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• Amazon now selling Kindle Fire HD tablets in Australia

  By Ross Catanzariti | 24 May, 2013 09:18

  Amazon will officially sell its Kindle Fire HD 8.9" and Kindle Fire HD tablets in Australia from next month, almost nine months since the devices officially went on sale in the US.

• ASUS Fonepad dialling into Australia from June

  By Ross Catanzariti | 23 May, 2013 09:25

  Taiwanese consumer electronics manufacturer ASUS has announced that its new 7-inch Android tablet, the Fonepad, will be available in Australia from early June.

• HP brings Android to laptops with SlateBook X2

  By Agam Shah | 15 May, 2013 04:06

  Hewlett-Packard has given the "Android treatment" to its latest laptop-tablet hybrid, which is called SlateBook X2 and has a detachable 10-inch screen that can independently function as a tablet.

• Sony Xperia Tablet Z landing in June

  By Ross Catanzariti | 10 May, 2013 16:07

  Sony has announced that its water and dust resistant Xperia Tablet Z will be available in Australia from next month in both Wi-Fi and 4G variants.

• Amazon's new China app store could help pave way for Kindle products

  By Michael Kan | 06 May, 2013 08:19

  Amazon.com has updated its mobile app store to include support for its Chinese customers, in a sign that the U.S. company could be preparing to sell its Kindle e-readers and tablets in the country.

• HP ships $US169 Slate 7 Android tablet

  By Agam Shah | 26 April, 2013 19:31

  Hewlett-Packard on Friday started shipping its US$169.99 Slate 7 tablet with Android 4.1, which signals the company's reentry into the consumer tablet market after the TouchPad imploded in 2011.

• HP could bury TouchPad fiasco with $169 Slate 7 tablet

  By Agam Shah | 26 April, 2013 08:19

  Hewlett-Packard in the next few days will ship the (AUD$199) US$169 Slate 7, the company's first product for the consumer tablet market since the spectacular failure of the WebOS-based TouchPad in 2011.

• Microsoft signs patent licensing deal with Foxconn covering Android, Chrome devices

  By Michael Kan | 17 April, 2013 04:46

  Microsoft has signed up another major electronics manufacturer to its Android and Chrome patent licensing program, this time Taiwan's Foxconn, which will pay royalties to the U.S. software giant.

• Google woos developers as software becomes more important

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 17 May, 2013 15:43

  Google did its best to court developers at this year's I/O conference with a much-needed integrated developer environment, API for better games and the ability to more easily translate apps. Their allegiance will become increasingly important as smartphone and tablet hardware sees fewer dramatic improvements.

• Is Android in the business world to stay?

  By Jon Gold | 02 April, 2013 11:16

  It's official, and it's been official for a while -- Android is far and away the most popular smartphone OS in America. Ever since January 2011, when the platform surpassed RIM to take the top spot for the first time in comScore's monthly market share rankings, Google's operating system has continued to grow its user base, which accounts for 52% of the market as of this January.

• Preview: Sony Xperia Tablet Z

  By Ross Catanzariti | 23 January, 2013 16:08

  Sony has lifted the lid on its latest Android tablet, a 10.1in device that's thinner than Apple's iPad mini.

• Google Nexus 10: First look

  By Ross Catanzariti | 07 December, 2012 15:35

  Despite being as rare as hen's teeth, we've managed to hunt down a review unit of the Nexus 10, Google's first 10in Android tablet. Here's our first impressions.

• As it turns five, Android solidifies its smartphone OS dominance

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 02 November, 2012 19:56

  Five years after its inception, Android is more dominant than ever in the smartphone OS market, despite facing a number of challenges along the way.

• Guide: The best tablet for you

  By Melissa J. Perenson | 30 November, 2011 02:31

  For a long time, you didn’t have much choice if you were in the market for a tablet--Apple’s iPad was the only good option. But that’s starting to change: Though the iPad 2 remains the top slate overall, the best choice for you may well be one that runs Google’s Android operating system.

• Technology argument 5: iPad vs. everything else

  By John Cox | 02 November, 2011 21:33

  We debated whether to call this piece "iPad vs. Motorola Xoom" or "iPad vs. Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1" or whatever the Android tablet du jour is. But really it's still "iPad vs Everything Else."

• How to buy a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia

  By Ross Catanzariti | 13 October, 2011 15:03

  Apple has just won a Federal Court case which prevents Samsung from selling the Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android tablet in Australia in the immediate future. However, if you're an Aussie who desperately wants to get your hands on the Galaxy Tab 10.1 right now, there are a few ways to do so.