Tablet shipments may approach 250 million units in 2017
Shipments of consumer media tablets like the Apple iPad are expected to approach 250 million units in 2017, a report from In-Stat suggests. While analysts …
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Nielsen: Tablet and eReader adoption accelerated among older users, women in Q2
Mobile connected device adoption picked up among women and older consumers in the second quarter of 2011, according to new findings from market research firm …
IHS ups tablet forecast, still sees Apple's iPad share sinking through 2015
Market research firm IHS iSuppli has revised its global five-year tablet shipment forecast, which now estimates that 60 million tablets will be shipped this year …
Images of HTC Puccini (Jetstream) tablet revealed
Images of HTC’s upcoming 10-inch tablet have been revealed, further suggesting that a launch could be fast approaching. BGR exclusively revealed the first official renders …
LG, Samsung and Sharp to provide iPad 3 Retina display
LG, Samsung and Sharp will provide Retina displays for Apple’s iPad 3, DigiTimes reported on Tuesday. In mid-July, rumors surfaced that Apple was testing Retina …
Lenovo sets sights on Apple in tablet PC race
Apple recently moved more products in China than Lenovo, but Lenovo CEO Yang Yuanquing isn’t afraid of Apple or its popular iPad tablet. One HSBC …
'Fantastic' BlackBerry PlayBook sales reported by major Australian retailer
While HP continues its TouchPad fire sale as it exits the consumer tablet market, major Australian retail chain Harvey Norman has gone on record in …
Unsold TouchPad stock to cost HP more than $100 million
During its roller coaster of an earnings call on Thursday evening, Hewlett-Packard confirmed that it will take a huge charge as a result of the …
British Airways equipping flight attendants with iPads
British Airways is currently running a trial during which it is providing its flight attendants with iPads, hoping the Apple tablets will enhance customer service and …
Samsung shows HP how to 'sell' tablets
Sixteen months following Hewlett-Packard’s acquisition of Palm and just two months after launching the first webOS tablet, HP is giving up. The decision to axe …
IPad 3 with Retina Display again said to be launching in early 2012
As has become commonplace over the past few years, The Wall Street Journal again confirms numerous reports that Apple is preparing a new iPad tablet …
AT&T to launch HTC Puccini tablet as 'Jetstream'
AT&T will launch HTC’s 10-inch tablet, currently codenamed “Puccini,” as the HTC Jetstream according to a new report. We brought you the first solid leaked …
DisplaySearch: Apple was world's top PC vendor in Q2, including iPads
Apple was the world’s top PC vendor last quarter, having shipped 13.6 million “personal computers” according to market research firm DisplaySearch. The firm includes both …
ASUS quad-core Eee Pad Transformer 2 reportedly delayed
The sequel to ASUS’ popular Eee Pad Transformer tablet was set to be one of the first slates to hit the market with a quad-core …
Tablets are fun, but they can't replace PCs
The iPad continues to sell as fast as Apple’s manufacturing partners can build them, and other vendors are bound to get in on the action as well once …
HP TouchPad a dud at Best Buy, sell-through rate falls below 10%
While the timing is curious to say the least, AllThingsD on Tuesday evening issued a report claiming to reveal terrible, terrible sales of HP’s virgin …
HTC CFO: Puccini tablet will launch in September/October
HTC’s 10-inch Puccini Android tablet will hit the market in September or October, HTC’s chief financial officer Winston Yung said during a press conference at …
'Non-Apple' tablet makers forced to cut prices following weak sales
While Apple’s iPad continues on its warpath, other tablet makers are not finding it quite as easy to offload their Android and Windows slates — …
German court lifts EU ban on Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
The Düsseldorf regional court in Germany announced on Tuesday that it is partially lifting its original injunction that banned Samsung from selling its Galaxy Tab …
Apple bumps iPad 3 launch to 2012 over display issues, report claims
Though Apple had never made public its intention to release a third-generation iPad model this year, a new report claims the 2011 launch of the …
ViewSonic announces 1.5GHz dual-OS ViewPad 10pro tablet
ViewSonic on Monday unveiled the new ViewPad 10pro tablet, a dual-OS offering that packs both Windows and Android into a slim 10.1-inch slate. The ViewPad …
Apple allegedly doctored evidence in patent case against Samsung
Apple has managed to block sales of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia and in the European Union, but new evidence from Computerworld’s Dutch …
Fusion Garage unveils $499 Grid 10 tablet, $399 Grid 4 smartphone
After teasing a new tablet under the parody brand “TabCo” for the past several months, Fusion Garage took the wraps off of the Grid 10 …
RIM touts 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook following cancellation of WiMAX model
Following Sprint’s confirmation that it has chosen not to move forward in releasing a 4G WiMAX-enabled version of RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, RIM said it …
Sprint cancels plans to launch 4G BlackBerry PlayBook citing lack of demand
Sprint has abandoned its plans to launch a version of Research In Motion’s BlackBerry PlayBook tablet with an embedded 4G WiMAX radio. The nation’s No. …
Samsung to appeal EU Galaxy Tab 10.1 ban on August 25th
Samsung will appeal a recent ruling by The Regional Court of Düsseldorf in Germany that bars the South Korean tablet maker from selling its Galaxy …
Android steals 20% of tablet market from iPad over past year
Android-powered tablets have taken 20% of the global tablet market from Apple’s iPad over the past 12 months according to new data from ABI Research. While …
Production of Apple's next-gen A6 processor begins at TSMC; A6 devices to launch Q2 2012
Trial production of Apple’s next-generation A6 mobile processor has begun, Taiwan Economic News reports. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has kicked off a test run of …
7-inch HP TouchPad Go leaked with 1.5GHz processor
HP’s TouchPad Go was recently approved by the the Federal Communications Commission, which revealed some information on the unannounced tablet. The webOS device could be …
Even at a discount, HP TouchPad fails to attract consumers
Last week, Woot dropped the price of HP’s webOS-powered TouchPad tablet to just $379.99, the lowest price the tablet had seen yet. Despite such an …
