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Apples and Orange: the Kindle Fire HD

by Erica Sadun (Sep 10th, 2012)

A year ago, I compared the new Kindle Fire with the Apple iPad. Fast-forward to last week, when Amazon introduced its new, larger HD model. With low-cost, built-in LTE, and a $50/year data plan that gives users 250 MB of data per month, it provides a budget alternative to the iPad. I've used ...

InstallFree Nexus offers cloud-based Office to iPad

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 16th, 2012)

It's not easy for iPad owners to edit and share native Office 2010 apps on their tablets. Since Microsoft hasn't released an iPad version of Office, Office users must choose between App Store alternatives and online services like Onlive Desktop. Customers looking for a new service should take a ...

IDC: Apple extends lead in tablet market

by Steven Sande (Aug 3rd, 2012)

In a bit of news that should surprise almost nobody, IDC & Macworld reported on Thursday that Apple has increased its market share of units shipped in the tablet market to almost 70 percent worldwide. By the numbers, Apple shipped a total of 17 million iPads in the April to June quarter of ...

Apple says Google warned Samsung about copying Apple's work

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 27th, 2012)

The big trial between Apple and Samsung is slated to begin next week in the US and the two companies are filing briefs in advance to prepare for the jury part of the trial. One juicy tidbit pulled out of Apple's brief by AllThingsD reveals that Samsung was warned by Google and others that its ...

No Comment: Android tablet not actually endorsed by Steve Jobs

by Michael Rose (Jul 9th, 2012)

Amidst the legal and marketplace challenges to Android tablets, there are certainly a few bright spots: a British court ruled that Galaxy tablets aren't likely to be confused for Apple's iPad because the Samsung competitive devices "are not as cool." Yes, the judge really said that. But at ...

Nexus 7 more repairable than iPad

by Mike Schramm (Jul 4th, 2012)

iFixit has taken Google's Nexus 7 tablet apart and found that it has at least one advantage over the iPad. The extra space inside makes it easier to repair than Apple's device. iFixit found the Nexus's interior squished than Apple's tablet, and the various components were apparently installed ...

Video: Surface intro and iPad intro compared

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 21st, 2012)

Microsoft introduced its Surface tablet earlier this week and the comparisons to the iPad are only beginning. As pointed out by John Gruber of Daring Fireball, one clever side-by-side is this one from ReadWriteWeb that looks at the unveiling of the Surface tablet and compares it to Steve Jobs's ...

Microsoft planning to launch its own tablet... again

by Chris Rawson (Jun 15th, 2012)

Microsoft has scheduled an event on Monday, June 18 in Los Angeles. According to AllThingsD and other sources, the topic of this event will be Microsoft's unveiling of its very own tablet hardware. This is not the first time Microsoft has tried to tackle the tablet space. As anyone who hates ...

Apple iPad dominates the tablet market in the US, Kindle Fire slips

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 5th, 2012)

A ChangeWave survey from May shows the iPad maintaining its dominance in the US tablet market. A survey of 2,893 consumers shows that 73 percent of people who plan to buy a tablet within the next 90 days will get an iPad, while only 8 percent want a Kindle Fire. The only other tablet with some ...

Carmageddon will be free (for a day) on iOS

by Mike Schramm (Jun 1st, 2012)

Carmageddon is an old PC game that recently got the Kickstarter treatment, as developer Stainless Games is planning to build a sequel. Not only did the project get completely funded, but the company hit its "stretch goal," so as a result, the game will also come out for iOS when it arrives ...

How one helicopter pilot uses the iPad

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 17th, 2012)

In a short, but interesting article at GigaOM, writer Erica Ogg interviews her search-and-rescue helicopter pilot husband about technology in the cockpit. She talks to him about the iPad 2 and how the tablet has transformed his job. Not surprisingly, the iPad is used in everything from ...

iPad is the only tablet brand many consumers know

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 9th, 2012)

In two years, the iPad has become a household name. Now it may be turning into a generic term for all tablet products, says a report by the AP's Mae Anderson. The "genericization" of brand names happens over and over again, but it only affects a small fraction of all brands (estimated at less ...

Nielsen: More people use tablets, smartphones while watching TV

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 5th, 2012)

A recent report from Nielsen shows that folks in the US and UK enjoy using their mobile devices while watching TV, while those in Germany and Italy prefer to do one thing at a time says a report in CNET. Up to 88 percent of US tablet owners and 86 percent of US smartphone owners use their ...

Comparing iPad and Android tablet apps

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 27th, 2012)

PC Magazine editor Sascha Segan took a closer look at Android tablet apps and compared them to their iOS counterparts. He looked at the top apps for each platform and concludes that Android tablets have most of the big name apps found on iOS, but the quality of the Android version isn't as good ...

New iPad battery nearly as good as iPad 2

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 19th, 2012)

CNET reporter Eric Franklin spent his weekend torture-testing the battery of the new iPad, the iPad 2 and the Android-powered Asus Transformer Prime. He took each device, charged it fully and then drained its juice by continually playing a movie. All these tests were conducted in airplane mode ...