Just how much will Microsoft Surface cost?
The Surface RT should be released around October 2012, with the Pro version hitting shelves about three months later. (Credit: Josh Lowensohn/CNET) Recently the Internet at large and tech sites in particular (including CNET) jumped on the “news” that a Swedish retail site had the skinny on the supposed retail price of the Microsoft Surface [...]
Tech Test Drive: Top Android tablets
Click photo to enlarge These are our picks for the top current tablets running the latest versions of the Android mobile operating system, Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean. Sony Tablet S The good: The Tablet S goes above and beyond the typical Android tablet experience by offering exclusive apps, PlayStation certification for mobile gaming, [...]
Microsoft Surface 2 Under Development
Neither the Surface tablet or the Windows 8 version it would run has hit ground though Microsoft is reported to be already into developing the next gen version of it. All of this stems from an ad it recently put up which essentially aims at building a complete design and development team dedicated to the [...]
Qualcomm Showcases Touch-Free Gesture Control For Tablets (Video)
The future of input and control lies in gestures and voice, that’s for sure. How else will you control the glasses of tomorrow, that will replace phones and maybe even tablets? An example of gesture control is given in a recent Qualcomm showcasing video, that demoes some touch-free gesture control actions. There’s a Snapdragon CPU [...]
Survey: Tablet Buyers Rate Apps Availability and Price the Highest
U.S. tablet buyers were most influenced by the availability of applications and device price during the second quarter, according to a survey conducted by comScore. The market research company questioned 6,000 U.S. tablet owners, and divided them into three categories: iPad, Android and Kindle Fire. The latter is based on Android, but the comScore still [...]
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Might Be A Real Productivity Tablet
Samsung made official the release of the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 yesterday, drumming up excitement about a much-anticipated tablet. It’ll be available by the end of the month. Quick specs for you: a 1.4GHz quad-core processor, 2GB of RAM, a couple different connectivity options (Wi-Fi only, Wi-Fi plus 21 Mbps HSPA+ 3G, or WiFi plus [...]
Survey: Tablet buyers rate apps availability, price the highest
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Takes a Stab at Tablet Multitasking
For tablets that want to compete with Apple’s iPad, proving superior at productivity is seen as a holy grail, and true multitasking is the key. If users can jump between apps with ease, the logic goes, the tablet might attract users who think the iPad is only good for consumption. That’s why I’m suddenly interested [...]
Karbonn Mobiles to launch sub-Rs 5000 tablet by October
NEW DELHI: Aiming to start a price war in the branded low-end tablet segment, Karbonn Mobiles today said it will launch a sub-Rs 5,000 tablet by the first week of October. The company that entered into the tablet segment in July with the launch of its first tablet with a 1.2 Ghz processor priced at [...]
Chicken Soup for the Soul Available as eBooks
Open Road Integrated Media has partnered with the publishers of the widely successful Chicken Soup for the Soul series to digitize the popular essay books. Forty of the first 160 books in the series will be released today. “The Chicken Soup for the Soul series is perfectly suited to our milestone marketing campaigns. Open Road [...]
Acer CEO Attacks Microsoft Surface Tablet, Signals End of Partnership?
When you hear your own partner badmouthing you, what can you do? That’s the question Microsoft must ask itself the next time it analyses a partnership initiative with Acer. Recently, during an interview Acer CEO and chairman JT Wang had some harsh words regarding Microsoft’s Surface Tablet. Speaking to the Financial Times, Wang criticized the [...]
HTC Working on Own Phablet, Features 5 Inch Display
A so called HTC One XXL has been rumored for a while now, as well as a codenamed “HTC Note”, but the past weeks have been mute when it comes to rumors about this HTC phablet. Now it’s back in full force, ready to rival the Samsung and LG phablets and apparently getting ready to [...]
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