LEAK: FOXCONN TO BUILD AMAZON'S 10.1 TABLET

Foxconn will build Amazon’s rumored 10.1-inch tablet, DigiTimes reported on Thursday. The Android tablet is expected to ship in 2012 according to the report, but Amazon may want to get the device out the door a bit earlier in order to to have it on store shelves in time for the holiday season. A smaller 7-inch version that was built by Quanta computer is already on its way to Amazon and, while other reports suggested it is a 9-inch tablet, that is likely the model we have heard will launch in late August or September.

Amazon will launch a “Coyote” tablet that packs a dual-core NVIDIA Tegra processor, as well as a larger “Hollywood” tablet powered by the new quad-core Kal-El chip. Since Kal-El devices aren’t shipping to consumers yet, it could be a safe bet to guess that Quanta Computer built the Coyote tablet while Foxconn has scored the order for the more powerful Hollywood device.

NVIDIA CEO SMACKS ANDROID TABLET SALES AROUND

It won't have escaped your attention that just about every Honeycomb tablet shipping in the first half of this year features, or will feature, NVIDIA's Tegra 2 hardware. Unfortunately for NVIDIA, reception for the Android 3.0 slates has been a little underwhelming, and the company's Chief Eloquence Officer, Jen-Hsun Huang, has had a few words to say about it.

He sees the relative paucity of tablet-optimized Android apps as a weakness, while also expressing the belief that cheaper WiFi-only models should've been the standard shipping config rather than fully fledged 3G / 4G variants as Motorola has been pushing with the Xoom. All in all, his is a very sane and accurate analysis, but Mr. Huang loves to look to the future as much as he enjoys talking about the present, and in his opinion all these major downsides have already been "largely addressed" by "a new wave" of Android tablets. He doesn't specify the devices that constitute said wave, but his emphasis on thinness and lightness leads us to believe he's talking up Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 and 8.9 models

LG UNVEILS THE G-SLATE TABLET

LG wants to lead the pack of Android tablets and unveiled its newest (and first) entry in that segment, the G-Slate. This 8.9-inch powerhouse packs a 1Ghz dual-core Tegra 2 chipset behind a 3D display, running Android 3 (Honeycomb).

The Tegra 2 chipset gives the G-Slate the ability to show 720p HD and 3D content while also having the power to output in 1080p HD and 3D content to TVs and displays. The rear camera is a 5 megapixal stereoscopic 3D beast able to record 3D video in 1080p. The bad news is the 3D will require the use of glasses.

The G-Slate also has a two-megapixel frontside camera for video conferencing, and 32 gigs of storage space. And, as with most tablets and smartphones these days, it also comes equipped with a gyroscope and accelerometer.

The G-Slate will be coming to T-Mobile this spring. No word on pricing.

NOTION INK RELEASING ADAM TABLET AROUND WEDNESDAY

While the FCC database isn't showing it, Notion Ink's blog is reporting the Adam tablet has cleared the FCC hurdle. After several delays the small startup company will finally release its much anticipated tablet computer. Adam will have a 10.1 inch screen, a Tegra 2 processor and an in-house created UI named Eden.

LEAKED: LG STAR

More photos of the LG Star have emerged.  These show an HDMI out port and Froyo.  It is expected the Star will ship with Gingerbread.  The leaker, over at AndroidForums, also claims the Star has a 480x800 resolution screen, a Tegra 2 chip and forward-facing camera. [Gizmodo]