MWC: RIM promises 4G BlackBerry PlayBook tablets
RIM has announced plans to extend its line up of BlackBerry PlayBook tabletsto support the LTE and HSPA+ standards.
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Samsung announces new 10.1-inch Galaxy Tab
Samsung announced a new 10.1-inch Galaxy Tab at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain today. Some early photos were leaked over the weekend but with the device now confirmed we're starting to get some hands-on reports, like this one on the Mashable site. Specs on this new tablet are: 10.1-inch display (1280 X 800) 1GHz Dual Core Processor Dual Surround Sound speakers HD video recording ...
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Tablets and smartphones spur huge memory demand
The surge in demand for tablets and smartphones will mean a bumper year formemory manufacturers analysts have predicted.
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G5E's Romance of Rome Coming this Week
Celebration your affection for Rome.
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LG launches Optimus 3D, Optimus Pad
At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, LG announces the 3D video-capable Optimus 3D smartphone and Optimus Pad tablet.
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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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Study: Tablets Could Be Hurting PC Graphics Shipments
Worldwide shipments of PC graphics products were flat during the fourth quarter last year, potentially hurt by growth in tablet shipments, according to research released by Jon Peddie Research on Monday.
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News Corp to Launch 'The Daily' iPad Newspaper on February 2
News Corp will launch its long-awaited digital newspaper, 'The Daily', created for Apple's iPad on February 2.
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News Corp announces iPad only newspaper
News Corp has announced its plans for the first digital-only newspaper created specifically for the Apple iPad. read more
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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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Tablets won't steamroll Microsoft, top exec says (Reuters)
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Concerns that roaring demand for tablets and smartphones like Apple's iPad and iPhone will leave Microsoft in the dust are simply overdone, Microsoft International's president told Reuters. "Devices are going to go and come," Jean-Philippe Courtois, president of Microsoft International, told Reuters at the World Economic Forum, adding that the company was making ...
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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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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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Motorola Xoom Tablet's Price Will Shoot It in the Foot
The Motorola Xoom seems like a formidable iPad rival on paper, but the rumored pricing will make it hard to compete with Apple.
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The New iPhone Tech That Could Transform How You Pay for Everything: NFC
A high-profile article today is hinting that Apple is really planning on building short-range wireless near field communication (NFC) tech into the iPhone (and iPad, interestingly) as we'd long suspected. This could totally change how you pay for things, even if you don't own Apple gear. Richard Doherty, director of big consulting firm Envisioneering Group, tells Bloomberg Apple has NFC on the ...
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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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Tablets: IPad 2 Vs. Xoom Vs. PlayBook Vs. WebOS Slates
It may seem like 2010 was the year of the tablet, but the reality is that 2010 was really just the year of the iPad with 15 million units sold and no real competitors for the Apple tablet. However, 2011 will be very different with a diverse variety of tablet options emerging--including some particularly relevant entries from major players.
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Reasons the Motorola Xoom may fall flat
Motorola's upcoming Android 3.0 tablet has all the makings of an iPad-besting super tablet. But when the financial interests of carriers and exclusivity deals come into play, consumer interest may dry up. Originally posted at Crave
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iPad and rival tablets blunt PC shipments
'Christmas PC sales weak in key regions' Tablets PCs, including Apple's iPad, are taking a toll on an already battered PC market.
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IDC: Apple’s revolutionary iPad grabbed 87.4% share of worldwide tablet market in 3Q 2010
The worldwide media tablet market grew 45.1% in the third quarter of 2010...
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ASUS unwraps four tablets
Ahead of CES, which kicks off tomorrow, ASUS has revealed the four tablets with which it hopes to compete with Apple's iPad and Samsung's Galaxy Tab.
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Smart Gets Even More Smug With New iPad App
"Ideas In Motion" is part wiki, part 17th-century Parisian salon with stories of visionary people and revolutionary events. Users can edit it to share opinions, engage in debate or start a flame war.
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Microsoft’s tablet could take years, stirring doubts about Windows tablets beating out Apple’s iPad
Instead of unveiling an elegant response to the iPad, Microsoft...
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A sea of tablets at CES, but no iPad-killer
It was easier to find a tablet this week in Las Vegas than a taxi.
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Tablets crowd gadget show, chasing iPad's tail
Big tablets and small tablets, white ones and black ones. Cheap ones and expensive ones. Brand names famous and obscure at...
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CES Sees Dexim iPad 2 Case With iPad 2 Mockup
It was well known that Apple would not be making an appearance at CES as they never have in the past, but with the anticipation building about their next generation iPad or iPad 2, we’ve had our first view of a mock-up of what this device will look like. The mock-up comes by way of [...]
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Comcast to offer live video streaming on iPad, other tablets this year
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Comcast says it will offer both live and on-demand streaming of TV shows, movies and other video on tablets later this year, turning the increasingly popular gadgets into another outlet for its cable service.
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iDJ Live Could Unleash Your Inner Mixmaster
The best kind of software apps are the ones that help you do things you have no business doing. File the iDJ Live under that category, especially as it pertains to those not so musically inclined.
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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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Rival tablets fill electronics show in IPad's absence
The annual Consumer Electronics Show kicks off in Las Vegas on Thursday but the hottest device around, and the trailblazing company that makes it, won't be on the sprawling show floor.
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Rival tablets fill electronics show in IPad's absence
The annual Consumer Electronics Show kicks off in Las Vegas on Thursday but the hottest device around and the trailblazing company that makes it won't be on the sprawling show floor.
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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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New processors from Intel, AMD help PCs compete with tablets
Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc., whose processors are the "brains" of PCs, are unveiling significant changes to their chips' designs at this week's International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
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New computer chips help PCs compete with tablets
New chip designs by Intel, AMD will be unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show.
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At Consumer Electronics Show, spotlight will shine on tablets
EVANS CAGLAGE/DMNTech companies gambled big last year in Las Vegas that 3-D would be a hit. That bet hasn't paid off. So this week at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas they're rolling the dice on another technology: tablet computers. But the tablet push might be coming a year too late for many gadgets makers. When Apple Inc. released the iPad in March, it set the standard for touch ...
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Survey Confirms Tablets Hot, Laptops Not So Much
One of the more controversial topics on the eve of the Consumer Electronics Show is just how much tablets may take away from portable PC sales. To judge by a new survey from Accenture, laptop makers would do well to worry.
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Lenovo to Show First Tablets at CES
Lenovo will show its first tablets this week as it moves to make a mark in the fast-growing market led by Apple's iPad and Samsung's Galaxy Tab.
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iPhone Apps: Security Cam, SiteScout, AppSwitch
Security Cam 2.0 ($ 1) - Crowded Road has announced a new version of its professional monitoring and surveillance utility for the iPhone/iPad, Security Cam 2.0. Included in this release is a new user interface with altered icons, the addition of a new Motion Detection trigger, and the ability to record and save live video.
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Apple Stock Watch: iPad Tromped Other Tablets During Holiday Season
Apple’s iPad was the tablet of choice this holiday season, according to Wedge Partners analyst Brian Blair. Based on his retail checks, consumers weren’t interested in tablets from Apple’s competitors primarily because the competition’s quality is so poor.
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Just got an iPad? The best apps, accessories, and tips
So, Santa stuffed an iPad into your stocking on Christmas (insert mythical figure / appropriate receptacle / holiday of choice), and you're wondering what to do with the thing? First of all, congratulations! The iPad can be a wonderful, loyal companion and friend, but it can also take a while to warm up to. As we always say, a device is only as good as its apps, both literally and figuratively ...
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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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