Tablets

Buy a Cadillac, Get an iPad

Cadillac XTS

Cadillac’s new luxury sedan will teach buyers about its infotainment system by letting them explore its features on Apple’s tablet, which is included in the car’s price.

Orangutans at Miami Zoo Use iPads to Communicate

Jungle Island

The 8-year-old twins love their iPad. They draw, play games and expand their vocabulary. Their family’s teenagers also like the hand-held computer tablets, too, but the clan’s elders show no interest.

Logitech’s New iPad Keyboard Recharges with Sun Rays, Not a Cord

Logitech Solar Folio

If you love the iPad and love the feel of a real keyboard, life just keeps on getting more interesting.

Target Phasing Out Amazon’s Kindle

Amazon

Target Corp. is phasing out Amazon.com Inc.’s e-reader Kindle at its more than 1,700 stores and its website.

MasterImage 3D’s 3D Tablet: Surprisingly Decent, and No Glasses Needed

MasterImage 3D tablet

It’s just a demo unit at the moment, not anything you can rush out and buy. But this Android tablet’s 3D effect is easy on the eyes.

Amazon Selling Refurbished Kindle Fire Tablet for $139, Today Only

Amazon

Today only, Amazon is selling the refurbished Kindle Fire tablet for $139. That’s a good deal considering the new version costs $199 and refurbished units normally cost $169.

RIM’s BlackBerry 10 Announcement Is a Tease, and That’s Okay

BlackBerry 10 Demo

RIM is talking about its upcoming software in Orlando this week, but crucial details are yet to come. And the right time to form definitive opinions about next-generation BlackBerrys will be when they go on sale.

Jawbone’s Big Jambox Wireless Speaker: It’s a Big Jambox!

Jawbone Big Jambox

The popular little Bluetooth speaker/speakerphone now has a bigger, louder brother.

Nook for Windows 8? Microsoft and Barnes & Noble Settle, Buddy Up

Techland Illustration

Microsoft and Barnes & Noble are joining hands to form a new Barnes & Noble subsidiary that’ll be dubbed “Newco” (get it?) until someone comes up with a better name. The “strategic” venture, into which Microsoft says it will pour $300 million, is designed to “accelerate the transition to e-reading,” as well as symbolically lay to rest a patent dispute that’s been ongoing since March 2011.

How the Software Industry Is Being Reborn

Microsoft

It seems like you can’t go anywhere in Silicon Valley without hearing about someone who’s making an app. Apps are all the rage these days and software engineering is one of the hottest jobs all over the world. But in the not too distant past, there wasn’t this much excitement around software.

Brydge iPad Keyboard Dock Looks to MacBook for Style Cues

Brydge

Brydge is an iPad keyboard dock with a magnetized laptop hinge. Pop the tablet in, and you can tilt it to the angle of your liking or fold it closed for travel.