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Article | 7/05/2011 Tablets take over as iPad owners ignore their laptops
Apple CEO Steve Jobs may have been onto something when he said that "PCs are going to be like trucks," as some tablet owners are reportedly letting th...
Article | 9/05/2011 Five things Google needs to fix in Android 3.0 Honeycomb
Make no mistake: Google's tablet-optimized Android 3.0 represents a huge improvement overall over previous versions of Google's mobile operating syste...
Article | 6/05/2011 Tablets cutting into laptop/desktop use, Nielsen finds
We are leaving our laptops and desktop computers scorned in favor of a new mistress: the tablet. So says The Nielsen Company -- best known for its TV ...
Article | 4/05/2011 Amazon tablet may be close to launch
Hold on to your restraining bolts Android fans, because Amazon's one-panel tablet may be heading your way in the second half of 2011, according to onl...
Article | 3/05/2011 Time Inc gives free iPad access to print subscribers
Time Inc has secured a deal with Apple that will bundle free iPad access to print subscribers, according to a Wall Street Journal report. If you have ...
Article | 3/05/2011 RIM unveils Video Chat app for PlayBook
The BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, launched last month by RIM has been relatively successful thus far despite being almost universally slammed as being a...
Article | 30/04/2011 4 improvements RIM can make to stop sucking
Research in Motion's having a rough couple of weeks. First, the Blackberry Playbook got panned by critics, snubbed by AT&T and dissed by Verizon W...
Article | 28/04/2011 AFL games live on Telstra mobiles, tablets and T-Box from 2012
Telstra has announced that all AFL games will be streamed live to mobile phones and tablets from 2012, following a landmark $1.25 billion AFL televisi...
Article | 26/04/2011 Users report BlackBerry PlayBooks failing to restart
Some BlackBerry PlayBook tablets that Research in Motion released last Tuesday are suddenly failing to restart. Some even simply stop working while in...
Article | 22/04/2011 Users rule in smartphone picks, but IT has a big hand in tablets
Mobile device management provider Good Technology's latest quarterly survey of the devices its thousands of customers manage through Good's tool shows...
Article | 22/04/2011 A market for iPads, not for Tablets
I chuckled at Apple’s explanation yesterday of its tablet sales coming up short of expectations: “We can’t make them fast enough,” Apple’s COO Tim Coo...
Article | 23/04/2011 Tablets poised to replace waiters' primary functions
Sick of long wait times or restaurants? Loathe idle banter? Suffer no more! One startup company called E la Carte (get it? 'E' for electronic. Hah!)...
Article | 23/04/2011 24 hours with the BlackBerry PlayBook
I bought a Blackberry PlayBook yesterday, but I'll probably return it.
Article | 20/04/2011 Is BlackBerry PlayBook dead on arrival?
The BlackBerry PlayBook tablet from Research In Motion goes on sale today, with what seems to be little consumer interest, mediocre reviews and few ch...
Article | 19/04/2011 Telstra to launch Motorola Xoom in May
Telstra has confirmed it will sell the Motorola Xoom Android tablet in Australia from next month following weeks of rumours.