The Android tablet torrent continues with the announcement at IFA from ViewSonic of the ViewPad 10pro, running Android 2.3 ($714 for the WiFi only version) and the ViewPad 7x running Honeycomb. No exact release date has been set but it's expected to launch before the end of the month for $499. It sports a 7-inch,1024 x 600 LED display, a dual core NVIDIA Tegra 2 CPU, HSPA+ connectivity, HDMI-out port and DLNA support and both rear and front-facing cameras. The 10pro also Windows 7 Professional, but we'll try not to hold that against it. Wow. So many tablets, so little time...
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Google recently announced the launch of Android Instant Apps, a new technology which allows just the bare minumum of an App to be downloaded from links, bypassing the Play Store. This sounds cool enough on its own, but the implications of this reach far deeper than at first appears, and could end up changing the entire internet.