Here we go: The next wave of tablets rivaling the Apple iPad and iPad 2 hits stores. These new devices such as the Motorola Xoom, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, the HTC Flyer, the LG Optimus Pad and others come with different touch-screen sizes of 7 inches, 9 inches or 10 inches and are running on Android 2.0 at first and will get an update to Android 3.0 Honeycomb as soon as this Android version is officially released. Here is a short overview of four tablets are now or soon available at stores in Germany.

From today on, the current model iPhone 4 is available not just in black, but also in white. It seems crazy that there has been such a hype about a white iPhone 4 for months since this is all just about color: The white iPhone offers the same features as the black one. Here is a short overview of where to buy the white iPhone 4 in Germany and how much it will cost.

For accessing the Internet over a mobile network with your notebook, netbook or tablet, you need at least a 3G web stick. Such web sticks with pay as you go tariff are available at retail stores in Germany for purchase prices beginning at € 20.00 to € 30.00. Alternatively, notebook or tablet users can also buy a portable WiFi 3G router called “web’n’walk Box”, “Surfbox” or “MiFi”. With such a device, users can not only connect to the web via GPRS or UMTS, but also integrate other mobile devices such as a game pad, a smart-phone, a media player or a camera into the wireless network.

This Friday, March 25th, at 5 p.m. sharp, the new Apple tablet iPad 2 will go on sale in Germany and 24 other countries around the world. It will be available at the four Apple stores in Hamburg, Munich, Frankfort and Oberhausen as well as at selected retail stores such as Saturn and Media Markt, Gravis and M-Stores. Here is a short overview of the iPad 2 features, its purchase prices, stores selling the touch-screen tablet and suitable pay as you go tariffs.

OpenSignalMaps is a web service that shows mobile phone and web stick users nearby mobile base stations of carriers and how strong the cellular signals in that particular area are. It also works for cities in Germany like Berlin, users have just to enter their address or ZIP code and in order to see base stations locations and heat maps of their part of town. By showing this kind of information on a map, it can help mobile phone users picking a new provider or maybe choosing the location for a new apartment or office.

The new messaging service Yuilop offers free SMS messages and community chats on Android smart-phones and Android tablets. A beta version of the application can now be downloaded from the Android Market for free. Once the app is installed on the Android smart-phone or tablet, it connects to the device’s address book and users can conduct Facebook chats or community chats with other users of the Yuilop app on their mobile. Further versions supporting other platforms such as Blackberry, Symbian, Windows Phone 7 and iOS will be coming soon, as well.

Apple has introduced its new tablet iPad 2 and cut purchase prices for the first iPad. In Germany, the new iPad 2 will be available on March 25th – two weeks later than in the United States. And Apple hasn’t announced yet how much money the new iPad 2 will cost in Apple stores in Germany. In the United States the Apple tablet will cost between $ 499.00 for the iPad 2 WiFi with 16 GB memory and $ 829.00 for the iPad 2 WiFi + 3G with 64 GB storage capacity. That means: The new iPad 2 will debut with the exact same price as the iPad 1 did last year in April.

From the end of April, Telekom will be offering customers the tablet PC Motorola Xoom with Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) operating system for € 699.95. The version featuring UMTS mobile telecommunications technology for mobile data transmission will be available exclusively through Deutsche Telekom for 90 days. But the Motorola Xoom is only one of the products, Telekom is presenting visitors at this year’s CeBIT fair in Hanover. Here is a short overview of what you get to see Telekom stand which is located in hall 4, stand 26.

HTC Flyer, LG Optimus Speed and Samsung Nexus S - Vodafone Germany is showcasing new smart-phones, tablets as well as LTE surf sticks and applications at CeBIT 2011 in Hanover. Here is short overview of what devices and services you can see at the Vodafone pavilion 32 at the CeBIT fair.

How quickly the picture can change: Even though the smart-phone manufacturer HTC had limited the number of journalists attending the press conference at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, there was quite some scrimmage at the Theatre Lliure close to the trade show area. Everyone expected not only to see new smart-phones but also the first tablet of the manufacturer. The HTC Flyer was the star of the HTC presence at Mobile World Congress this week.