Perhaps you’ve heard of Readability, the free online service that lets you save web articles offline in an easy-to-read format. Since its debut, Readability has been lacking a dedicated app. Its users have relied on a HTML5 website to access all of their reading material. On Monday, the Readability app development team announced its iOS and Android apps are done and will be released very soon.

The Readability Android and iOS apps are developed by Teehan+Lax, but they aren’t the ones who works on Readability’s web site. Their iOS app has had a difficult time getting through Apple’s review process, but there doesn’t appear to be any problems getting the Android app through to the Android Market.

Readability as a whole is gaining traction by expanding its service into other apps such as Pulse, Tweetbot, The Early Edition 2 and more.

Via [Geoff Teehan Twitter]

Samsung announced the Galaxy Tab 2 on Monday much to the surprise of everyone. It’s pretty much a mid-range tablet with a 1Ghz dual core processor and a single gig of RAM, but it will be rocking Ice Cream Sandwich right from the start. Samsung didn’t reveal pricing, but Sammy Hub managed to lock down pricing details in four Scandinavian countries. Assuming the currency conversion is somewhat accurate, we could be in for yet another overpriced tablet.

The Wi-Fi Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 will apparently cost 2,350 Danish kroner in Denmark. Google’s currency converter estimates that amount to be around $419. The 3G model is 3,995 Danish kroner, which translates to about $712. On the low end, the 3G Galaxy Tab 2 costs as low as $523 once currency is converted from Norwegian kroner to dollars.

I only hope official prices in the U.S. are nowhere close to these amounts. There’s no way Samsung can come into a post-Kindle Fire market and expect to sell a 7-inch tablet for more than $299. Ice Cream Sandwich is no reason to increase the price. Most people don’t even know what that is anyway.

Via [Sammy Hub]

If all goes well, we shouldn’t be waiting too much longer for the first HTC devices to receive Ice Cream Sandwich updates. HTC told its Facebook fans to expect ICS updates to arrive by the end of March for devices such as the HTC Sensation, HTC Sensation 4G, HTC Sensation XE and the HTC Sensation XL.HTC is applying its own customizations to Ice Cream Sandwich just like it has done with previous Android versions. HTC Sense will remain intact and the update will also bring new features that will be present in the Ice White HTC Sensation.

Those who happen to be carrying other HTC smartphones shouldn’t fret. HTC plans to update more phones at an unspecified time later in the year. You’ll find a list of those phones below.

• HTC Vivid
• HTC Rezound
• HTC Amaze 4G
• HTC EVO 3D
• HTC EVO Design 4G
• HTC Incredible S
• HTC Desire S
• HTC Desire HD

Via [HTC Facebook]

In a couple weeks, the first batch of Raspberry Pi computers are expected to exit the production phase. Shortly after that, 10,000 Raspberry Pi models will be sold to whoever wants them. The catch is that the first models will be uncased developer versions. That means all the gizmos that power the Raspberry Pi will be exposed. If you’re looking to purchase a cased Raspberry Pi, you may have to wait until the third quarter of 2012.

David Braben, who is on the Raspberry Pi board of trustees, told Eurogamer a regular consumer version of the Raspberry Pi will be shown sooner rather than later. There isn’t a whole lot of information regarding the commercial Raspberry Pi because pricing and a release window hasn’t been determined.

“We have a good idea that it will be sort of in Q3 this year, but we can’t be certain,” Braben said. “There are a lot of variables in terms of what we need to get ready. We don’t know completely but we’re moving very quickly.”

The Raspberry Pi will sell for $25 and $35. We’d image the cased versions won’t cost much more than that.

Via [Eurogamer]

It doesn’t seem as if Disney’s restrictions will be as harsh as Warner Bros. Warner Bros. wants rental services to wait 56 days before renting movies for customers. Of course, no company is obligated to abide by Warner Bros.’ wishes, but they won’t get bundles of movies at discounted prices if they refuse to play ball.

Via [New York Times]

The security update makes sure executable files are on a whitelist determined by Google. If it isn’t, you’ll be warned before starting the download.

You can download the update at any time. To do that, all you have to do is click on the wrench icon and click on “about Google Chrome.”

Via [Google Chrome Blog]

After Monday’s Redbox and Verizon announcement, the streaming video landscape is getting very interesting.

Via [Reuters]

We also learned what the culprit was behind the hold up in a blog post on the Raspberry Pi website. It turns out a quartz crystal package was to blame. The company chose a specific package that was ultimately more expensive than the package they ultimately decided to use.

The first 10,000 Raspberry Pi computers will be “uncased development-style boards” and will be limited to one per person. The two models (A and B) will cost $25 and $35 respectably. We don’t think there will be any trouble selling these tiny computers.

Via [Raspberry Pi]

The deal is worth up to $100 million. For its money, Redbox is getting DVD kiosks, DVD inventory and contracts with unspecified retail partners. Redbox’s parent company Coinstar will be obligated to purchase products and services from NCR once the transaction is finalized during the third quarter of 2012.

The obvious question here is what will happen to the Blockbuster Express kiosks. We’ve asked the folks at Blockbuster that very question and will update you when we learn more.

Read [Engadget]

Transparent Screen is free, but there’s another version with no ads for $0.99. The app lets you adjust the transparency of your screen with a simple slider. You can also increase the screen’s resolution at will.

It may all sound like a sweet deal, but Transparent Screen needs a lot of resources to function. It’s a guaranteed battery eater. You may also experience problems with lag even if you’re using a fairly modern phone.

It’s worth checking out just to see how well the app works for you. Use it sparingly though.

Download Link [Android Market]