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Apple cuts prices of refurbished iPad 2s

by Mike Schramm (Dec 9th, 2011)

Just in time for Christmas, Apple has dropped the price of its refurbished iPad 2s by $80, which means you can now grab a sweet returned iPad 2 for as low as $419. These are of course items that have come back to Apple retail stores or otherwise not been sold due to defects, but they've been ...

First Impressions of the Kindle Fire

by Kelly Hodgkins (Nov 16th, 2011)

Amazon's hot, new tablet, the Kindle Fire, has been touted as a potential competitor to the iPad. Now that the tablet has launched and landed in the hands of several of our writers, it's time to take a closer look at Amazon's offering. You can read our opinions below and find out if the Fire ...

Goldman Sachs sees iPad demand slowing

by Mike Schramm (Nov 16th, 2011)

Almost two years after the iPad launch, Goldman Sachs reports that demand is slowing down, just as the holiday shopping season begins. "While improving holiday demand into late November could certainly push the momentum in the other direction, we believe it is prudent to assume the iPad is ...

Appcelerator: iOS still has highest developer interest, Kindle Fire heating up

by Mike Schramm (Nov 15th, 2011)

The latest Appcelerator survey says developers are still most interested in putting together apps for the iOS platform, with 91 percent of them "very interested" in developing for the iPhone, and 88 percent going for the iPad. iOS 5 was also cited by developers surveyed as the most significant ...

Apple donates iPads for Oregon pilot program to help the disabled vote

by Mike Schramm (Nov 7th, 2011)

Apple has donated some iPads to Oregon for use in a pilot program to deliver votes with Apple's magical tablet. A new movement to reach disabled and home-bound voters will head out to nursing homes and other places, armed with iPads, and then use those devices to record and register votes in ...

Apple loses iPad design lawsuit against NT-K

by Michael Grothaus (Nov 2nd, 2011)

Apple has lost an iPad design infringement lawsuit it brought against the small Spanish tablet maker, Nuevas Tecnologías y Energías Catalá. Nuevas created an Android-powered tablet called the nt-k Pad, which Apple believed was a knock off of the iPad. Interestingly, Apple ...

Tablet component suppliers concerned over iPad's dominance

by Kelly Hodgkins (Oct 24th, 2011)

Tablet component suppliers in Asia are concerned about the lack of competition in the tablet market. The iPad is the dominant player and is driving the growth in the industry. This is great now that the iPad is growing 166% year over year, but it doesn't bode well for the future when iPad sales ...

Study: 2/3 of tablet users play games on the device

by Mike Schramm (Oct 14th, 2011)

ComScore has released a new study of the habits of tablet users, and it's interesting to note that like smartphones, tablet devices are more often running games than not. 67% of tablet users report that they're playing games on the devices at least once in the last month, and almost a quarter ...

Survey: iPad is Kindle Fire-proof

by Mike Schramm (Oct 7th, 2011)

A site called SodaHead.com, which calls itself an "opinion based community," says that consumers it's polled about the recently announced Kindle Fire tablet from Amazon don't think Apple's iPad has much to worry about. One of the site's recent polls has 61 percent of the audience saying the ...

Adobe to launch 6 new tablet apps, including Photoshop Touch

by Chris Rawson (Oct 3rd, 2011)

Adobe has announced a new cloud service called, appropriately enough, Adobe Creative Cloud. The service intends to streamline sharing projects generated in Adobe's apps and creative suites. The big takeaway for iOS users is that Adobe has announced six new tablet apps, including Photoshop ...

Apple reportedly cuts orders for iPad parts

by Kelly Hodgkins (Sep 26th, 2011)

Apple supposedly cut its fourth quarter orders for iPad components by 25%, according to a report from Bloomberg. This adjustment may have a financial effect on suppliers and manufacturers like Foxconn, but may not hurt Apple. Some analysts, like Mark Moskowitz of JPMorgan, are not adjusting ...

TechCrunch reveals the Amazon Kindle Tablet

by Chris Rawson (Sep 2nd, 2011)

TechCrunch's MG Siegler got an exclusive look at Amazon's Kindle Tablet, and by the sounds of things, the iPad may finally have its first credible competitor. The first thing Amazon got right was the price: US$250 for a device with a 7-inch, full-color display. Other manufacturers have priced ...

Lenovo: Apple won't dominate tablets forever

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 22nd, 2011)

Apple is experiencing explosive growth in China, overtaking computer manufacturer Lenovo in its home country. Lenovo, though, is not threatened by Apple's success and notes that the companies are competing in two different markets. CEO Yang Yuanquing said, "Their (Apple) calculation includes ...

Report: Tribune wants to build its own tablet

by Mel Martin (Aug 9th, 2011)

CNN reports that newspaper and broadcast company Tribune wants to build a tablet for subscribers to access properties like the Los Angeles Times and The Baltimore Sun. The tablet will be based on Android and offered for free or at a heavily subsidized price. Tribune hasn't made a lot of great ...

Forrester: iPad may be (slightly) more vulnerable in Europe

by Mike Schramm (Aug 9th, 2011)

Sometimes the market-research business can be tough. On the same day that a German court blocked sales of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in almost every EU country, a new report from Forrester Research arrives on the scene -- and it says that if Apple competitors want to take on the iPad, Europe ...