August 10, 2012
After creating a stir in the media over comments he made to Microsoft warning the company to “think twice” about its Surface strategy, Acer chairman J.T. Wang is now singing a different tune, one that’s far less threatening and more accepting to the si…
Tags: Acer, hardware, microsoft, slate, Surface, tablet, windows, windows 8
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August 9, 2012
If you’re wondering how OEMs are going to compete with Microsoft’s own Surface tablet, here you go. Coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the ThinkPad line, Lenovo, which bought the brand from IBM in 1995, unveiled its first Windows 8 tablet, the Thi…
Tags: hardware, lenovo, maximum tech, mobile, News Worthy, slate, tablet, thinkpad tablet 2, windows 8, windows 8 pro
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June 20, 2012
It’s been an exciting week for Microsoft, which just the other day unveiled its Surface tablet, a surprisingly promising device that just may have the legs to go the distance, if not with the iPad, then certainly against Android and ARM. But let’s not …
Tags: Acer, android, microsoft, mobile, slate, stan shih, Surface, windows 8, Windows tablet
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June 19, 2012
If the latest rumors are true, Google is getting ready to attack the 7-inch tablet (or “tweener,” as Steve Jobs referred to them) market in a big way with a Nexus device it jointly developed with Asus. Word on the Web is that the two companies will unv…
Tags: 7 inch tablet, asus, Google, google I/O, hardware, mobile, nexus, slate, tablet
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June 18, 2012
Until a few hours ago, the tech media was busy speculating about an upcoming “major announcement” from Microsoft. Some said it had something to do with Windows RT, while others said the company was going to unveil its first self-branded tablets. A…
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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 [...]
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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 …
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