Feb
18
2011
News@8pm: Quad-core phones, Android Ice Cream
Plus: HTC Flyer price revealed, T3 iPad subscriptions Posted by Richard Wordsworth
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Orange launches low-cost branded tablet
Mobile operator Orange launched Tuesday a tablet computer under its own brand in four European countries as a cheaper alternative to Apple's iPad.
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Apple's luxury tax should spark a showdown with publishers - but will it?
Just as all of the big content providers were starting to get chummy with Apple and its media savior - the mighty iPad - olââ¬â¢ Steve Jobs went and pulled a fast one on his new publisher buddies....
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Feb
11
2011
Yahoo announces LiveStand digital newstand for iPad and Android tablets, mobile phones
Yahoo has introduced LiveStand, a digital newsstand for tablets and mobile phones that offers personalized content from the company's many resources. Read the full story here.
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Google Honeycomb: Threat to iPad?
The following commentary comes from an independent investor or market observer as part of TheStreet's guest contributor program, which is separate from the company's news coverage. The opinions expressed are those of the author and do not represent the views of TheStreet or its management. NEW YORK (TheStreet ) -- Apple's gibe at Google's Android OS is that it was not designed for tablets ...
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Jan
30
2011
CHART OF THE DAY: The Number One Thing Android Tablets Need To Beat The iPad
What will it take for Android tablets to beat the iPad ? A really good price. The lower the price, the more people likely to buy the tablet. The more people with a tablet, the more people to download apps. So, from a developer perspective, it makes sense.
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Jan
27
2011
How Can Android Tablets Succeed?
Take our poll and help us figure out which factors will make the real difference in Android tablet manufacturer's efforts to succeed against the Apple iPad onslaught.
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Home Cooking Popularity To Soar as Digital Book Sales Grow 193% in 2010
eBook sales grew 193% between January and August 2010, iPad sales also saw growth of 50% in the last quarter. This rapid growth in digital device popularity signals that 2011 is set to be the year of the eBook. But why is this exponential growth happening? Paleo Cookbook author, Nikki Young, explains the deciding factors in why more and more consumers are opting for digital books, and why eBooks ...
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Jan
27
2011
Google Android Tablets Gain Traction With Developers
Apple iPad remains the top tablet targeted by app builders in survey
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Join the Conversation--Living Language Announces French Language Study Mobile App for iPhone and iPad
Living Language, the foremost name in foreign language self-study since 1946, announces the first comprehensive language course available as a mobile app--currently available in French for iPhone and iPad. The app is a complete beginner's course in 10 lessons, including interactive flash cards, essential grammar lessons, audio dialogues, and practice quizzes, games and puzzles. (PRWeb January 25 ...
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Jan
26
2011
Android Tablets Closing in on Apple's IPad.
Google has nearly caught up to Apple in smart phone popularity and is closing the gap in tablets, according to a survey commissioned by mobile apps services provider, Appcelerator.
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Man charged in theft of 100K Apple iPad users' e-mails is to be transferred to N.J.
Photo By The Associated PressAn Apple iPad in a file photo. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — One of the two people charged in the theft of more than 100,000 e-mail addresses of Apple iPad users waived a bail hearing today and will...
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Jan
14
2011
CompanionLink Announces Secure Hosted Wireless Sync for Android, iPhone and BlackBerry
CompanionLink® Software announces secure hosted wireless sync with iPhone, iPad, BlackBerry and Android phones and tablets. The monthly subscription service eliminates the need for intermediaries like Google or iTunes when synchronizing PC calendar, contacts, tasks and notes.
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Jan
09
2011
Audiovox showcases affordable iPad and Android docks at CES
Audiovox ARS35i docking station features motorized rotation for iPad, ARS15 supports Droid devices, Apple, tablets.
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Tucson shooting: As it unfolded
9:58 a.m. - U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords or someone on her staff posts this message on Twitter from an iPad: 'My 1st Congress on Your Corner starts now. Please stop by to let me know what is on your mind or tweet me later.'
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Jan
08
2011
CES: Moto/Verizon XOOM with new Android 3.0 OS aimed at Apple’s iPad
Watch out Apple ( AAPL ) iPad. Here comes Motorola’s XOOM. Verizon Wireless ( VZ ) and the old Motorola struck a chord with the Droid phone using Google’s ( GOOG ) OS. Now, Verizon and the brand-new Motorola Mobility ( MMI ) are aiming to strike a second with the new Motorola XOOM, a 10.1-inch touchscreen device unveiled Wednesday in anticipation of the Consumer Electronics Show, which starts ...
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Jan
07
2011
Comcast to stream live TV to iPad, Android tablets
Company will allow for in-home streaming of its live and On Demand content to the iPad and Android tablets later this year, it announces today.
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CES: Thought-controlled iPad app gets in your head
Startup company InteraXon is set to debut an iPad app that let's you control onscreen events using only your thoughts.
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Jan
06
2011
Product News: Comcast to Stream TV to iPad (“Later” on Android)
Comcast announced Wednesday that it was bringing support for streaming live and On Demand TV shows and movies to its Xfinity TV iPad app. The company said this feature would be added to its iPad app in the next few weeks (no specificity), and that it would eventually bring the same features to Android, “later this year.”
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Gadget show bringing fiercer competition to Apple's iPad
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple Inc.’s popular iPad is getting its strongest competition thus far as consumer-electronics manufacturers unveil tablet computers with bigger screens, front-facing cameras for video chatting and more.
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Jan
05
2011
Google Android Newsstand to Rival Apple iTunes Store
Google is allegedly mulling a periodical publication push for Android smartphones and tablets to challenge Apple's iTunes store for its iPad magazine and newspaper apps.
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Apple's absence to be felt at CES gadget show
Apple won't be at the International Consumer Electronics Showthis year, but its tablet computer, the iPad, is the most important new product for an industry that needs to once again excite consumers.
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Jan
04
2011
Android Tablets Will Benefit From Free Amazon Kindle Apps [Kindle]
# kindle After Amazon's success developing an iPad app , they've now tailored apps for Android and Windows tablet platforms, doing the usual: giving access to 775,000 ebooks, which can be bought once and read on various platforms. More »
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Tech Ads Most Effective in 2010
With the launch of new devices like the iPad and 3-D–enabled TVs, it’s not surprising that five of the top 10 ads that viewers found most convincing in 2010 promoted consumer tech products, according to ad effectiveness tracker Ace Metrix.
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Jan
04
2011
Opera to Preview Android Tablet Browser at CES
Opera Software on Monday announced a sneak peek at a new touch-based Opera browser for tablets that the company plans to preview at the Consumer Electronics Show. Android support was specifically announced.
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Dec
29
2010
Mobile Charge Capture App for iPad & Android Now Available From Medical Design Technologies
NEWPORT BEACH, CA--(Marketwire - 12/28/10) - Medical Design Technologies (MDTech), a leader in charge capture software for physicians, now offers a mobile charge capture app for the iPad and Android devices. The MD Coder application, used by thousands of physicians nationwide, previously only worked with Windows Mobile, Blackberry, iPhone and web browsers. "We're pleased to offer the MD Coder ...
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Dec
29
2010
France wants to tax iPad, Android tablets, but exempt Windows tablets
French politicians are debating extending the private copying tax to tablets...
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Can Apple Sell 65M iPads in 2011?
According to a report from Digitimes, iPad panel shipments will reach 65 million units in 2011.
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Dec
21
2010
Apple iPad to Lead Android in Tablet Market in 2012
Google Android tablets will comprise 39 percent of the tablet market by 2012, nearing Apple's 44 percent iPad share. The trend mirrors how Android handsets are catching the iPhone.
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Motorola teases new tablet by ragging on iPad, Galaxy Tab
Motorola today gave out a teaser video (below) for an introduction of its upcoming Android tablet at its CES event on January 5. The clip targeted competitors and considers the iPad a milestone, but digs at the Apple slate being "like a giant iPhone" in both a curse and a blessing. Motorola doesn't avoid attacking fellow Android supporters, however, and criticizes Samsung for using Android 2.2 ...
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