Fujitsu will this month launch a super-thin Ultrabook, built on Intel's latest Haswell processors, with an 11-hour battery life and a screen with nearly three times HD resolution. The company said the new "UH90/L" model from its Lifebook ...
Microsoft today confirmed what many analysts suspected, that it has cut prices of Windows 8 and Windows RT licenses to hardware partners building smaller-sized tablets as a way to drop device prices and juice sales. Analysts questioned ...
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Samsung's forthcoming Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 tablet will be powered by Intel's Clover Trail+ chip in at least one of its versions, a source told Reuters. Previous use of Intel chips in Samsung tablets had been restricted to its Microsoft ...
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Samsung Electronics has extended its Galaxy Tab 3 line-up with 8-inch and 10.1-inch models. The latter uses a dual-core processor from Intel and both have extensive support for LTE networks. The two new products will be offered alongside ...
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ARM is targeting mid-range smartphones and tablets priced between US$200 and $350 with a new low-power Cortex-A12 processor the company announced Monday at the Computex trade show in Taiwan. The company's processors are used in most of ...
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Asustek Computer has fired another shot in the Android tablet price war, putting the starting price for the Asus Memo Pad FHD7 at $129. The MemoPad weighs 302 grams and has a 7-inch display with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels, a ...
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HTC has canceled plans to develop a larger Windows RT tablet because demand for tablets based on the Microsoft operating system has been weak, unnamed sources told Bloomberg. HTC will still release an ARM-based 7-in. Windows RT tablet in ...
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Microsoft will have another shot at tempting businesses to try Windows 8 after it rolls out the "Blue" update later this year, analysts said Thursday. Windows 8.1, as the free update has been branded, will ship as a preview on June 26, ...
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Microsoft customers clamoring for the incorporation of the Start button and menu into Windows 8 will get their wish partially fulfilled in the upcoming update of the OS. Windows 8.1, which will be released in preview mode next month and ...
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Taiwan's MediaTek has launched a new quad-core ARM processor for tablets that is slated to be used in an upcoming IdeaTab device from Lenovo. The MT8125 chip features a quad-core processor built with ARM's Cortex A7 CPU and can run at up ...
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As the PC desktop and laptop market slumps and the tablet market grows, it might seem obvious to tablet users why that's so. However, details shared by analysts dramatically highlight three reasons behind robust tablet growth. Tablets are ...
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Advanced Micro Devices has opened the door to embrace Google's Android operating system, but said it would continue to focus on Windows with its upcoming tablet and laptop chips. AMD on multiple occasions has said it had no interest in ...
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Amazon.com is expanding the distribution of its tablets in a big way with the Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Fire HD 8.9 now available for preorder in over 170 countries, and its Appstore open in nearly 200 countries. The Kindle Fire HD has ...
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Recently, Intel said it will be more responsive to the fast-growing smartphone and tablet market, the areas where it lags its competitors Intel's new CEO, Brian Krzanich, has reorganised the company's key business groups and created a new ...
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Samsung is to buy a 10 per cent stake in South Korean rival Pantech in a deal valued at around 53 billion won (£31.6m). Yonhap News Agency reported on Wednesday that the deal would "help solidify" its relationship with Pantech, ...
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