The 2011 Consumer Electronics Show has officially drawn to a close. The biggest tech show around, CES covers over 3 million square feet of floor space and draws over 100,000 industry insiders to Las Vegas in early January every year to set the tone for what we can expect to see from the world of technology in the not-too-distant future. …
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CES: Buying a Tablet? Wait Until Spring (or Later)
The Consumer Electronics Show is in full swing here in Las Vegas and, as promised, there are tablets as far as the eye can see.
Just about every major manufacturer has been showing off some sort of tablet or line of tablets here but the general trend seems to be that most of them aren’t planning to release their respective products …
Tablets May Get All the Hype, But Smartphones Still Favored By Consumers
Although the latest tablets may be generating all the buzz, a new Nielsen survey shows that for the average consumer, hype typically doesn’t translate into a purchase. According to the 27,000-person survey, only 6% of respondents said they were interested in buying a tablet. And while Amazon’s Kindle is its best-selling item of all time, …
Intel Promises 35 Tablets in 2011
For the most part, Intel’s been left out in the cold when it comes to tablets and smartphones. While the company’s processors are relatively powerful compared to mobile-centric processors from competitors like Qualcomm and Marvell, they aren’t able to eke out nearly as much battery life.
To address the growing tablet market Intel …
Acer Outs New Tablets, 4.8-inch Phone, Dual Screen Laptop
It’s official. Acer’s getting into the tablet game. That’s a good thing for consumers because Acer is one of the most aggressive companies out there when it comes to pricing, so it may be able to drive the costs of tablets down in general. We won’t see anything until next year, but here’s what’s coming.
For starters, the company plans …
Dell Netbook-Tablet Hybrid to Cost $549 in Early December
Dell’s flippy-faced Inspiron Duo will be here in early December, with pricing starting at $549 depending upon the configuration.
The base model will sport a dual-core Intel Atom processor, 2GB of RAM, 250GB hard drive, and Windows 7 Home Premium. The touchscreen measures 10.1-inches and is of the capacitive variety—similar to …
Galaxy Tab Torn Apart, Shows It’s Mostly Battery
Ever wondered what the inside of a tablet looks like? The fine folks at iFixit recently tore the new Samsung Galaxy Tab apart to reveal a big, fat battery surrounded by a C-shaped logic board that handles everything else.
As computer components get exponentially smaller and faster all the time, gadgets’ weight and thickness are still …
BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet to Cost Less Than $500
Research in Motion’s 7-inch BlackBerry PlayBook tablet will cost less than $500 when it becomes available in the U.S. early next year. RIM executive Jim Balsillie told Bloomberg, “The product will be very competitively priced.”
As tablet makers attempt to find ways to compete with Apple’s 9.7-inch iPad, which starts at $499, …
7″ Tablets: Steve Jobs is Wrong! And Right!
For this week’s Technologizer column over at TIME.com, I spent time with Samsung’s new Galaxy Tab tablet, which starts hitting US wireless carriers this week. As I say over there, it’s not an iPad killer, but it is the first post-iPad tablet from a major company that qualifies as a true iPad competitor.
The most obvious difference …
ViewSonic: ViewPad 7 Android Tablet, ViewPad 10 Hybrid Tablet
ViewSonic will be bringing its 7- and 10-inch tablets to the U.S. in the coming months.
The 7-inch ViewPad 7 features "3.5G capable data technology," which seems like a tip-off that it’ll work with T-Mobile’s HSPA+ (faster-than-3G-but- we-can’t-officially-call-it-4G) network. It’ll have Android Market access, too.
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Samsung Galaxy Tab Pricing and Availability Roundup
T-Mobile: Wednesday, November 10th
Price: $399.99 with a two-year contract
Data plans: $25/month for 200MB, $40/month for 5GB
Verizon: Thursday, November 11th
Price: $599.99 with no contract
Data plans: $20/month for 1GB, $35/month for 3GB, $50/month for 5GB
Sprint: Sunday, November 14th
Price: $399.99 with a two-year …
Best Buy to Sell Samsung Galaxy Tab, Wi-Fi Model at $499
Retail giant Best Buy is getting in on the 7-inch Android tablet action that Samsung’s Galaxy Tab is promising this holiday season.
The iPads and Tablets section of Best Buy’s website links to the Verizon and Sprint versions of the 3G-enabled Galaxy Tab, which are both priced at $650. That’s a bit curious, as Verizon will be …