Amazon’s web-based Kindle Store for iPad skirts Apple’s 30% fee
Amazon’s new web-based Kindle Store for the iPad reportedly helps the online retailer dodge Apple’s fee that it would otherwise pay through a native Amazon …
Tablets
Huawei MediaPad to ship with Ice Cream Sandwich, older models will be updated
Last summer, Huawei’s MediaPad was one of the first manufactures to ship a device pre-loaded with Android 3.2 Honeycomb. The Chinese company is now attempting a similar strategy with …
Verizon Galaxy Tab 7.7 with 4G LTE support hands-on
Samsung on Monday announced a new version of its Galaxy Tab 7.7 tablet for Verizon Wireless from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Verizon …
Lenovo introduces new tablets, first Android 4.0 smart TV
Ahead of the company’s Consumer Electronics Show keynote, Lenovo announced a flurry of Android-based devices on Sunday evening. First up is the new S2 smartphone, …
Toshiba to unveil affordable 7-inch tablet and world’s thinnest 10-inch tablet at CES
Toshiba’s tablets never took off like the company wanted, but according to Notebook Italia, Toshiba will soon launch an entry-level 7-inch Android tablet that will …
Web traffic patterns suggest Apple’s iPad was a dud this holiday season
Countless analysts predicted Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet would be a big seller this holiday season, and new data suggests that the slate may have been …
Apple may launch iPad 3 in March, iPad 4 in October
Apple plans to launch a new “iPad 3” with a Retina Display this coming March, and then a second “iPad 4” model in October that …
Acer to release Iconia Tab A200 on January 15th starting at $330
Acer has officially announced the newest addition to the company’s Iconia Tab lineup, the A200. The 10.1-inch device runs Android 3.2 Honeycomb with an Ice …
iPad 3 to pack Retina Display, FaceTime HD, 8-megapixel camera and push iPad 2 to $399?
What would the Consumers Electronics Show be without Apple rumors overshadowing most of the announcements? iLounge‘s Jeremy Horwitz has taken to Twitter to break down …
Google’s Nexus tablet may push Android partners out of the picture
Media tablets powered by Google’s Android operating system have for the most part been unable to capture consumers’ interest. With just a few exceptions, sales …
Velocity Micro announces two new Android 4.0 tablets coming to CES
To get a jump on the competition, Velocity Micro has announced two new Android 4.0 tablets set to debut at next week’s Consumer Electronics Show. …
Kindle Fire’s Silk browser hacked to run on other Android devices
Amazon’s Silk Web browser has received mixed reviews from the media and from consumers. In our review of the Amazon Kindle Fire, we noted that …
Apple’s LTE-enabled iPhone 5 to be a ‘radical update,’ bigger catalyst than iPad 3 or iTV
While Apple’s iPad 3 and its brand new HDTV will be big products for the Cupertino, California-based company in 2012, its “most important catalyst” will …
Pantech Element waterproof tablet splashes onto AT&T’s LTE network next week for $299
Thanks to one of our sources, we have information on what will be one of AT&T’s many announcements ahead of CES this year — a …
Rooted BlackBerry PlayBook tablets now have access to Android apps
Research In Motion’s BlackBerry PlayBook tablet became the first BlackBerry device to be rooted this past November, granting users access to the device’s file system …
ASUS Transformer Prime now available from Office Depot
The highly anticipated and hard to find ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime has surfaced online at Office Depot. The website has the tablet labeled incorrectly with “Prime” omitted …
Secret Motorola XOOM project hints at Android 4.0 update
Motorola recently posted a message in its XOOM owners forums alerting customers that the company is working on a confidential project for the XOOM. Any …
Kindle Fire may have cost Apple $1 billion or more in holiday iPad sales
Amazon’s new Kindle Fire was a hot item during the holiday shopping season, and one analyst believes the new Amazon tablet may have cost Apple …
Ticonderoga: iTV, ‘iPad mini’ and iPhone 5 with NFC and 4G extend Apple’s lead in 2012
Apple will further extend its lead in the technology sector this year as it launches a number of new products that will leave its competition …
New sale cuts BlackBerry PlayBook price by as much as $400
Research In Motion’s debut tablet has been something of a disappointment for the Waterloo, Ontario-based vendor. While the slate showed promise, it failed to offer …
Apple will stop being cool in 2012, IBD says
As each year draws to a close, we can always count on a flurry of predictions for the tech industry over the coming 12 months. …
Windows 8 ‘Clover Trail’ tablets reportedly due from Acer and Lenovo in Q3
Top personal computer vendors Acer and Lenovo are each preparing to launch Windows 8 tablets in the third quarter, a new report claims. Citing anonymous …
Photos of purported iPad 3 part suggests tweaked internals
Photos of a part that is allegedly an iPad 3 component suggest that the tablet will continue to use Apple’s 30-pin connector, as opposed to …
Next-gen iPad may feature double the battery capacity of iPad 2
Apple will launch a new high-end iPad model in early 2012 featuring a battery that includes more than twice the capacity of the current iPad …
Amazon: More than 4 million Kindles sold this holiday season
Amazon announced on Thursday that the 2011 holiday season was the best ever for sales of its Kindle devices. While the online retailer didn’t specifically …
Apple said to be launching two new iPad models in 2012
Apple reportedly has plans to launch two new iPad models next year according to a recent report. Set to be unveiled at a press conference …
Amazon Kindle Fire gets unofficial Android 4.0 update [video]
Amazon’s popular Kindle Fire tablet now has access to an unofficial Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update. Members of the xda-developers forum recently managed to …
Acer to stick with tablets despite poor sales
Acer will continue to launch new tablets in 2012 despite slow sales of the company’s current tablet models. Commenting on rumors that Acer might slow its …
Looking back at 2011: ‘The year of the tablet’ falls flat
Apple rocked the consumer electronics industry when it launched the “magical and revolutionary iPad” in April 2010. It wasn’t the first media tablet aimed at …
Google’s rumored Nexus tablet could cannibalize sales of partner tablets
Google’s chairman Eric Schmidt made comments during a press conference in mid-December that suggested his company was working on building its own Android 4.0 Ice …
