A new study shows that students who use iPads in the classroom score better in literacy tests than those who don’t. As previously reported, educators in Auburn, Maine began instructing 266 kindergarteners using the iPad 2 this …
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Samsung Galaxy Note Review: Living with a Gigantic Smartphone
Thanks to an over-the-top Super Bowl ad, millions of people have heard of Samsung’s Galaxy Note smartphone — but for the wrong reason.
Although the Galaxy Note’s stylus was the focus of the commercial, the real …
Office for the iPad: Microsoft, Seize This Opportunity!
FOLLOW-UP: Office for iPad: The Plot Thickens
People have been wondering whether Microsoft would release a version of Office for the iPad for almost as long as there’s been an iPad. Now Matt Hickey of The Daily has what seems …
Here’s What’s New in the BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 Update
Research in Motion is breathing new life into its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet today with the release of PlayBook OS 2.0, an update that adds e-mail, a calendar, contacts and support for Android apps.
The PlayBook, a tablet with …
Nook Tablet Gets New $200 Starting Price, Locks Horns with Kindle Fire
Until now, the general sentiment has been that Barnes & Noble’s 7-inch Nook Tablet is a great option for a low-price Android tablet… if only it didn’t cost $50 more than Amazon’s 7-inch Kindle Fire tablet.
Barnes & Noble …
The Connected Human: How the World Is About to Get Even Smaller
Ben Bajarin is the director of consumer technology analysis and research at Creative Strategies Inc., a technology industry analysis and market intelligence firm in Silicon Valley.
Windows 8 with a Side of Android? Sounds Nice, but Unlikely
Imagine being able to run Android alongside Windows 8 on a tablet. If you’re an Android phone user, you’d have access to the same apps and services, but you’d also get the productivity benefits of a proper PC, along with …
Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet Priced at $200 Today After $50 Coupon Code
Barnes & Noble’s $250 Nook Tablet and Amazon’s $200 Kindle Fire have been duking it out since the holidays, each clamoring for a nice slice of the low-price 7-inch tablet market. The Kindle Fire’s $200 price tag has certainly …
Forget the Vita, I Want a Real PlayStation Tablet
On Monday, Sony’s PlayStation Vita showed up for review. I unboxed the system, popped in the cartridge for Uncharted: Golden Abyss and settled on my couch for a long night of handheld gaming (or rather, about three hours of …
Apple Threatened with iPad Shipment Ban in China Trademark Fight
Apple’s trademark dispute with a Chinese firm over the term “iPad” is getting knottier by the day for the U.S. technology giant. Proview Technology, which says it owns the trademark for “iPad” in China, plans to ask Chinese customs authorities to ban all imports and exports of Apple’s wildly popular computer tablet, according …
One Billion Smartphones by 2016: Here Comes the Mobile Arms Race
By 2016, just four years from now, one billion consumers will have smartphones, according to Forrester Research. In the U.S. alone, consumers will own 257 million smartphones and 126 million tablets.
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What We Think We Know About the iPad 3
At some point with every upcoming Apple product, the wacky rumors–like two new iPads in different sizes debuting at Macworld Expo–start to tail off. They give way to convincing-sounding reports from news sources which, although …