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Tag: iPad wannabes

Bloomberg: Apple preps smaller iPad, sources say

Thursday, July 5, 2012 10:00 am25 Comments

Apple Inc. plans to debut a smaller, cheaper iPad by year-end…

Bill Gates: Apple may have to make a Surface-like device

Tuesday, July 3, 2012 5:35 pmTuesday, July 3, 2012116 Comments

Now that he’s in his 50s, Bill Gates is still fanatical…

NPD: Tablet shipments to surpass notebook shipments in 2016

Tuesday, July 3, 2012 4:01 pmTuesday, July 3, 201212 Comments

Tablet PCs, such as Apple’s iPad, are expected to be the growth driver…

AP reviews Google Nexus 7 tablet: It’s no iPad; better than Kindle Fire, but lacks storage space

Monday, July 2, 2012 5:01 pmMonday, July 2, 201221 Comments

The Nexus 7 costs $199, the same that Amazon and Barnes & Noble charge…

Apple injunction against Galaxy S III would mean ‘big problems’ for slavish copier Samsung

Monday, July 2, 2012 10:02 amMonday, July 2, 201219 Comments

Apple’s recent string of courtroom victories against rival Samsung…

Samsung appeals U.S. court’s bar to Galaxy Nexus phones

Monday, July 2, 2012 9:28 amMonday, July 2, 20128 Comments

In a widely expected response to a potential setback in one of its largest markets…

Android devices have already been found to infringe 11 valid Apple and Microsoft patents

Sunday, July 1, 2012 2:29 pm29 Comments

Most of the patents that large companies have asserted against Android haven’t even come to judgment yet…

U.S. FTC investigating Google, Motorola Mobility over FRAND abuse

Saturday, June 30, 2012 2:02 pmSaturday, June 30, 201216 Comments

A U.S. antitrust regulator has opened a formal probe into whether Google…

21% of iOS users say they wouldn’t switch to another platform for any price

Friday, June 29, 2012 4:20 pm39 Comments

iPhone and iPad users are so loyal to Apple and unlikely to switch to another platform…

Spec Shootout: Apple iPad vs. Google Nexus 7 vs. Amazon Kindle Fire vs. Microsoft Surface

Thursday, June 28, 2012 5:31 pmThursday, June 28, 201244 Comments

Google announced its first direct foray into the tablet market on Wednesday with the Nexus 7…

Analyst: Google Nexus 7 threatens Microsoft Surface, Amazon Kindle Fire, not Apple’s iPad

Thursday, June 28, 2012 2:04 pmThursday, June 28, 201211 Comments

Google’s new Nexus 7 tablet will increase competition in the tablet market…

Analyst: Amazon, not Apple, should worry about Google’s tiny screen Nexus 7 tablet

Wednesday, June 27, 2012 4:32 pmWednesday, June 27, 201216 Comments

Google’s 7-inch Nexus 7 is more of a competitor with Amazon’s Kindle Fire, rather than Apple’s iPad…

Google sells tiny screen tablet aimed at Amazon’s tiny screen Kindle Fire

Wednesday, June 27, 2012 2:44 pm36 Comments

Google is unveiling a small tablet computer bearing its brand in a challenge to Amazon…

Google ‘Nexus 7’ tablet ships in July with Tegra 3, 7-inch display, $199 for 8GB, $249 for 16GB (with video)

Wednesday, June 27, 2012 1:41 pmWednesday, June 27, 201274 Comments

Google is officially in the tablet hardware business…

Bill Gates: Tablets in the classroom have ‘really horrible track record’

Wednesday, June 27, 2012 11:54 amWednesday, June 27, 201291 Comments

Just giving people devices has a really horrible track record…

Apple’s iOS crushes Google’s Android with 52% higher app loyalty rates

Wednesday, June 27, 2012 10:00 am4 Comments

iPhone and iPad users are 52% more loyal to their apps than Android settlers…

Samsung likely to appeal U.S. Galaxy Tab 10.1 sales ban; claims ‘design innovation and progress restricted’

Wednesday, June 27, 2012 9:01 amWednesday, June 27, 201226 Comments

A U.S. judge on Tuesday backed Apple Inc’s request to stop Samsung Electronics…

Apple wins preliminary U.S. injunction against Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet; new Galaxy Tab 10.1 II remains on sale

Tuesday, June 26, 2012 10:19 pmWednesday, June 27, 201234 Comments

Apple Inc. won its bid for a court order immediately blocking U.S. sales of slavish copier Samsung’s iPad knockoff…

Google said to unveil tablet this week, taking aim at Apple’s iPad

Tuesday, June 26, 2012 8:12 pmWednesday, June 27, 201239 Comments

The device will also showcase new features of Android, according to one person…

Apple’s shockingly huge lead in mobile profits continues to grow

Tuesday, June 26, 2012 2:52 pmTuesday, June 26, 201214 Comments

Apple has seized almost three quarters of industry profits…

Apple v. Samsung: injunction hearing on Friday, design patent dropped, transparency dispute

Tuesday, June 26, 2012 12:12 pm6 Comments

There have been some new developments in the first U.S. litigation…

Microsoft faces ‘major dilemma’ pricing Surface tablets against iPad

Monday, June 25, 2012 3:08 pm26 Comments

Chris Whitmore with Deutsche Bank doesn’t have high hopes for the Microsoft Surface tablet lineup…

How Apple pushed Microsoft to create its ‘Surface’ tablets

Monday, June 25, 2012 10:21 amMonday, June 25, 201226 Comments

Appel basically forced Microsoft to concoct their Blurry Ass Tablet™ efforts…

Judge dismisses entire Apple-Moto patent suit with prejudice

Saturday, June 23, 2012 10:08 amSaturday, June 23, 201222 Comments

In another surprise move, Judge Richard A. Posner has again dismissed the entirety…

Jason Schwarz: Top 10 reasons why Microsoft’s Surface is DOA

Friday, June 22, 2012 1:26 pmFriday, June 22, 201251 Comments

The only explanation for Ballmer still being the CEO of Microsoft is that he must have photos on Bill Gates…

Why I love Microsoft’s vaporware Surface tablet

Friday, June 22, 2012 11:03 am51 Comments

I don’t wish to suggest that Microsoft Surface is truly vaporware, but…

Microsoft’s Surface tablet said to be Wi-Fi only at launch; no 4G, no 3G, no 2G, not even 1G

Friday, June 22, 2012 8:55 amFriday, June 22, 201240 Comments

Microsoft Corp.’s Surface tablet computer, unveiled this week…

Apple, Motorola should just play nice and pay royalties, suggests judge

Thursday, June 21, 2012 6:10 pmThursday, June 21, 201226 Comments

Apple’s quest for an injunction against Motorola for alleged patent…

Microsoft outsources Surface assembly to Pegatron; prices above $799 for Windows 8, above $599 for Windows RT expected

Thursday, June 21, 2012 12:04 pmThursday, June 21, 201224 Comments

Sources from notebook players have revealed that Microsoft’s 10.6-inch Surface tablet…

Dvorak: The real reason for Surface tablets is to lure people into Microsoft stores

Thursday, June 21, 2012 11:46 amThursday, June 21, 201219 Comments

None of Microsoft’s partners have any idea what the long term intentions…

Acer founder: Microsoft will quit making tablets soon

Thursday, June 21, 2012 11:32 amThursday, June 21, 201240 Comments

Microsoft’s foray into full hardware production with its Surface tablet…

Full 2-hour video: Microsoft details Windows Phone 8

Thursday, June 21, 2012 9:22 amThursday, June 21, 201228 Comments

The full 2-hour video of Microsoft introducing Windows Phone 8…

Devastating video shows Microsoft’s Surface event aping Steve Jobs’ iPad unveiling (with video)

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 7:23 pmWednesday, June 20, 201275 Comments

“On Monday, Microsoft held a secret press event in Los Angeles where it announced…

Remnants of HTC’s ITC complaint against Apple in bad shape after claim construction order

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 5:02 pmWednesday, June 20, 20127 Comments

Following the dismissal of five patents it borrowed from Google…

More blood on Apple iPad’s touchscreen: LG quits tablet market

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 4:01 pmWednesday, June 20, 20129 Comments

LG will sideline tablet computer development rather than compete head-on with Apple Inc.’s iPad…

Thanks to Apple, Microsoft is doomed in the era of mobile computing

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 2:50 pm36 Comments

The major battles have been fought and the handwriting is on the wall…

Apple, Google to face off in key smartphone hearing

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 1:00 pmWednesday, June 20, 20124 Comments

Apple Inc will try to salvage a high-profile lawsuit against Google Inc’s Motorola Mobility…

The cost of Microsoft’s Surface tablets

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 11:35 amWednesday, June 20, 201229 Comments

Apple’s acclaimed iPad 2 starts at just $399

Apple’s revolutionary iPad vs. Microsoft’s anti-tablet ‘Surface’

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 11:10 amWednesday, June 20, 201241 Comments

For ten long years Microsoft tried to get us to use their desktop operating system…

Barnes & Noble reports weak sales, hurt by disappointing Nook sales

Tuesday, June 19, 2012 5:33 pmTuesday, June 19, 201226 Comments

Barnes & Noble Inc reported lower-than-expected quarterly revenue…

Fox News: Copier Microsoft is doomed to fail with Surface tablet

Tuesday, June 19, 2012 4:03 pm44 Comments

Microsoft has always mimicked other technologies, mostly Apple’s….

U.S. Galaxy Tab 10.1 injunction moves closer after Federal Circuit denies Samsung a rehearing

Tuesday, June 19, 2012 1:13 pm11 Comments

This morning the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied Samsung’s petition for a rehearing…

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