Apple’s iPad announcement and launch have spawned two trends that lack sufficient data to confirm or deny them, but are hot topics for exactly that reason.
The first is that more gadget makers may revert to building their own chips, …
Research in Motion has become the third major gadget maker after HP and Microsoft to change its mind about shipping a tablet computer this year. The BlackBerry maker has opted to use its own mobile operating system instead of Google’s …
Last Friday, Apple sold its one-millionth iPad. At the same time, Microsoft and HP — two much larger tech companies — both canceled their existing tablet computer projects. Microsoft insiders tipped off Gizmodo. An unnamed but trusted source leaked HP’s …
Microsoft’s dual-screened Courier tablet was one of the more intriguing ideas to come from the company in the past decade, but now it seems the device will never see the light of day. Sources close to the project told Gizmodo …
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Apple countersues Kodak: Responding to a patent suit by Kodak in February over the camera technology in the iPhone, Apple countersued the company on April 15, reports Patently Apple. The countersuit claims that several Kodak …
Apple fans outside of the U.S. will have to wait a bit longer to get their hands on an iPad. Apple issued a statement today saying that due to the unexpected high demand for the iPad, it will have to …
We’ve got only a few days until the release of Apple’s iPad this Saturday, April 3, and as expected we’re seeing a deluge of information about the tablet. This is usually the point in a new product’s release where any …
Amazon has finally given us a glimpse at its Kindle application for tablets, which first makes its appearance on Apple’s iPad. The news follows the release of a Kindle application for Macs last week.
Feature-wise, there isn’t much that we …
In the not-so-long running saga of Fusion Garage’s JooJoo tablet, the company has excelled at talking up the product, but not so much at delivering. Here’s more talk: The tablet is sporting a new interface, gestures, and the ability to …
Lenovo recently released its latest tablet PC — the Thinkpad X201 — and with it came strong words against the iPad and the recent wave of similar “slate” tablet devices. As reported by CNET, Lenovo said that it’s not developing …
Who is trying to face down Apple’s anticipated tablet this spring?
Here’s a partial list covering tablets from larger hardware companies like Dell and HP, along with lesser-known devices and a few e-readers. The pricing details and public launch dates …
With Apple’s big secret product launch less than 24 hours away, we’re still looking for readers to comment below or email me with their predictions for what the Great Big New Feature in Apple’s tablet computer will be.
What will …
[updated] Game developers are starting to get excited about making games for Apple‘s tablet computer, which is expected to be announced on Jan. 27.
The tablet is likely to be a hot new platform for games, since it will have …
Apple has been testing 50 devices believed to be its new tablet computers, according to analytics firm Flurry.
Flurry said its analytics showed that the devices were being tested on Apple’s campus in Cupertino, Calif. Flurry said its data showed …
Last night, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gave a short demo of an HP slate computer — “slate” is just another word for “tablet” — that runs Windows 7. But HP, the world’s largest technology company with over 300,000 full-time employees …
