If it’s a cheap tablet you’re after, Barnes & Noble and Amazon want your business. Amazon’s $199 Kindle Fire and Barnes & Noble’s $249 Nook Tablet both look promising on paper—the former with its suite of Amazon services, and …
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ViewSonic Tablet Runs Windows and Android: Good Idea, Poor Execution
As a holdover until Microsoft ships the tablet-friendly Windows 8, I like the idea of a Windows 7 tablet that also runs Android. Sure, Windows 7 doesn’t play nicely with touch screens, but it’s a great operating system for getting work done, and when you’re finished, you can switch to Android for leisure.
That’s what ViewSonic tries …
Barnes and Noble Unveils New ‘Nook’ Tablet for $249
Bookseller Barnes and Noble has revamped its popular 7-inch color e-book reader today. Simply called the Nook Tablet, the new version will sell for $249 starting next week, and features a 1GHz dual-core processor to power playback of HD movies, videos and TV shows. There will be a host of apps and games available at launch as well. Angry …
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Ben Bajarin is the Director of Consumer Technology Analysis and Research at Creative Strategies, Inc, a technology industry analysis and market intelligence firm located in Silicon Valley.
According to Comscore, tablets now represent 2% of all U.S. based internet traffic. The dominant contributor to tablet traffic is, of course, …
HP’s Slate 2: A Windows 7 Tablet for $700
HP’s Slate 2 is a rare product from an unlikely company. You don’t see many Windows 7 tablets these days, because most hardware makers are presumably waiting for Microsoft’s touch-optimized Windows 8 to launch next year. HP, meanwhile, is still licking its wounds over the failure of its TouchPad tablet, and only recently decided it was …
No E-Mail? Maybe Microsoft’s Courier Is Better Off Dead
Two years ago, Microsoft shocked the tech world with a visionary concept called the Courier, a dual-screen tablet intended for content creators. Details were scarce, revealed only in leaked documents. But in April 2010, Microsoft at once confirmed and killed the project.
(MORE: Microsoft Admits Courier Exists, Scraps Project)
Now, …
Rumor: New Nook Color Coming November 7
We knew Barnes & Noble would have a new Nook Color to strike back at Amazon’s Kindle Fire eventually, and according to a few unnamed sources, the revamped e-reader and tablet is set to launch on November 7.
Nate Hoffelder at The Digital Reader heard from three sources, including a retailer and a Barnes & Noble employee, who confirmed …
RIM Offers ‘Buy Two, Get One Free’ Deal for BlackBerry PlayBook Tablets
Research in Motion’s tablet, the BlackBerry PlayBook, has been overshadowed of late, which may be the reason behind the company’s latest promotion: Buy two PlayBook tablets, get one free. Yes, that’s right, tablets have now become so ubiquitous that we’re buying them in bulk.
The deal, which applies to the 16GB, 32GB and 64GB models, …
Study: Tablet Users Read More News, More In-Depth Stories
Tablet devices aren’t just changing the amount of information that users read, they’re also changing the kinds of information, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism about the online habits of tablet users.
The study, carried out in association with the Economist Group, established …
Asus: Quad-Core Tablet Incoming, Padfone Still Happening
A wave of quad-core Android tablets is nearly upon us, and Asus wants to be leading the charge.
At the AsiaD conference in Hong Kong, Asus Chairman Jonney Shih said the company is working on a sequel to its Asus Eee Pad Transformer tablet, called the Transformer Prime. The Prime will be powered by Nvidia’s quad-core Tegra 3 processor, …
Rumor: Apple’s iPad 3 Moving into Production Early
Move over iPhone 4S and iPhone 5 rumors, here comes the iPad 3! What, you thought the grapevine was closed with Apple’s iPhone 4S hitting shelves today? Not when it sounds like Apple’s newest slate is right around the corner…if we buy Susquehanna Financial analyst Jeff Fidacaro’s claims, anyway.
Fidacaro believes, based on supply
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Apple-Samsung Patent Battle: Apple’s Totally Winning
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Samsung’s not getting much love from the courts as it tries to defend against Apple’s patent infringement claims.
In the United States, District Judge Lucy Koh repeatedly mentioned the visual similarities …