Welcome back to the Tablet Thursday digest! HP has surprised everyone by updating a tablet — just not the one anyone is interested in. HP is replacing their business-oriented Slate 500 with the Slate 2. Sporting the same Intel Atom chip found in most netbooks, the Slate 2 also rocks a 32 GB Solid State […]
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Tablet Thursday Digest: Will Windows 8 Be Enough?
Tablet watching is turning into a really fun hobby, because there’s just so much going on. As vendors gear up for the holiday shopping season, we’re seeing this particular market segment heat up even more. Take the constantly-delayed Asus Slider, which will allegedly be here by the end of the month. The unique form factor […]
Tablet Thursday Digest: IFA Had A Million Dollars
Hey look, a tablet post that isn’t about a TouchPad — it must be Thursday. In fact, it’s also IFA, which means the device announcements are coming faster than I can keep track. Things kicked off with Sony officially branding their new tablets, with the codenamed S-1 becoming the S, and the very cool S-2 […]
Tablet Thursday Digest: Injunction Junked
Well, that was fast. The injunction against the sale of the Samsung Galaxy Tab has — albeit temporarily — been lifted in the European Union (a notable exception is Germany, where the ban is still in place). This news came Tuesday a day after several blogs, such as PC World, pointed out that it looked […]
Tablet Thursday Digest: Lawyering Up
Sure, there were little stories like HP officially dropping the Touchpad’s price to $399, but for all extents and purposes there’s really only one bit of tablet news this week: the heating up of the lawsuit between Apple and Samsung. Apple managed to get an injunction from a German court blocking the sale of the […]
Tablet Thursday Digest: Android And iOS And WebOS, Oh My!
Another busy week for tablets, as the market segment just keeps heating up. From the industry leader at the moment, we have some great news. Apple’s iCloud and iWork with Cloud Support have gone into Beta for developers. No news on how magical it might be just yet. Then there was Monday’s release, pull, […]
Tablet Thursday Digest: Facebook Fakeout, Streaking, and Walmart
You know how we were saying Facebook needed to get their Android act together? It gets a tad worse. Bad enough that it looked like Facebook was going to make hardware makers look into their own app solutions (ala HP and WebOS), now it looks more like it’s actually aimed at Android. That’s right, Android […]
Tablet Thursday News Digest: A New Challenger!
Lots of drips and drabs in the world of tablets this week. RIM’s updates, Toshiba bugs, iPads sales, big news from Lenovo, and an amazing tablet deal at Staples.
Tablet Thursday News Digest
This was a pretty big week for tablets, as every company under the sun seems to be rushing to exploit the market. While it may seem like their fighting for Apple’s table scraps, there are a huge number of potential tablet users out there, and everyone seems to be trying to grab them. The most […]
GameStop To Sell Android Tablets; No Word On Trade-Ins
Ah, GameStop — where your old, unloved video games go to die. The retailer, which has built its name by trading on new and used games and game systems, has announced that they plan on selling Android tablets. No specifics as to which tablet they plan on selling, or if indeed they plan on sticking […]