboard using Intel’s H67 Express chipset for the latest Sandy Bridge Core i3/i5 /i7 processors, along with LGA1155 for GPU enhancement, SATA-III 6Gbps support and two SATA-II 3Gbps connections. The Shuttle H3 6700G is backed up by an Nvidia GeForce GTX 560, as much as 16 gig of DDR3 RAM, a 500 gig hard drive, gigabit ethernet, 7.1 channel surround sound. The Shuttle PC also provides its own next-generation I.C.E. 2 heat pipe technology to keep things running cool inside a small form factor design and this water cooling system will make sure low temperature for a long time.

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Recent video and photo from Germany’s Golem website get us an outlook of Sony S2 and S1 Honeycomb tablet. According to the guys at Androidpit.de, both tablets will launch with the Sony PlayStation Suite. Golem compared the feel to a Nintendo DS, and noted that it includes an obvious Playstation logo, suggesting that this device is designed for mobile gaming. Crash Bandicoot of PlayStation fame was played on the large tablet in a 4:3 aspect ratio. The two Android Honeycomb tablets will be powerful Tegra 2 dual-core devices geared for PlayStation gaming. The S1 has a 9.4-inch screen, boasts a Tegra 2 chip and has dual cameras. The S1 also has a proprietary USB connector that can be used to connect adapters and accessories, said the German blog. The S2 is a clamshell tablet which has two 5.5-inch displays. It also has Tegra 2 and dual cameras.

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Sharp has sent yet another Galapagos tablet over to the FCC. The Galapagos line of tablets from Sharp were last seen earlier this year when a 5.5-inch and 10.8-inch model were revealed in an FCC filing. The new tablet is called the EB-W71LJ-H, and based on Sharp’s naming convention thus far. The only details to emerge from the FCC testing reveal, unsurprisingly, that it is equipped with an 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi radio and that it is, indeed, on its way into America.

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According to FCC documents released, the Galaxy Tab 8.9 wil be be compatible with AT&T in the United States. The test reports confirm that the Galaxy Tab 8.9 will carry AT&T’s 850/1900MHz GSM bands along with the WCDMA bands II and V. It uses the model number A3L-GTP730. The new Tab is much the same as the old Tab (i.e. the 10.1) but packed into a smaller package. this actual model is not just WiFi-only just like the current Galaxy Tab 10.1 — it also sports 3G connectivity. The filing reveals little else about the Galaxy Tab 8.9, a device that is thought to have a 8.9-inch (obviously) display with 1280×900 resolution, a 3-megapixel rear-camera, 2-megapixel front-camera, a bunch of storage options, and a Tegra 2 dual-core processor.

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HP Have confirmed the UK release date for the HP TouchPad. UK availability for HP’s 9.7-incher has been revealed as coming on July 15th with all the usual suspects taking part: Carphone Warehouse, PC World, Argos, Amazon, and, of course, HP.com. the HP TouchPad WiFi version will retail at £399 for the 16GB and £479 for the 32GB. HP TouchPad is boasts a 1.2GHz Snapdragon dual-core processor and 1GB of RAM. This TouchPad tablet is a 9.7-inch capacitive touchscreen display with a resolution of 1024 x 768 pixel, stereo speakers with Beats Audio technology, a front-facing 1.3 megapixel webcam, and a 6300 mAh battery.

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Cisco today announced the long-awaited suggested price on its upcoming Cius Android tablet and said it will be available worldwide on July 31. Cisco will be pitching the Cius tablet to businesses for the steep entry price of $750. The Cius will seem expensive compared to the iPad 2, which starts at $499. However, Cisco has a strong enterprise following and has named business customers among early Cius users who apparently see the value of a new set of AppHQ applications built specially for the Cius. Cisco also rolled out a new application Relevant Products/Services ecosystem called AppHQ that will give IT Relevant Products/Services administrators full management and deployment control over which Cius tablet apps Relevant Products/Services can be deployed within the enterprise as well as which employees have access to specific apps. Cisco’s 7-inch Cius will runs on Android 2.2 and weighs 1.5 lbs. Under the hood, the device has a very power-efficient Intel Atom Z615 chip at 1.2GHz.

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The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is not only the slimmest, but one of the hottest Android tablets out there. This is one of the best tablets on the market and one of the best challengers to the iPad 2. The tablet is now available for pre-order at Verizon Wireless, which was earlier scheduled to be available for pre-order on June 8th. Pricing is $529.99 for the 16GB models (there’s white and grey) and $629.99 for the 32GB ones – provided you agree with a 2-year contract. Those who will go for a contract agreement with the device will have four different options at their disposal, including one at $20 per month, with 1GB of data included, a $35 monthly option for 3GB of data, $50 for 5GB of data, and $80 for 10GB.

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iRiver was well known for their MP3 player and PMPs products. It seems that they just need to move on and offer the today’s device, an Android tablet. netbooknews has reported that iRiver has unveiled a seven-inch MX100 Android tablet in China. The tablet, which was shown at an iRiver event recently in China, appears to be a seven-inch model and is rumored to be called the iRiver MX100, says the story. The tablet, which was shown at an iRiver event recently in China, appears to be a seven-inch model and is rumored to be called the iRiver MX100, says the story.

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Olympus has announced the new Olympus PEN E-P3, Olympus PEN E-PL3 Lite, and Olympus PEN E-PM1 Mini. dpreview.com explained that these closely-related sister models (formally called E-PL3 and E-PM1) feature similar specifications but smaller bodies that borrow heavily from the styling of the company’s XZ-1 enthusiast compact
The Olympus PEN E-P3 is the new flagship PEN camera with interchangeable MICRO Four Thirds lenses featuring a new Live MOS image sensor and a new image processing engine (TruePic VI Image Processor). The PEN EP3 boasts a new 12.3 MP Live MOS Sensor, enhanced low-light performance with AF illuminator and 12,800 ISO, 3-inch OLED Touch Screen (614K pixels) and full HD video capture (AVCHD or AVI). The most noticeable feature is the super fast auto-focus with 35 separate focus points and the shutter response time of less than 60 milliseconds!The Olympus PEN E-P3 will be available in black, white and silver, starting in August 2011 for $899.99

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