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What tablets looked like before and after the iPad [Photo]
Hewlett-Packard this week announced a fundamental shift to its business model this week when it acquired Autonomy for $11.7 billion and announced its plan to axe all of its WebOS products and perhaps spin off its PC business. That said, the HP TouchPad is now another iPad competitor that’s seen an early death – which [...]
Continue reading...Apple files new suit against Samsung in the Netherlands; Seeks inclusive injunction against all Galaxy tablets, smartphones, and more
Thursday, August 18, 2011
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Apple isn’t pulling any punches in its litigation with Samsung. Last week, a German Court granted Apple an injunction preventing sales of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 device in Germany and all other EU countries except for the Netherlands. A few days later, the injunction was scaled back and made applicable only in Germany as it [...]
Continue reading...Breaking: HP getting out of the mobile WebOS business, says goodbye to the TouchPad
Thursday, August 18, 2011
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Wow. In a span of just two months HP has done a complete 180. Just a few weeks ago they were talking about the importance of controlling both the hardware and software and now it’s being reported that they’re bidding adieu to WebOS and kissing the HP TouchPad and WebOS-based phones goodbye. As for the [...]
Continue reading...HP TouchPad sales grind to a halt; Best Buy sitting on massive amount of inventory
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
As Apple continues to sell each and every iPad 2 it produces, competitors like HP are having a tough time getting people interested in rival tablets like the HP TouchPad. With lukewarm reviews, at best, the HP TouchPad has gotten off to a terribly slow start. So slow, in fact, that HP recently instituted a [...]
Continue reading...Samsung responds to EU Galaxy Tab 10.1 injunction
Thursday, August 11, 2011
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Samsung suffered a huge setback earlier this week when a German district court enacted an injunction barring Samsung from selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 anywhere in Europe. The lone exception is the Netherlands where Apple is currently trying to achieve a similar result. In short, and effective immediately, Samsung cannot sell any tablets and must [...]
Continue reading...After winning injunction against Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1, Apple files suit in Germany against Motorola over Xoom tablet
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
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Apple yesterday was on the receiving end of a favorable judgement from the district court of Dusseldorf, Germany when it ruled that Samsung was barred from selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet anywhere in Europe, save for the Netherlands. Further, for each discovered violation, Samsung will have to either pony up $350,000 or have its [...]
Continue reading...Acer founder thinks devices like the iPad and MacBook Air are passing fads
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
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Despite innovative success that has spanned decades, Apple is still pigeonholed by pundits as being nothing more than a company that got lucky. According to these pundits, Apple uses a clever blend of marketing and trickery to get people into their stores and snatch up iOS devices and Macs in record numbers. This warped logic, [...]
Continue reading...Apple’s iPad enjoys design efficiencies competitors simply can’t match
Monday, August 8, 2011
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Having learned the pitfalls of exorbitantly high product pricing , Apple shocked everybody when they released the original iPad for only $499. While that now seems to be the going rate for any base model tablet these days, remember that in the weeks preceding the iPad launch, many were anticipating Apple’s tablet to fall in [...]
Continue reading...The iPad has no competition, especially not from the Motorola Xoom
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
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Companies looking to take on Apple’s iPad are quickly finding out that it’s more of an uphill battle than they bargained for. Whereas Android was able to quickly catch up to the iPhone in terms of marketshare, the same cann’t be said for Android-based tablets. This past quarter, Apple recorded record revenue thanks in part [...]
Continue reading...HP’s Jon Rubinstein compares HP TouchPad growing pains to early days of OS X
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
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HP TouchPad reviews thus far have been sort of mediocre. While many are praising the device’s speed and of of course the intuitive WebOS software that powers the device, day to day use of the device isn’t exactly a seamless user experience. Writing for This is My Next, Joshua Topolsky writes that the TouchPad’s multitouch [...]
Continue reading...Amazon will release a 9-inch tablet by October – Report
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
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The Wall St. Journal today confirmed that Amazon has its eyes on the tablet market and has plans to release an Android based tablet before October. This corroborates previous reports that an Amazon tablet would be ready to ship by this Fall. Initial estimates peg Amazon’s tablet distribution to fall in the 4 million range [...]
Continue reading...iTunes now touts over 100,000 dedicated iPad apps
Thursday, June 30, 2011
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By Luis Estrada: Even more than the smartphone market, a bustling app store is a requirement to compete in the burgeoning tablet market. And in that regard, absolutely no one can compete with Apple. Earlier today, MacStories pointed out that the number of dedicated iPad apps now surpasses 100,000. That’s multiple orders of magnitudes greater [...]
Continue reading...Amazon tablet rumored to launch by August/September
Thursday, June 23, 2011
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Taiwan-based component makers are relaying that Amazon is about to step into the tablet market and wil go head to head with Apple with new devices scheduled to launch as early as August/September. And in a testament to Amazon’s confidence, or perhaps seriousness, regarding their tablet foray, 2011 global shipments are expected to reach 4 [...]
Continue reading...Samsung unfazed by Apple lawsuits, pushing ahead with tablet releases this Summer
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
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As Apple lays the legal pressure on Samsung, the South Korean based manufacturer seems unfazed by the impending litigation waiting at its doorsteps. As a quick refresher, Apple recently sued Samsung for patent infringement claiming that it’s lineup of Galaxy smartphones and tablets “slavlishly” copy the look and fee of its iOS products. And not [...]
Continue reading...Delusion? HP thinks TouchPad can overtake the iPad
Monday, May 23, 2011
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Hewlett-Packard, reinvigorated by its purchase of Palm and its heralded WebOS, is confident it can enter the tablet space late in the game and not only contend, but overtake the iPad’s number one spot as well. At recent press conference in Cannes, HP’s Matt Cador explained that HP was able to become the top selling [...]
Continue reading...Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang explains why Android tablet sales have been disappointing
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
You know you have a hit product when you sell a few million units a quarter and still can’t keep up with customer demand. Such is the case with Apple and the iPad 2. But when we take a look at the Android side of the coin, we see a completely different story. Though Google [...]
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Saturday, August 20, 2011
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