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Apple is planing on launching a new tablet bigger in size than the iPad, according to the latest rumors. Korean news site ETNews reports that the new tablet, dubbed the iPad Maxi, will have a massive 12.9 inch display, supposedly to compete against the growing popularity for Ultrabooks and convertible PCs. The device could also…
Thanks to the ever-savvy EVleaks we have an image of the brown Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 to show you. As you can see for yourself, it seems catered toward business users who could pair it with their (brown) suit or suitcase. Aside from a different paint job, it will boast the same hardware under the…
We’ve heard that BlackBerry PlayBook users will get BlackBerry 10 update at some point but somehow we expected that to happen closer to the end of the year. Now we have a new piece of information suggesting that PlayBook will get its BB10 treatment “in the next few weeks.” The information comes from the official…
Hisense is launching two affordable 7-inch tablets at Walmart. The first one, called Sero 7 LT, packs a 1024×600 pixel display, 1.6GHz dual-core processor, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, 4GB of internal memory and a price tag of just $99. The second device, Sero 7 PRO, is much better, sporting a faster NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core…
If you have still been holding off from getting an iPad, now is the time to jump in. Apple recently cut the price of its refurbished iPad 4 and iPad Mini units, making the devices look more attractive than ever. Refurbished products may make some queasy, but an Apple certified refurbished iPad is hardly something…
Wherever your loyalties lie in the latest round of Mac vs. Windows (vs. Android), you can’t deny that Microsoft’s new Windows 8 tablet ad below is pretty clever. The TV spot completely glosses over any of the advantages of the iPad over the 64GB Asus tablet, while pointing out the lower cost, multitasking and other…
The Archos 80 Xenon was unveiled today, adding to Archos’ Elements tablet line. The 8-inch device will come with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon S4 1.2 GHz processor and a 1024×768 IPS display, 1 GB of RAM and 4 GB of storage which is expandable via a microSD card. It…
The HP SlateBook x2, which was leaked before, is officially announced as the first NVIDIA Tegra 4-powered convertible tablet. Yup, it comes with a detachable keyboard a la ASUS’ Transformer series, doubling as a laptop when you need to type faster. Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean is running the show on the 10.1-inch 1920×1200 IPS display,…
BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins made some odd comments about tablets today at the BlackBerry Live conference. They’re odd because just last month he seemingly would have disagreed with what he is now saying. “The industry got stuck on the term ‘tablets’,” Heins told CNET, before adding a stance for the company. “We want to create…
The vast majority of adult tablet owners have nothing against video ads, but they don’t like being interrupted. In fact, 80% would like to keep accessing the content for free and are willing to watch ads in return. However, 82% prefer to see all ads before the content begins, according to the latest data from…