Looks like those rumors of an iPad 3 coming out this fall were, unsurprisingly, not accurate: reports have Apple’s next-gen tablet going into production starting this October as prep for an early 2012 release.
The last two iPads were rel…
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Category Archives: Tablets
Samsung uses ’2001: A Space Odyssey’ to defend against Apple
Posted by admin on August 24, 2011
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By now, it’s a well known fact that Apple is suing the pants off Samsung for “copying” its iPad with tablets that resemble its design. In Samsung’s defense, Apple didn’t invent the modern day tablet form, Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyss…
Opinion: It’s an iPad world (and we just live in it)
Posted by admin on August 23, 2011
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My friend S (he hates it when I invoke his name in print), a long-time IT pro, made a sage observation in the wake of HP effectively whacking its TouchPad, Motorola selling itself to Google, the great Samsung Galaxy Tab/Best Buy giveaway (more on this …
Numark iDJ Live integrates a DJ setup with an iPad
Posted by admin on August 16, 2011
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DJing is getting further and further away from carting a crate of records around with you. The latest step has Numark letting you DJ using two fake turntables plugged into an iPad.
The Numark iDJ Live looks like a couple of turntables an…
Omnifer iPad case adds braille, makes the iPad usable for the blind
Posted by admin on August 12, 2011
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The Omnifer iPad case design is meant to make the iPad more usable for the blind, creating a space that raises up braille characters depending what’s on screen.
Far more than just slapping a braille keyboard on top of the iPad’s keyboard…
HP banking on a smaller TouchPad to sell more tablets
Posted by admin on August 11, 2011
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Desperate for the lion’s share of the tablet market, HP’s supposedly planning its own seven-inch tablet to steal some thunder off Apple’s hit iPad 2. Can a smaller WebOS tablet see success where the recently launched TouchPad has seen a permanent $100 …
Screw iPad cases, get an iPad pillow
Posted by admin on August 10, 2011
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Sure, you should protect your iPad from scrapes and falls. It’s an expensive and delicate piece of equipment, after all! But I’m not sure that you really need a custom pillow for the thing.
For one: why? What problem is this solving? You…
Apple successfully blocks sale of Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in EU
Posted by admin on August 9, 2011
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Win one for Apple. After suing Samsung for copying its iPad and iPhone designs with similar competitors, a German court’s been granted an injunction to block all sales of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the European Union. Yowza!
The preliminary …
Time Inc to make all of its magazines available for tablets this year
Posted by admin on August 3, 2011
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Why technology is like a cake
Posted by admin on July 28, 2011
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Someone thinks I know what I’m talking about.
I was invited last month to sit on a panel entitled “The State of Consumer Electronics of Today and Tomorrow: A View From the Front Lines and a Look Ahead” at the annual Freescale Technology Forum (FTF) in…
