By Jacob Kleinman |
Apple has cut prices again for refurbished models of the latest iPad and iPad Mini. The news was revealed on the company’s online store where it sells repaired tablets and other devices at a discounted price. The most budget-friendly 16GB WiFi-only iPad Mini’s refurbished price…
By Adriana Lee |
Microsoft’s new Windows 8 ad takes a swift poke at Apple’s iPad, casting the latter as a more expensive, yet rather lackluster competitor to a Windows tablet. In the commercial, the company features Windows 8′s Live Tiles, PowerPoint, multitasking and relatively cheap price point, at…
By Jacob Kleinman |
If you were worried that Mailbox would go the way of the buffalo after being acquired by Dropbox for a reported $100 million in March, you can finally put those fears to rest. The app that attracted a million users almost overnight when it first launched for the…
By Todd Haselton |
Yesterday Bloomberg ran a story quoting Pegatron CEO Jason Cheng that suggested iPad mini demand is waning. Cheng recently spoke with Fortune and said his quote was taken out of context and that he wasn’t specifically talking about the iPad mini or any tablet in particular. “After the…
By Brandon Russell |
In a recent interview with CNBC, Microsoft founder Bill Gates defended the company’s Surface tablets, while downplaying Apple’s iPad in the process. Even with (reportedly) mediocre sales, and declining PC interest, Gates said the Surface’s features as a tablet/PC hybrid make it the better value…
By Todd Haselton |
Google issued an update for its iOS Gmail client on Monday that adds several useful features that will help users stay within Google’s products. You can now automatically launch YouTube, Google Maps or Chrome if a link is embedded in an email. That means you…
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 |
Google Now just launched for iOS devices. If you’re an Android user you’re likely familiar with the option, which made its debut in Android Jelly Bean. The software constantly keeps you in-the-know with up-to-date information such as the weather, sports scores, packages, stocks and so…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple just announced its fiscal second quarter 2013 earnings and, on the earnings call, revealed some information on its iTunes App Store. Apple said it now offers more than 850,000 iOS applications and that 350,000 of those applications are specifically designed for the iPad. The…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple just posted its earnings for the fiscal second quarter of 2013. The company reported a net profit of $9.5 billion, $43.6 billion in revenue and an EPS of $10.09. That was above average analyst estimates of revenue of $42.3 billion and an estimated EPS…
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 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 Brandon Russell |
Jon R. is back to tackle the biggest tech rumors of this week! In this episode of Rumor Roundup, Jon talks about Microsoft’s plan to announce the next Xbox, which should be running an OS based on Windows 8 with AMD chips, on May 12.…
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 |
Usually you expect tree debris and other materials littered on U.S. highways, but consumer electronics? Much more rare. The photo you see above is the aftermath of what one Georgia woman experienced while simply driving down the road. Apple’s iPad is so durable that it’s…
By Todd Haselton |
Yesterday a report said that Apple’s iPad 5 will enter production in July or August. Today we’re treated to yet another rumor, and this time it’s a photo of the alleged fifth generation iPad. There’s not much to discern from it, but if you look…
By Adriana Lee |
We can talk leaks, rumors and specs all day long — and we do — but every once in a while, it’s good to step outside the tech industry and see how these devices can have a deep and meaningful impact in the real world.…
By Adriana Lee |
Whenever tech companies are about to release an updated version of a technology, prices on previous models usually get cut. That makes sense. There’s no better way to make room for the new than to clear the shelves of the old. And that’s why the…
By Brandon Russell |
It only took Apple eight months to introduce a successor to the iPad 3. In Apple time, that’s an incredibly quick turnaround. For all the hoopla made over the iPad 3’s impressive display, many people were miffed about how their cherished tablet was suddenly obsolete.…
By Todd Haselton |
The United States recently denied Apple a trademark for the “iPad mini”. It might seem bizarre on the surface, especially because the general public is already used to the product name and the device has been on the market for many months now, but BBC said…
