If you build it, they will come. Not just words of wisdom from a Kevin Costner movie anymore, but the experience of libraries across America. They’ve seen a triple-digit jump in the amount of digital lending during the last year …
Tablets
CES: 12 Unique Ultrabooks and Tablets You Should Know About
The best ultrathin laptops and touchscreen slabs from the tech industry’s biggest trade show.
Asus MeMo 370T: The 7-Inch, Quad-Core, $250 Dream Tablet
Asus is promising what seems like the impossible with the MeMo 370T, a 7-inch Android Ice Cream Sandwich tablet with a quad-core processor for $250. I got my hands on a prototype during CES 2012, and I’m happy to say it’s real, …
Samsung’s 5.3-inch Galaxy Note: Giant Phone Meets Tiny Tablet
When it comes to smartphones, apparently big is the new small. Thin is still in, to be sure, but screen sizes have been steadily inching their way into the weird limboland between phones and the current crop of 7-inch tablets. …
New iPads Imminent? Source Claims Taiwan Manufacturer Already Taking Orders
DigiTimes may be the new 50-50, as in “half the time they’re kind of right,” “half the time they’re mostly wrong,” but okay, we’ll bite: Another supply chain source just told the rumormonger that Taiwanese electronics supplier …
Toshiba ‘Excite X10’ Claims Thinnest, Lightest 10-inch Tablet Crown
The Toshiba Excite X10 is a sexy slab, my main man. And that’s saying something, because I hate when people use “sexy” to describe gadgets – especially slabs.
But it’s true. I can’t properly convey how weird it is to …
Yup, the iPad 4 Rumors Have Begun
iPad 3 rumors? Old and boring. The rumor mill is already moving on to talk of the iPad 4, which is apparently coming this October, six months after the supposed launch of its predecessor.
The source of this rumor, as expected, …
Google Nexus Tablet Rumors: Why I’m Not Excited
It’s CES Early! Lenovo Trots Out ThinkPad Ultrabook, X1 Linux Hybrid
Welcome to CES 2012 everyone! For today’s show, we’ll have a look at new laptops from Lenovo with…wait, isn’t CES next week? Sure, but don’t tell Lenovo — they’ve jumped the gun and unveiled their new laptop lineup early, and …
New 10-inch Acer Tablet Priced at $330, May Get Even Cheaper at Retail
Acer has just announced the 10.1-inch Iconia Tab A200, an Android tablet with a suggested starting price of $330 that’ll be available on January 15. I’d expect the tablet’s retail price to clear the $299 mark once it hits …
To Win Kids Back, Toy Maker Taps Tablet and Phone Apps
It’s a familiar refrain among parents of young children: Kids don’t want to play with toys anymore because they’d rather play games on an iPad or a smartphone.
Now, some toy makers are trying to adapt by fusing phone and …
Get Your BlackBerry PlayBooks Cheap: $299 Fire Sale on All Models
Want a 64GB tablet for just $299? Wallet, meet solution — if you don’t mind the part where it’s called a BlackBerry PlayBook, that is.
Yep, RIM just dropped the official prices on its beleaguered tablet lineup, taking the …