The “Tablet Evolution” video that Motorola snuck onto Youtube the other day is now being pushed to customers via email.  If you are on any sort of Moto list, you should have received the picture above which redirects you to their ultimate CES teaser vid which might have just passed 1,000,000 views as you are reading this.  We’re fully expecting this tablet to be “DROID” branded and running Honeycomb, but Moto is expecting it to be one of the most amazing pieces of technology ever.  We’ll know in 2 weeks.

Check out the video one more time after the break.  

Ready to crank up the rumor engine?  How does the Super Bowl sound as an outlet for Motorola and Verizon to announce their 10″ Tegra 2 Honeycomb tablet?  Currently codenamed the Everest and Stingray, we fully expect it to have “DROID” branding at launch and according to the tipster that dropped the picture above on the world, February 6th in Dallas might be the day to mark on our calendars.

To see video of the Motorola tablet in action, check out this post.

Thoughts on a February 6th date?

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The much-anticipated Motorola tablet (Everest) has made another appearance, only this time over at Howard Forums courtesy of user wnrussell.  This appears to be the same prototype tablet which we first saw from Andy Rubin last Monday (high-res pictures) only this time we have a couple of additional shots providing a few new bits of critical info.  The device is definitely headed to Verizon.  If you check out the gallery below, we’ve got Big Red’s name featured as clear, well almost as clear as day, which means this will be the Droid tablet.

Some specs were confirmed:  1GHz dual-core NVIDIA processor, gyroscope, 32GB built in storage, SD card for more, 512MB of RAM, 1280 x 800 screen, mini-HDMI port, camera, and pure awesomeness.  This is the tablet you should be saving your money for.  

On Monday night, Andy Rubin surprised all of us when he pulled out a Motorola prototype tablet running Honeycomb (Android 3.0) and a dual-core NVIDIA processor that we’re pretty sure is the Motorola Everest (Stingray/Droid Tablet).  This would be the 10″ tablet that will be everywhere at CES in January and hopefully on store shelves by February or March.  You can watch video of it in action at this post, but we wanted to make sure you saw this crystal clear shots of it as well.  

Did anyone actually think that a day filled with Gingerbread, the Nexus S, an original Droid update, and a Droid X update with Madden could get get better?  It did.  Last night, at the D: Dive Into Mobile conference, Andy Rubin took to the stage, pulled out a prototype Motorola tablet running Honeycomb (Android 3.0) and went to town.  He talked about so many things that may seem minor, but are so huge in the broad scheme of things.

Here are some of the bombs he dropped:

• Pulled out what appeared to be the 10″ Motorola tablet.  This bad boy was ultra thin, looked incredibly light and had an amazing screen.
• This tablet does not have home, back, menu and search keys.  The buttons you press are ALL on-screen, which means they follow you around as you rotate the device.
• Showed the new Honeycomb lock screen which had a fantastic new animation.  No more swiping bars left or right in Android 3.0.  (Pictured above)
• When he unlocked it, he had Google Talk open and mentioned video icons being visible.
• He showed off Google Maps 5 which will have 3D views of cities.  It should be out for mobile devices in a few days.
• The new tablet Gmail app was displayed.  Two columns included:  one for your inbox and one to view an email.
• Honeycomb and this tablet will be out some time next year.
• Honeycomb will be able to run on both phones and tablets.  It’s not just specific to tablets although the apps are able to run in their own specific ways depending on the device.
• He also mentioned that this prototype probably costs $10,000.  Hah.

Full video of his time on stage after the break, plus some screenshots.  

According to Mobile-Review.com’s Eldar Murtazin, Motorola will get to release the first Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) tablet come next year.  While the rest of the world took his tweet as meaning it would be called the “MOTOPAD”, we’re assuming he’s just using that name since an official one hasn’t been outed.  Trust us when we say that it will be filed under the DROID brand and I highly doubt it’ll actually be called the “MOTOPAD.”  Oh rumors.

While the 7″ size comes as a big surprise to me, you may want to hold out thoughts on that as I can almost guarantee you that a 10″ version will be their flagship and baby.

Source:  Twitter
Via:  BGR

There have been rumors floating around for months that suggest the push back of big holiday Android tablet releases like the Motorola Stingray, was due to delays in Google’s Android 3.0 tablet OS (Gingerbread? Honeycomb?).  Those rumors continue to be for the most part true as the Samsung Tab (running Froyo) is currently the only one that has been announced for 2010 and unless something major pops up, will be it.  Today though, a new rumor says Google is locking down December as a release period for their tablet OS and has already notified manufacturers, meaning we’ll likely see an onslaught of devices at CES in January.

In related news, Android 4.0 (Honeycomb? Ice Cream?) is now rumored to be ready in mid-2011, but we’re not about to start speculating on what that means or what it’ll run on.

Since we’re not seeing a ton of love for the proposed Android holiday lineup on Verizon, are we all just setting our sights on January?

Via:  DigiTimes

The Motorola MB860 which is rumored to be the Olympus and another of Moto’s tablets just received its wi-fi certification.  Or better yet, is this the mysterious Tegra 2 phone?  We’ve heard the name mentioned maybe once or twice before and basically know nothing about it, but that its model number doesn’t match the Stringray MZ600 we found a few months back.  The certification above lists it as a “smartphone” meaning this could be the first appearance of the game changing device we expect to be revealed at CES.

How does Olympus sound as a name?  And check out the must-have specs everything has put together at this post.

Via:  Phandroid