AT&T announced a few new smartphone and tablet data plans on Wednesday. These new plans won’t be forced on customers. If a customer chooses, they can switch to one of these new plans starting Sunday, January 22.

Microsoft has officially released their latest hardware offering, the Microsoft Mobile 5000 Keyboard, which is being offered up for use with tablets. The Mobile 5000 Keyboard comes priced at $49.95 and is a Bluetooth keyboard sporting the Comfort Curve design. And of course, given the keyboard is Bluetooth — it will work with a wide more »

On the same day HP announced it would open source webOS, its CEO Meg Whitman told new outlets HP will re-enter the tablet market soon. HP will put out a Windows 8 tablet sometime in 2012, but there was also talk of creating another webOS tablet.

It has already been proven that an Android 4.0 tablet does not need to be expensive. Since the software is open source, manufacturers can load it up onto their devices and flood the market to their heart’s content. Starting early next year, Coby will enter the Ice Cream Sandwich arena with five new tablets. Coby isn’t necessarily known for stellar hardware, but maybe Android 4.0 has the software optimizations necessary to make these Coby tablets a viable option.

Verizon has posted its Cyber Monday deals on smartphones, tablets and mobile broadband devices. The deals we’ll tell you about are only good for online purchases made today. They also require a new two-year agreement along with the appropriate data plan. The requirements aren’t anything out of the ordinary.

Who would have imagined a failed tablet would turn out to be the most successful non-Apple tablet as of October 2011? The NPD Group released a report today that said 1.2 million non-Apple tablets were sold in the United States from January to October. The HP Touchpad accounted for 17% (204,000) of that number. HP was followed by Samsung, Asus, Motorola and Acer.

Barnes & Noble has announced the followup to the Nook Color: the Nook Tablet. If you loved the Nook Color, but wish it could do just a bit more, the Nook Tablet is the perfect multimedia tablet for you. The Nook Tablet looks just like the Nook Color, but just a hair lighter in both more »

A new Nielsen study has pointed out the obvious fact that people use their smartphones and tablets while watching television. I do it all the time and chances are you do too. However, Nielsen took the study a step further by finding out what owners of smartphones and tablets were doing while watching television. The results aren’t that surprising, but the accompanying statistics are.

In mid-August, Google announced it had reached an agreement to purchase Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. Though many see this potential acquisition as being a key component in Google’s fight against patent lawsuits, concerns were also raised about what this could mean for other companies who are making Android smartphones and tablets. Google owning Motorola could theoretically mean Motorola will get advantages that others won’t get. Google’s chairman Eric Schmidt addressed these concerns with Bloomberg and said Android device manufacturers have nothing to worry about.

Pocketbook’s newest tablet, the A10, features a unique wedge shaped design for better gripping and an atypical button pattern. The A10 is running Android v2.3 Gingerbread with a 1GHz processor. The tablet will also feature a 10.1″ (1024×768) capacitive touchscreen, Wifi/Bluetooth, 4GB storage, a microSD/USB slot, 2MP camera, stereo speakers and a headphone jack. Charbax more »