An Apple iPad with a smaller screen, if released, could create tough decisions for buyers and slow the momentum of the current 9.7-in. iPad and a number of Android devices with 7-in. and 8-in. screens, analysts said on Thursday. ...
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Amazon is keeping busy as the e-retailing company is reportedly prepping to release four new tablets and a smartphone. Amazon is working with manufacturer Foxconn to create the smartphone, according to a Bloomberg.com report that cited ...
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Google on Monday announced a new 10-inch Nexus tablet and 4.7-inch Nexus smartphone with the latest Android 4.2 operating system, code-named Jelly Bean. Google was expected to showcase the devices in New York City, but cancelled a planned ...
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Growth in the storage market slowed down during the third quarter, but vendors such as Hitachi, EMC and Fujitsu still had a good three months thanks in part to sales of high-end systems. Revenue totalled US$5.3 billion in the third ...
Google co-founder Sergey Brin today played the role of ringmaster in a modern-day circus for the second time at Google I/O as parachutists jumped from an airship to the roof of San Francisco's Moscone Center and bikers jumped and then ...
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Taiwan-based LED firms have reported mixed August revenues.Firms such as Unity Opto,Formosa Epitaxy and I-Chiun Precision Industry reported August revenues saw both on-month and on-year increases.Meanwhile,Edison Opto reported flat August ...
Asustek's latest Transformer Pad TF300TL has a quad-core processor and LTE capabilities to go along with a 10.1-inch screen, the company said on Friday. Asus is selling the tablet in the U.S. for $449 for a model with 16GB of storage; a ...
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Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt will meet with Samsung’s mobile executives — and likely discuss the latest patent clash with Apple — while in South Korea for the launch of the Nexus 7 Android tablet. At a press ...
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Apple has lost its court battle with Samsung in the UK over its tablet design. The High Court in London ruled that Samsung has not infringed Apple’s registered design for theiPad. Apple appealed the decision, originally made in ...
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Computerworld-Apple's iPad and iPad Mini took top honors in a pair of tablet battery shootouts conducted by consumer watchdogs in the U.S.and the U.K. Consumer Reports,in the U.S.,and Which,from the U.K.,have recently run dozens of ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
USA TODAY,a multi-platform news and information company,announced today its new app for Android is now available in the Google Play Store.The USA TODAY app includes an all-new design and layout that is optimized for the latest Android ...
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Asus’ first batch of Windows 8 tablets won’t come cheap, at least according to a leaked product roadmap full of pricing details. Pricing for Asus’ Vivo Tab RT will start at $599, and the Intel Atom-based Vivo Tab will ...
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Broadcom thinks it can make NFC a common smartphone feature by offering it in a chip with other wireless technologies, even if making payments with the technology doesn’t catch on for years. On Tuesday, the communications chip ...
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