ViewSonic is set to unveil the industry’s first 7-inch Android Honeycomb tablet at month’s end, according to sources cited by tech site Pocket-Lint. ViewSonic’s current ViewPad 7 tablet runs Froyo. Josh P. Miller/CNET The ViewPad 7x will debut on May 31 at the Computex computer show in Taipei, Taiwan, Pocket-Lint reported, and will be a …

Editors’ note: This is a guest column. See Richard Bennett’s bio below. The National Broadband Plan delivered to Congress by the Federal Communications Commission last year recommended the licensing of 500MHz of new spectrum to mobile broadband providers, including 120MHz currently held by local TV broadcasters. The nature of the incentive auction that would enable willing broadcasters to transfer this …

Amazon may soon launch a tablet, judging by comments made in an interview with Consumer Reports, which is essentially the US version of Which?. Asked whether Amazon was working on a tablet, chief executive Jeff Bezos said “stay tuned”.  As for the threat to Amazon’s Kindle ebook reader posed by tablets such as the iPad, Bezos said: “We will always be …

Sharp’s Android-powered Aquos SH-12C 3D-capable phone will launch in Japan next week. The SH-12C includes a 1.4GHz Qualcomm processor, a 4.2-inch 3D touchscreen, and dual 8-megapixel cameras. The 14mm-thin SH-12C is capable of high-definition video recording and has a built-in HDMI port for connecting the phone to a big screen. The 540×960-pixel screen isn’t too far off the resolution of the iPhone 4‘s 640×960-pixel …

Motorola Clutch +i475 Motorola Motorola has added three new phones to Boost Mobile’s offerings today with the Motorola Clutch + i475, the Motorola Theory, and the Motorola i412. The Clutch +i475 is an update to the Motorola Clutch from a couple years ago. The new Clutch has a larger display while still maintaining that candy bar design with a full …

After an initial delay, the Samsung Droid Charge will finally be available from Verizon Wireless this Saturday for $299.99 with a two-year contract. The Droid Charge is Verizon’s second LTE 4G smartphone and features a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus touch screen, mobile hot-spot capabilities, and an 8-megapixel camera. The Android 2.2 device also comes with a 32GB microSD card and …

The HTC Flyer is available to buy in the UK today. If you’ve been waiting patiently for the Android tablet to arrive, today is most definitely your lucky day. We’ve just reviewed the Flyer and found it didn’t quite hit the heights we hoped. Earlier today we saw some photos of Three’s print catalogue listing contract details for the Flyer, …

A recent scientific study suggests that bees are significantly disturbed when mobile phones are used in close proximity to the furry critters. The study may shed light on why the bee population is in decline globally. As bees can communicate through sound, the experiment at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology observed any changes to the noises the insects made when active …

Google I/O is mostly for developers, but the show can offer a lot of interesting sights for your average smartphone geek. Between robots, a Switch Pitch ball, and giant Android figures that doubled as device charging stations, the conference can be a visual feast. That’s provided, of course, that you like the color green. My biggest attraction, though, is the …

The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play‘s ability to play first-generation PlayStation titles doesn’t seem to be making an impression with gamers. Not one of the titles currently available has hit the 1,000 downloads mark, even though the Android smart phone has been out since early April. PlayStation Lifestyle did some digging about in the Android Market, and found that the game Destruction Derby was faring …