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New Prince of Persia on the way to iOS this summer

by Mike Schramm (Apr 12th, 2013)

Here's a nice blast from the past: Ubisoft has announced new Prince of Persia game, which is a remake of the second title in the series, made specifically for smartphones and tablets. Prince of Persia: The Shadow and the Flame is being remade as a 2.5D action title -- it seems to feature the ...

China becomes the world's top smart-device market

by Mike Schramm (Feb 18th, 2013)

China is one of the fastest-growing markets for smartphones in the world, and here's some data that further reinforces that trend. According to mobile marketing firm Flurry, China has now overtaken the US to become the top smart-device market in the entire world. The country been moving up on ...

IDC: Apple leads in tablet shipments, but overall market share slips

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 31st, 2013)

According to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker, tablet shipments reached a record 52.5 million units worldwide in Q4 2012. Apple remains the leader in the tablet market with shipments of 22.9 million units and a 43.6 percent market share. This is a 48 percent year-over-year increase in ...

Slope Kickstarter promises suction-based iPad stand

by Erica Sadun (Dec 11th, 2012)

It's fairly rare that we pass Kickstarter URLs around the TUAW newsreader room but Slope really grabbed our attention. We love the simplicity and elegance of the design. While we haven't tried one out ourselves, we were impressed by the video. We think you'll be, too. The device uses suction ...

Report: October a record month for tablet trade-ins

by Mike Schramm (Nov 2nd, 2012)

It's not just original iPads that are still very much in demand -- it's all tablets, past and present. According to a new report by trade-in site SellCell.com, October 2012 was the biggest month for tablet trade-ins in history, spurred by brand new tablet announcements from Google (the Nexus 10 ...

E Ink feeling the pinch from more capable tablets

by Mike Wehner (Oct 29th, 2012)

In late 2007 when Amazon's very first Kindle hit the market, it was the beginning of big things for Taiwan's E Ink Holdings Inc. The company is the one behind the black-and-white display found in Amazon's e-reader and many like it. At the time, the iPad was still over two years from being ...

Tablet and smartphone use detailed by age group, gender

by Mike Wehner (Oct 29th, 2012)

In an effort to better understand the growing tablet and smartphone markets, Flurry Analytics studied over 30 million consumers to paint a picture of just who is utilizing the devices, and for what purpose. Some of the takeaways fall in line with what you might expect: The 25-34 age group ...

Why Amazon's Whispercast matters

by Erica Sadun (Oct 19th, 2012)

Apple's upcoming media event isn't scheduled until next week. I've already gone on record about my views about the so-called iPad mini's potential. I think with the mini, Apple has a big chance to push forward the education initiative the company introduced earlier this year. That's why ...

Smartphones find a growing role in the kitchen

by Mike Schramm (Aug 10th, 2012)

This is a trend that has been going on for a while now, but this is the first time I've seen some real, solid numbers on it. Smartphones are playing a bigger and bigger role in kitchens, of all places. Back in the day, I remember most phones being too fragile and too problematic in the UI ...

New iPad owners increasingly interested in business use

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 20th, 2012)

A recent research report from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) suggests more people are buying the iPad to use at work, according to AllThingsD which had access to the report. A survey of 1000 customers who purchased iPads between December 2011 and April 2012 shows that 21 percent ...

Modbook introduces the Modbook Pro

by Dave Caolo (Jun 28th, 2012)

Who remembers the Modbook? We looked at an early iteration back in 2008, and today the company has introduced the Modbook Pro. It is a tablet, but the Modbook Pro does not run iOS. It's essentially the hardware of a 13" MacBook Pro inside a tablet case with a touch screen, running OS X. The ...

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 ...

Small survey finds school IT managers expecting iPads

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 5th, 2012)

The iPad may make further inroads into education, thanks to the popularity of the device among teens. According to a report in AllThingsD, investment firm Piper Jaffray surveyed 18 public school IT managers about their future tablet plans and discovered that 78 percent are testing iPads. ...

What companies often forget to consider when adopting tablets

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 3rd, 2012)

In the past year, companies have adopted the iPad in large numbers, but, as the Wall Street Journal points out, it's not always an easy process. The article points out five pitfalls that many companies experience when they buy tablets for their employees without any foresight or concrete ...

Survey: iPads the choice of 84% of companies buying tablets

by Steven Sande (Mar 13th, 2012)

Apple's going to need to keep those supplier factories in China running 24/7 just to meet the demand from corporate buyers. A new ChangeWave Research survey of 1,604 corporate buyers shows that not only are about one in five companies planning on purchasing tablets for employees, but of those ...