Tablets

WebOS: Dead? Oh, Sure, Almost Certainly — But Not Definitely

Palm Pre

It’s hard to imagine a future for the once-promising operating system. But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have one.

SketchBook Ink: iPad Art at Retina Resolution, and Way, Way Beyond

SketchBook Ink

First shown at Apple’s iPad event, Autodesk’s new drawing program permits jaggy-free sketching at super-high resolutions.

Yahoo’s Axis: Visual Search, an iOS Browser and No ‘Ten Blue Links’

Yahoo Axis

Yahoo tries a new, thumbnail-centric twist on search for desktop browsers, iPhone and iPad.

Nvidia’s Kai Brings Hope for $199 Quad-Core Tablets

Nvidia

Nvidia has a plan to make cheap Android tablets a lot more powerful. The company will launch a platform this year called “Kai” that will let device makers bring quad-core tablets to market for $199.

5 Lingering Questions About Shared Data Plans

REUTERS/Brian Snyder

The demise of all-you-can-eat data might not be all bad news. Shared data plans could be money savers by letting families draw from one data pool, and by letting power users connect several devices without buying a separate plan for each one. But some big questions still linger.

Coming Soon: TiVo Streaming for iPhones and iPads

TiVo Stream

The upcoming TiVo Stream box will turn Apple gadgets into portable viewers for recorded shows.

Technology’s Perfect Storm Is Coming This Fall

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This fall, the tech market will witness a perfect storm as three major technologies and industry forces converge to deliver a whole host of new products for consumers.

Now Flipboard Does Audio, Too

Flipboard

The “social magazine” for iPad and iPhone now has a slick audio player and content from Soundcloud and public radio.

Report: Amazon to Release Front-Lit Kindle in July

Shannon Stapleton / Reuters

E Ink — easy on the eyes, not so easy to read in the dark. That’s why Amazon is planning on releasing a new Kindle with front lighting, according to a “source” who talked to Reuters.

Report: Windows 8 Tablets with Intel Chips Coming in November

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More than a dozen Windows 8 tablets with processors from Intel will hit stores in November, according to a report from CNET.

Would You Buy a 7-inch Apple ‘iPad Mini’ for $200?

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Tell me if this makes sense to you: Apple’s preparing to launch a significantly smaller version of its already relatively smallish iPad and keep everything exactly the same — including the screen resolution — except for storage, which it’ll drop from the entry-level iPad’s 16GB to 8GB.