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Amazon Kindle Fire HD tipped for $99 model [UPDATE]

, Mar 20th 2013 Discuss [0]

Amazon seems to want to shake things up in the tablet sector, as it's rumored that the e-tailer giant will be releasing a $99 Kindle Fire HD 7-inch tablet at some point. Currently, you can get a 7-inch Kindle Fire HD for only $199, which comes with 16GB of storage, but cutting that price down by half seems like quiet the feat. Read The Full Story

Swype beta update released, offers several fixes and features

, Mar 19th 2013 Discuss [0]

The folks over at Swype have rolled out version 1.4.9.13905, a beta release for those who like to try the newest iteration of software and aren't afraid of taking on a bit of risk. This feature brings with it a variety of new features and fixes, including Advanced Language Models for more languages and improved tap response. Read The Full Story

Apple now selling refurbished 4th-generation iPad and iPad mini

, Mar 14th 2013 Discuss [0]

It was only a matter time before we would see refurbished models of the new 4th-generation iPad and the iPad mini show up, and today is that day. Apple has officially released the cheaper models of the new devices in their refurbished store, where you can grab both the 4th-gen iPad and the iPad mini at a slight discount from their brand-new price tag. Read The Full Story

iPad mini interest has doubled in under 6 months

, Mar 13th 2013 Discuss [0]

It appears that interest in Apple's newest tablet is on the rise. According to a survey conducted by daily deals website TechBargains, interest in the iPad mini has risen to 33%, compared to 18% when the same survey was conducted back in September. That's almost double of what the interest was nearly six months ago. Read The Full Story

Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 launches in Europe and Japan, US version now $269

, Mar 13th 2013 Discuss [0]

Good news for those located outside the US. Amazon's Kindle Fire HD 8.9 is now available in a select number of countries in Europe, including the UK, Germany, France, Italy, and Spain, as well as Japan. To celebrate the expansion, Amazon also dropped the price of the tablet to $269 in the US, with the 4G version now starting at $399. Read The Full Story

Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 coming March 7 for $599

, Mar 5th 2013 Discuss [0]

We knew it would be arriving eventually on Big Red's network, and now it's officially only a couple days away. Verizon has announced that the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet will be available to customers starting March 7 for $599. The tablet will be able to run off of the carrier's blazing-fast 4G LTE network and will also come equipped with an S Pen. Read The Full Story

Mobiroo unveils monthly subscription service for unlimited access to Android apps

, Mar 4th 2013 Discuss [0]

Mobiroo, a Canadian startup, has unveiled its new Android app subscription service, which allows Android users to get unlimited access to "hundreds of top paid apps." Instead of paying for individual apps, users can have unlimited downloads from a rather vast library for what is an initial limited price of $2.49 per month. Read The Full Story

Mobile users predicted to download 70 billion apps this year

, Mar 4th 2013 Discuss [0]

If there's one thing to know about smartphone and tablet users, it's that they download a lot of apps. I have 93 apps and games currently on my smartphone, and I don't consider that a large amount by any means, so when you take into account that every mobile user has a handful of apps on their devices, it can really add up. This year, though, research firm ABI Research predicts that mobile app downloads will hit 70 billion combined by the end of the year. Read The Full Story

White House combats ban on cell phone unlocking

, Mar 4th 2013 Discuss [0]

It looks like the White House has heard the voices of the 114,000+ people who believe that unlocking their cell phone should be a legal process. It too believes that banning people from unlocking their cell phones isn't fair, especially since people paid good money for those devices. Not only that, but the White House wants to also legalize the unlocking of tablet devices as well, since tablets fall under the same category as cell phones. Read The Full Story

Dell XPS 10 and Kindle Fire are the most repairable tablets, Surface Pro and iPads come in last

, Feb 28th 2013 Discuss [0]

Warranties have their place, but there's no shortage of techies who prefer to do their own device repair when something goes awry. Unfortunately, no matter how technically inclined you are, some devices seem built specifically to make the task as difficult as possible. The folks over at iFixit have released their Repairability Guide, which shows Dell's XPS 10 as the easiest to repair, and Microsoft's Surface Pro as the worst of the bunch. Read The Full Story

Razer Edge pre-orders begin March 1

, Feb 26th 2013 Discuss [0]

Razer showed off their new Edge gaming tablet at CES last month. We even got our hands on the new device to see what makes it so special, and now the company has announced that pre-orders for the new tablet will begin on March 1 at 12:01 pm PT, with shipments going out at some point later that month. Read The Full Story

Ubuntu for tablets unveiled, coming to Nexus devices this Thursday

, Feb 19th 2013 Discuss [0]

Early last month, Canonical announced the Ubuntu OS for smartphones, which will be coming later this year in October as opposed to the initial timeline of a 2014 release. However, we still haven't heard a word about a tablet OS until now. Canonical unveiled the tablet version of Ubuntu today during the same time as HTC's event, and while the news might have gotten drowned out by the new HTC One smartphone, open-source fanatics are no doubt excited for a tablet version of Ubuntu. Read The Full Story
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