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Acer Backs Down from Surface Warning, Reaffirms Commitment to Windows 8 Tablets

August 10, 2012
Acer Backs Down from Surface Warning, Reaffirms Commitment to Windows 8 Tablets

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…

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Lenovo’s ThinkPad Tablet 2 with Windows 8 Pro Surfaces, Launches in October

August 9, 2012
Lenovo’s ThinkPad Tablet 2 with Windows 8 Pro Surfaces, Launches in October

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…

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Acer Founder Suspicious of Microsoft’s Surface Tablet Strategy

June 20, 2012
Acer Founder Suspicious of Microsoft’s Surface Tablet Strategy

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 …

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Google, Asus to Tag Team 7-inch Nexus Tablet Unveil Next Week

June 19, 2012
Google, Asus to Tag Team 7-inch Nexus Tablet Unveil Next Week

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…

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Microsoft Announces Own-Brand ‘Surface’ Tablets

June 18, 2012
Steve Ballmer announces Microsoft Surface Tablet - 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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iPad 3 May Launch in March with 4G LTE

January 13, 2012
iPad 3 May Launch in March with 4G LTE

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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Razer Revs into CES Waving a Radical PC Gaming Tablet Design

January 10, 2012
Razer Revs into CES Waving a Radical PC Gaming Tablet Design

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 [...]

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No Windows for Tablets Until 2012

March 7, 2011
No Windows for Tablets Until 2012

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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