Apple way ahead of tablet competition, expected to hold 80% share
The latest analysis from market research firm IDC shows that Apple snagged nearly three-quarters of the tablet market during the fourth quarter of 2010. Though Samsung's 7" Galaxy Tab offered some competition, Apple captured 83 p...
Survey Says: Business Users, Tablets Increase Sensitive Data Transfers
Half of all people using mobile devices for business transfer “sensitive” data over smartphones and tablets, according to a Harris Poll released Thursday. Results of the survey, compiled from the responses of more than 2300 Americans in late January 2011 indicate tablets such as Apple’s...AT&T intros new postpaid plans for the iPad 2 and other tablets
AT&T introduced two new postpaid plans for tablets, a category that includes the upcoming iPad 2. Unlike prepaid plans, which require customers to buy data allotments upfront, these new plans can be added to a customer's current monthly cellul...
Two iPads in One Year? Apple’s Done It Before
As the fervor surrounding tomorrow’s big announcement builds, fanboys and fangirls are eagerly sitting around their computers gulping down all the latest iPad 2 rumors that the Internet has to offer. One of the popular rumors out there is that tomorrows iPad...Liveblog: Apple’s March 2 iPad event
March is upon us, and that means we're gearing up to do live coverage of Apple's latest media event in San Francisco. What's expected out of this event? Apple hinted heavily in its invitation that...
iFixit: "a donkey" could upgrade your Xoom tablet to 4G
The teardown experts at iFixit believe they have zeroed in on the steps needed to upgrade a Motorola Xoom tablet to get on Verizon's "4G" (LTE) network, though home upgraders will still need a SIM...
Google counters Apple subscriptions with more flexible One Pass
Hot on the heels of Apple's subscription service announcement, Google has lifted the curtain on its own offering that will allow publishers to set a price for recurring content delivered via your Google login. The payment system ...
Liveblog: HP’s webOS tablet event
We've got iOS tablets, Android tablets, and a BlackBerry tablet coming soon. Palm, now owned by HP, is about to throw its hat in the tablet ring on February 9, as it hosts a special...
Motorola Xoom ad ‘inspired’ by Apple’s classic 1984 ad
Motorola has just released a commercial for its Xoom tablet that seems to draw heavy inspiration from Apple's classic 1984 ad. In Motorola's spot, a single Xoom user roams through a sterile environment populated with hundreds of people clothed in the ...
iPad Helping Remove Bookshelves, Save Space in Japan
With Japan’s cramped living quarters, arrival of the iPad and other tablets and it’s non-existent e-book market, there has been an explosion of start-ups offering consumers to turn their paper books into e-books that can be used on such tablets as the iPad. Japan currently has the largest market for paper books and magazines, worth...
Galaxy Tab return several times that of the iPad
The Samsung Galaxy Tab is seeing fairly high rates of returns, according to new data gathered by ITG Investment Research. About 13 percent of Galaxy Tabs sold were returned through December of 2010; for comparison, only two pe...
