It's true that cheap affordable Android tablets are a dime a dozen at most trade shows these days, but here at CTIA 2013 we stumbled upon something that caught our eye -- a 7-inch dual-core tablet running Jelly Bean that costs just $65. The Maxwest TAB-7155DC aka. Ippo Y88 measures 182 x 122 x 10mm (7.16 x 4.8 x 0.39inch), weighs 187g (6.6oz) and comes in several hues (black, white, silver, red, blue and pink). It features a 7-inch 1024 x 600-pixel capacitive multitouch LCD, an Infotmic IMAPx820 SoC (1GHz dual-core Cortex A5 CPU with Mali 400 GPU), 512MB of RAM, 4GB of built-in storage, dual VGA cameras (front and back), WiFi b/g/n and a 2800mAh battery. The screen isn't covered in glass and there's no sign of any Bluetooth or GPS radios, but then again, what do you expect for $65? You''ll find a power / lock key, DC socket, micro-USB port (with on-the-go support) and mini-HDMI output on the top edge, plus a 3.5mm headphone jack, volume rocker and microSD card slot on the right side. A microphone and speaker round things up in back. The tablet runs a mostly stock version of Jelly Bean (Android 4.1.1, to be specific) and includes the usual assortment of Google apps along with access to the Play Store. Performance is adequate -- not buttery smooth but perfectly usable. Build quality and materials are surprisingly decent for the price (the plastic is color-through), but the display leaves a lot to be desired (viewing angle are poor and the acrylic covering the screen is scratch-prone). Then again, it's only $65, right? Check out the gallery below for our rose-colored hands-on with this inexpensive tablet. See All Photos

Source: Hands-on with Maxwest's $65 7-inch dual-core Jelly Bean tablet at CTIA 2013

		There are a lot of 7-inch tablets on the market, but few can be had at a US-based retailer for less than 100 bucks. Chinese manufacturer Hisense is set to undercut that saturated market with a pair of budget Jelly Bean tablets: the Sero 7 LT, priced at $99, and the Sero 7 Pro with a $149 MSRP. While both devices include similar housings, the internals differ significantly, as you might expect. The cheaper model includes a 1.6GHz dual-core CPU, 1GB of RAM, 4 gigs of internal storage (plus a microSD slot with support for 32GB cards), a 1,024 x 600-pixel 7-inch display, 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera, a four-hour battery and Android 4.1. The Pro model boasts a 1.3GHz quad-core Tegra 3 processor, 1GB RAM, 8 gigs of storage, an upgraded 1,280 x 800 display, a 2MP camera up front with a 5MP cam on the rear, up to 10 hours of battery life and Android 4.2. You should be able to snag both tablets at your local Walmart store or through the retailer's website beginning tomorrow.

Source: Hisense's Sero 7 LT and Pro tablets hit Walmart stores tomorrow for $99, $149

HUNDREDS of millions of Google users already send photos, documents, videos and event invitations via the company's Gmail service. Now the web search giant is enabling them to send cash as well.
Google announced the new payment feature at its I/O conference in San Francisco this month and said that it would work even with recipients who don't have a Gmail account.

The scheme works in conjunction with Google's online payment service, Google Wallet, and will be free to users who link directly to their bank account. For those who wish to deduct payments from their credit card, Google will charge a 2.9-per-cent service fee.

Users who wish to send money compose an email to the recipient and then hover over the attachment paper clip symbol and click the dollar ($) sign. They then enter the amount of money they wish to transmit and press send.

Google introduces cash by email function | News.com.au

		Samsung's relationship with Google seems solid enough for now, but the company is still hedging its bets with Tizen should things turn sour. Several devices running the alternative Linux-based OS are due to launch this year, and the GT-i8800 looks like it might be one of them. If this image from Tizen Greek Community is to be believed, then what you're looking at above is codenamed "Redwood". The phone runs Tizen 2.1 (an update on the version we last played with), packs S-Voice and sounds a lot like the the GT-i8805 we found out about yesterday. With over 900 million Android devices now in the wild, Samsung will not have an easy time trying to peddle its new OS, but we're curious to see where this goes. Click the source for more shots of the phone in action.

Source: Samsung GT-i8800 smartphone makes an appearance running Tizen 2.1

		Google's I/O was a big snoozefest when it came to hardware announcements. We didn't even get to see the new Nexus 7 tablet, let alone the Nexus or Motorola X phones. We get that Google is going back to the original I/O roots as an event for devs focused on its ecosphere, but being hardware geeks were also a bit disappointed. Oh well, the upside is that the big announcements are yet to come, and Google wants to spotlight its hardware at dedicated events, just like everyone else is doing now. First in line for announcement seems to be the second generation of Google's 7" tablet that last year totally turned the table for Android slates, selling truckloads, and part of the reasons for the shrinking market share of the iPad franchise. Supply chain sources have hinted that the panel for this year's 7-incher from Google and Asus are already being made by AU Optronics, the same guys that have reportedly landed orders for the next-gen iPad mini. The second iteration of the Nexus 7 tablet is expected to be announced by the end of this quarter, and feature a 1920x1200 pixels low-temperature polysilicon (LTPS) display. The assemblers are to begin shipping the first batch to warehouses, the sources mentioned, and one million units are expected to ship by the end of this month. Commercial availability is said to arrive in the summer, with July bandied about before, so we are looking at a scheduled event in the next few weeks to announce the tablet - eight million units have reportedly been ordered in total to assemblers for 2013, so Google is evidently prepping for another blockbuster tablet hit on its hands, and no wonder, given the Nexus line pricing.

Source: Second generation Nexus 7 tablet shipping this month with a high-res display made by AUO

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		Samsung showed working prototypes with its YOUM brand of flexible displays at the CES expo this year, but besides a dreamy concept video there haven't been much news on its alleged tablet with bendable AMOLED panel so far. This just changed as a flexible 10" tablet render has leaked, and some specs are thrown in for a good measure. The bendy panel is supposed to sport Full HD 1920x1080 pixels resolution, lit up by a 1.6 GHz Exynos 5 Octa processor, paired with 2 GB of RAM, 16/32 GB of storage, and microSD card slot for more. A 3 MP front camera plus a beefy 8000 mAh battery are supposed to round up the flexible Samsung tablet. Of note is the lack of a rear camera, as the top part of the slate is seemingly thinner than the bottom, which can bend, thus serving as both a stand, and maybe a keyboard half when the need arises, though the space seems too tight to fit a decent QWERTY. The render looks like the patent sketches below that Samsung filed not long ago, so it might be partially based on them, but mum's the word on when or whether are we going to see it in flesh and blood. What do you think, would you have a use for such a bendable tablet concept?

Source: Flexible Samsung tablet concept out with specs, bottom part folds to a stand and keyboard

		The dream of a bezel-less phone where the whole front side of the device is dominated by the display has been haunting us in the past couple of years and we’ve been getting closer and closer to making it a reality. Devices like the Samsung Galaxy S4 and LG Optimus G Pro have narrowed down bezels to a bare minimum, but what we are seeing now is an even more radical step towards the nearly complete elimination of screen bezel. LG that seems to have taken the lead in screens from Samsung is now the first to demonstrate a 5-inch display with a just 1mm thin bezel. LG demonstrated the nearly bezel-less screen at the 2013 Society for Information Display (SID) convention in Vancouver. The screen it showed was only of HD quality (presumingly 720p), but a better quality 1080p screen should be coming up soon. It was made using TFT Oxide technology making it power efficient and slim. The model it showed featured brightness of only 250 nits - okay for indoor use but not really fit for the outdoors and even less on a sunny day. LG however says brighter versions are coming and it is bringing the display ASAP.

Source: http://www.phonearena.com/news/LG-de...-bezel_id43310