Apple's iPad is regularly regarded as the pinnacle of tablet engineering. Its design, while largely unchanged after four iterations (that might change later this year), is of the utmost quality, a premium specimen of craftsmanship and precision. Devices such as the Transformer Pad Infinity and Microsoft Surface have come close, in some respects surpassed the tablet, but the iPad is...
Apple announced a brand new 128GB iPad this morning. Now, I understand that while reading my headline you’re probably asking yourself: What do you mean who needs a 128GB iPad? Isn’t more space a good thing? Yes, you’re right. Additional space and new options are always a good thing, and I see that Apple is clearly trying to market the tablet as a replacement for computers at this point...
The rumors are true, and there is indeed a 128GB version of the iPad coming our way on Feb. 5. In one of the fastest rumors-to-reality turn-arounds in the history of Apple, we heard the first rumors of a 128GB version of the fourth generation iPad just yesterday. Apple released a press release this morning that made the device a reality. The new version of iPad 4 is only receiving a...
Uh oh. Apple just released its earnings and the company missed several of the Street's estimates. The company reported $54.5 billion in revenue for the quarter, below estimates of $54.58. That's not pretty, considering Apple is best known for crushing what Wall Street expects of it each quarter. It did beat the Street's estimated EPS of $13.34 with a report of $13.81 earnings per share...
Ditching your PC? Plan to buy a tablet? One way or another, the industry is growing, and a new report from ABI Research suggests that tablet shipments will top 145 million units this year, propelled by Microsoft's Windows RT and Windows 8 Pro operating system, as well as new Android and iOS tablets. "The rate of innovation is slowing as tablet vendors augment their product portfolios...
Amazon announced on Thursday that its Amazon MP3 store is now available for iOS users. The company isn’t providing an app, however, and instead has created a website that’s optimized for use with the iOS Safari browser. Any purchases are saved to a user’s Amazon Cloud Player account, instead of on the device directly, for playback on any other device. “Since the launch of the Amazon...
Danger, Amazon Kindle and Barnes and Noble Nook: Things are looking pretty grim for your product category. After a meteoric rise, sales of e-readers seem to be spiraling downward, thanks to iPads, Kindle Fires, Surfaces and Galaxy Tabs. Tablets are absolutely killing demand, says an IHS iSuppli Consumer Electronics Special Report. By the end of 2012, just 14.9 million e-readers are...
Wow, there were so many leaks that I thought I knew what I was getting into when I picked up the new iPad mini. It's just a smaller iPad, right? Well, not really. Sure, it has a smaller 7.9-inch display, the same software and a similar look than its larger brethren. Until now, however, Apple had not entered the smaller tablet space. In fact, the late Steve Jobs even suggested it would...
Apple announced on Friday morning that it will begin selling the iPhone 5, the fourth generation iPad and the iPad mini in China beginning next month. The fourth generation iPad and the iPad mini will be available on December 7th while the iPhone will be be available a week later on December 14th. The prices are in line with U.S. pricing, too. Apple's fourth generation iPad and iPad...
A new report from ABI Research that suggests Apple's tablet market share fell 14% during the third quarter of this year to an all-time market share low of 55%. Is that bad news for Apple? Are its Android competitors finally catching up? Based on the figures alone, the simple answer is yes. Apple clearly doesn't have as firm a grip as it used to have, especially now that Amazon, Samsung...