Apple: Google Warned Samsung Tablet Was Similar to iPad
The protracted legal battle between Apple and Samsung took another twist today after Apple claimed that Google warned Samsung back in 2010 that two of its Galaxy Tab tablets looked “too similar” to the iPad. According to All Things D, Apple reportedly showed Samsung’s internal documents ahead of the patent trial in the U.S. next [...]
Apple iPads dominate almost 70% of tablet market
San Francisco, CA, United States (4E) – Strategy Analytics has proven what most of us already know — Apple’s iPad is the top selling tablet so far, by far. Strategy Analytics reports that in the second quarter alone, Apple has sold 24.9 million units of its popular tablet iPad. This study is echoed by Apple’s [...]
On tablets, can Microsoft be right and Apple, Amazon, and Google wrong?
Microsoft’s Panos Panay shows off the Microsoft Surface tablet. (Credit: Microsoft) I’ve said it many times before, but I’ll repeat it. I don’t really like tablets. I’ve carried all three iPads, several Galaxy Tabs, the Kindle Fire, the BlackBerry PlayBook, and the HP TouchPad. I always run into the same roadblocks. Almost every time I [...]
London Olympics 2012 Apps Review – Team USA Road to London and More (Video)
In just hours the great London 2012 Olympics will begin and you’ve got to be prepared with some special apps. One of them is the 2012 Team USA Road to London application, a free piece of software that we analyzed in the video review below. We tested the app on a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 [...]
Dell Could Replace HP As Windows RT Tablet Maker
Last I heard, the ARM chip makers were dividing the tablet makers among themselves and I’m talking about Windows RT tablet makers here. That bunch was supposed to include HP originally, but the company backed down recently, so now there’s a gap. That gap is now rumored to be filled by Dell and while this [...]
Apple Has Evidence That Google Warned Samsung About Copying Cupertino Devices
The whole ordeal with the Apple versus Samsung court case just got more intricate, as Apple came up with evidence showing that Google actually warned Samsung about creating devices too similar to Apple’s products. As you know there’s a big hearing coming up on July 30th and this will be mint in court. Google told [...]
Apple iPad Outsells Android Tablets By 2:1, According to Strategy Analytics
Although Android tablet almost doubled their market share, the iPad is still the ruling tablet, with quite a margin ahead of Android slates. Android tablets reached a very good 7.3 million sales in this quarter, while the market is ruled by Apple at 17 million units sold in the last quarter. The info comes from [...]
Public Domain eBooks Get a New Lease on Life via Amazon
Amazon has just implemented a new feature that assigns new ASIN numbers to thousands of public domain eBooks. This makes the books harder to find and invalidates their old listing data on major search engines. That means that the works, no matter how popular the free book was, it got pushed down in Amazon searches [...]
Fujitsu Stylistic M532 Hits the FCC, Looks Like a Serious Tablet
The guys at the FCC have a new tablet on their hands, this time one that looks more like business class than entertainment. The device is the Fujitsu Stylistic M532 and it appeared in the FCC database already. This product is a 10.1 inch Android tablet, with all the required specs for a WiFi only [...]
Swipe launches new tablet line-up, 3D Life tablet priced at Rs. 5999
Swipe Telecom, a California based technology start-up has launched its new tablets for the Indian market – Swipe 3D Life, Swipe Halo TabX74S and Swipe Float TabX78. These tablets are aimed at addressing the growing demand for affordable tablets in urban, semi-urban and rural India. The highlight of the launch is the new 3D Life [...]
Huawei MediaPad 7 Lite Revealed
Huawei has announced a new 7 inch tablet named MediaPad 7 Lite. The company has been maintaining quite a low profile so far as the tablet market goes though the company seems all set to reverse the trend. The tablet is 3G capable and features a 1280 x 800 pixel 7 inch display. The rest [...]
Acer Iconia Tab A510 Olympic Edition Review – Flawed, Failed, Riddled With Issues, Just Plain… Bad (Video)
I always wondered when the time will come when a crappy tablet would fall into my hands and that time has come! I’m talking about Acer’s Iconia Tab A510 Olympic Edition slate. As you know, this is the weeks of London 2012 Olympics and I’m certainly not looking to spoil them for you, but frankly [...]
