We’ve assumed that an Amazon tablet is coming. Amazon’s CEO has hinted that an Amazon tablet is coming. All we need now are the finer details, and they’re starting to trickle in.
According to an unnamed tipster who spoke to Boy Genius Report, Amazon’s tablets will be powerhouses. One of them, code-named “Coyote,” will run on Nvidia’s …
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Poor Sony. In addition to rebuilding the PlayStation Network and enduring weeks of well-deserved criticism for letting hackers through its defenses, the company faced one more unenviable task: creating a “Welcome Back” package that will actually pacify customers.
The result is rather …
Something weird’s supposedly going down at Apple Stores ahead of their 10th anniversary.
Employees are planning an overnight shift on Saturday, an unnamed tipster told Boy Genius Report, during which cell phones will be confiscated and 10 or 15 individuals will have to work through mid-Sunday. The staff have reportedly received …
In a Seinfeldian example of weird baby names, a couple in Israel has taken inspiration from Facebook and named their baby daughter “Like.”
Lior and Vardit Adler fancied the idea of giving their child a unique name, Haaretz reports. Like had a nice ring to it, they decided, while also representing the age of social networking. “If once …
AT&T is reportedly doing the right thing by allowing Android phone users to install apps from outside the Android Market.
Starting today, an update will enable non-Market app installation — also known as sideloading — on the HTC Inspire 4G, HTC Aria and Samsung Captivate, Android Central reports. All future Android phones will also …
I should know better than to report on analyst predictions about the next iPhone — they’re often wrong — but the latest from Jefferies & Company analyst Peter Misek is irresistible.
Misek said in a research note that the iPhone 5 will actually be called the iPhone 4S, suggesting that it’ll be a minor upgrade similar to the iPhone …
Unless you own one of the five phones that support Netflix’s new Android app, Thursday’s announcement was worthless.
But thanks to some clever folks on Reddit, Netflix’s petty device restrictions needn’t apply. With a rooted Android smartphone, you can trick Netflix into thinking your device is approved for streaming video. It’s not a …
By now, everyone assumes that Amazon is making an Android tablet, but that’s only part of the company’s Android plans, according to one rumor.
An unnamed source told Android and Me that Amazon will launch “an entire family” of Android devices this holiday season. Android and Me’s Taylor Wimberly said he confirmed the information with …
Jeff Bezos is toying with our emotions.
Speaking to Consumer Reports, the Amazon Chief Executive delicately suggested that there’s a tablet in the works. “Stay tuned,” Bezos said when asked directly whether Amazon is making a tablet.
But don’t call it a Kindle killer. Should Amazon launch a tablet, Bezos said, it would be …
Sorry, naysayers. The Beatles on iTunes was a big deal — so big, in fact, that the band carried music sales to a rare year-over-year increase.
Music sales in the United States were up 1.6 percent through May 8, according to Nielsen Soundscan. More than half of those sales went to digital retailers, as physical album sales continued …
Time for a confession: After more than a year of owning an iPad, I’ve started to look at 10-inch tablets with a bit of disdain. Sure, they’re great for video, and they allow for innovative big-screen apps, but they can be uncomfortable to hold and a pain to type on.
So in my endless search for a 7-inch alternative, ViewSonic’s …
Google likes to say that Chrome OS is an operating system that lets you do everything on the web. Don’t believe it.
Until now, I’ve been pretty optimistic about Google’s web-based operating system. The idea of computing entirely over the Internet is a tantalizing taste of the future, and I’ve certainly enjoyed watching the Chrome Web
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