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Google is in the throes of crafting a Nexus Android 3.0 or Honeycomb-based tablet with LG according to reports.

The Korean electronic company's most recently announced tablet, the Galaxy Tab 10.1 will be launched on June 08, 2011 while 8.9 Tab will be released early this summer.

Samsung's most recent tablet device is the thinnest tablet in the market. It is 8.6mm (10.9mm previous model) thin which is thinner than its main competitor, the iPad 2 (8.8mm).

Apple's iPad 2 is selling like a hot-cakes in the United States as well as around the world. In United States, it was selling so fast that the company couldn't keep up with the orders.

Despite supply woes from earthquake-torn Jana, Apple iPad 2 global sales attract buyers. Start slideshow to see photos of tech-junkies grabbing the tablet across 25 countries:

Instead of opening up the operating system to developers both large in small, Google will restrict Honeycomb to specific manufacturers and developers.

The star of CES 2011 Motorola Xoom has ushered in the age of Android 3.0 or Honeycomb and brought about super specifications like killer camera's and dual-core processors to the limelight faces but now faces stiff competition from the new slimmer Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.

The battle of the tablet market is becoming fierce. Samsung has introduced its newest Galaxy Tab at the CTIA 2011, rolling out a 8.9 version and a 10.1 version to challenge iPad2.

The first major update to Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7, dubbed ‘NoDo’, only adds a handful of new updates, but if a report from Winrumors is any indication, Microsoft is taking the update very seriously.

Though Apple's iPad has long held the price advantage, recent announcements from RIM and Samsung show that rival tablets are finally starting to close the tablet price gap.

Tablet thinness factor, a new parameter to judge the tablets, was introduced by Apple earlier this month when it launched its ultra thin tablet iPad 2.

Samsung followed Apple's thinner, lighter and faster mantra to the hilt to deliver two new super thin and light, Android 3.0 tablets to take on iPad 2.

Samsung Electronics Co, the world's No.2 handset maker, denied market speculation of massive inventory build-up in its Galaxy tablet on Wednesday.

Tablets are showing the convergent evolution between devices, driven in part by the iPad.

Samsung announced an 8.9-inch version of its Galaxy Tab, as well as a redesigned version of its 10.1-inch tablet.

Technical and regulatory hurdles would need to be overcome before the iPhone lands on T-Mobile's network.

AT&T plans to acquire Deutsche Telekom AG's T-Mobile USA for $39 billion in cash and stock, a deal which will alter the telecom landscape in US leaving only three key players in the market.

Samsung SDI Co Ltd <006400.KS> has agreed to plead guilty and pay a $32 million criminal fine for its role in a scheme to fix prices of color display tubes, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday.

Solid state drives (SSD) in 2011 is expected to a near doubling of revenue and hit more than $4 billion, according to new IHS iSuppli research.

Apple may face supply chain disruptions for its newly launched iPad 2 as a 9 magnitude earthquake in Japan impacted several component makers for the tablet, according to a report from IHS.

Apple may face supply chain disruptions for its newly launched iPad 2 as a 9 magnitude earthquake in Japan impacted several component makers for the tablet.