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PC Market Not Looking Pretty for Q1 2011

Samia Perkins, Apr 14th 2011 Discuss [1]

Research firms Gartner and IDC have come out with their quarterly look at the PC market in the US and worldwide. With some exceptions, the results are not good. Only three companies, Lenovo, Apple, and to a lesser extent, Toshiba, posted gains for PC sales in Q1. The two reports differ on how large the decline in the total market is, and also on the cause. Is it tablets? Lack of innovation in PCs? Or just a lingering hangover from big Q4 spending? See all the numbers after the cut. Read The Full Story

How Tablets Can Connect the Disconnected

Samia Perkins, Mar 29th 2011 Discuss [13]

Many of us have heard stories about tablets being more accessible for those who have trouble dealing with PCs. Grandmothers, for example, who have never used a computer, get hold of an iPad and start tapping away like an old pro. What is it about tablets that make them so engaging, and make them so much more appealing than using a PC for some people? Let's face it, PCs can be complicated. If you know nothing about using one, setting up a PC could be an insurmountable task. You have software to install, inexplicable error messages, antivirus notifications always popping up... Read The Full Story

Apple iPad vs HP TouchPad tablet Matchup

Chris Burns, Feb 9th 2011 Discuss [12]

Today we were treated to a presentation by HP that might completely turn webOS around, out of the dark spaces of everyone's doubt centers and into a very plausible option place for many soon-to-be seekers of tablets in this new market. The tablet in question is the HP TouchPad, running webOS 3.0 and looking like not a half bad idea for a workstation on the go. We decided to match it up against a couple contenders, first the Motorola XOOM Android tablet, now the Apple iPad. How does the TouchPad measure up? You be the judge. Read The Full Story

Geek builds tablet from old MacBook

Shane McGlaun, Oct 4th 2010 Discuss [2]

What do you do if you have an old MacBook sitting around that was damaged when the battery went super nova? You take that broken down old Mac and you turn it into a tablet if you are a geek going by the handle Enigma-penguin. The MacBook was a Core 2 Duo unit from 2007. Read The Full Story

Apple rumored to be working on another larger tablet, possibly based on Mac OS X

Paul Fang, Feb 1st 2010 Discuss [3]

Those wanting to get their hands on an iPad have a 60 day wait starting from last Thursday, but a rumor has surfaced that Apple is said to be developing a more advanced tablet model. The new model is said to be much larger in dimensions, and more likely to run software akin to Mac OS X instead of the iPhone OS. Oh, and it would launch within the year. iPad buyers may possibly want to wait this out. Read The Full Story

Breaking news: real Apple Tablet revealed?

Paul Fang, Jan 27th 2010 Discuss [0]

No confirmations yet, but two highly attention-grabbing images of what seems to be a prototype Apple tablet have just been released a few minutes ago, or what looks like the tablet enclosed in a leather case with snaps. It looks fairly good-sized, and from further inspection, is clearly running some variant of an iPhone app or maybe the Safari browser, but of highly-scaled resolution. A cellular service icon (that shouts "No Service") and Wi-Fi meter can also be spotted in the pictures, but unfortunately we can’t yet see what carrier it’s on, drat. So is it real? We don't know yet, but it very much could be the real deal. Read The Full Story

$12.99/$14.99 = the price of Apple tablet ebooks

Paul Fang, Jan 26th 2010 Discuss [1]

Publishers usually have the last word, but eleventh-hour negotiations with Apple disclosed by the WSJ say that Apple is urging for bestselling books to be sold for $12.99 or $14.99 (some maybe even at $9.99), and like the developer agreement on iPhone apps, Apple will take a estimated 30 percent cut. Read The Full Story

Apple Tablet confirmed for Wednesday by McGraw-Hill CEO, with iPhone-styled OS [Video]

Paul Fang, Jan 26th 2010 Discuss [0]

It seems like hugely anticipated product announcements are always nailed down by a slip of tongue from an unassuming third party – this time, the Apple tablet by McGraw Hill’s CEO Harold McGraw III. Read The Full Story

Apple splashes color on Yerba Buena center for Jan 27th media event

Paul Fang, Jan 25th 2010 Discuss [0]

Apple seems to have begun readying the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco by decking out the side of the building with large banners set in the vein of a similar design to the press event announcement and invitations sent out a week ago. Read The Full Story

Apple Tablet in CDMA and GSM flavors for both Verizon & AT&T?

Chris Davies, Jan 22nd 2010 Discuss [0]

Carrier support for the much-rumored Apple Tablet has been well argued over the past few months, with some sources tipping AT&T - with whom Apple already work with on the iPhone 3GS - and others pointing at Verizon Wireless. According to Fox, however, both carriers may be in line for a version; they claim that Apple is still to complete negotiations, and say that internal sources have confirmed that both a CDMA and a GSM model of the Apple Tablet will be launched. Read The Full Story

Apple Tablet: Revolutionize old media, Can be shared by whole family, Facial recognition to boot?

Paul Fang, Jan 20th 2010 Discuss [1]

The Wall Street Journal has dropped a major Apple tablet bombshell this evening – among the new surfaced rumors are that Apple envisions its tablet as a device that can be shared by various members of a household, and may even recognize their faces via a possible webcam. Read The Full Story

HarperCollins negotiations to provide ebooks for Apple’s Tablet

Paul Fang, Jan 18th 2010 Discuss [0]

According to the Wall Street Journal, book publisher HarperCollins is in serious talks with Apple about a ebook deal for Apple’s heavily rumored yet still unconfirmed tablet that’s anticipated to be announced at the January 27th Apple press event. Read The Full Story