Motorola XOOM WiFi Tablet Now Available For $499

Motorola has officially dropped the price of the WiFi-only XOOM tablet. This Android tablet is now available for only $499 each. The Motorola XOOM WiFi features a 10.1-inch (1280 x 800) display, a 1GHz nVidia Tegra 2 dual core processor, the Google Android 3.1 OS, a 24Whr battery, 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, a 2MP front-facing camera, and a 5MP rear camera with auto-focus and a LED flash.

Via -  Motorola.com

ViewSonic ViewPad 7x rebranded as Camangi Mangrove 7

The Taiwanese company has announced a new tablet Camangi Android available from August for the Japanese market: it is the Mangrove 7, which as the name implies, will have a 7 inch display.

Equipped with a Honeycomb Android 3.1, the operating system (updated) designed specifically for this kind of mobile devices, the new Mangrove 7 presents interesting features: NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor, 1 GB RAM, 1024 x 800p resolution, 8 GB of internal memory expandable through the microSD slot, port Micro USB 2.0, WiFi B / G / N, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, HDMI mini port, GPS and AGPS, and finally dual camera, 2 MP 5 MP the front and rear, also with LED flash.

The design is quite compact, with measurements of 195 x 122 x 11.92 mm and weighs only 380 grams. Forget about 'longing for the 1600 mAh battery that promises a great time.

The Mangrove Camangi 7 will be sold in Japan with a price equivalent to about 420 euros if it was exported to Europe with the same value, this tablet would not hurt to approach, but so far no official announcement has come from Camangi about the spread of the device outside the borders of Asia.

iriver P8 player pops up on Russian site, packs prodigious battery life

It's been a while since iriver last updated its P series of large-screen portable media players, -- so long in fact, that we thought the series had simply been retired. Imagine our surprise, when this five-incher popped up on the company's Russian site, sporting a long list of supported file formats, and an even longer battery life (up to nine hours of video and 40 hours of audio). The P8 comes in 8GB and 16GB flavors, but also packs a microSD slot for tacking on additional storage. You're not limited to watching clips on the 800 x 480 touchscreen either, the player boasts an HDMI port for pushing HD content straight to a TV. Of course, whether or not this half-inch thick, half-pound device ever makes it to American shores or how much it will cost when it does remains to be seen. Check out the gallery of press shots below.

Acer Aspire One Happy 2 Color-Inspired Netbooks

Following the original Aspire One Happy, Acer introduces for the US market its new Aspire One Happy 2 color-inspired stylish netbook, which comes in four colors with unique names – Banana Cream, Blueberry Shake, Papaya Milk, and Strawberry Yogurt. The 10.1-inch netbook is boosted by Intel’s Atom N570 dual core processor, integrated graphics and 1GB of DDR3 memory.

The Aspire One Happy 2 has a 10.1-inch CrystalBrite LED-backlit display. It comes with a 250GB hard drive. The netbook supports WiFi 802.11b/g/n connectivity and features built-in 0.3 Megapixel webcam, digital microphone, stylish white keyboard that is 93 percent of a standard size keyboard for convenient typing on the go.

MSI WindPad 110W Windows 7 Tablet PC and WindPad 100A Android Tablet

MSI Announced at the Computex 2011 two new tablet devices, the 110W WindPad running Windows 7 and the WindPad 100A Android tablet. WindPad These devices are designed in collaboration with fashion designer Jeremy Scott.

The 100W is powered by AMD’s Brazos Fusion dual-core processor, 2GB of RAM and Radeon HD6250 graphics. It packs up to 64GB SSD for storage. It weighs 850g. The WindPad 100A, on the other hand, sports dual-core ARM Cortex A9 processor, 1GB of memory and 32GB SSD. Both devices are equipped with G-sensor, Ambient light sensor, SD card slot, USB connector and HDMI port.

The 110W and 100A come with a 10-inch 1280×800 IPS touchscreen display and support WiFi 802.11b/g/n connectivity. Also included is the SRS PC Sound audio enhancement technology.

[MSI.com]