Tag archive: Tablet

A website that called it right with the iPhone 4S’s launch date says that the iPad 3 will be unveiled on Wednesday March 7. In a report on its website Monday, iMore said that “according to sources who have been reliable in the past,” Apple will launch the third generation of its popular tablet in a matter of weeks, a device which it says will feature a 2048×1536 Retina display, a quad-core A6 processor and possibly 4G LTE networking. The… Read More

On Monday, researchers from the marketing firm Rosetta released study findings in which nearly 900 tablet owners were asked about their experiences with the mobile devices, and a question that has been haunting each and every tablet user since the devices first went mainstream almost two years ago has finally been answered, namely: How many of us take our tablets into the bathroom? The answer, surprisingly or not, is quite a few. The study found… Read More

We're used to portable speakers that hold our devices in a little nook or docking station, but we had yet to see one that attached itself to mobile devices until today. Instead of going the usual route of either housing a tablet or smartphone in the speaker unit or leaving things completely separate, the Zooka Wireless Speaker ($89) design allows users to attach the soft speaker bar to a tablet or laptop for the ultimate in convenience.… Read More

An image has surfaced of what may well be the inside rear shell of the iPad 3. While it may not sound like the most exciting news of the year, if the shell is genuine then it gives some clues as to how the next version of Apple’s tablet will compare with the current device. For starters, according to MacRumors (via RepairLabs), the redesigned shell shows different mounts [A] for the iPad 3’s logic board, meaning the board could be narrower [B].… Read More

In a nicely candid move, Motorola Mobility has come forward and admitted that it accidentally sold 100 refurbished Xoom Android tablets through Woot.com without first wiping the devices to remove previous customers' data. Motorola would like to get the devices back from any buyers, and has extended two years of free Experian ProtextMyID service to any customers who returned a Xoom tablet between March and October 2011 to protect them from… Read More

Are you ready for yet another tablet release? Well, this time it's a little bit different to the slew of Android slates we've become used to, as it runs an open source Linux operating system, making it perfect for developers and users who don't want to deal with any proprietary software at all. Announced by leading KDE hacker Aaron Seigo on his blog, it's called the Spark, and it uses the community-driven spin-off of… Read More

Now that tablet devices like the Apple iPad, Samsung Galaxy Tab, and Amazon Kindle Fire are becoming commonplace in everyday society, researchers have started examining some of the possible ergonomic impacts of these devices. After all, almost every other technological gizmo and device that has become ubiquitous in society seems to have an impact on our bodies, from desktop computer users suffering carpal tunnel syndrome and circulation… Read More

Market analysis firm Strategy Analytics has released its analysis of the worldwide tablet market during the fourth quarter of 2011, and finds that while the Apple iPad continues to dominate with a 58 percent share, Android tablets are catching up, accounting for 39 percent of the market. And even Windows tablets put in an appearance, accounting for roughly one percent of the global market. The figures represent a solid year-on-year improvement… Read More

Of course, tablet computers can cause injuries in a variety of ways. Dropped from a great height onto someone’s head will likely have the same damaging effect as being on the receiving end of one hurled Frisbee-like across a room. Thankfully, there are up to now no recorded cases of such incidents, though researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) are warning of other injury risks associated with tablets. While many of us will… Read More

We've seen more than a few iPad stands come across our desks, but none that quite fit into the Apple aesthetic like the Magnus ipad Stand. After all, the one that Apple makes is still clinging to the old white plastic instead of getting onboard with the brushed aluminum that now exemplifies the Apple look. Instead of ponying up any money for something made of plastic, we are inclined to suggest the Magnus iPad stand ($50) instead. This… Read More

According to new information from the Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project, tablet ownership has jumped from about 1 out of every 10 Americans to approximately 19 percent. The previous study was conducted around the middle of December, thus the massive increase in tablet ownership can likely be attributed to the holiday shopping season. While Apple's iPad definitely helped boost that percentage, less expensive tablets… Read More

If you thought iPads were expensive, think again. A new Chinese tablet called the Red Pad will cost $1,600 dollars, but not just anyone can buy it, even if you do have the money.   After heavy criticism over its price from Chinese consumers, marketing and advertising featuring the Red Pad seemingly disappeared. Now, the Economic Times is saying that the manufacturer will only sell the tablet to bureaucrats and not the public. Originally the… Read More

More rumors are surfacing suggesting the iPad 3 will hit the shelves two months from now, in March. Such a release date would pretty much fit with previous iPad releases—the original iPad model appeared early April 2010, while the iPad 2 came out last March. According to a Bloomberg report, the next iteration of the popular tablet computer will incorporate a high-definition screen “with pixels small enough to make the images look like printed… Read More

Sales expectations for Amazon's Kindle Fire have been high since Amazon announced the tablet back in September, but Amazon—as always—has not stated how many units its actually sold, revealing only that it sold more than a million of the units in December. Now, Barclay's analyst Anthony DiClemente claims that Amazon sold some 5.5 million of the devices over the holiday season and is on track to sell some 18.4 million of… Read More

Teaming up with chip maker Marvell, the One Laptop Per Child non-profit organization will be at CES displaying the XO 3.0 tablet designed for children in South American and African countries. Coming in at a scant $100 price tag for the base model, the tablet utilizes Marvell's 1Ghz PXA618 processor in addition to 512MB of RAM and runs on both Google Android Honeycomb as well as OLPC's custom Linux operating system. Shipping with an… Read More