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Apple on track to ship 10 million iPads in Q2 2011

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 4th, 2011)

Asian newspaper Digitimes is reporting that Apple may deliver over 10 million iPads in the upcoming quarter. According to component suppliers, Apple is poised to ship over 6 million iPads in the current quarter, 3 million of which will be iPad 2 models. As production ramps up and demand ...

Android may save the day for Apple's iPad subscription policy in the EU

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 21st, 2011)

There may never be an official "thank you" note sent, but Apple may be secretly grateful for the explosion of Android tablets about to hit the market. Apple is under the watchful eye of both the United States and the European Union's regulatory bodies regarding its new subscription policy for the ...

Apple to use 60 percent of world touchscreen supply in 2011

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 17th, 2011)

Apple is buying up touchscreen displays for the 40 million iPad tablets it intends to sell in 2011, and it has scooped up 60 percent of the global touchscreen inventory. Apple has secured most of the touchscreen displays coming off the production line of panel makers Wintek and TPK and has created ...

Enterprise iPad adoption up to 80 percent in Fortune 100

by Mel Martin (Feb 14th, 2011)

Apple critics repeatedly say the iPad is a media consumption device, and not really fit for the heavy lifting in the enterprise environment. But think again folks, because the iPad is working itself into some of the the largest companies in the world. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that 65 ...

Samsung pairs up against iPad with 10.1" Galaxy tablet

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 14th, 2011)

Samsung already boasts of having the most successful Android tablet on the market with its 7-inch Galaxy Tab and now the Korean manufacturer is coming after the iPad with its recently announced Galaxy Tab 10.1. As the name implies, the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is a 10-inch (1280x800) tablet with a dual-core ...

Report that iPad is losing share to Android tablets corrected

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 31st, 2011)

A circulating report falsely suggests the iPad is still the #1 tablet on the market, but is losing market share to Android. According to market research firm Strategy Analytics, the iPad held on to a 75.3 percent market share in Q4 2010, while Android captured a respectable 21.6 percent share. This ...

Apple iPad announced one year ago today

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 27th, 2011)

We couldn't let the day pass without mentioning the iPad and the first anniversary of its announcement. On this day one year ago, the world sat on the edge of their seat waiting for Steve Jobs to confirm the tablet we all knew was coming. Ironically, Engadget scored a picture of the device hours ...

iPad competitors place strain on parts suppliers

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 17th, 2011)

The Apple iPad kicked off a tablet revolution in 2010 that promises to explode in 2011. Global tablet shipments are expected to triple in this upcoming year as competing manufacturers rush to produce a variety of slate devices to compete with the iPad. According to IHS iSuppli, this plethora of ...

No Comment: Microsoft looking at introducing its own tablet

by Erica Sadun (Oct 5th, 2010)

CEO Steve Ballmer is targeting this Christmas season to deliver Microsoft's Windows-based tablet OS into consumer hands. Website Electronista suggests that the HP Slate 500 will provide the most likely platform for the new system. To that we say: Zune. No wait, ... we say: "No Comment." ...

ModBook almost ready to ship?

by Scott McNulty (Dec 24th, 2007)

Our friends at jkOnTheRun recently got word from Axiotron that the long fabled ModBook, which you might recall from Macworld 2007 (here is a video we shot of the ModBook, and a gallery), is going to ship on or around January 8th, 2008 a year since it was announced. Since the ModBook has been ...