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RIM shows off PlayBook with faster web rendering than the iPad
Providing a sneak peak at the forthcoming 7-inch BlackBerry Playbook, RIM takes on the iPad head on in a browser speed test and performs quite well actually. On a number of sites, content appears to load much more quickly than it does on the iPad. The video also showcases how the Playbook can handle Flash […]
Continue reading...NVIDIA CEO – “You can’t just put an operating system on a tablet and hope that on a piece of glass and hope that you can compete against the iPad”
Friday, November 12, 2010
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NVIDIA President and CEO Jen-Hsun Huang talking about Apple’s iPad and the burgeoning tablet market in general: We know at this point that the projects that we’re working on, particularly in the tablets, has taken longer than we expected and it has taken longer than we expected by a few months, but the important thing […]
Continue reading...Gizmodo lampoons Samsung Galaxy Tab – “A Pocketable Train Wreck”
Thursday, November 11, 2010
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With the holidays fast approaching, iPad competitors will coming out of the woodwork and flooding malls across the land with tablet devices sporting second rate software and sometimes clunky hardware. The Samsung Galaxy Tab, however, was supposed to be different. A true iPad competitor, it was dubbed. And now it appears that such assertions were […]
Continue reading...RIM looks to price its PlayBook tablet below the iPad
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Where Apple goes, the tech minions will follow. In the three years since the iPhone debuted, Apple’s revolutionary smartphone has become the de-facto form factor for nearly all smartphones while simultaneously influencing the functionality and software handset makers put into their products. In a similar vein, Apple’s iPad stormed out of the gate with a […]
Continue reading...HP releases Windows 7 Slate for $800
Friday, October 22, 2010
Eek, fewer features and a higher pricepoint probably isn’t the best way to take on the iPad, but that’s the route HP appears to be taking until it gets around to releasing a WebOS based tablet sometime in the future. But until then, you’l have to make do with HP’s Windows 7 based tablet.
Continue reading...LG says Android 2.2 “Froyo” not up to snuff for a tablet
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
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LG Electronics announced earlier this week that it was abandoning its plans to release a tablet computer running Android 2.2, otherwise known as “Froyo.” “We plan to introduce a tablet that runs on the most reliable Android version,” an LG official explained. “We are in talks with Google to decide on the most suitable version […]
Continue reading...Dell to launch slew of new tablets in upcoming months
Thursday, September 30, 2010
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The WSJ reports: Dell Inc. will launch its seven-inch tablet in the next few weeks and a 10-inch tablet within 6-12 months, Dell Greater China President Amit Midha said Wednesday… Dell Chief Executive Michael Dell briefly flashed a seven-inch device at an Oracle Corp. conference in the U.S. a week ago but didn’t provide a […]
Continue reading...Leaked video of HP Slate running Windows 7 is anything but promising
Friday, September 24, 2010
If this video of an HP Slate running Windows 7 is legit, then lord have mercy.
Continue reading...RIM may unveil “BlackPad” tablet device as early as next week
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
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The Wall Street Journal reports that RIM may introduce a new tablet device as early as next week. The tablet, which some inside RIM are calling the BlackPad, is scheduled for release in the fourth quarter of this year, these people said. It will feature a seven-inch touch screen and one or two built-in cameras, they […]
Continue reading...Google looks to Motorola for upcoming Android tablet
Friday, August 20, 2010
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With the iPad already out to a significant head start, it’s only a matter of time before a slew of competing tablet devices start to hit the market. That said, Digitimes reported earlier today that Google is working on an Android tablet of its own, and the company is reportedly looking to work with Motorola […]
Continue reading...Reviewing the Dell Streak
Thursday, August 19, 2010
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Hmm.. another winner from Dell. ZDnet writes: Runs outdated Android 1.6 – The one unforgivable sin of the Dell Steak is that it ships with Android 1.6. Yes, you read that correctly… version 1.6. It’s been over 10 months since Android 2.0 was released with the launch of the original Motorola Droid and yet Dell […]
Continue reading...Rumor: Google to launch Chrome OS Tablet this fall
Thursday, August 19, 2010
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Download Squad reports: Yes, our source tells us that Google is building a Chrome OS tablet. It’s real, and it’s being built by HTC. No surprise there, since HTC churned out the Nexus One for Google. Yes, they plan to offer it in conjunction with Verizon — which probably doesn’t come as a shock to […]
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010
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