Brief: Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus Pre-orders Begin October 23rd For $399.

10.1″ and 8.9″ just too big? Sammy is hoping that those looking for an even more portable tablet will find the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus right up their alley. Featuring a 1024 x 600 7″ display, 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, and 16 GB of storage, it can be said that the 7.0 Plus is at least potent on paper. Backing everything up is Android Honeycomb (though we’d rather have ICS at this point).

The official launch date is still a couple weeks away (November 13th) but interested parties can begin pre-ordering the new tab starting October 23rd for $399. Any takers?

Leaked BBX Demo Video Shows Android Apps Installed And Running.

The future of RIM’s ownership over the “BBX” name for their next-gen platform is still up in the air, but that doesn’t mean developers are sitting on their laurels. Today a video of several Android apps running on the BBX 2.0 platform surfaced and show that despite public criticisms/concern (ours included), Android apps can run quite briskly on their non-native platform. In the video after the break, you’ll see a few apps such as Gmail, IM+, and Kik Messenger (among others) struttin’ their stuff on the enemies hardware. Have at it…

Review: iPhone 4S

The iPhone 4S has been out for a week, and we’ve had it in our hands for the entire time. I’ve enjoyed my time with the device, even though it isn’t the iPhone 5 – the one I really wanted – I’ve been very pleased with what Apple has given me. I’m sure there are still some ticked off people out there because of the lack of a tear drop style iPhone, but if you’ve been trolling the net, reading reviews or have one yourself, you almost forget that it isn’t a new phone.

The iPhone 4 that once again revolutionized smartphones as we know them has been injected with a shot of sweet n tasty steroids making it an impressive device we can all love. Laced with a faster processor, an outstanding camera, and the best Mobile OS around – wrapped in a cloak of Siri – the iPhone 4S might end up be worth picking up in lieu of not getting the iPhone 5.

Have some faith, hop on in and read our take on Apple’s newest baby…

And So It Begins: Sprint Moving To Tiered Data For Hotspot And Mobile Broadband.

Sprint’s plans to cap (literally) mobile hotspot users have been known for quite a while now. Mobile data card users, however, were thought to have escaped unscathed. Too bad they didn’t. A new chart from Sprint has leaked, showing that the current awesome deal of capped 3G and unlimited 4G will soon be replaced by the now standard (and terribly priced) data tiers in 2 GB, 5 GB and 10 GB flavors — no grandfathered options. Going over your allotted bandwidth will cost you $0.05/MB.

Now that hotspot and data card users are getting neutered service it’s only a matter of time before Sprint makes the same changes to smartphone data. Despite promises to the contrary, unlimited data won’t be around on Sprint’s network much longer. On a separate note, Sprint’s network has never been anything to write home about speed wise (on 3G). With the recent launch of the iPhone 4S and the certain flogging iPhone users are putting on Sprint’s network, we can’t imagine things have gotten any better.

Considering one of Sprint’s few redeeming qualities is their unlimited data options, will the drying up of said feature(s) cause people to move elsewhere?

Overall, killing off unlimited data and not giving current unlimited users grandfathered plans isn’t likely to win over anyone.

WP7 Powered Nokia Sabre Pictured (Again).

Somewhere in that army of multi-colored puke is one of Nokia’s upcoming WP7-powered devices. Current rumors call it the “Sabre”, but really you can call it whatever you want. Specs for this beaut look something like this: 1.4 GHz processor, 8 GB of storage, and a display of ~3.7″ in size. If there’s anything we’ve quickly learned from WP7′s short time in existence — Redmond can really do more with less. (Read: Specs aren’t everything.)

GoogleTV 2.0 Spied.

GoogleTV hasn’t exactly taken off with bang. Competing products and services from a number of manufacturers make this saturated market quite uphill battle for any newcomer.

Recently Google seeded a new GoogleTV version built atop Android 3.1 to developers that included some small enhancements spread throughout. Zats Not Funny has managed to grab an early hands on and dive down through the new features.

Spoiler: From what we’ve seen so far, GoogleTV will continue living on as a niche product.

Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Ported To Nexus S 4G. Sorta, Kinda Working.

This is what Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich looks like on a Nexus S 4G.

Pretty riveting, eh? All thanks can be sent to an Android Central forum member and talented developer by the name of “Breezy” who managed to get the next iteration of Google’s latest and greatest up and running on the humble (now outdated) device. Before you go looking for a download link — there isn’t one to be had. Breezy says there’s still a few “minor” bugs such as non-working WiFi, Bluetooth, cellular support, and the cherry on top: a “wonky” touchscreen.

Bummed? Yeah, we are too. We wanted this yesterday. Then again, ICS has only been public for a touch over 48 hours anyway. Cut the guy some slack, will ya?