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An infographic from VoucherCodes.co.uk details the buying and usage habits of consumers interested in tablet devices. The data presented in the infographic was compiled from a 3,000-person questionnaire conducted in October of this year. The long visual presentation of the current state of the tablet market reveals the why, who, and for what reasons we buy tablets.…
Buoyed by the success of the Apple iPad and Android devices, the tablet market is supposed to hit 100 million units by 2013, according to research from DigiTimes. According to the research: Smartphones, tablet PCs and notebooks will all become the mainstream terminal devices in the mobile Internet market in the future with smartphone shipments…
It could be a big holiday season for the Apple iPad, as a new consumer study from Retrevo said this tablet is the top item on many electronic-seeking holiday buyers. According to Retrevo, “When the study asked what was on consumers’ wish lists this year the product on the top of most people’s electronics wish…
Dual-core processors are one of the next wave of hardware improvements to hit the mobile platform. While several manufacturers have dual-core processors under development, NVIDIA and its Tegra 2 processor may be the first to dual-core hardware to land in consumer devices. According to DigiTimes, Motorola, LG, and HTC have all placed orders with NVIDIA for Tegra…
This week is busy with Samsung Galaxy Tab launches, spanning AT&T, U.S. Cellular, and Rogers so far. Now we’ve got one more for the pile: Bell Mobility, who is selling the Android 2.2 tablet for $599.95 on a postpaid plan. Bell’s including free Wi-Fi access to their 1,000-odd hotspots across Canada if you happen to…
Today at the Web 2.0 Summit RIM’s co-CEO Jim Balsillie mentioned off-handedly that their upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook tablet will have a module cavity to make the device upgradeable. This is a likely spot for 3G or 4G that they hinted at during launch, and Balsillie said that they “would be fools not to include NFC…
Barnes & Noble began shipping the Android-powered Nook Color today and it features a large color touchscreen and it will eventually run multiple apps. Is it enough to compete in the e-reader space and should we consider this device a tablet that competes against the Apple iPad? The Nook Color has a 7-inch IPS display…
We saw early builds of this months ago, but Comcast has finally released the Xfinity app for the Apple iPad and it turns your “magical” tablet into one awesome remote control. According to the company, the new Comcast Xfinity Apple iPad app enables: Browse and discover video content from either TV listings or selections from…
The Samsung Galaxy Tab has just recently hit Verizon’s shelves, and is coming soon to U.S. Cellular and AT&T, but we’re getting it up here in Canada too, eh? Rogers has just announced that the Android tablet is going on sale for a whooping $539.99 on a three-year contract starting tomorrow. The Samsung Galaxy Tab’s…
We thought that AT&T might have been the first to release the Samsung Galaxy Tab, but it looks like they will be last of the four major US carriers to offer the Android tablet from Samsung. On top of that, AT&T also has made the upcoming 7 inch tablet the most expensive out of all…