According to Rene Ritchie, an analyst of market analysis agency iMore, Apple will launch a new version of the iPad tablet computer in April. Allegedly, the new version of iPad 5 will be thinner and lighter. Ritchie has been one of the ...
Apple may introduce the new iPad mini with resolution of 2,048 by 1536, and that would increase the device's production cost by more than US$12/unit. If the prices and specifications of all other components stay the same, the new iPad mini ...
Tags: Apple, iPad mini, Retina Display
1/3 of computers sold worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2012 was a tablet, according to a survey. The research firm Canalys said that with PCs and tablets combined, the market grew 12 per cent year-on-year in the last three months of ...
Tags: computer sales, PCs, tablets
As expected, the average selling price (ASP) of Apple's iPad line fell sharply in the fourth quarter of 2012 as the lower-priced iPad Mini reached customers. The iPad ASP for the quarter was $467, down $101 from the same period the year ...
Tags: Apple, iPad lin, iPad Mini, company news
Sharp has drastically cut-back production of 9.7-inch touchscreens for Apple's iPad, shifting its focus to the 7.85-inch screens that it makes for the iPad Mini at its Kameyama plant in Japan. The news caps a slowdown that began in ...
Tags: Sharp, touchscreens, Apple, iPad
With little more than a day until the first post-turkey sales kick in, here are the most enticing specials on electronics items, culled from our recent posts on particular stores and product categories. The catch, of course, is that ...
Tags: Electronics Deals, Black Friday, electronics items, Tablets, Small TVs
Apparent today unveiled Doxie One, the simple and affordable new personal paper scanner for homes, families, and small businesses. Doxie One scans anywhere in your home or office – no computer required – and syncs with your ...
Tags: Doxie, Personal Scanner, iPad, Mac, PC
Computerworld-Apple today said it sold 3 million iPad tablets during the opening three-day weekend of sales of the Mini,the same number it boasted it had dealt out in March for the then-new full-sized iPad. "We set a new launch weekend ...
Tags: iPad Mini, iPad Sales
Computerworld-Apple's new 7.9-in.iPad mini will be a huge hit with business users as well as consumers,several industry analysts predicted Tuesday. Why? It starts with the$329 price tag for a Wi-Fi-only 16 GB version,making it ...
Computerworld-The new iPad Mini costs Apple just under$200 in materials and manufacturing,an analyst said today,putting an exclamation point on the company's devotion to high profit margins. IHS iSuppli,which regularly tears apart ...
Tags: iPad Mini, margins, investment
iPhone 5 supplies continued to improve this week as Apple reduced the wait time for delivery to "2 weeks" on its online store. The status change comes a bit more than a week after Apple shortened the shipping delay to "2-3 weeks" from the ...
Tags: iPhone 5, Apple, online store, status change
Apple today cut Mac laptop prices up to 10% and iPad prices as much as 9% during its typically tightfisted one-day "Black Friday" deals. But some resellers again offered more aggressive discounts. Apple's sale reduced Mac laptop prices ...
Tags: Apple, Mac laptop, prices, iPad, Black Friday
Samsung's tablet sales have grown by 325% in one year, according to new figures released today. Analyst firm IDC reported the numbers in its worldwide quarterly tablet tracker report, which showed 5.1 million shipments in the third ...
Tags: Samsung, tablet, Android tablet, Apple, iPad
Apple has seen its tablet market share decline during the third quarter of the year to Google Android rivals. The iPad maker has seen its share in the tablet market drop 15.1 percent to 50.4 percent, according toIDC. The charge of Android ...
As Apple prepares to start selling its new iPad Mini,workers at a Chinese factory that manufactures the product have been enduring chemical fumes,12-hour work shifts and alleged company mismanagement as they assemble the new device. "The ...
Tags: Apple, working conditions, ipad Mini, Chinese, chemical smells