October 29, 2010
Sprint isn’t actually selling iPads, but Sprint CEO Dan Hesse told GigaOm that it’s seen brisk sales of its Overdrive 3G/4G modem to iPad owners. The iPad is available in a Wi-Fi-only flavor, as well as one that supports AT&T’s 3G bands. Verizon re…
Tags: 3G, 4G, mobile, mobile data, News Worthy, overdrive, Sprint
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October 27, 2010
As far as ViewSonic is concerned, you can forget any talk of an iPad killer emerging. Apple’s magical slate is going to snatch up 50 percent of the projected 45 million tablet sales in 2011, ViewSonic predicts, and the display maker will be thrilled if…
Tags: hardware, maximum tech, mobile, News Worthy, tablet, viewsonic
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October 25, 2010
The Samsung Galaxy Tab Android tablet will be hitting US retail next month, but what if you don’t care to do more business with the mobile carriers? As it turns out, Best Buy (of all companies) is coming to the rescue. The electronics retailer will be …
Tags: 3G, android, best buy, galaxy tab, mobile, News Worthy, tablets, wi-fi
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October 22, 2010
Show of hands, how many of you play Farmville? Now keep your hands up if you own or plan to purchase an iPad. Everybody else, go grab a gun and shoot everyone in the leg that has their hands up. We kid, we kid — natural selection will take care of its…
Tags: farmville, games, hardware, mobile, News Worthy, Social Networking, Software, tablet, Videogames, Zynga
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October 21, 2010
Barnes and Noble is slated to hold a Nook event on October 26, and we’re hearing rumblings of a major hardware revision. The new Nook, according to a source that spoke with Cnet, may have a full color touchscreen in place of the monochrome eInk display…
Tags: barnes and noble, color, eink, ereaders, kindle, News Worthy, nook
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October 21, 2010
Verizon raised a few eyebrows this week when it announced it would sell Samsung’s Galaxy Tab for $600 on November 11, 2010. Days earlier, Verizon said it would start selling Apple’s iPad (Wi-Fi) version for $630 bundled with Verizon’s MiFi Mobile Hotsp…
Tags: galaxy tab. tablet, hardware, mobile, News Worthy, samsung, Verizon
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October 20, 2010
During a recent summit in Taiwan, Acer chairman JT Wang once again attempted to put the iPad hype into perspective, saying Apple’s magical tablet isn’t impacting notebook sales the way some analysts predicted.
Wang did admit that the iPad and similar p…
Tags: Acer, hardware, laptop, mobile, News Worthy, notebook, tablet
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October 19, 2010
Apple CEO Steve Jobs sure ruffled some feathers with his statements on yesterday’s earnings call. RIM is just the latest to respond to some of the assertions Steve Jobs made. RIM CEO Jim Balsillie posted a rebuttal on the RIM blog that covered a few po…
Tags: maximum tech, mobile, News Worthy, playbook, RIM, smartphones, steve jobs, tablets
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