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Pandigital shuts down, will not honor existing warranties

, Nov 20th 2012 Discuss [0]

Budget tablet maker Pandigital has officially been shut down, and the company's products are being sold off by liquidators trying to get a fraction of the original value from Pandigital’s remaining assets. Pandigital initially started the sell off over the summer, and are now officially calling it quits. Read The Full Story

Peel Smart Remote launches in Europe and Asia

, Nov 20th 2012 Discuss [0]

The Peel Smart Remote app comes standard on the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1, and can also be downloaded onto your Android device from the Google Play Store. The app works by transforming your Android device into a remote, allowing you to control your entertainment system via your handset or tablet. Unlike a normal remote, however, Peel gives you interactive features, including a channel guide. Read The Full Story

Emirates adopts HP ElitePad 900 Windows 8 tablets for flight crew

, Nov 19th 2012 Discuss [0]

Windows 8 might not see a lot of adoption from businesses, but Emirates, the Dubai-based airline, has announced that it plans to equip its flight crew with 1,000 HP ElitePad 900 tablets running Windows 8, and the company has developed a Windows 8-based app for the HP tablet to help its crews provide better in-flight service. Read The Full Story

Nexus 10 gets complete teardown

, Nov 17th 2012 Discuss [0]

Earlier today, we showed you the Nexus 4 getting its time on the surgery table, and now Google's new 10-inch tablet, the Nexus 10, is making its teardown debut. The folks at PowerbookMedic (not iFixit for once) are the first to publish a comprehensive photo essay of taking apart the Nexus 10. The result ended up being a pretty easy tablet to take apart. Read The Full Story

OtterBox announces Defender Series cases for RAZR HD and Galaxy Tab 2

, Nov 16th 2012 Discuss [0]

Gadgets are an unfortunate mix of expensive and fragile, with the wrong jostle, bump, or drop potentially sending your smartphone or tablet into an early grave. OtterBox creates a variety of cases designed to prevent these unfortunate incidents including the Defender Series. As of today, you can now pick up DS case for your Galaxy Tab 2 and Droid RAZR HD. Read The Full Story

Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 land at AT&T

, Nov 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

Good news, AT&T subscribers: starting today, you can get your hands on Samsung's Galaxy Note 2 and Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 at the carrier's stores. The Galaxy Note 2, the giant stylus-toting smartphone, is massively popular, having sold 3 million units so far. The device was launched in the end of September. Read The Full Story

“Pinch” connects multiple devices to create one display

, Nov 1st 2012 Discuss [0]

Researchers at the Tokyo University of Technology have developed a unique system in which they can align smartphones and tablets together in any configuration and turn them all into one single display. By simply pinching together screens from two devices, the two screens will start sharing each other and will act as one display, with the ability to add more devices to the mix. Read The Full Story

Google aiming for more Android tablet apps

, Oct 30th 2012 Discuss [0]

Yesterday Google announced the Nexus 10 tablet, proving that the company is serious about moving further into the tablet market. They also announced an updated version to the Nexus 7 that now comes with 32GB of storage and 3G capabilities. With the company's obvious dedication to tablets, it's no surprise that Google wants more Android tablet apps in its Google Play store. Read The Full Story

Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer: the Surface is what people really want

, Oct 29th 2012 Discuss [0]

After the announcement of Microsoft's Surface tablet last week, company CEO Steve Ballmer spoke about the competition and what the Surface brings to the table for potential tablet buyers. Despite Apple selling over 100 million iPads, the Kindle Fire HD being Amazon's best-selling product ever, and the Nexus 7 being UK's best-selling tablet, Ballmer says these tablets aren't what people truly want. Read The Full Story

Nexus 7 32GB in stock at Walmart

, Oct 29th 2012 Discuss [0]

We already know what the 32GB version of the Nexus 7 will be priced at, thanks to an earlier report of the device showing up on Office Depot shelves. $250 will get the 32GB version, while the 16GB model will be $199. A second confirmation has just hit Walmart's website, where the retailer is showing the 32GB Nexus 7 as "in stock." Read The Full Story

Android boasts 41% share of Q3 global tablet shipments, sets record

, Oct 25th 2012 Discuss [0]

Research by Strategy Analytics via its Tablet & Touchscreen Strategies service, more commonly known as TTS, shows that Android received a record 41-percent share of global tablet shipments in the third-quarter of 2012. Apple, while still boasting 57-percent of the global market share, experienced a statistically significant drop in sales. This shift was caused for multiple reasons, not the least of which is the recently-announced iPad mini. Read The Full Story

DMCA exemption makes jailbreaking smartphones legal, but not tablets

, Oct 25th 2012 Discuss [0]

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act was passed in 1998, well before issues like jailbreaking arose. As part of the DMCA, exemptions can be passed as necessary, the latest round of which were announced earlier today. Included in the exemptions is the permissibility of jailbreaking smartphones, but not tablets. Read The Full Story
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