German operator E-Plus (Base) will launch its own tablet Base Tab in mid-June. The device will be available with a mobile data flat rate tariff for € 19.00 per month over a two-year period. In terms of figures, the Base Tab will cost € 216.00 because the regular monthly fee for the “Base Internet Flat” for accessing the Internet via GPRS or UMTS/HSDPA over the mobile network of E-Plus amounts to € 10.00 per month.

There are differences between the two tablets: While the Vodafone version Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1v is 10.9 millimeters thick and features a 8.1-megapixel camera, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is slimmer (8.6 millimeter) and comes with a 3-megapixel camera. Vodafone is offering the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1v for a purchase price of € 659.90 without plan. Here is a short review on the Samsung tablet being available at Vodafone shops.

The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play is the first smart-phone in the market that complies with the requirements of the Playstation Suite Initiative to play Playstation certified games. Even though it does not serve as a substitute of one of the more powerful games consoles Playstation and Playstation Portable, it sports all features of an adequate gaming console and addresses smart-phone users who want to have a game pad rather than just a touch-screen for gaming with their mobile or who are not satisfied with the range of games in the Android market.

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.

The Google Nexus S is the second smart-phone in the line of “Google phones”. The Google Nexus S has been the first Android smart-phone in the German market running on the new Android OS version 2.3.3 (Gingerbread), thus offering new features such as a built-in voice over IP client, an optimized power management and NFC support for mobile payment and information services. This short review on the Nexus S shows you what you can do with the new Android smart-phone.

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.

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.