HP Sets TouchPad Launch Date, Pricing: July 1st and $499
HP (NYSE: HPQ) is ready to join the tablet party. After playing very coy regarding the launch date and pricing for its WebOS tablet, the Tou… Read more »
Son Of Zune: Is Microsoft Considering Building Its Own Windows 8 Tablet?
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Actually, they almost certainly won’t call it the Zune Tablet. But rumors that Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) is considering putting together its ow… Read more »
Behold The iCampus: Apple’s Jobs Unveils Plans For New Headquarters
Steve Jobs would like to keep Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) in Cupertino, unveiling plans last night at a city council meeting in California’s Silicon… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 6-8-11: Microsoft SkyDrive; Nintendo Wii U; Nokia Samsung?
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today: Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) details updates to its own mobile cloud services, SkyDrive; Ninten… Read more »
RIM Buys Scoreloop To Grow In House Social Gaming Expertise
More evidence of RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) meaning business when it comes to social media and consumer apps, and a possible sign of how it might pote… Read more »
@ WWDC 2011: Why Competition Made Apple’s iOS 5 Stronger
Apple’s iOS 5 announcement Monday was not the most monumental thing unveiled by Steve Jobs and Co. at WWDC 2011, but it proved one ancient b… Read more »
@ WWDC 2011: iOS 5, PC Free, 25 Million iPads Sold To Date
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The second act of Apple’s WWDC 2011 involved its iOS operating system, now installed on over 200 million devices on the planet according to… Read more »
What To Expect At Apple’s WWDC This Year
Apple’s signature event of the year kicks off on Monday, when thousands of software developers descend on San Francisco to hear the latest f… Read more »
HP Opens For Tablet App Business, With In-App Purchasing From The Word Go
It’s going to be a big hill to climb, but HP’s put on its walking boots and is getting on with it. Today, the company formally started to ac… Read more »
Is Microsoft Cracking The Whip On Windows Tablet Partners?
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Could Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) have learned a lesson from Google’s mobile experiences when making its own tablet plans? Acer’s CEO seems to th… Read more »
Next Microsoft Tablet OS Set For Demo Next Week?
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Next week Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) will become the last of the four companies currently gunning for Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) in the tablet market to… Read more »
Explosion In Tablet Traffic Prompts Google’s AdMob To Launch New Ad Units
Google’s tablet software has yet to really make a dent in the market, but Apple’s iPad is attracting more and more users every day. In some… Read more »
Updated: paidContent Mobile Slideshow: The Nielsen Device Deck
Tablets are a killer device when it comes to media consumption today, but is that down to the form factor, or because they are only being us… Read more »
Nielsen: Tablets Are Money Spinners, But Less Than 5% Use Them Today
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Of all the wireless devices that have hit the market in the past several years, tablets present the biggest commercial opportunity for media… Read more »
Amazon Reportedly Has Not One Tablet But Two On The Way
More details are emerging around Amazon’s still-unconfirmed “bid” to enter the tablet fray: it plans to launch not one, but two, devices, an… Read more »
Apple iPad Still The Tablet Leader; Tablet Use Eats Into Other Device Usage
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A few stats and numbers released today underscore the dominance that the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iPad has among those that have purchased media t… Read more »
HP, AT&T To Launch Veer WebOS Phone For $99 This Month
The smaller of the two new WebOS smartphones promised by HP (NYSE: HPQ) earlier this year is ready to face the public. HP and AT&T (NYSE: T)… Read more »
Nokia CEO Elop: Tablets Are A Hard Pill To Swallow
Just exactly how — and when — will Nokia (NYSE: NOK) enter the tablet market? A few choice words from Stephen Elop, the company’s CEO, ind… Read more »
Can Sony Cut It As A Tablet Brand With Its Two New Android Devices?
Consumer electronics giant Sony (NYSE: SNE) has finally, formally confirmed what people have long been expecting the company to do for month… Read more »
RIM Needs More From Playbook To Reclaim Mobile Mojo
The race to establish a strong third player in the mobile platform world kicked off in earnest this week with the launch of Research in Moti… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 04-21-11: Nielsen Privacy Stats; Amazon/Samsung Tablet; Veer
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Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: as news of Apple’s tracking data emerges, Nielsen reveals some privacy stats; details t… Read more »
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: Hulu Shuns PlayBook, Verizon Next?
They say progress is about making two steps forward and one step back, so maybe we should consider this a double turn for RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) a… Read more »
Gartner’s Tablet Outlook: Rosy Picture For The iPad
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The counterpoint to last week’s data from Gartner that spelled out near and long-term victory for Android: in tablets, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) ru… Read more »
RIM Confirms Android Apps For PlayBook As Shares Fall On Weak Outlook
RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) this week finally gave a launch date and pricing for its much-anticipated PlayBook tablet, and the BlackBerry maker looks l… Read more »
Baidu Does A Google And Looks To Make Its Own Mobile OS
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It’s been rumored for a while now that China’s Baidu (NSDQ: BIDU) is keen to follow rival search giant Google (NSDQ: GOOG) into the smartpho… Read more »
RIM PlayBook: Starting At $499, Is It A Viable 2nd Or 3rd Tablet Brand?
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After months of anticipation, today RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) finally confirmed prices for its PlayBook tablet and a retail strategy to sell it: the… Read more »
Daily Mobile Lowdown: Verizon iPhone; HP TouchPad; NSN/Motorola
Our look at some of the big stories today in mobile: Verizon’s stake of iPhone sales; some details leak out on HP’s TouchPad tablet; Nokia (… Read more »
Who’s Xoom-ing Who? Trademark Lawsuit Hits Motorola On Eve Of Tablet Debut
We’ve seen lots of build-up to the debut of Motorola’s Xoom tablet today, but — wouldn’t you know it — there’s always someone there to spo… Read more »
Video: The HTC Flyer Makes The Retro Stylus Into A Social Tool
HTC put its newest and most talked-about devices of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona — the two “Facebook phones” ChaCha and Salsa, an… Read more »
Video: Orange On NFC, Own-Brand Tablets, And Getting Nokiasoft Leverage
Sometimes being the early mover in technology doesn’t always make you the winner– just look at when Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and Google (NSDQ: GO… Read more »
Tablets: Apple Loses 20 Percent Market Share To Android In Just One Quarter
Someone at Samsung must have been a little red-faced today, when the mobile giant got called on how it reported its figures for the Galaxy T… Read more »
CES: Motorola Mobility Comes Out Fighting With Android 3.0 Tablet
Motorola (NYSE: MOT) Mobility has come into being with a bang. On top of two exciting-looking new handsets — with AT&T, it debuted Atrix, w… Read more »
HDTV Maker Vizio Wades Into Android Pool With Two New Devices
Add one more consumer electronics name to the long list of those developing Android-based devices: ahead of the CES show starting this week,… Read more »
Mobile Bytes: Verizon’s LTE Device; PlayStation Phone; Moto, Palm Tablets
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– Verizon’s LTE devices: As the carrier laid out plans for its nationwide LTE footprint earlier this month, it said it would give more deta… Read more »
