By Todd Haselton |
Microsoft is reportedly preparing to announce its second generation Surface tablets during its Build Developer Conference in June. The company is apparently preparing to launch the tablet with a screen size that measures between 7 inches and 9 inches, DigiTimes said Thursday. Component suppliers have allegedly already…
By Todd Haselton |
Is the iPad mini cannibalizing sales of Apple’s larger, more expensive and more powerful iPads? New figures support that may indeed be the case. Apple recently revealed that it shipped 19.5 million iPads during the fiscal second quarter of this year, but the company didn’t…
By Todd Haselton |
BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins recently said that the tablet industry will be dead in just five years. The numbers don’t correlate with those claims, however. IDC published its latest findings on the tablet industry on Wednesday and noted that shipments increased 142.4 percent year-over-year during…
By Todd Haselton |
Earlier today we published a quote by BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins in which he declared that the tablet market will be dead in five years. It suggested that BlackBerry will not launch a new tablet in the near future. The company recently reached out to…
By Todd Haselton |
The tablet industry is booming. IDC recently found that 128 million tablets were shipped in 2012 alone as shipments jumped 78.4 percent. Yet, despite the success of the iPad and several other devices, BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins has gone on the record to proclaim that…
By Brandon Russell |
At next month’s annual I/O conference, Google is expected to reveal updates to its software efforts, and also introduce new hardware in partnership with OEMs. Last year we saw a Nexus 4 (LG), Nexus 7 (ASUS) and Nexus 10 (Samsung), and follow ups are expected…
By Todd Haselton |
Samsung announced the Galaxy Tab 3 on Monday morning, a new Android tablet that will make its debut in May. The device is equipped with a 7-inch 1024 x 600-pixel display, a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, a 3-megapixel camera, a 1.3-megapixel front-facing…
By Brandon Russell |
We’ve already seen Samsung’s new Galaxy S4 pass the knife, key and penny scratch tests, so it’s not like the device is particularly delicate. But Samsung is still intent on introducing a more durable, ruggedized version this summer alongside a new 8-inch tablet. According to…
By Brandon Russell |
Amazon’s Kindle Fire lineup is now compatible with Microsoft’s clever SmartGlass app, Xbox spokesman Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb said on Monday. The app, which is available for the most recent Fire and Fire HD devices, gives users the flexibility to interact with the Xbox 360…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple is a secret company. The firm never discusses future products that it may or may not be working on and only ever provides a glimpse into its product portfolio when it takes the stage for new hardware and software announcements. Apple has been quieter…
By Brandon Russell |
Apple has been unusually silent over the past several months—we haven’t seen any big announcements since the iPhone 5, which was back in September of last year. We’re quickly skipping over the company’s annual iPad announcement, and that vow of silence may tell us a…
By Brandon Russell |
Microsoft CFO Peter Klein on Thursday confirmed the company is looking into smaller touch devices, further fueling speculation we’ll see a 7-inch Surface later this year. During an investor call, Klein said Microsoft is working closely with OEMs to create small touch-based Windows devices, which…
By Todd Haselton |
Ming Chi Kuo, an analyst with KGI Securities with a rather solid Apple prediction track record, recently sent a note to investors describing the iPad 5. Kuo said he believes the device will be 15 percent thinner than the current fourth-generation iPad and 25 percent…
By Todd Haselton |
Shipments of Apple’s iPad mini are expected to tank during the second quarter as consumers hold out for the second generation version of the device. Shipments are expected to fall as much as 20 to 30 percent according to DigiTimes, which cited upstream sources in Apple’s…
By Todd Haselton |
Yet another iPad 5 case has leaked and, again, several photos of it suggest that the next generation iPad from Apple will be thinner than the current model. The cases pictured above were obtained by Engadget, which spotted them at the Hong Kong Electronics Fair. It’s hard…
By Todd Haselton |
The PC industry recently experienced the largest drop in quarterly sales ever, a decline that was blamed largely on Windows 8 and an increased interest in tablets and smartphones. One of the issues with Windows 8 is that Microsoft released a watered-down version of the…
By Todd Haselton |
Walmart is currently offering a $70 eGift Card with every purchase of a Barnes & Noble Nook HD+ tablet. The 16GB model of the Nook HD+ currently costs $269.99, and you can spend the $70 Walmart eGift Card in stores or online on accessories or…
By Todd Haselton |
Samsung’s Galaxy Note 8.0 is just now hitting the market but the South Korea-based tech giant isn’t stopping its tablet production anytime soon. Apparently it has two new devices in the works that might be announced any day now, including the Galaxy Tab 3 10.1…
By Todd Haselton |
Samsung recently gave birth to the fourth member of its Galaxy Note family. The new child, aptly named the Galaxy Note 8.0, joins the Galaxy Note, Galaxy Note II and the Galaxy Note 10.1. Its screen, and as its name implies, measures 8-inches across and…
By Sean P. Aune |
The fifth generation iPad may be going on a diet of sorts as one analyst believes Apple is working on a new LED lighting system that would allow the popular tablet to slim down. Speaking with CNET, Paul Semenza, an analyst at NPD DisplaySearch, stated that…
By Brandon Russell |
Looking at an iPad’s lock screen is about as fun as eating wax. Nobody, save for a few psychopaths, enjoys it. Notifications are neat, kind of, sort of. Really, though, an iOS lock screen is just a flat, lifeless digital ghost town, devoid of useful…
By Brandon Russell |
We’ve heard a number of rumors suggesting Nokia is working on a tablet, and a recent patent filing further suggests something is incoming. The patent itself doesn’t describe physical tablet hardware, but instead details an “apparatus cover with keyboard.” What does that remind you of?…
By Ron Duwell |
It’s been five months since the launch of the Nexus 10, and Google has finally made an official accessory for it available through Google Play. The first flip-case comes with “rounded corners” to give it an “ultra-slim fit”. It will be available in two colors:…
By Brandon Russell |
While the PC market continues to flounder, Microsoft needs to find new footing if it wants to keep pace with the competition. Samsung, Apple and others have found great mobile success over the past several years—with both tablet and smartphones—and it’s a sweet spot Microsoft…
