Posts Tagged ‘ tablets ’

Reading on tablets is slower than in print, study finds (Ben Patterson) Ben Patterson – It could take about 10 percent longer to read the latest Grisham thriller on your iPad or Kindle than it would on the printed page — but you’d probably have just as satisfying an experience doing so, especially compared...
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Toshiba To Debut iPad-Style Tablets Later This Year Add Toshiba to a growing list of PC manufacturers gearing up to compete with Apple’s iPad in the burgeoning tablet computer market. Read more on PC World
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IPad, SchmiPad: 10 E-Readers and Tablets You Can Get Right Now The iPad may not be out for several weeks, but there are still some excellent choices if you’re looking for a tablet-like device for reading e-books. We compare 10 recent e-readers and tablets. Read more on Wired News
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Sub $200 Android tablets arrives: is the iPad doomed? Tech-No-Media: “When the $499 iPad tablet was announced last month, many journalists commented that the device was surprisingly affordable for an Apple product. This may not actually be the case however, as several sub $200 competitors running the Android operating system have appeared.” Read more...
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Apple has touched a new market with its iPad device, which is mid-sized tablet PC integrating features of smartphone, eBook reader and PC. Up till now, tablet sector has been under-performing due to high prices as well as limited functionality; they are outshined by normal laptops. Therefore, iPad may not face much competition...
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Intel wants to put Moorestown chips into tablets Intel is going after the tablet market for its low-power processors, including an upcoming Atom processor designed for mobile phones, the company said. Read more on CIO
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Intel wants to put Atom into tablets Slate PCs are next growth area for Atom Intel is going after the tablet market for its low-power processors, including an upcoming Atom processor designed for mobile phones, the company said. Read more on PC Advisor
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Tablets, Smartbooks Aim To Fill PC-Phone Gap In the space between handsets and laptops, manufacturers are scrambling to make “smartbooks,” devices like Apple’s iPad. Freescale unveiled its smartbook at Mobile World Congress. Read more on Enterprise Security Today
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Windows tablets fall well short of the iPad It will be a couple of months before Apple brings out its iPad tablet computer, but other companies are already preparing a new batch of tablets running Windows. Read more on Los Angeles Daily News
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