Samsung Tablets ‘Not as Cool’ as iPads, Judge Rules
Morning Business Memo: A win for Samsung over Apple in the latest round of their international patent war. A British high court judge ruled the design of its Galaxy tablet isn’t cool enough to be confused with an iPad. The lawsuit is over intellectual property and design, and whether Samsung illegally copied Apple. Britain’s Guardian [...]
Holy iPad slayer! Company releases world’s first Christian tablet
Steve Jobs worshippers need not apply. But if you’re looking to get in God’s good graces, or you’re simply in the market for a family-friendly tablet, you may want to check out Family Christian’s Edifi. Billed as the world’s first Christian tablet, its genesis came with the inevitable intersection of technology and religion, according to [...]
Apple Mysterious Product Surfaces on British Retailer’s Christmas List; Is it the iPad Mini?
Currys is a British retailer that apparently has some inside info you may want to know about. I’m talking about a supposed iPad Mini listing in their Christmas 2012 product list, that you can see below. As you can see, at number 4 on their list there’s an Apple mystery product, with no price listed. [...]
The Amazon Kindle Fire gets the Jelly Bean Treament
The ASOP code for Jellybean was released a few days ago and programmers the world over has been porting it over to many different tablets. The Amazon Kindle Fire was one of the first tablets to get a build of Android 4.1 ported over to it. The Kindle Fire initially launched with Android Gingerbread and [...]
Chamber of Secrets rolls out on Pottermore
Pottermore has just released the Chamber of Secrets on its interactive website. The final two installments of the book are set to debut later this year. This allows kids and adults alike who use the interactive aspect of the website to mix potions and duel with fellow wizards. “There’s plenty to discover and enjoy: read [...]
iPad Mini News: Test Sample Device Leaks
The iPad Mini is in the news one more time, and it seems to be gaining credibility with each passing day. So its now an engineering sample supposedly that of the iPad mini that has come to the fore. Surely, all of this does make us believe a smaller sized iPad may indeed be a [...]
Google’s Nexus 7 Tablet Costs $152 to Make
Google’s Nexus 7 tablet costs between $152 and $167 to make, according to new teardown analysis from IHS iSuppli. Based on preliminary analysis, IHS found that the 8GB Nexus 7 carries a bill of materials (BOM) of $151.75. Add in manufacturing costs and that increases to $159.75. The 16GB model, meanwhile, has a BOM of [...]
Holy iPad slayer! Company releases world’s first Christian tablet
Steve Jobs worshippers need not apply. But if you’re looking to get in God’s good graces, or you’re simply in the market for a family-friendly tablet, you may want to check out Family Christian’s Edifi. Billed as the world’s first Christian tablet, its genesis came with the inevitable intersection of technology and religion, according to [...]
Google tablet costs $152 to build, analysis shows
By Benjamin Pimentel, MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — The cost of building a basic version of Google Inc.’s Nexus 7 tablet was estimated to be $152, according a tear-down analysis. The analysis, released Wednesday by IHS, suggests Google’s /quotes/zigman/93888/quotes/nls/goog GOOG -2.24% cost for its new tablets, priced at $199 each, is about $18 higher than [...]
Asian CIOs see potential in Surface tablet
Asian CIOs deem Microsoft’s upcoming Surface tablet to be a true competitor to current market leader, the Apple iPad. Redmond last month unveiled two 10.6-inch tablets under the Surface brand, with one running Windows 8 while the other on Windows RT. No details on pricing or availability were provided, although Microsoft did say in its media [...]
Android 4.1.1 Update Already Rolling Out to Nexus 7 Untis, Google Wallet Included
Google’s $199 Nexus 7 tablet has just started receiving its very first software update, to version Android 4.1.1. Google is saying that this update brings the I/O version of the slate up to date with the rest of the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean pack and also includes some performance tweaks. This is an OTA update, [...]
Wacom Launches Cintiq 24HD Touch Pen Display
If you’re into drawing, editing, work with graphics and such tasks, you’re probably a Wacom fan. The company just announced the new 24HD pen display, also dubbed the 24HD Touch, that offers multitouch functionality to the company’s 24 inch input device. Among the new features we find an improved display that shows 1.07 billion colors, [...]
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