Billed the “darling device of CES 2011,” the Motorola Xoom offers an impressive credentials. It is the first tablet to feature the much-anticipated Android 3.0 Honeycomb OS, a dual core processor, and the Adobe Flash 2.0. The Apple iPad 2 offers a more streamlined design than the previous generation. In a Motorola Xoom vs iPad [...]
The Apple iPad 2 is an entirely different device from the Kindle, but the fact that it can display eBooks means it is a direct competitor to the Kindle 3, at least in the digital reading segment. The new Apple iPad 2 offers exciting improvement and additions over the previous model. It is lighter, thinner, [...]
Apple kicked Sony out of the door, rejecting its new reading app for the iPad, iPhone and iPod. The reasons given to Sony were that Apple will not accept applications that permit in-app purchases of content that don’t go through Apple itself, and, moreover, will not tolerate apps that access material purchased through external content [...]
The e-Reader market has essentially become a two horse race between the Amazon Kindle and the Apple iPad, according to ChangeWave’s latest survey of more than 2,800 consumers. The Amazon Kindle (47%; down 15-pts) is hanging on to a rapidly diminishing lead over the Apple iPad (32%; up 16-pts) among current e-Reader owners. However, the [...]
Bluefire announced today the official launch of their new iPhone/iPad/iPod application that will let you access millions of eBooks from public libraries and other ebook retailers and providers. Bluefire Reader turns iPads and iPhones into full-featured e-readers with a marketplace of e-book providers, including public libraries; popular national booksellers such as Barnes and Noble, Borders, [...]
Well, if Amazon can’t hurt the iPad sales figures, they can at least make fun of it in their new Kindle 3 video ad.
Apple is set launch an upgraded 9.7-inch iPad adopting a new ARM Cortex-A9-based processor and 512MB RAM in the first quarter of 2011. Meanwhile, the company will also launch a 7-inch iPad using the Cortex-A9 processor and an IPS panel with a resolution of 1024×768, according to Digitimes Research senior analyst Mingchi Kuo. In addition, [...]
Apple has just let word out that it’ll be bringing its slate to nine new markets. The Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, New Zealand and Singapore are all getting their hands on the device this Friday, July 23. Price are not available yet but we’ll keep you posted on that. Apple revealed few days [...]
In the past, tablet PCs failed to grow because, one, it was heavily priced, and, two, its functionality was very limited. Tablet PCs then lacked handy features like webcam and video out as well as handwriting and touch input capability. Processors were also very slow and sluggish. As such, their uses have been limited to [...]
Apple’s just announced that it’s sold 3 million iPads worldwide since the US launch date, which is a pretty impressive sales rate. The announcement also mentions that the tablet will drop in nine more countries during the month of July, so if you’re currently living in a sad iPad-less nation, take comfort: you could be next. [...]