ASUS Unveils Second Part of Computex 2012 Puzzle: Teaser Hints at Windows 8/ Android Dual Boot Tablet (Video)
It’s all starting to become more and more clear now! Some days ago we showed you an ASUS teaser for Computex 2012, where they’ll unveil “the next Transformations” and we promised you to be back on May 31st with a new teaser. Well, the clips are here and they don’t reveal much, aside from some [...]
Vinci Tab II Reaches Online Retailers – Tablet for Kids/Toddlers
If you’re looking for a tablet to fit your toddler, then the Vinci Tab II is the model you’re looking for. The device may already be available through Amazon and SkyMall, but it has now reached the mainstream action of WalMart.com. It’s also easy to find at e-tailers such as ToysRus.com, Diapers.com and YoYo.com as [...]
[Update] Windows 8 Release Preview Demoed on Samsung Series 7 Tablet; OS Coming Today With Flash in Browser (Video)
The folks of Mobilissimo.ro, one of our sister websites managed to have some quality time with a tablet running Windows 8 Release Preview. I’m talking about the Samsung Series 7 Slate 700T, that actually handled the OS pretty well, as shown in the hands on video below. This hands on took place during an event [...]
Impact of tablets to drag PC unit growth down to 1%
By AppleInsider Staff Published: 06:55 PM EST (03:55 PM PST) Riding on strong sales and adoption rates tablet cannibalization of the PC market has been greater than expected, causing analysts to lower PC unit growth expectations for the 2012 and 2013 calendar years to one percent. Morgan Stanley released data from its latest AlphaWise global [...]
Lenovo Announces Sub-2lbs Entertainment Tablet
Lenovo is releasing a lightweight Android tablet in early June sporting “amped up” multimedia features. On Wednesday, Lenovo announced the upcoming IdeaTab S2109, an Android-based tablet with “amped up” multimedia features. It’s also one of the lightest 9.7-inch tablets on the market, weighing in at just 1.27 pounds and measuring just 1/3-inches thick. The pricetag [...]
Acer, Toshiba to Take on IPads With Windows 8 Tablets
Acer Inc., Toshiba Corp. (6502) and Asustek Computer Inc. (2357) will unveil tablets running Microsoft Corp.’s Windows 8 operating system next week, people with knowledge of the matter said, challenging the dominance of Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s iPad. Acer will display a tablet based on Microsoft’s new software at the Computex show in Taipei, while Toshiba [...]
Asus Transformer Infinity Pad tablet with Android 4.0 to ship this month
Asus will make their eagerly awaited Transformer Pad Infinity TF700T tablet, considered a challenger to Apple’s new iPad, available in late June or early July. The tablet has a 10.1-inch display that shows images at 1920-by-1200 pixels, which is among the highest resolution screens offered on Android tablets today. The tablet will come with the [...]
Apple CEO Takes Shot at Microsoft, Windows 8 Tablets
Apple CEO Tim Cook took another swipe at Windows 8 yesterday, saying that forcing tablets to use an operating system written for desktop PCs means Windows 8 tablets will be “very similar to what tablets were 10 years ago.” And PCs will be worse off as well, he added. Cook’s comments came at the AllThingD’s [...]
Inkling Brings eTextbooks to Web-Based Browsers
The digital textbook revolution has been, well, slow. It was over a year ago that GoodEReader spoke with staffers from the governor of Florida about mandating digital textbooks for all public school classes and reported on the innovative—albeit, cheaply made—tablets that some foreign markets had developed specifically to address the need for digital textbooks in [...]
Three of the Big Six Terminate Their Agreement with Apple
Photo courtesy of mediabistro.com The antitrust proceedings against Apple and five of the Big Six publishers are in various stages of resolution. Three of the publishers—SimonSchuster, Hachette, and HarperCollins—have agreed to settle with the Department of Justice and the various lawsuits brought about by different state courts in the US, while Apple, Penguin, and Macmillan [...]
Apple's Cook right about PC-tablet fusion fantasy
Apple’s Tim Cook expounded on prior comments he has made on trying to shoehorn a PC into a tablet at the D10 conference last night. The Microsoft-Intel camp should listen. Let’s begin with what Cook said. In my view, the tablet and the PC are different. You can do things with a tablet if you [...]
Howard Releases New EPEAT Compliant, Semi-Rugged Tablet PC
ELLISVILLE, Miss., May 31, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via PRWEB – Howard Technology Solutions, a leading manufacturer and reseller of computer hardware and related equipment, based in Ellisville, MS, just launched their newest semi-rugged tablet PC, the Jag U12C. The new Jag U12C is the perfect companion for mobile power-users. It features a 12.1″ WXGA [...]
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