New Android tablets and the competitive advantage of ‘open’ chaos
Android is open. Releases are frequent. The source code is available to everyone, even Apple. This gives some pause to developers because they must navigate many Android releases, different API levels and a variety of hardware targets. Planning an iOS software engineering project is comparatively simple with one major software release per year and limited [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
3 Things Businesses Can Expect From Microsoft’s Surface Tablet
Mike Snyder is co-founder of Sonoma Partners, a Chicago-based enterprise mobility firm. Follow him @miketsnyder. Recently, Microsoft announced its tablet solution for business: the Surface for Windows 8 Pro. The device is designed to work as a tablet and, with the addition of an innovative keyboard, a laptop. This mix of software and hardware makes [...]
The Nexus 7 Review: Google's First Tablet Gets Benchmarked
Googles’s first tablet impresses in a big way. Light, lean, and packed with Jelly Bean, the low-priced Nexus 7 hits the sweet spot and plays all the right notes. If the “perfect” tablet is what you seek, the one-of-a-kind Nexus 7 might be it. Despite the flurry of recent Google-branded device launches, I believe the [...]
Sony Tablet S Analysis: The Gamer’s Choice?
View Large Image Gamers are a unique bunch. …okay, maybe they’re not exactly unique, but they like it when other digital products cater to their tastes. Take the Sony Tablet S, for instance, marketed towards gamers as being the only PlayStation-certified tablet available. And indeed, the slick unit features access to the PlayStation Store, which [...]
Google Nexus 7: A Review
The Google Nexus 7 is the best thing to have happened in the 7 inch tablet category ever since the Amazon Kindle Fire had first lit up the segment at the end of last year. The Kindle Fire is almost history now, and the Nexus 7 has hit all the right chords so far. Surely [...]
iPad Mini Actually Makes Sense, According to In Depth Analysis
There have been a lot of talks regarding the iPad Mini, the rumored 7.85 Apple tablet and now we have a detailed analysis of what the new product could actually be and its reason to exist. During a recent conference call Tim Cook mentioned that the Cupertino giant won’t leave a “price umbrella for people”. [...]
Apple Loop: Ballmer’s Boast, A Green Redux and Amelio’s Exit
Keeping you in the loop on some of the things happening around Apple this week. Microsoft talks smack. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer started off the week acknowledging that the company decided to get into the tablet business with the who-knows-when-it’s-going-to-be-released-but-maybe-October Surface because it’s serious this time — really, really — about taking on Apple. Ballmer, [...]
Amazon Kindle Fire 2: 10 Features the Tablet Needs for Success
Amazon Kindle Fire 2: 10 Features the Tablet Needs for Success ( Page 1 of 2 ) The tablet space has dramatically changed the way companies are operating. Years ago, no one would have thought that Google and Amazon would be competing in the tablet market against each other. In fact, it’s quite possible that, [...]
Microsoft Plans to Sell a Few Million Surface Tablets
Microsoft hopes to sell at least a few million of its Surface tablets after Windows 8 debuts in October, according to company chief executive Steve Ballmer. The Microsoft chief made the comments during the opening keynote for Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference in Toronto. Ever since Microsoft announced Surface, critics have debated whether the company will [...]
Google tablet Nexus 7 secs: Do they stand up to the iPad, Amazon Kindle Fire …
The recent success of Amazon’s Kindle Fire has given Google hope that the small-screen, inexpensive tablet market is worth pursuing. Google has set the tech world abuzz by announcing its new Nexus 7 tablet, the result of a partnership with ASUS, a multinational computer hardware and electronics company. If you’ve considered adding a tablet to [...]
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