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Former Microsoft employee Joachim Kempin spoke out to ReadWrite in an interview about the company. He wrote a book entitled Resolve and Fortitude: Microsoft’s `Secret Power Broker’ Breaks His Silence in which he doesn’t shy away from criticizing the company’s current executives, products, and business plans. He joined Microsoft in 1983 and stayed there for almost two…
Last night while watching the Grammys, one of the ads to actually catch my attention (aside from the Herbal Essences commercial in which the woman seemed to be a little too sexually aroused by her shampoo) was from none other than Microsoft. It was the new Surface Pro commercial the company put out to advertise…
Wikipad announced that its 7-inch gaming tablet will be available this Spring for $249. Leading retailers will selling the device, which is far more powerful than Archos’ GamePad (hence it costs more). Wikipad’s power comes from NVIDIA’s Tegra 3 processor that will make sure games run smoothly. Of course, there’s also a dual-analog stick controller…
Samsung will likely launch the Galaxy Note 8.0 at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. We know it will be a premium tablet with a 7.9-inch screen that will compete with Apple’s iPad mini. And while we still don’t have all details — we’ll get ’em in the next two weeks — we know that the…
The next generation of Google’s Nexus 7 tablet will carry a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro (APQ8064) processor instead of NVIDIA’s next-gen Tegra 4. Michael McConnell, a Pacific Crest analyst, believes the search giant along with Asus will make the change because of tighter integration with modem technology and lower costs. This proclamation by McConnell isn’t so far-fetched,…
After nearly a two month wait, Nexus 10 tablets are finally available for people in Japan. The 10-inch slate running stock Android 4.2 Jelly Bean is on sale now and can be got through the Google Play Store. The Google and Samsung collaboration will set Japanese customers back ¥36,800 (around $400) for the 16GB model,…
Folks from ShopPad prepared a neat infographic, highlighting online shopper activity across 3,500 tablet-optimized retailers in a wide range of industries, including apparel, consumer electronics, health and beauty, home goods and jewelry. Here are the key findings: The average time spent browsing before check out was 13 minutes, 11 seconds Tablet shoppers had their best…
Worldwide tablet shipments outpaced predictions, reaching a record 52.5 million units worldwide in Q4 2012, according to preliminary data from IDC. The tablet market grew 75.3% year over year, up from 29.9 million units, and increased 74.3% from the previous quarter’s total of 30.1 million units. Lower average selling prices, a wide range of new…
It looks as though ASUS is making its “cheaper Nexus 7 ” tablet official by announcing today the launch of the MeMo Pad 7. We’ve seen renders and leaks before, and the official specs of the device match up to the ones we’ve been hearing in rumors. The MeMo Pad 7 is said to be coming…
Nokia, the mobile phone vendor that has been focusing on Microsoft’s Windows Phone OS more than any other hardware manufacturer, hinted in an interview that Windows 8 tablets might be in its future. Specifically, CEO Stephen Elop told Australian Financial Review the company is examining how other form factors beyond just smartphones would play out for…