More consumers want a tablet for the holidays than want even money or world peace, according to this year's Consumer Electronics Association holiday survey. With that kind of competition, what are your chances of getting a good deal on one ...
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Seagate Technology plc today announced that Seagate Wireless Plus mobile device storage has been selected by CNET for the'Best of CES'award for Networking and Storage.Designed to wirelessly stream content for up to eight smartphones or ...
Tags: CES, 2013, Seagate Wireless Plus, CNET
In our latest tablet Ratings, the 10.1-inch Google Nexus 10 rated as highly as the Apple iPad among Wi-Fi only models, becoming the first full-sized tablet to do so since the original iPad was introduced in 2010. At $400, the 16GB Nexus ...
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Advanced Micro Devices showed off a Windows 8 tablet running the company's upcoming tablet chip code-named Temash,which the company hopes will reverse a string of past failures and provide enough ammunition to compete with tablet chip ...
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Tech gadgets have proven to be popular Christmas gifts this year, leading the last week of 2012 to see the most new device activations and app downloads in iOS and Android history, a new report has revealed. Flurry, a mobile analytics ...
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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 ...
The first teardown of an iPad Mini showed few surprises, but the team that took apart Apple's new smaller tablet said it was "extremely difficult" for do-it-yourselfers to repair. iFixit.com, which regularly rips apart devices sold by ...
Amazon.com launched a free online tool that will help schools and businesses centrally control and distribute content on Kindle devices to their students and staff, it said Wednesday. The new service, called Whispercast for Kindle, can ...
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Computerworld - Tablets seem to be heading in two directions: There are those primarily designed for consumption of books, movies and other content, and those intended for content creation as well as consumption. That distinction is ...
Tags: Nook Tablets, Camera, 7-in.Nook HD, processing power, display resolution
Texas Instruments has partnered with AllGo Embedded Systems to announce a reference design that will allow Android 4.0 tablets to be built for under US$70, the companies announced Wednesday. The Etab reference design is for a basic tablet ...
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Here's how the iPad Mini's announced tech specs stack up against popular 7-inch tablets from Google and Amazon. (Of course, while the specs are important, there's more to a tablet than a data sheet. Computerworld will have a hands-on review ...
Tags: iPad Mini, Google, Amazon, Nexus 7, Kindle Fire
Acer on Thursday announced a low-cost tablet starting at $230 with a 7-inch screen and Google's Android 4.1 OS, code-named Jelly Bean. The Iconia Tab A110 weighs 453 grams and provides up to 7.5 hours of battery life. It joins a growing ...
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About 100 people waited outside Boston's Microsoft Store Friday to buy the company's new Surface tablet, which runs a new version of Windows. Unlike previous versions of the operating system, Windows RT runs on an ARM processor, typically ...
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When Apple announces its next iPhone as expected on Wednesday, many analysts predict it will have faster LTE wireless capability along with other improvements, including a larger 4-in. display, more powerful processor and overall design ...
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IDG News Service - Acer on Tuesday assigned a starting price of $499 for its new Iconia W510 tablets, which will have Windows 8 and Intel's Atom chip code-named Clover Trail. The tablet will have a 10.1-inch Gorilla Glass screen, weigh ...
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