Join XRS at XUE 2013 and Get a Samsung Tablet
MINNEAPOLIS, MN–(Marketwired – May 22, 2013) – XRS Corporation (formerly Xata Corporation) (XRSC), the leader in mobile fleet optimization software, announced today that as a benefit of registering early for XUE 2013, XRS will be distributing Samsung Galaxy Tab® 2 (7.0) tablets to the first 300 paid XUE attendees. For just $895, attendees get two days’ [...]
Ematic Genesis Prime: Full Review
The Ematic Genesis Prime is the very definition of a “budget tablet.” This $79 slate, which runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and has full access to the Google Play store, may seem compelling next to the $199 Amazon Kindle Fire HD 7 or the Google Nexus 7, but unfortunately you get what you pay for [...]
Lenovo ThinkPad 2: A genuine business-class Windows 8 tablet
Lenovo’s decision to ditch Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) for Windows 8 Pro makes the ThinkPad 2 a completely different beast to the original ThinkPad tablet. Microsoft’s OS gives the tablet a number of great enterprise features from Trusted Platform Module and the Computrace Mobile software for managing devices and data to multi-user log-ins. The specs are pretty [...]
eBooks Account for 15% of All Books Sold in Canada
Electronic books are catching on like wildfire in the US and UK, but in Canada, their traction leaves something to be desired. A recent study conducted by Book Net has its research saying that paperback books (including mass markets) comprised 58% of all purchases in 2012, hardcovers accounted for 24%, and ebooks 15%. Book sales [...]
Acer’s 8-inch Windows 8 Tablet Shows Its Face Again – Tom’s Hardware
Remember that 8-inch Windows 8 tablet from Acer that briefly appeared on Amazon a few weeks ago? It’s back, but this time on Acer’s own Finnish website here. Called the Iconia W3, it’s the first 8-inch Windows 8 tablet, the company claims, a true multi-user tablet with easy access to personal apps and settings. So [...]
Sony's Xperia Tablet Z goes up for preorder on O2–Short
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The NFL Says Goodbye to the Polaroid, Hello to Microsoft’s Surface Tablet
Soon, NFL players will have a better way to see what happened on the last play than tilting their heads back to check out the scoreboard. The National Football League today announced a partnership with Microsoft (MSFT), through which coaches and officials will use Microsoft’s Surface tablets on the sidelines, potentially replacing coaches’ laminated playbooks [...]
Report: Dell XPS tablet with 10.8 inch full HD screen on the way
Tweet Dell appears to be working on a successor to the XPS 10 tablet which launched this year. According to Tech2.hu, the new model will feature a 10.8 inch, full HD display. It’s not clear if it will run Windows RT like the current model, or Windows 8. The news comes from a leaked product [...]
HP Slatebook x2 Tablet with Tegra 4 hands-on
Last week the folks from HP announced their latest Android tablet, one of the first devices to be powered by NVIDIA‘s Tegra 4 quad-core, and today we were able to get our hands all over it. It’s the new HP Slatebook x2 Transformer-like tablet running on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and coming to market in [...]
Samsung may be eyeing Intel for next-gen Galaxy tablet–Short
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$100 Polaroid dual-core tablet hits Big Lots
Tweet Big Lots is selling a new Polaroid 7 inch Android tablet with a dual-core processor for $100. It’s not a particularly good Android tablet, but it might be one of the cheapest dual-core models around, and it does run Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. The tablet’s only available in-stores, but you can find more details [...]
250 million tablets will be sold in 2013–Short
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