January 13, 2012
Apple’s first iPad tablet launched in the U.S. on April 3, 2010., while the iPad 2 came out less than a year later on March 11, 2011. It’s a small sample size, to be sure, but following the 11-month release cycle, we wouldn’t be surprised to see the iPad 3 come out in February, though [...]
Tags: Apple, hardware, iPad, ipad 3, mobile, rumor, slate, tablet
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January 10, 2012
Tablet PCs have flirted with mobile gaming, and there are some fun titles out there that are playable on higher end Android and iPad devices. But it’s not a true gaming platform, at least not yet. Give Razer a chance to shake things up. The gaming peripheral maker is throwing its hat into the tablet [...]
Tags: Acer, CES, ces2012, gaming, hardware, mobile, razer, slate, tablet, video games
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March 7, 2011
Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 platform was fashionably late to the smartphone party, but in the slate shindig, Microsoft’s Windows platform is just going to be late. Citing “people with knowledge” of Microsoft’s plans, Bloomberg reports there won’t be a …
Tags: hardware, maximum tech, mobile, News Worthy, operating system, OS, slate, Software, tablet, windows
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February 11, 2011
HP’s upcoming 9.7-inch TouchPad tablet will ship with Qualcomm’s new APQ8060 dual-core Snapdragon processor, and according to Qualcomm, this wonder chip will enable the “latest and greatest multimedia experiences in today’s commercial mobile devices.” …
Tags: adreno 220, CPU, GPU, hardware, mobile, News Worthy, processor, qualcomm, snapdragon
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February 11, 2011
Maybe we should call this the era of mobility, because when we look back, we’ll remember this time period as when cell phones transformed into smartphones (and superphones), tablet computing debut without falling on its face, and handheld devices of al…
Tags: atheros, hardware, Internet, mobile, News Worthy, wi-fi, wireless, Wireless-N
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February 9, 2011
Dell did what it could to keep its Adamo line alive and well — a price cut here, and price cut there — but ultimately decided to pull the plug and discontinue the Adamo series and brand name, CNet reports. The Adamo was Dell’s answer to the MacBook A…
Tags: Adamo, dell, hardware, laptop, mobile, notebook, ultraportable
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February 9, 2011
Citing sources from upstream players, DigiTimes says Acer expects 3-4 percent of its total notebook shipments in the first quarter of 2011 will be affected by Intel’s buggy 6-series chipset. Hewlett-Packard expects to be hit a little harder, noting int…
Tags: Acer, AMD, asus, hardware, hewlett-packard, HP (Hewlett Packard), Intel, laptop, mobile, notebook, sandy bridge
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February 9, 2011
DIY repair website iFixIt has a serious fetish with tearing into electronics just for the fun of it, and this week they’ve carved into Verizon’s iPhone 4. Externally, iFixIt notes there’s isn’t a huge difference between Verizon’s CDMA model and AT&…
Tags: hardware, ifixit, iphone 4, mobile, Smartphone, teardown
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