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Tim Cook says iPad mini is in a different league than 7-inch tablets

, Oct 25th 2012 Discuss [0]

In 2010, Steve Jobs minced no words as he expressed his distaste for 7-inch tablets, stating that the size is useless unless users sand their fingers down to a quarter of their size. The iPad's competition was DOA, he said. Now Apple's introduced its 7.9-inch iPad mini, and some consumers are pointing fingers. Read The Full Story

Apple SVP Phil Schiller defends iPad mini pricing

, Oct 24th 2012 Discuss [0]

Apple finally announced their long-awaited iPad mini tablet yesterday, and many people were looking forward to seeing a 7-inch tablet with iOS on it. At the same time, however, a lot of potential buyers weren't too thrilled with the tablet's $329 entry-level price, which is a bit higher than other smaller tablets like the Nexus 7 and the Kindle Fire HD. Read The Full Story

32GB Surface models “temporarily sold out” on Microsoft’s UK store

, Oct 22nd 2012 Discuss [0]

Microsoft's new Surface tablet might have its share of dissenters, but apparently very few of them live in the UK. Earlier today, ZDNet reported that the 32GB Surface without the Touch Cover - Microsoft's cheapest Surface model - had sold out in the UK. In the time since that report went live, the 32GB Surface with the Touch Cover has sold out as well. Pretty impressive for a tablet that's only been up for pre-order for six days. Read The Full Story

Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga heading to Japan as NEC LaVie Y in November

, Oct 19th 2012 Discuss [0]

Back in August, Lenovo officially announced the Windows RT-equipped IdeaPad Yoga, which is a laptop/tablet hybrid that features a complete 360-degree rotating display that will be released on October 26. The company's Japanese partner, NEC, has announced that it's bringing the same flavor to its Japan users as well. Read The Full Story

iPad 2 rumored to be phased out after iPad mini launch

, Oct 19th 2012 Discuss [0]

It was just about a year-and-a-half ago when Apple unveiled the iPad 2. It was crazy thinner than the first-gen iPad and had better graphics and a faster processor. According to Evercore Partners analyst Rob Cihra, the iPad 2 will be phased out once the iPad mini launches. It might sound crazy, but Cihra says the move will streamline the company's product line. Read The Full Story

Samsung Windows 8 pre-orders start with wave of new-age PCs and tablets

, Oct 16th 2012 Discuss [0]

Earlier this morning, Samsung announced a slew of Windows 8 PCs and tablets, including the Series 5 Ultra Touch Ultrabook, a line of ATIV Smart PCs, and few Series Premium Ultrabooks. All of these devices will be released on October 26th -- the day that Windows 8 is officially launching. And now, they're available for pre-order. Read The Full Story

Alcatel One Touch T10 takes on the iPad mini (before it exists)

, Oct 5th 2012 Discuss [0]

You may not be too familiar with a company called Alcatel -- they mostly specialize in lower-quality mobile phones. However, they're looking to take on Apple's iPad Mini (before it even exists) with a budget tablet of their own. The One Touch T10 is a 7-inch tablet that runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. However, if it's going to challenge the iPad Mini in any way, it better come with some mean specs. Read The Full Story

New algorithms may be able to charge mobile devices twice as fast

, Oct 5th 2012 Discuss [0]

For the longest time, battery manufacturers have mostly only been focusing on how to make lithium-ion batteries smaller and thinner, while still offering as much capacity as possible. However, researchers are now coming up with ways to make lithium-ion batteries charge up quicker -- more specifically, twice as fast than the average charge time. Read The Full Story

Tobii and NTT DOCOMO announce ibeam eye-tracking tablet

, Sep 19th 2012 Discuss [0]

Tablets these days can do a lot of different things, but NTT DOCOMO has a new tablet in the pipeline with a feature that we don't see all that often: eye tracking. The eye tracking technology in NTT DOCOMO's new ibeam concept tablet will be supplied by Tobii, and if you're going to be at CEATEC in Tokyo at the beginning of October, you'll get the chance to see it in action. It's there, at booth #4B66, that NTT DOCOMO will be unveiling the prototype ibeam for the first time. Read The Full Story

Smartphones and tablets overtake PCs as major consumer of DRAM chips

, Sep 17th 2012 Discuss [0]

The typical consumer may not realize all the individual components that are inside computer or a smartphone. There's a myriad of little chips inside devices sourced from all around the world for things such as memory and storage. DRAM chips are the key components inside computing devices and smartphones that allow them to operate more quickly. Read The Full Story

Apple comes out on top in Motorola rubber-banding patent suit

, Sep 13th 2012 Discuss [0]

While Apple and Samsung were going at it over here in the States, Apple was in the middle of another patent suit with Motorola across the Atlantic. Apple's patent suit against Motorola has been going back and forth for weeks now, but today FOSS Patents is reporting that the iPhone maker can chalk up another win. Multiple Motorola devices have been found to be infringing on the EP2126678 patent, which is the same as Apple's '381 patent in the United States. The patent, as some of you likely already know, is for the "rubber-banding" effect that occurs when users reach the end of a page - instead of having the page just stop scrolling when a user reaches the end, the page bounces back, indicating to users that they can scroll no further. Read The Full Story

Kindle Fire HD line will allow users to opt out of ‘Special Offers’

, Sep 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

Amazon's Kindle presentation on Thursday featured a lot of big talking points, but one thing the company was understandably silent on was the "Special Offers" that will show on its new Kindle Fire HD line of tablets (along with the refresh of the original Kindle Fire). Subsidizing devices by showing ads isn't anything new for the company, but once it became clear that these new Kindle Fires would be showing ads, people began wondering if Amazon would allow users to opt out of the special offers program by paying a fee, as it has done with its devices in the past. At first, Amazon said that an opt out option wouldn't be available, and it's pretty easy to imagine where things went next. Read The Full Story
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