Free ZTE Optik Tablet Available for Every Smartphone Bought From Sprint; Cool Offer!
It’s very rare that you hear about a special offer that involves buying a smartphone and getting a free tablet. I was surprised when in UK you could buy a Nokia Lumia phone and get a free Xbox 360 console, but now there’s another offer that’s also interesting: get a smartphone from Sprint and get [...]
Apple offered Samsung patent licensing at $30 per smartphone, $40 per tablet
It’s estimated that HTC pays Microsoft $10 per Android phone for patent licensing, and that Samsung pays Microsoft $12 – $13. That seems expensive enough in an industry like mobile, but Apple, which is suing Samsung over patent infringement, tried to get Samsung to pay 2.5 to 3.5 times as much in licensing fees. As [...]
Apple and Samsung US Tablet and Phone Sales Unveiled in Order to Establish Damages
Samsung’s sales numbers for smartphones in USA are now out, thanks to the trial against Apple and the figures are confronted with Apple’s sales figures for the iPhone and iPad. These numbers are needed in the trial, because they serve to establish damages that Samsung have to pay to Apple. I have to remind you [...]
Daily Cuppa: Dell hand in Mars landing, Jobs liked 7-inch tablet
You made it through Monday, so give yourself a pat on the back. Here is what happened in tech-land while you were sleeping last night. Yesterday’s Mars rover landing captivated people from around the world. Work slowed down considerably at the ZDNet offices as the event was live streamed across the globe. US vendor Dell [...]
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Tablet Arrives This Month
Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet — no, it’s not a phone — is set to ship to the U.S. later this month. Image: Samsung When Samsung first launched its Galaxy Note smartphone with a stylus and a massive 5.3-inch screen, the electronics maker argued that the Note was the first in a whole new class [...]
Tablets vs. Phones: Which Activities Are Better?
There’s not only a large amount of overlap in activities between smartphones and tablets, but owners of both device types also agree they want a faster mobile Web experience. The data come from Keynote’s Mobile User Survey (PDF), which the company published on Monday after surveying 5,388 people who owned either, or both, a smartphone [...]
Here’s why tablets (yes, tablets!) will replace the smartphone
I’m sure to get the “you’re off your rocker” commentary on this one, but I make a living by looking ahead in the world of mobile technology. And what I see now is a trend that I’ve watched build for nearly a half-dozen years. Thanks to pace of mobile network expansion, new audio and video [...]
Inkling Adapts to iPhone in Time for School
As students around the country start planning their back to school purchases, Inkling has added a new tool to their fall shopping carts. The company known for highly innovative digital textbooks formatted to the iPad will be rolling out the capability that lets students read their same content on their iPhones as well, seamlessly incorporating [...]
30 Days with Google's Nexus 7 Tablet
I’d be lying if I said my decision to attend Google’s I/O conference last month had nothing to do with the tablet rumors. I’ve been waiting for a good, affordable 7-inch tablet ever since Samsung pioneered the concept with its original Galaxy Tab in 2010, but every small tablet since then has suffered from some [...]
LG Optimus Vu Phone-Tablet Coming to Verizon
The LG Optimus Vu, a 5-inch tablet/smartphone combo similar to the popular Samsung Galaxy Note, is headed for Verizon’s 4G LTE network, and will reportedly ship with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. According to the folks over at Android Police, the phone-tablet, or “phablet” is a “horrendous boxy eyesore” with a 5-inch display. Even when [...]
New Office 2013 With Skype Integration Available for Free on Windows RT Tablets
Microsoft officially announced and detailed Office 2013 yesterday and on this occasion we found out that it will integrate Skype and it will be available for free on Windows RT tablets, those based on ARM chipsets. Buyers will get 20GB of SkyDrive storage extra for free and the new Office will support working across Windows [...]
After Microsoft rejection, HTC developing ‘unique’ tablet
While Research in Motion’s recent woes have been consistently making headlines, another mobile phone manufacturer has been taking it on the chin as well. A couple of years ago HTC looked primed to become a major player after the success of its Android phones, but the tide has turned against the company, most notably when [...]
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