The 7-inch new Android tablet from Samsung, the Galaxy Tab 7 Plus is up for pre-order on Amazon. Offered with a $399.99 price tag for the 16GB version and $499.99 for the 32GB, the Galaxy Tab 7 Plus sport a 1024 x 600 pixels 7-inch PLS display. a 1.2GHz dual-core processor is the heart of this Honeycomb 3.2 tablet. The tablet will arrive with Touchwiz UI, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0, a USB 2.0 port, a 3MP rear camera and a 2MP front camera. Unfortunately still no info of it’s shipping date.
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For those living in France and were looking forward to getting on board Amazon’s Kindle, the good news is that the company has finally opened a French Kindle Store, adding to the list of stores outside of the US. For those living outside of France, not to worry as the French Kindle Store will also cover those living in Belgium, Monaco, Luxembourg and Switzerland.

On top of that, Amazon will be releasing a French edition of the Kindle e-reader, which is the lowest model among the non-touch screen Kindles (for those living in the US, this will be the $109 ad-free Kindle) and will retail for €99 ($133). The French Kindle Store supposedly will come stocked with more than 35,000 French-language e-books along with 28 L’Express best sellers, and we’re guessing more will be added along the way.
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Amazon has just release it’s Kindle Fire 7 tablet just a few days ago but a rumor indicating that the company already working on another device, Kindle Fire 10. And just like any other rumor, this news is not confirmed so far. This 10-inch version of Kindle Fire might berelease this Christmas holiday season.
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There are many different platforms filled with so many different mobile applications that it’s quickly getting hard to keep track of. However, while each respective platform has its own official app store such as the iOS App Store and the Android Market, there are other ways to go about consuming applications as well.

Amazon, for one, is a perfect example as they have their Amazon Appstore for Google’s Android mobile platform. This Appstore has some perks to it such as the fact that Amazon offers a free application each and every day. But, the deal is about to get sweeter – as long as you’re willing to give Amazon access to your Twitter account.

That’s right, if you’re willing to link your Twitter account to your Amazon account along with following Amazon and sending out a promotional Tweet Amazon will give you with $2 worth of app credit. Of course, this isn’t a boatload of cash by any stretch of the imagination but it’s better than nothing, right?

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Amazon start selling a rugged tablet for kids called The Vinci Tablet. It is a 7-inch tablet comes with a rugged kiddie friendly casing. The Vinci tablet sport a 800 x 480 pixel touchscreen display and powered by a 1GHz Cortex A8 processor and 512MB of RAM. There is a 3MP camera on its back. Amazon offer two version of Vince tablet, one model priced at $389 which arrive with a 3-hours battery life and the other model has a $479 price tag. The latter boast 6-hours battery life and more pre-loaded learning content. Both will be available starting on August 10th.

BusinessWeek is reporting that Apple is “probably” going to lose its case against Amazon over the latter’s use of the name “Appstore” for its Android smartphone application store, according to presiding U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton. Judge Hamilton is reported to have made the comment after a hearing in California today.

Judge Hamilton said that Apple has not proven that there is any real confusion in the market between Apple’s popular “App Store,” which is available only to iOS powered devices, and Amazon’s upstart “Appstore” for Android powered smartphones and tablets. The judge indicated that she will review court filings further before issuing a formal judgment.

Speaking to Apple in court, Judge Hamilton said “I’m troubled by the showing that you’ve made so far, but that’s where you’re likely not to prevail at this early juncture.”

While not going so far as to suggest the term “app store” is generic in nature, as both Amazon and Microsoft have asserted in the past, this would appear to strengthen the case for those sitting in that camp.

Series 7 tablet is finally up for pre order at Amazon. This Sliding PC 7 tablet boast a slider design with a 10.1-inch 1366 x 768 capacitive touchscreen display and qwerty keyboard. Amazon listed the Series 7 tablet with a $649 price tag.

The model offered by Amazon is “Series 7 XE700Z0A-A01US Tablet PC” which sport a 1.5GHz Atom Z670 processor , 2GB of DDR2 RAM, 32GB SSD, a 1.3MP front camera, a 3.0MP rear camera and WiFi b/g/n. This Samsung’s Slider tablet preloaded with Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit. Still no info when this tablet will be available.

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You there, in the check-out line of Walmart, with the debit card in your swipin’ hand! Put that away, man. Amazon’s price matched Kmart, knocking that 360 version of Portal 2 you’ve got your eye on down to $34.99 (or $29.99 on PC), as well as both versions of Mortal Kombat down to $39.99.

• Portal 2 (360) — $34.99, down from $59.99
• Portal 2 (PC) — $29.99, down from $49.99
• Mortal Kombat (PS3 and 360) — $39.99, down from $59.99

Amazon is selling the Motorola Atrix 4G only for $50. The device is the first dual-core smartphone that hit U.S. To top it all, it has the capability to operate the AT&T’s 4G connection. Normally, if you walk in to AT&T stores, they will make you pay them $200 and a two-years commitment. But if you purchase them via Amazon, then you will get 50% off it’s current price on the website which makes it only $50. If you are interested you can head to AmazonWireless immediately.

If you take a look at the current tablet trends you’ll see mostly dual-core processors, large screens and a tablet-centric mobile platform like Android Honeycomb. However, that’s not to say that all tablets on the market need to feature these characteristics as devices like the Samsung Galaxy Tab have long been on the market.

For those not familiar with this tablet it features a 7-inch display with 1024 x 600 resolution, single-core 1GHz processor, 512MB of RAM, 16/32GB of internal storage, microSD slot for additional storage, 3.2 megapixel rear facing camera with LED flash and 1.3 megapixel front facing camera. While these specs may seem somewhat low end as of now the price tag of the Galaxy Tab is still quite high largely due to the fact that only a 3G enabled version is available on the market. Luckily, we’ve known for quite some time that Samsung would be getting around to releasing a WiFi-only version of the Galaxy Tab but we haven’t been sure exactly when they will be releasing the device.
If you’re one to believe early listings make note that Amazon UK has just posted the WiFi-only Samsung Galaxy Tab for 299 GBP ($477 USD) with a ship date of March 31st. Is this to be believed? We aren’t sure quiet yet but it’s true we’re sure to hear an official announcement quite soon seeing how the 31st is but a few days away. For more information visit Amazon.