HTC, Samsung, Acer Android 3.0 Tablets: What do we know?

Android tablets are gaining momentum, and HTC, Acer, Samsung, all have Android 3.0 tablet plans. We tell you what Android 3.0 tablets HTC, Acer, Samsung has in the works.

HTC Android 3.0 Tablet: News of an HTC Android 3.0 tablet was first reported by sources of Digitimes in Taiwanese component manufacturers. The rumored HTC Android tablet -- which wasn’t discussed at HTC Desire Z, HD phone launch recently -- will run on Google’s Android 3.0 OS. Unfortunately, the report is scant on HTC Android 3.0 tablet’s hardware. However, it isn’t hard to imagine the HTC Android 3.0 tablet to come with 3G built-in to woo over telecom carriers -- at least in the U.S. The HTC Android 3.0 tablet will however won’t surface until early 2011, whereas Android 3.0 (Gingerbread) itself won’t be officially announced till December -- possibly around Google’s music service announcement.

Acer Android 3.0 Tablet: Not just one, but Acer’s lining up three Android 3.0 tablets for release in early 2011. The Acer Android 3.0 tablets have 5-inch, 7-inch, and 10-inch screen, respectively. Acer’s deliberating between Qualcomm’s Snapdragon or Nvidia Tegra 2 processor to run on these Android 3.0 tablets.

Again, specific details of the Acer Android 3.0 tablets are scarce right now, but the 5-inch Acer Android 3.0 tablet is mobile handset-cum-tablet, according to Acer. So the 5-inch Acer Android 3.0 tablet will most certainly have 3G capabilities by its positioning for telecom operators -- like the Dell Streak Android tablet.

Samsung Android 3.0 Tablet: Unveiled at IFA earlier this month, the Samsung Galaxy Tab is a 7-inch tablet running on Android 2.2 (Froyo) OS. It has a capactivity touchscreen and comes with GPS, accelerometer, 3G and Wi-Fi 802.11n. It's a serious competitor to the Apple iPad. The Samsung Galaxy Tab Android tablet is expected to go on sale in the U.S. later this month, with Samsung promising an update to Android 3.0 to the Galaxy Tab later in the year.

Meanwhile, Motorola’s Android 3.0 tablet is due in early 2011 -- it will have a 10-inch screen.