Apple, Android, and now HP—the tablet wars are about to get really interesting. HP’s going after an Apple-like ecosystem with its phones and tablets all running on the same software platform, Palm’s “WebOS” (HP bought Palm last year, if you recall).
Here’s what was announced today:
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Apparently a few NFL teams are considering the benefits of tablet devices such as the iPad over plain old paper.
CNET reports that the Dallas Cowboys, in particular, have determined that going digital “could save them as much as 5,000 pages of paper printouts per game.” It’s an intriguing idea but it’ll likely face quite an uphill …
First things first! Did you see the Motorola Xoom ad during the Super Bowl last night? If not, here it is.
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You’ll notice that Motorola’s taking a shot at Apple users, which seems like kind of an odd choice considering someone who might be interested in the iPad fits roughly …
Not so fast, researchers: Samsung is now saying that their return rate for the Galaxy Tab is actually less than two percent, according to ZD Net. This new information comes to light after ITG Investment Research reported that by January 2011, 16 percent of all Tab purchases were eventually returned.
There’s no explanation as to why …
Google held a press conference today to show off some features from its upcoming tablet-specific Android operating system, Honeycomb.
While most of what Google talked about has been public knowledge for a bit already (see here and here), the company also announced that the Android Market app store found on its phones has now …
Tech research firm, Canalys, has crowned Android the new king of smartphones, with fourth quarter shipments estimated at 33.3 million handsets—a whopping 615% increase over Q4 of 2009. Smartphone shipments, in general, grew 80% in 2010 versus 2009.
In the fourth quarter, Nokia’s Symbian platform fell to second place with 31 million …
Dell’s 7-inch “Streak 7” Android tablet is due this week from T-Mobile at $200 after a $50 mail-in rebate and a two-year contract starting at $25 per month. That’s $50 cheaper than the Samsung Galaxy Tab offered through T-Mobile, which is now priced at $250 after being discounted from $400.
It’s nice to see these 7-inch tablets …
Google has branched its Android operating system into phone-specific and tablet-specific versions. The latest phone version is 2.3 and the new tablet version starts with 3.0, also known as Honeycomb. While Honeycomb is available for software developers to tinker with, we won’t see consumer tablets running Android 3.0 until next month …
On the endless list of tablets birthed at the Consumer Electronics Show earlier in the month, the Motorola Xoom stands out as one of the more impressive. It’s the first Android tablet to run Google’s tablet-specific “Honeycomb” operating system, according to Motorola, and packs a whole lot of power into its 10-inch form …
With the Great Tablet War of 2011 beginning to take shape, let’s take a closer look at what HP may have in store. Engadget seems to be the beneficiary of some relatively detailed insider information but, as always, nothing’s official until we hear it directly from HP. The company has planned a press conference for February 9th, so we …
My new TIME.com Technologizer column–now a Thursday feature at the site rather than a Tuesday one–is a recap of the state of the tablet wars as of last week’s International Consumer Electronics Show. There were dozens of upcoming models at the show–new Android models, RIM’s still-a-work-in-progress BlackBerry PlayBook, dark horses …
We talked a little bit about the rumors of Best Buy’s Buy Back program. Well, it’s official: Best Buy is launching a resale program creatively called Buy Back for your old electronic products. Starting with three categories (smartphones, computing solutions which includes computers and tablets, and televisions), Best Buy hopes to appeal …
