Tag: tablet

The ModBook Returns, Starts At $3,499

The ModBook, a MacBook that is professionally converted into an OS X powered tablet, will be making its return five years after the project was...
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Microsoft Surface To Cost $1,000+?!

You know how the Microsoft Surface tablet was supposed to be “competitively priced” to kill the iPad? Yeah, about that. A Swedish electronics retailer Webhallen has already thrown both...
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Google Announces New Tablet Under The Name ‘Nexus 7’

At today’s Google I/O event, Google officially announced the long-awaited Nexus tablet. Google’s tablet will go under the name ‘Nexus 7’ and features a 7-inch...
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Microsoft Announces ‘Surface’ Tablet, No Pricing or Release Date

Today, Microsoft held a super secret event in Los Angeles to announce a “very important” product.  And while no specific information was provided to the press ahead...
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HP Takes “Top PC Maker” Title Away From Apple

It was a good run, but the distinction of being the world’s top PC maker was nipped away from Apple and now resides with HP....
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Brydge Is The Sexiest Way To Turn Your iPad Into A Laptop

There have been a number of attempts at creating a laptop-like experience for the iPad. Keyboard docks and cases have proliferated in the iPad accessory...
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Dell Looks to Challenge Apple in Tablets

Remember the Dell Streak? Yeah, me neither. Dell’s potential Android tablet was quickly pulled from development after watching just about everyone else crash and burn...
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Analyst has iPad’s market dominance set to expand

Deutsche Bank’s Chris Whitmore has taken note of Apple’s increasing competitive advantage with the iPad. He’s done the simple math of combining tablet sales with...
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Rumor: Windows 8 Intel tablets to start at $599

DigiTimes is reporting that Intel and Microsoft are together again, and that could mean Intel Windows 8 tablets will launch in the $599 to $899...
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All BlackBerry PlayBook models discounted to $299

Research in Motion, Ontarian makers of the once-popular BlackBerry, haven’t been particularly graceful in the past few years. None of their phones have done spectacularly,...
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People want tablets 130 percent more today than some other day, apparently

Apple Insider reported today that a survey of 3,034 consumers shows that Apple’s iPad as well as the Kindle Fire from Amazon are poised to...
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Could Kindle Fire be the first actual challenger to the iPad?

I hate to be the kind of journo who says things like, “Demand for the upcoming Amazon Kindle Fire tablet is ablaze,” but I gotta...
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Amazon unveils their Kindle Fire tablet

Before you say anything else, you gotta admit: The Kindle Fire is a cool-looking tablet.
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Apple given patent for magnetic securing system, drawings show tablet-like device with magnetic connector

Patently Apple is reporting that Apple has been given the patent for a “magnetic securing system” like what is used in the MagSafe power connector....
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Apple iPad takes 61 percent of the tablet market worldwide for 2011, according to Digitimes Research report

A new report from Digitimes Research predicts that Apple will continue to dominate the tablet market in 2011 with 40 million iPads shipped, accounting for...
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RIM failing as less than 10% of projected Blackberry PlayBooks sell at major retailer

It’s beginning to seem as if those early PlayBook launch day numbers were a bit skewed. RBC had previously reported launch day numbers as high...
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iPad to dominate the tablet market for many years to come says Gartner

According to market research outfit Gartner, Apple is likely to dominate the tablet market through 2015 with its iOS operating system, despite increasing competition from...
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GameStop considering its own gaming tablet, planning digital distribution strategy

GameStop president Tony Bartel was interviewed by Gamasutra this week, and unveiled plans to enter the digital distribution market, as well as creating a tablet...
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