When Apple unveiled the iPad back in January of 2010, the company’s competitors rightly saw a huge opportunity. Now that Steve Jobs & Co. had created the first modern tablet computer, other manufacturers could build on the ideas it originated. They could offer features that it didn’t. They could deliver more bang for the …
Tablets
Survey Shows iPad 2 Sold to 70 Percent New Buyers
Investment firm Piper Jaffray sent a team of analysts out into the streets, and not so shockingly, they found that the iPad 2 had virtually sold out in retail stores. But surprise, surprise, they discovered that a vast majority – over half, in fact – of new buyers never owned the original iPad.
To get the numbers straight, 70 …
Motorola Xoom Gets Closer to Completion with Flash
One of the Motorola Xoom’s missing pieces will fall into place with the arrival of Adobe Flash on March 18.
Adobe made the news official on its blog. Flash 10.2 will arrive alongside Android 3.0.1, an over-the-air software update that’s rolling out to Xoom tablets now. Adobe’s considering this a beta release for tablets, but the final …
They Keep Killing the PC
My Technologizer column over at TIME.com this week is about the end of the PC era–which, I’ve decided, already happened awhile ago while nobody was looking. There are so many Internet-connected computing devices of all sorts in our lives–phones, TVs, tablets, e-readers, and more to come–that the PC is merely one among many rather than …
On the Fence? Talk Yourself into an iPad 2 in Five Easy Steps
Today is iPad 2 launch day. Some of you will rush out and buy it, some of you would rather eat a pinecone, and the rest of you may fall somewhere in the middle. Perhaps you already have an iPad, perhaps you’re holding out for a better tablet, or perhaps you just need a little reassurance that the $500+ you’re about to lay out will be …
Microsoft’s Prototype Stylus is All Kinds of Crazy
The stylus may have been left behind in the age of multi-touch, but Microsoft researchers think they’ve got a way to give it new life.
Microsoft Research has posted images and video (via Engadget) of a stylus that changes functions based on how you hold it. For example, a typical pen grip allows for handwriting, but holding the stylus …
BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet Will Ship with ‘7digital’ Music Store
Already available as an app for BlackBerry smartphones, the 7digital Music Store will be preloaded onto the 7-inch BlackBerry PlayBook tablet that’s been rumored for release sometime next month.
According to the press release:
“The 7digital Music Store will give BlackBerry PlayBook users access to 7digital’s catalogue of over 13
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How to Sell a Tablet: Apps and Price First, Tech Specs Second
I try to keep a level head about Apple products. I own several, but I also own plenty of non-Apple stuff as well (I use a PC! Can you believe it?!).
This whole tablet movement has been fascinating to watch, though, and Apple’s been navigating the minefield impressively. It’s setting up some mines along the way, which helps, but …
Apple’s New iPad 2: Thinner, Lighter, Cameras and More
Apple’s Steve Jobs (yes, Steve Jobs) took the stage today at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco to announce the iPad 2.
Shall we dance? Let’s…
Specs
The iPad 2—that’s its official name—sports a 33% thinner design and weighs 0.2 pounds less than the original iPad. There’s also a dual-core 1GHz processor, …
Live Blog: Apple’s iPad 2 Event
Techland and our partner site Technologizer are teaming up to bring you live coverage of Apple’s iPad special event taking place in San Francisco’s Yerba Beuna Center, starting at 1 pm ET.
No need to refresh: Sit back and enjoy the show as Technologizer’s Harry McCracken & Ed Oswald and Techland’s Doug Aamoth bring you the …
HP TouchPad to BlackBerry PlayBook: Quit Copying Me!
Nothing like stirring the pot between two tablet makers, eh? That’s just what Laptop did by calling the attention of HP and BlackBerry to the similarities between both companies’ upcoming tablets.
According to Laptop:
“Both tablets render open programs as cards that you can easily swipe through for multitasking, and you can close
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The Details on the Xoom’s LTE Upgrade
The most interesting thing about Motorola’s new Xoom tablet–which I reviewed for this week’s TIME.com Technologizer column and is available from Verizon dealers starting today–is that it’s the first tablet that runs Google’s new Android 3.0 Honeycomb operating system. The second most interesting is the support for Verizon’s speedy LTE …