It looks like AT&T has snagged itself an interesting little eReader/Tablet combo with the 9-inch Pandigital Novel. The tablet is Android based, connects to both AT&T’s network (with contract) and Wi-Fi, and also has access to the Barnes & Nobles digital store. The cost will be $279.99 on contract.

This isn’t the first effort by Pandigital who in 2010 launched a 7-inch device. Reviews were varied and not overwhelmingly positive, but we’re hoping they’ve polished up the Novel and made it… well, a novel little device.

It will be available later in January 2011. One unfortunate detail? The Novel can’t connect to Android Market. Hopefully some helpful rooters will uncover that capability.

DUBLIN, Calif. & DALLAS-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Pandigital today announced the availability of the Pandigital Multimedia Novel 9-inch AndroidTM tablet and color eReader, the company’s first eReader device offering integrated wireless connectivity through AT&T* for accessing Barnes & Noble’s eBookstore.

"Our new 9-inch Android™ multimedia tablet and color eReader promises to move this experience ahead dramatically with its large touchscreen for enhanced viewing, versatile Android™ platform, and connected eBookstore with broad wireless coverage provided by AT&T."

This Pandigital Multimedia Novel (model number R90A200) has a large 9-inch full-color LCD touch-screen display that is the ideal size for comfortably accessing and enjoying a number of applications. Plus, the larger display size gives customers an enhanced viewing experience when surfing the Internet through the integrated web browser, as well as when watching movies, playing games, or viewing photos, video and more. With this new Pandigital Multimedia Novel, customers have the ability to download and enjoy Android™ applications from their favorite sites.(1) As a result, customers can personalize their 9-inch Android™ multimedia tablet and color eReader by adding the applications that are the most interesting and increase daily use of the device.

In addition, this Pandigital Multimedia Novel is an excellent platform for comfortably reading digital books, browsing through periodicals, and enjoying children’s books with color photos and illustrations. Customers can use the integrated AT&T wireless network connection as well as Wi-Fi connectivity for quick and wide-reaching access to the Barnes & Noble eBookstore. They can then download their purchases instantly across AT&T’s wireless network without a contract.

"The Pandigital Multimedia Novel line became incredibly popular in 2010 thanks to its breadth of features, top-notch eReading experience, and affordability," said John Clough, president, Pandigital. "Our new 9-inch Android™ multimedia tablet and color eReader promises to move this experience ahead dramatically with its large touchscreen for enhanced viewing, versatile Android™ platform, and connected eBookstore with broad wireless coverage provided by AT&T."

"By introducing wireless capabilities to the Pandigital Multimedia Novel, AT&T is thrilled to connect consumers with easy access to their favorite books and periodicals while on the go," said David Haight, vice president, business development for emerging devices, AT&T Mobility.

Availability, Price and Warranty

The Pandigital Multimedia Novel 9-inch Android™ tablet and color eReader (model number R90A200) has a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $279.99. It will be available at several national retailers beginning this month and is backed by a one year limited warranty.

Top-Notch eReading Experience

This Pandigital Multimedia Novel comes in a sleek black housing and has a matte touch-screen display with a 480 x 800 resolution that allows customers to use their fingertip to browse through and enjoy published materials. The 9-inch Android™ multimedia tablet and color eReader comes with 2GB of integrated memory for storing hundreds of books and periodicals. The device has an integrated SD, SDHC and MMC card reader that accepts up to 32GB memory cards as well as a mini-USB port that can be used to easily transfer eBooks and other files onto the device.

Like other eReaders in the Pandigital Multimedia Novel line, the new 9-inch model comes with usability features that make it convenient and enjoyable to use – including highlighting, variable font sizes, and creation of multiple bookmarks. Users can create personalized bookshelves to manage their library while utilizing the built-in dictionary and word/character search function to help them explore it. The orientation sensor automatically adjusts between portrait and landscape modes when the device is tilted, while night-read mode inverts the text and background colors for more discrete viewing.

Easy & Quick Access to Digital Content Through Barnes & Noble’s eBookstore

The integration of Barnes & Noble’s expansive digital content catalog – the NOOKbook™ Store – ensures that Pandigital Multimedia Novel customers have quick and convenient access to more than two million eBooks, newspapers and magazines, most available for $9.99 or less, and a million free classics. Customers will find it simple to browse the NOOKbook Store, sample, buy, and download content in seconds. Customers can use Barnes & Noble’s LendMe™ technology to share many eBooks with friends and family for 14 days.

Extra Functionality for Online Enjoyment and Entertainment

In addition to being great for reading digital content, the 9-inch Android™ multimedia tablet and color eReader lets consumers do so much more. Customers can enjoy websites, music, photos, and video thanks to the combination of an ARM 11 processor and Android™ operating system. Email support and internet access to popular social media sites like Twitter and Facebook help customers stay connected. The Pandigital Multimedia Novel also has additional convenience features including a built-in appointment calendar, address book, and alarm clock.

[Via BusinessWire]

It looks like AT&T has snagged itself an interesting little eReader/Tablet combo with the 9-inch Pandigital Novel. The tablet is Android based, connects to both AT&T’s network (with contract) and Wi-Fi, and also has access to the Barnes & Nobles digital store. The cost will be $279.99 on contract.

This isn’t the first effort by Pandigital who in 2010 launched a 7-inch device. Reviews were varied and not overwhelmingly positive, but we’re hoping they’ve polished up the Novel and made it… well, a novel little device.

It will be available later in January 2011. One unfortunate detail? The Novel can’t connect to Android Market. Hopefully some helpful rooters will uncover that capability.

DUBLIN, Calif. & DALLAS-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Pandigital today announced the availability of the Pandigital Multimedia Novel 9-inch AndroidTM tablet and color eReader, the company’s first eReader device offering integrated wireless connectivity through AT&T* for accessing Barnes & Noble’s eBookstore.

"Our new 9-inch Android™ multimedia tablet and color eReader promises to move this experience ahead dramatically with its large touchscreen for enhanced viewing, versatile Android™ platform, and connected eBookstore with broad wireless coverage provided by AT&T."

This Pandigital Multimedia Novel (model number R90A200) has a large 9-inch full-color LCD touch-screen display that is the ideal size for comfortably accessing and enjoying a number of applications. Plus, the larger display size gives customers an enhanced viewing experience when surfing the Internet through the integrated web browser, as well as when watching movies, playing games, or viewing photos, video and more. With this new Pandigital Multimedia Novel, customers have the ability to download and enjoy Android™ applications from their favorite sites.(1) As a result, customers can personalize their 9-inch Android™ multimedia tablet and color eReader by adding the applications that are the most interesting and increase daily use of the device.

In addition, this Pandigital Multimedia Novel is an excellent platform for comfortably reading digital books, browsing through periodicals, and enjoying children’s books with color photos and illustrations. Customers can use the integrated AT&T wireless network connection as well as Wi-Fi connectivity for quick and wide-reaching access to the Barnes & Noble eBookstore. They can then download their purchases instantly across AT&T’s wireless network without a contract.

"The Pandigital Multimedia Novel line became incredibly popular in 2010 thanks to its breadth of features, top-notch eReading experience, and affordability," said John Clough, president, Pandigital. "Our new 9-inch Android™ multimedia tablet and color eReader promises to move this experience ahead dramatically with its large touchscreen for enhanced viewing, versatile Android™ platform, and connected eBookstore with broad wireless coverage provided by AT&T."

"By introducing wireless capabilities to the Pandigital Multimedia Novel, AT&T is thrilled to connect consumers with easy access to their favorite books and periodicals while on the go," said David Haight, vice president, business development for emerging devices, AT&T Mobility.

Availability, Price and Warranty

The Pandigital Multimedia Novel 9-inch Android™ tablet and color eReader (model number R90A200) has a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $279.99. It will be available at several national retailers beginning this month and is backed by a one year limited warranty.

Top-Notch eReading Experience

This Pandigital Multimedia Novel comes in a sleek black housing and has a matte touch-screen display with a 480 x 800 resolution that allows customers to use their fingertip to browse through and enjoy published materials. The 9-inch Android™ multimedia tablet and color eReader comes with 2GB of integrated memory for storing hundreds of books and periodicals. The device has an integrated SD, SDHC and MMC card reader that accepts up to 32GB memory cards as well as a mini-USB port that can be used to easily transfer eBooks and other files onto the device.

Like other eReaders in the Pandigital Multimedia Novel line, the new 9-inch model comes with usability features that make it convenient and enjoyable to use – including highlighting, variable font sizes, and creation of multiple bookmarks. Users can create personalized bookshelves to manage their library while utilizing the built-in dictionary and word/character search function to help them explore it. The orientation sensor automatically adjusts between portrait and landscape modes when the device is tilted, while night-read mode inverts the text and background colors for more discrete viewing.

Easy & Quick Access to Digital Content Through Barnes & Noble’s eBookstore

The integration of Barnes & Noble’s expansive digital content catalog – the NOOKbook™ Store – ensures that Pandigital Multimedia Novel customers have quick and convenient access to more than two million eBooks, newspapers and magazines, most available for $9.99 or less, and a million free classics. Customers will find it simple to browse the NOOKbook Store, sample, buy, and download content in seconds. Customers can use Barnes & Noble’s LendMe™ technology to share many eBooks with friends and family for 14 days.

Extra Functionality for Online Enjoyment and Entertainment

In addition to being great for reading digital content, the 9-inch Android™ multimedia tablet and color eReader lets consumers do so much more. Customers can enjoy websites, music, photos, and video thanks to the combination of an ARM 11 processor and Android™ operating system. Email support and internet access to popular social media sites like Twitter and Facebook help customers stay connected. The Pandigital Multimedia Novel also has additional convenience features including a built-in appointment calendar, address book, and alarm clock.

[Via BusinessWire]

It looks like AT&T has snagged itself an interesting little eReader/Tablet combo with the 9-inch Pandigital Novel. The tablet is Android based, connects to both AT&T’s network (with contract) and Wi-Fi, and also has access to the Barnes & Nobles digital store. The cost will be $279.99 on contract.

This isn’t the first effort by Pandigital who in 2010 launched a 7-inch device. Reviews were varied and not overwhelmingly positive, but we’re hoping they’ve polished up the Novel and made it… well, a novel little device.

It will be available later in January 2011. One unfortunate detail? The Novel can’t connect to Android Market. Hopefully some helpful rooters will uncover that capability.

DUBLIN, Calif. & DALLAS-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Pandigital today announced the availability of the Pandigital Multimedia Novel 9-inch AndroidTM tablet and color eReader, the company’s first eReader device offering integrated wireless connectivity through AT&T* for accessing Barnes & Noble’s eBookstore.

"Our new 9-inch Android™ multimedia tablet and color eReader promises to move this experience ahead dramatically with its large touchscreen for enhanced viewing, versatile Android™ platform, and connected eBookstore with broad wireless coverage provided by AT&T."

This Pandigital Multimedia Novel (model number R90A200) has a large 9-inch full-color LCD touch-screen display that is the ideal size for comfortably accessing and enjoying a number of applications. Plus, the larger display size gives customers an enhanced viewing experience when surfing the Internet through the integrated web browser, as well as when watching movies, playing games, or viewing photos, video and more. With this new Pandigital Multimedia Novel, customers have the ability to download and enjoy Android™ applications from their favorite sites.(1) As a result, customers can personalize their 9-inch Android™ multimedia tablet and color eReader by adding the applications that are the most interesting and increase daily use of the device.

In addition, this Pandigital Multimedia Novel is an excellent platform for comfortably reading digital books, browsing through periodicals, and enjoying children’s books with color photos and illustrations. Customers can use the integrated AT&T wireless network connection as well as Wi-Fi connectivity for quick and wide-reaching access to the Barnes & Noble eBookstore. They can then download their purchases instantly across AT&T’s wireless network without a contract.

"The Pandigital Multimedia Novel line became incredibly popular in 2010 thanks to its breadth of features, top-notch eReading experience, and affordability," said John Clough, president, Pandigital. "Our new 9-inch Android™ multimedia tablet and color eReader promises to move this experience ahead dramatically with its large touchscreen for enhanced viewing, versatile Android™ platform, and connected eBookstore with broad wireless coverage provided by AT&T."

"By introducing wireless capabilities to the Pandigital Multimedia Novel, AT&T is thrilled to connect consumers with easy access to their favorite books and periodicals while on the go," said David Haight, vice president, business development for emerging devices, AT&T Mobility.

Availability, Price and Warranty

The Pandigital Multimedia Novel 9-inch Android™ tablet and color eReader (model number R90A200) has a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $279.99. It will be available at several national retailers beginning this month and is backed by a one year limited warranty.

Top-Notch eReading Experience

This Pandigital Multimedia Novel comes in a sleek black housing and has a matte touch-screen display with a 480 x 800 resolution that allows customers to use their fingertip to browse through and enjoy published materials. The 9-inch Android™ multimedia tablet and color eReader comes with 2GB of integrated memory for storing hundreds of books and periodicals. The device has an integrated SD, SDHC and MMC card reader that accepts up to 32GB memory cards as well as a mini-USB port that can be used to easily transfer eBooks and other files onto the device.

Like other eReaders in the Pandigital Multimedia Novel line, the new 9-inch model comes with usability features that make it convenient and enjoyable to use – including highlighting, variable font sizes, and creation of multiple bookmarks. Users can create personalized bookshelves to manage their library while utilizing the built-in dictionary and word/character search function to help them explore it. The orientation sensor automatically adjusts between portrait and landscape modes when the device is tilted, while night-read mode inverts the text and background colors for more discrete viewing.

Easy & Quick Access to Digital Content Through Barnes & Noble’s eBookstore

The integration of Barnes & Noble’s expansive digital content catalog – the NOOKbook™ Store – ensures that Pandigital Multimedia Novel customers have quick and convenient access to more than two million eBooks, newspapers and magazines, most available for $9.99 or less, and a million free classics. Customers will find it simple to browse the NOOKbook Store, sample, buy, and download content in seconds. Customers can use Barnes & Noble’s LendMe™ technology to share many eBooks with friends and family for 14 days.

Extra Functionality for Online Enjoyment and Entertainment

In addition to being great for reading digital content, the 9-inch Android™ multimedia tablet and color eReader lets consumers do so much more. Customers can enjoy websites, music, photos, and video thanks to the combination of an ARM 11 processor and Android™ operating system. Email support and internet access to popular social media sites like Twitter and Facebook help customers stay connected. The Pandigital Multimedia Novel also has additional convenience features including a built-in appointment calendar, address book, and alarm clock.

[Via BusinessWire]

Yeah, it will still be a little while before the Vibrant and its brethren of US Galaxy S phones gets Android 2.2 (let alone 2.3), but that shouldn’t stop you from considering a great deal on the handset from T-Mobile. If you purchase the phone online with a new two-year contract or an extension of your old TMo ball and chain you can walk with the Samsung Vibrant for free (or sit and wait for it to ship, rather) today. Get at it, folks.

[via CellPhoneSignal]

New reports from OEMs who have been building tablets to spec for Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) state that there will indeed be a set of minimum requirements that must be met: the devices will need to have a dual-core processor (based on the Cortex-A9 architecture, which NVIDIA’s widely-used Tegra 2 chipset is), and the display will need to boast an HD resolution of 1,280×720.

This conflicts with what we learned from Google a few months ago where it was once believed Gingerbread – what is currently available as Android 2.3 – would need a lot of horsepower to play nice. If Bobby Cha’s claims are accurate, then Google just wasn’t telling the full truth: a future version of Android still may require a minimum set of specifications.

Though you might think only the most expensive of tablets will don Honeycomb and beyond, Cha says that we will still get “low-end” devices which meet these specs due to component costs lowering in the future.

Don’t panic, though, because we’ve heard time and time again – from a trusted source of our own – that Google’s going to create a less-capable fork of Honeycomb to work well with low-end tablet devices and mobile handsets. Cha’s report initially suggests Google might just stop at Gingerbread as far as software updates for handsets go, but I just don’t see that happening at all.

The Honeycomb story has yet to fully unfold. We may finally learn some concrete details soon at CES as Motorola is expected to be at the show to unveil their tablet, which is now being called the Motorola XOOM, and will supposedly be running Android 3.0

Although PCMag – the originators of this information – strengthened the likelihood of this being true by disclosing the name and affiliation of their source, we’re going to treat it just as we’d treat anything that doesn’t come from the horse’s mouth: it’s a rumor.

Stream TV have announced the existence of a line of 10-inch Android tablets that will be going on sale January 17th. They’re being called the A10 line, and its naming convention has models going from A10.1 to A10.7. They state that these will have the highest screen resolution available out of any tablet devices in the market today, but didn’t give any specifics.

But the screen size and resolution won’t be the only thing to drop your jaws at, apparently: it’ll run Android 3.0 and will be sporting an NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor. You’ll also be getting a microSD card slot, a USB port, and a 1080p-capable HDMI port in each of the seven models. Suddenly, eLocity’s just won the hearts (and wallets) of many-a tablet geek. We want to wait until we see this thing in action before passing judgment, though, so we’ll be taking a look at all of these at their CES booth in just a couple of days. Pre-orders go live January 17th at Amazon, MicroCenter, Newegg, Walmart, Frys, TigerDirect, BJ’s, and Sears.

Note: Tablet pictured is eLocity’s current-selling 7-inch Android tablet, the A7.

On the heels of CES and a smothering of tablet announcements and demonstrations, Opera has just announced a tablet version of their web browser, simply named Opera for Tablets. The quick promotional video doesn’t show much: it’s Opera, it loads web pages, and it does it fast. But Opera promises there is more to be seen and we expect those crumbs of details will be laid out on the ground right around the time the big name tablets are announced sometime this week – we’ve already been promised a look at the preview build on the CES show floor. Take a peek at the video below.