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7-inch iPad rumors continue: said to launch in October for $200

Michael Crider, May 10th 2012 Discuss [0]

Here's a rumor that just won't die: Apple's coming out with an affordable 7-inch iPad. This time the perpetrators are iMore, citing the usual anonymous sources. The claim that the smaller iPad is due in October of this year, and that Apple is aiming for a retail price between $200 and $250. The exact screen dimensions aren't mentioned, but they're using 7 inches (a popular Android tablet size) as a sort of conceptual generic. They claim that the cheapest model will start at 8GB. Read The Full Story

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Everyone Is Scared of Amazon – And They Should Be

Don Reisinger, May 4th 2012 Discuss [0]

There was a time when some of the biggest electronics retailers in the world had issues with Amazon. They realized that the online retail giant was able to beat them on price, and with more and more people coming to its site, it had the ability to take them down.

The past is littered with companies that tried to go up against Amazon, including Circuit City, CompUSA, and others. Best Buy is now having some trouble competing against online giants like Amazon, and by the look of things, eventually, only mega retailers like Walmart, as well as small boutiques, might survive the online onslaught.

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iPad hits 68% share

Chris Burns, May 3rd 2012 Discuss [0]

There's no denying that Apple's version of what everyone else in the world calls a tablet has been one of the greatest successes in gadget history, the iPad today being shown by IDC as having a 68% share in the market for tablets and tablet-like devices. The IDC group shows the Apple worldwide tablet market share increasing on the whole from 54.7 percent in the holiday quarter at the end of 2011. These numbers have been shown to be sucking the blood of the Amazon Kindle fire market, it falling steeply from a 16.8 percent share in the fourth quarter of last year to a rather scary 4 percent here in the first quarter of 2012. Read The Full Story

Microsoft Nook interaction only apps deep

Chris Burns, May 1st 2012 Discuss [0]

Though it might seem like the obvious next step in line for Microsoft to push Windows 8 to the Nook hardware after they invested millions into Barnes & Noble's newly formed NewCo for the hardware and subsequent apps, it's simply not in the cards that tablet. With Barnes & Noble having already invested heavily in the idea that their bookstore and app environment works with Android - not exactly like Google would like it, but still - they're not likely to move with Windows 8 for future ereaders any time soon. Instead it's the apps we'll be seeing integrated for Nook, the Barnes & Noble library of content, and Windows 8-toting hardware galore. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: April 30, 2012

Mark Raby, Apr 30th 2012 Discuss [0]

Happy Monday, everyone. It may be the beginning of the week, but it's the end of the month and we're going out with a lot of technology news to round off April. For all you Skype lovers out there, check out the new Skype 4.0 update that just hit iOS. And moving on to more universal mobile news, you'll never believe this. Or maybe you will - Angry Birds Space now hottest mobile game in history. Also, Microsoft secures Windows 8 tablet ebook future. Read The Full Story

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Apple, not Amazon, is Microsoft’s NOOK Motivation

Chris Davies, Apr 30th 2012 Discuss [0]

Barely was the e-ink dry on Microsoft and Barnes & Noble’s $300m NOOK agreement when pundits were questioning the wisdom of adding Amazon to the software company’s existing roster of big-name rivals. Microsoft is already under attack in mobile and computing, so the commentary went; throwing one of the biggest retailers around into the mixture was at best foolish and at worst evidence of Microsoft spreading itself thin when it needs to be extra lavish with its strokes. That analysis is wrong, though. Make no mistake: Apple, not Amazon, is in Microsoft’s sights today.

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Apple Q2 Earnings Q and A reveals China, Anobit, Japan

Chris Burns, Apr 24th 2012 Discuss [0]

This week Apple is reporting their financial Q2 earnings with monumental numbers across the board including a $11.6 billion dollar profit and 35.1 million iPhones sold. These numbers were analyzed soon after the earnings call was complete with a Question and Answer session headed by Apple and lead investors. Questions mostly rang in about the future of Apple and their financial greatness, but also hit upon products and services. Read The Full Story

Xtex My Tablet 7 is just $150, runs Ice Cream Sandwich

Mark Raby, Apr 18th 2012 Discuss [0]

There's a new Android tablet that's on the low end in terms of price, but based on its technical specs you'd never know it. A company called Xtex has developed one of the cheapest Android tablets on the market, yet somehow it is also one of the most feature-rich at the same time. If the company managed to brand and market it effectively, it could take off in a big way. But in such a muddled tablet environment, that is a very big "if." Read The Full Story

ASUS Transformer Pad 300 due on April 22nd for $399.99

Ben Kersey, Apr 18th 2012 Discuss [0]

If you love the idea of the ASUS Transformer Prime, but can’t quite justify throwing that much money at it, the ASUS Transformer Pad 300 is a slightly more affordable alternative that doesn’t disappoint in the specs department either. The Transformer Pad 300 is now available to pre-order on Amazon for $399.99, and will start shipping on April 22nd. Read The Full Story

Acer Iconia Tab A510 goes on sale

Mark Raby, Apr 17th 2012 Discuss [0]

Acer's latest attempt to strike Android tablet gold is now shipping to customers. The latest device, which packs in a powerful quad-core processor and comes fully loaded with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. It is available from Acer's online store for a retail price of $449, but isn't in any brick-and-mortar stores yet. Units will be showing up in other retailers in the next couple weeks. Read The Full Story

Google tablet not due until July: report

Mark Raby, Apr 6th 2012 Discuss [0]

Although Google hasn't even officially announced that it's working on its own tablet, there are already reports that it's being delayed. The device will not be ready until at least July, because Google is still working on tying a bunch of loose ends together to keep costs low. That is what a new report citing unnamed sources claims to have heard. The tablet is projected to be under $200. Read The Full Story