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Amazon introduces $199 Kindle Fire
Bloomberg broke the news this morning regarding Amazon’s upcoming Kindle Fire Tablet. With a surprisingly low pricepoint of just $199, the Kindle Fire may prove to be the first real competitor to the iPad we’ve seen in the marketplace. Sporting a 7-inch display and running Android underneath the hood, Amazon is hoping to leverage their […]
Continue reading...Gamestop planning to release gaming optimized Android tablet – Report
Monday, September 12, 2011
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Well the Android party is about to get a little bit more crowded, folks. Last week we reported that Gamestop was rumored to be getting into the iOS hardware business as a means to stay relevant in a gaming market that has largely shifted towards mobile gaming and digital downloads. Now comes word that Gamestop […]
Continue reading...Samsung only sold 20,000 units of its 7-inch Galaxy Tab – Report
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
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Apple is currently devoting an inordinate amount of legal resources in its effort to prevent Samsung from releasing a bevy of products it claims purposefully infringe upon Apple patents and slavishly copy the look and feel of iOS. Currently, Apple’s legal team is working tirelessly to prevent Samsung from releasing its Galaxy Tab 10.1. Earlier […]
Continue reading...Amazon prepping $250 7-inch Kindle tablet with color, multitouch support, and a whole lot more
Saturday, September 3, 2011
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Amazon has been rumored to be working on a tablet version of the Kindle for some time now and we can now say with certainty that it’s 100% real and is coming sooner rather than later. While initial reports claimed Amazon was working on a family of Android-based tablets in time for a 2011 holiday […]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs explains why Apple wasn’t keen on tablet computing back in 2003
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Apple didn’t release the first tablet computer or even come up with the idea for tablet computing itself. If anything, Microsoft, and Bill Gates in particular, were championing tablet computers years before the iPad was released. In this video clip from the first All Things D conference in 2003, former Apple CEO Steve Jobs explains […]
Continue reading...Knight Ridder promo video from 1994 describes iPad-esque tablet device [Video]
Sunday, August 21, 2011
The iPad essentially revitalized a tablet market that was previously non-existent. That’s to say, the iPad wasn’t the first tablet to hit the market, but it was the first tablet to actually have a discernible impact on the marketplace. The notion of tablet computing has been around for ages and can be traced back to […]
Continue reading...What tablets looked like before and after the iPad [Photo]
Saturday, August 20, 2011
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 […]
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011
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