US-based gaming retailer GameStop has recently announced that it is making its own gaming tablet that will use the Android operating system. The new tablet isn’t actually new, but is an existing Android tablet that the company will customize and will pack with pre-loaded games. According to Gamesindustry.biz, GameStop’s Android gaming device is still in the...
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Samsung is now building a tablet that runs on Microsoft’s upcoming operating system Windows 8, according to a report. Korea Economic Daily said that Samsung is currently working on a quad-core tablet that runs Windows 8, making it the first tablet PC that runs the newest Windows version. The publication cites an unnamed source for its information, and added that...
No one has actually seen nor touched an Amazon Android-powered tablet PC, but it has been creating lots of talks all year long. No one, until M.G. Seigler from TechCrunch did just recently. Seigler managed to get his hands on one of the tablet’s Design Verification Testing versions and according to him, the tablet is going to be “on many people’s holiday...
Toshiba has previously entered the tablet market with its first tablet called Thrive. The biggest problem consumers noted was that the tablet was big and heavy. Now, during the IFA in Berlin, the company has unveiled its latest tablet called the AT200. The Toshiba AT200 is a very thin and very light tablet PC, weighing only 1.2 lbs. and measuring only 0.3 inches thick....
Amazon was expected to launch two new tablet computers this autumn, but a new report from its supply chain suggests that only one of the two tablets will be shipped before the end of the year. According to tech news site DigiTimes, production of Amazon’s 10.1-inch tablet will not start until the first quarter of next year. The 10.1-inch tablet of Amazon is said to...
Virtual keyboards that appear on tablets PCs using touch screens, such as the Samsung Galaxy Tab and the Apple iPad, can be a little tricky to use. They can be frustrating for people who are used to typing on physical keyboards, resting their fingers on keys like what people usually do. This results in keying in unwanted letters. And since the touch screen’s keypad...
Last week, Apple went to a German regional trial court to block Samsung from selling its Android-powered Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet across Europe. Now, the same court announced that Samsung can once again sell its tablet as it has partially lifted its ban. Samsung is now free to sell its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablets in all EU countries, except for Germany, after a German court...
Amazon has recently purchased some domain names, including KindleAir.com, which has led to speculations that the company’s upcoming tablet will be named Kindle Air. Rumors have been floating around that Amazon will be releasing a new Kindle model after slashing the price of its refurbished Kindle 3 models. Two of its domain purchases, kindlesocialnetworking.com and...
Competing against Apple’s iPad tablet has been very unfruitful for those trying to topple the market leader. Sadly for its rivals, the iPad’s fate isn’t going to change soon, as the iPad is going to get a larger tablet market share, more than anyone expected. According to Charlie Wolf, an analyst from Needham, Apple’s iPad will continue to dominate...
Research in Motion’s BlackBerry Playbook tablet PC has overtaken Apple’s iPad as the most sought after tablet in the market, according to a study conducted by money saving site ILoveCashback.com According to the site’s statistics for the month of July, the BlackBerry Playbook is attracting 22 percent more searches than other leading tablets, including...