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If you include the iPad as a PC, Canalys said that Apple is poised to surpass HP as the world’s largest computer maker by the end of 2012. Some of you may think that it’s not fair to include the iPad in PC shipping numbers but for the casual audience, an iPad is probably more…
NPD has concluded in a recent study that the TouchPad, HP’s last webOS product for the foreseeable future, turned out to be the second-most popular tablet in the U.S. so far this year. While it might seem crazy that a dead platform managed to beat out a dearth of Android competition (namely from Samsung), the…
We know that Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich was built to unify the tablet and smartphone experience but we haven’t really seen it on a tablet … until now. Well, the good folks at NVIDIA have ported it to the Asus Transformer Prime with its quad-core Tegra 3 chip. It’s only been a few days…
Remember that mysterious Sprint-slated ZTE V55 tablet we’ve seen in October? Well aside from FCC’s seal of approval, it also got certification from the Bluetooth SIG from where we managed to get the image above. Aside from that, we also know it’s a “CDMA tablet with Bluetooth wireless technology” which is everything but revealing statement.…
The ifixit team has taken its screwdrivers to the new Nook Tablet and have done what they do best: Tearing gadgets apart. The Nook Tablet is one nice piece of kit that may not be selling as well as the Kindle Fire but both tablets have quite a bit in common. The Nook Tablet was…
It looks like the tablet bubble has finally arrived. Starting in 2012, companies such as HP, Acer, Asus and Dell are planning to gradually drop out of the tablet game altogether, according to information obtained by DigiTimes. Manufacturers believe they don’t have any advantages to compete in the tablet market and are looking to exit stage left.…
Think that the iPad 2 is the only tablet with a smart cover? Think again, with Amazon Germany listing such an accessory for the upcoming Asus Transformer Prime. So aside from the keyboard dock, this will be one of those must-have things to purchase alongside Asus’ Android tablet. The price is 39 EUR, which is…
While it’s exciting to see Android apps running on the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet with some degree of stability, you know what I really want to be able to play on there? Nibbles. Thanks to some tinkering by the BlackBerry community at large, popular emulation program DOSBox has been jammed into a BAR file and runs…
Apple’s war with Amazon over the “Appstore” name has not finished yet. Apple widened its lawsuit a bit recently, claiming that Amazon made some changes to the way it advertises its Appstore after the Kindle Fire came out. Previously, Amazon added the tagline “for Android” to make the platform on which it’s available clear, but…
If for some odd reason, you’ve been considering the BlackBerry PlayBook but couldn’t pull the trigger just yet, you may as well wait until next week because Staples will be offering Research In Motion’s first tablet for $199 during its Black Friday sale. That $200 will get you the 16 GB BlackBerry PlayBook with 7-inch…