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Toys R Us Releases $200 Tablet For Kids

Tired of your children hogging your tablet all of the time? Now you can buy them their own Android slate for only $200! Toys R Us teamed up with app developer FUHU to create the Nabi Tablet for kids. They're calling it an "affordable" tablet for children, but a $200 coloring book seems kind of pricey to me. However, it does feature some impressive specs for a children's toy.

The Nabi is powered by a 533MHz dual-core Cortex A9 processor, and it features its own kid friendly user interface on top of Android. It ships with WI-Fi, a front facing camera and 1080p HD video playback. There is also a Nabi App Store with over 500 apps to download (from $1 to $6).

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HTC Flyer $100, HTC EVO 3D $50 For New Sprint Customers (UPDATED)

Best Buy is clearing out their inventory of HTC Flyers by discounting the $500 tablet to $100. BestBuy.com has sold out, but maybe one of your local stores has a few left. It's worth the call. I'm not sure why they're reducing their stock, maybe they're making room for the Kindle Fire, which has already sold over 95,000 units before its release.

Amazon is also offering the HTC EVO 3D for $50 to new Sprint customers. Existing Sprint customers can nab one for $100. Not a bad deal, you can get a great smartphone and top of the line tablet for around $200!

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HTC Flyer Tablet Dropped to $300 to Compete With Low Cost Kindle Fire

The HP TouchPad and Kindle Fire have created a domino effect in tablet prices. Best Buy permanently dropped the HTC Flyer to $300 on Saturday to compete with the low cost Amazon tablet. That's $200 less than its normal $500 asking price. The 7-inch 16GB Flyer is available at Best Buy stores and online at Bestbuy.com.

RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook also received a temporary price cut from Best Buy on Thursday. The 16GB RIM tablet is now $300, the 32GB version is $400, and the 64GB model was dropped to $500. The PlayBook sale ends on October 8.

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Pre-order Amazon's Kindle Fire Today (iPad 2 Comparison)

Amazon is accepting pre-orders for its newly announced Kindle Fire starting today. The tablet will be released on November 15, on a first come, first served basis with free shipping.

The Kindle Fire is an affordable option to Apple's iPad and it features over 16,000 apps compared to the NOOK Color's 729 available apps. The Gorilla Glass protected, multitouch IPS display features the same resolution (1024 x 600) as the BlackBerry Playbook. It's a light (14.6 ounces) 7-inch tablet with a TI OMAP4 dual-core processor, 8GB of internal storage with 8-hours of continuous reading, and 7.5 of video playback time.

The Kindle Fire runs its own smoother version of Android, but features no camera, microphone or 3G. It does offer WiFi and a 30-day trial of Amazon Prime ($79 per year for access to Amazon's movie and TV streaming service). It's built for entertainment with fast web browsing on Amazon Silk, and its 18 million movies, TV shows, songs, magazines, and books.

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Upgrade Your Motorola Xoom to 4G LTE

The Motorola Xoom 4G LTE upgrade will begin on Thursday (9/29/11) for all Xoom owners. The upgrade requires existing owners to ship their tablets back to Motorola to have the LTE radio installed. New customers can pick up a 4G ready Xoom from Verizon starting on October 13th for around $500.

If you're ready to start your upgrade and don't suffer from separation anxiety, check out the "Getting Ready Guide" here, and visit the Verizon support page for complete instructions on how to start the process. There is even a Benefits of 4G LTE page for people who are unsure about making the leap.

Read on for more info via the official press release.

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Gartner Drops Android Tablet Projections 28 Percent For 2011

Gartner's revised tablet numbers for 2011 and comments about the iPad probably won't sit well with Android fans. The research firm said tablet sales will continue to grow through 2015 reaching 326.3 million units, and Apple will retain its 50 percent plus of the market share through 2014.

Gartner dropped its Android projections by 28 percent from last quarter because, "Apple delivers a superior and unified user experience."

"Unless competitors can respond with a similar approach, challenges to Apple’s position will be minimal," Carolina Milanesi, research vice president at Gartner explained.

Gartner's Android projections would've been lower if it weren't for the rumored $250 Amazon Tablet and "success of lower-end tablets in Asia." Gartner said Google's OS suffers from high prices and limited application options:

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Asus Eee Pad Slider Finally Available For Purchase

The Asus Eee Pad Slider is finally available from a variety of outlets including Amazon. The 16GB and 32GB models are selling for around $480 and $600. A little pricier than we originally reported.

Engadget is also reporting that the Archos 80 G9 tablets are shipping a little earlier than expected. An Engadget reader said he ordered a few of them on Tuesday, and they actually arrived the next day.

Another unrelated Android device that received an official release date was AT&T's Samsung Galaxy S II. The smartphone will be available on October 2nd for around $200. The AT&T version will feature no physical home button and a dual-core Exynos processor. The only difference from the Sprint version is there is no NFC chip inside.

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Archos to Launch First Affordable Honeycomb Tablet on September 20th

Ever since the HP TouchPad fire sale, people have been looking for the next affordable tablet. Thankfully for bargain shoppers Archos is launching its G9 line which features the first dual-core Honeycomb 3.2 tablets for around $300.

The 8-inch slates will be available in 8GB, 16GB and 250GB versions. The 8GB tablet will retail for around $300 and features a 1GHz dual-core OMAP4 processor. The 16GB and 250GB will pack a 1.5GHz dual-core OMAP4 processor and will retail for around $329 and $369.

The 10-inch variants will come with either 16GB and 250GB of internal storage and a 1.5GHz OMAP4 processor. SRP is $400 and $470. All the tablets will be powered by Android 2.3 Honeycomb and feature Adobe Flash 10.3 support.

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Let the Tablet Wars Begin: Amazon Set to Slash Tablet Prices

TechCrunch claims that they've seen the rumored Amazon tablet that is supposed to be the first and only device to challenge the iPad. The tech blog says the new Amazon slate looks like the BlackBerry PlayBook and features a 7-inch backlit color capacitive screen. A 10-inch tablet is also in the works, but won't launch with the 7-inch as originally reported. Amazon is going to launch the 7-inch in November for $250 (around the same price as the Barnes & Noble NOOK Color), and if it does well, follow it with the 10-inch tablet in Q1 of 2012.

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The Motorola XOOM 4G LTE Upgrade is Rolling Out Early, But Not For Everyone!

We've been burned by Motorola Xoom 4G LTE e-mails before. At least this time Droid Life actually published a screen shot of an e-mail with directions on how to receive the upgrade, but don't get too excited, it's not for everyone!

A 4G LTE capable Xoom isn't a fantasy, back in June Motorola sent e-mails to a few Xoom customers asking them to return their tablets so they could receive their upgrades. Motorola later revealed that it was an automated e-mail error:

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