Tablets - News - Good Gear Guide

News

Article | 3/02/2011 Google spills the details on tablet OS, Honeycomb

The great tease is over: Today, here at its headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., Google showed off Android 3.0, a tablet-friendly operating system a...

Article | 3/02/2011 IT execs hope iPad, PlayBook can boost decision-making process

Tablets like Apple's iPad and the upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook will change and improve the way corporate employees work and make decisions, contend IT...

Article | 2/02/2011 LG launches 3D-capable G-Slate Android tablet

LG has announced the launch of its G-Slate Android tablet, which will run Google Android's 3.0 Honeycomb software specifically designed for larger scr...

Article | 2/02/2011 Android 3.0 'Honeycomb' to rely on input gestures, designer says

Google has big plans for its Android 3.0 OS, code-named "Honeycomb," including its use in a variety of mobile devices, not just tablets, that are driv...

Article | 2/02/2011 iOS 4.3 Beta 3 seeded to developers

Apple's third beta of iOS 4.3 is now in the hands of developers. This new beta includes three separate packages: iOS, the SDK, and Apple TV Software. ...

Article | 1/02/2011 Apple hit with another suit alleging privacy violations

Apple has been hit with another lawsuit accusing it of privacy violations for the way it shares information collected from iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch...

Article | 1/02/2011 Android 3.0 Honeycomb debuts Wednesday: What to expect

Honeycomb will finally arrive this week, and Google promises an in-depth look at the revamped Android operating system and some hands-on demonstration...

Article | 1/02/2011 Xoom tablet picks up 'freedom' theme from Apple's 1984 ad

Freedom is clearly a big theme in consumer technology marketing, going back to that iconic "1984" ad from Apple of the sledgehammer-wielding runner at...

Article | 1/02/2011 Can Honeycomb tip the scale for Android tablets?

Since Apple introduced the world to the iPad, the tablet rivalry has been heated between iOS and Android. The problem, though -- for Android at least ...

Article | 1/02/2011 Dell Streak 7 gets aggressive pricing, imminent release

The Dell Streak 7 was one of the many tablets revealed at CES last month, but at the time, T-Mobile kept mum on pricing and availability details. Now,...

Article | 1/02/2011 iPad lead shrinks as tablet sales grow

On the back of Samsung Galaxy Tab sales, Android tablets grabbed a 22% share of the world's tablet market last quarter, denting for the first time the...

Article | 1/02/2011 Study: Tablets could be hurting PC graphics shipments

Worldwide shipments of PC graphics products were flat during the fourth quarter last year, potentially hurt by growth in tablet shipments, according t...

Article | 1/02/2011 ARM readies processors for LTE phones and tablets

ARM is offering two new processors -- the Cortex-R5 and Cortex-R7 -- which will help next-generation smartphones and tablets take better advantage of ...

Article | 28/01/2011 Will the Motorola Atrix launch on Telstra?

Telstra has published a post on its exchange blog, noticed by Ausdroid, hinting that the telco may launch Motorola's Atrix Android smartphone in Austr...

Article | 28/01/2011 Apple introducing iPad in India

Apple will start offering the iPad in India on Friday, but its focus will be on sales through retailers, rather than bundling the device with service ...

Article | 27/01/2011 Tablets using Marvell's Moby design in India soon

Tablet computers built to Marvell's Moby reference design should launch in India in the first half of this year, an executive of the company said on T...

Article | 27/01/2011 Samsung launching Galaxy Tab 2, Galaxy S 2

We love a good rumour or leak, and this time it's Samsung's plans for its Mobile World Congress (MWC) announcement in Barcelona next month.

Article | 27/01/2011 Google previews tablet-optimized Android 3.0

Google Wednesday released a preview of the software development kit for Android 3.0, which has been designed specifically for mobile devices with larg...

Article | 27/01/2011 Thanks to iPad, iOS Dominates

When 2010 began, the iPad was nothing but a collection of rumors and speculation.

Article | 27/01/2011 If tablets are PCs, Apple is world's 3rd biggest seller

When is a tablet not a tablet? When it's a PC.