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Although tablets are still considered primarily as media consumption devices, they are steadily getting traction among the businesses. According to NPD In-Stat’s latest report, the most common business uses of tablets are email and calendar management, note taking, and presentations, with 77% reporting email as a common workplace use. When business tablet users are asked…
Samsung may have spilled the beans on an unannounced tablet that could be showing up at Mobile World Congress. On the company’s invitation to a Samsung Developer event, it lists known devices like the Galaxy Note and Wave 3 but it also lists a mysterious “Galaxy Note 10.1.” The bigger version of the Note is…
Research In Motion promised that its PlayBook would get the really-nice 2.0 software in February and I’m sure many of you have been looking at your calendar and rapidly hitting your “check for update” button. Your wait may soon be over, as a RIM representative told PC Mag that the PlayBook 2.0 OS should be…
ZTE is launching its first own-branded tablet in the UK – Light Tab II V9A. The 7-inch device comes with a capacitive touchscreen of unknown resolution (we think it’s 1024×600 pixels), Qualcomm’s MSM8255 SoC (single-core), HSPA and Wi-Fi connectivity, 3-megapixel rear-facing camera, VGA front-facing one, FM radio, 4GB of built-in memory, while Android 2.3 Gingerbread…
Acer was quick to make its (relatively) recently launched Iconia Tab A200 more appealing. The Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update is rolling as we speak, with most A200 users reporting to get the latest software (build number Acer_AV041_A200_1.037.00_PA_CUS1). If you still haven’t got it, tap “Settings,” then “About tablet,” “System update” and finally “Check…
Cisco today released its annual mobile data traffic forecast and it estimated that there will be 10 billion mobile connections by 2016. Eight billion out of this astronomical number represents cell phones — a huge estimate when you consider it means the mobile penetration rate will be at roughly 100 percent or more. The real surprise…
A company called Chinon is joining the tablet market with two products – Swift 7 and Swift 10, which come with 7 and 10-inch screens with 800×600 and 1024×768 resolution, respectively. In addition, both devices rock an ARM Cortex-A8 Core 1.2GHz processor, front-facing camera (for video calls), 5-hour battery life, 802.11n Wi-Fi connectivity, USB 2.0…
Samsung is rolling out a new software update for the US Wi-Fi only version of the Galaxy Tab 10.1. Unfortunately, Ice Cream Sandwich isn’t included in the mix — rather this is a maintenance update that will fix some of the known bugs, while also improving the overall performance of the tablet. The build number…
You’ve probably read about a number of different companies and organizations adopting iPads to boost their productivity or streamline operations. Samsung has been struggling to make its tablets equally appealing though it still has a long way to go to reach iPad’s figures. Their latest gig involves teaming up with Verizon Wireless and Phoenix Suns,…
We’ve already told you about Asus’ sweet problems as it tries extra hard to fulfill all pre-orders. Apparently, they’re still struggling to meet the demand and have issued the following statement to address the customers’ concerns: Just to keep you all up to date on stock of the Eee Pad Transformer Prime – It is…