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It’s time for another Nielsen study, and this one takes a quick look at iPad owners. Apparently, of the 400 Apple tablet owners in this survey, 65 percent were male. Compared to Sony PSP and Amazon Kindle owners, who were 62 percent and 52 percent male, respectively, it’s a pretty large bias for the iPad.…
Earlier, a rumor out of TechCrunch suggested Amazon was launching its own App store for the Android platform. Hot on heels of this exciting information is a second rumor that suggests Amazon is also working on an Android tablet to complement this supposed app store. The details are sketchy and they come from a single…
The BlackBerry PlayBook tablet was announced today at RIM’s Developer Conference, and it looks like we’re already talking about the next iteration of the device. Shortly after the keynote wrapped up, there was a session conducted with the QNX CEO Dan Dodge which ran through some of the technical details of the PlayBook’s operating system,…
We’ve been waiting on a BlackBerry tablet amidst a wash of vague rumours for the last few months, and it all went official at the Developer Conference today. As speculated, the BlackBerry PlayBook is running a new operating system made by QNX, complete with Flash 10.1 support, the WebKit browser, multitasking, and more. So, what…
According to a recent press release, Samsung has chosen the Atmel MaXTouch touchscreen technology for its upcoming Android tablet, the Galaxy Tab. The Atmel MaXTouch chip is one very nice piece of tech, and is capable of taking on the touchiest of tasks. The Atmel MaXTouch is a very welcomed addition to the Tab. With…
RIM jumped head first into the tablet market today at DevCon 2010 with its BlackBerry PlayBook. Based upon the QNX OS, the BlackBerry PlayBook is a feature rich mobile device that includes the following specs: 7inch LCD, 1024 x 600, WSVGA, capacitive touch screen with full multi-touch and gesture support BlackBerry Tablet OS (QNX) with support for…
Sharp, along with many other companies, is getting into the Android game and bringing some tablets powered by the Google mobile operating system to market. The Sharp Galopagos tablets are being marketed as e-book readers, but should have much more functionality than any Kindle or Nook out there. There will be two models, a 5.5…
Now that we’re hearing RIM may be announcing a tablet at the BlackBerry Developer Conference next week, folks are probably wondering what it will actually do. Sure, we’ve heard that it’ll be between 7″ and 8.9″, piggyback on a BlackBerry for connectivity, and use a new OS from QNX, an embedded software company RIM had…
NVIDIA is not messing around when it comes to mobile devices and the company is talking all types of trash about its competitors. The company also indicated that manufacturers like Motorola and Samsung will be key partners down the line, which could give us hints at future products. “Motorola, Samsung and LG are very important…
Those who thought that Dell, with their Streak and Aero, were done in the mobile space are sorely mistaken. If you’ve kept up with Dell, you know that there are quite a few upcoming handsets and tablets coming our way. We finally got our first glimpse of one such device, the Looking Glass, a 7…