According to a recent report by ABI Research, Android tablets have taken 20 percent of the market from Apple’s iPad over the past year. However, analyst Jeff Orr says that no single tablet has yet been able to challenge the iPad, which might be caused by the high prices of Android tablets. More »

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-Twitter fanatics, rejoice as Twitter for Android has been upgraded to 1.0.3. All those bugs are now no more.

-All Samsung Galaxy S phones use Gorilla glass displays, so go ahead and drop them to your heart’s content (although you know, just cause the outside isn’t scratched doesn’t mean the inside isn’t broken).

-New Yorkers, listen up. DLP Mobile has released a Next Train NYC Android app, for subway schedulings on the go (and NYC trivia for when you’re on that train). More »

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Verizon is expected to be carrying tablets in the near future, and its close relationship with Motorola leads to speculation that Motorola’s 10-inch tablet could be headed to the CDMA carrier as an opponent for AT&T’s iPad. One fresh report suggests that Motorola’s slate will be launched with Android 3.0 Gingerbread in November. More »

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We are no strangers to inexpensive tablets from the Far East, but US retailer Kmart is among the first to introduce consumers to an affordable iPad alternative. For $149.99 (though not yet in stock), the GENTOUCH tablet looks pretty spicy. More »

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From Ziggytek: When ASUS announced its EP101TC, the tablet was running Windows CE, but like most manufacturers, ASUS has thought better of it and will instead use Google’s Android. More »

An “AT&T source” has told BGR that the Dell Streak is hitting American streets on July 19th. If that date is correct, then Dell must be about ready to unleash Android 2.1 Eclair for the Streak, which is weighed down by Android 1.6. More »

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By Q4, LG will have an updated SU950 that comes loaded with Android 2.2 FroYo. Naturally, the SU950 out now will be upgraded to FroYo simultaneously. More »

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From Ziggytek: It also boots Windows CE, but no one cares about that. Witstech’s 7-inch (800×480) Android 2.1 tablet that houses a solid 600MHz TI OMAP3430 is going for the sum of an 8Gb iPod Touch but has far more capabilities as a multimedia player. More »

From Ziggytek: Available exclusively in the UK from eXpansys, the £299.99 VAT included ($452) Huawei is a 7-inch (800×480) Android Eclair slate that is a promising alternative to the Dell Streak, which is £130 more. More »

Do you recall the iPed that stole some attention during Apple’s Chinese iPad launch? That iPed is a bottom rung slate with a 7″ touchscreen and a slow processor. The Orphan M16 has a 10.2-inch (1024×600) display, Android 2.1, and a fast 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8 CPU, and it is obtainable for $290 USD. More »

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