tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523132690603318182024-02-08T05:25:03.150-05:00The Daily TabDaily news, information and insights from the world of tablets and appsHoward Polskinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17052150178647860094noreply@blogger.comBlogger146125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352313269060331818.post-29352505663586530982011-11-14T06:57:00.000-05:002011-11-14T06:57:12.646-05:00Today's Headlines<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/kindle-fire-review-changing-the-landscape-of-the-tablet-game/2011/11/11/gIQAp4W7JN_story.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">First Review of Amazon's Kindle Fire</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The Washington Post</span></span><br />
Writer Josh Topolsky: "Can a $200 mini-tablet take on Apple’s behemoth? Can it derail the plans of other Android tablet-makers? And does the release of this product fundamentally change Amazon’s position in the market?The answer is ... maybe. But they have to do some tinkering first."<br />
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<a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57323819-93/online-video-viewers-watching-longer-on-tablets/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Tablet Owners Spend More Time Watching Online Video</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">CNET</span><br />
Tablet users averaged 30 percent more viewing time per session compared with desktops, according to data released this week by Ooyala, a provider of video services to major brands. Tablet users also tended to be more engaged, finishing videos at nearly twice the rate as desktop users.<br />
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<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/12/tech/tablet-computers-and-sports/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Tablets Score Big with Pro Sports Teams</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">CNN</span><br />
The Bucs are one of two NFL teams that have purchased iPads for their players and coaches to use instead of the standard playbook. Baseball and hockey leagues have also taken notice of the advantages of mobile technology.<br />
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<a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/243740/wanted_a_kindle_fire_phone.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Harry McCracken Wants a Kindle Fire Phone</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">PCWorld</span><br />
McCracken: "I wondered why no company has taken up the challenge of building…well, the iPhone of Android phones. Something that’s elegant, approachable, uncluttered, and respectful of the consumer’s intelligence...And then it hit me: Why not Amazon??<br />
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<a href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/11/before-the-kindle-fire-some-misfires/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Collection of Quotes Predicting Failure of Original Kindle</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">The New York Times</span><br />
On the eve of the launch of the Kindle Fire, The New York Times takes a moment to look at pundits who predicted the original uni-functional Kindle would tank.<br />
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<a href="http://paidcontent.org/table/comparing-e-readers-and-tablets-november-2011" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Best Chart Ever Comparing E-Readers</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">paidContent</span><br />
Ten e-readers are compared in an extremely thorough chart analyzing features like content availability to battery life. Howard Polskinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17052150178647860094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352313269060331818.post-34972587380728874022011-11-11T06:59:00.000-05:002011-11-11T06:59:07.504-05:00Today's Headlines<a href="http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/10-most-popular-mobile-purchases-136457" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Tablet Owners Use to Device to Shop</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Adweek</span><br />
According to a study from mobile ad network Jumptap and comScore, 63 percent of tablet owners have made a purchase with their device, as opposed to just 31 percent of mobile owners. That compares to 83 percent of PC owners who have completed a purchase on their laptop or desk computer.<br />
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<a href="http://paidcontent.org/article/419-rim-adds-newspaperdirect-in-bid-to-grow-news-content-on-its-playbook/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"> More Newspaper Content to Be Available on RIM PlayBook</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">paidContent</span><br />
RIM has a new deal with NewspaperDirect, a distributor of e-editions for more than 2,000 newspapers from 95 countries, for the service to be preloaded on the PlayBook tablet.<br />
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<a href="http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20111111PD207.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Branded Tablet Shipments Expected to Soar 60% Next Year</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Digitimes</span><br />
Global branded tablet PC shipments in the fourth quarter are not expected to see growth creating concerns among market watchers whether the tablet PC market has already reached saturation, but Digitimes Research senior analyst James Wang believes that the zero-growth in the fourth quarter is the joint affect of Japan's earthquake on March 11 and the global economic downturn, which should not become an obstacle that restrains the tablet PC market's growth in the future.<br />
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<a href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/perlow/microsoft-wheres-your-199-windows-tablet/19271" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">MIA: Where Is Microsoft's 7-Inch Tablet</span></a><br />
ZDNET<br />
There's a window of opportunity for Microsoft because Apple has no intention as of yet to produce a cheaper 7-inch iPad (as far as we know) and the fractionalization of the Android space by Amazon and Barnes & Noble does introduce some undesirable variables.<br />
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<a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9221721/More_shoppers_drawn_to_cheaper_smaller_Kindle_Fire_over_iPad_survey_says_" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">More Shoppers Leaning to Kindle Fire Over iPad </span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Computerworld</span><br />
More than three times as many shoppers for tablet computers are considering the $199 Amazon Kindle Fire over the bestselling iPad, according to a survey by Retrevo. <br />
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<a href="http://www.geek.com/articles/gadgets/the-kindle-fire-and-nook-tablet-will-spark-a-revolution-20111110/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">E-Commerce is the Key to Tablet Success for Amazon and BN</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Geek.com </span><br />
<span id="intellitxt" name="intellitxt">When you walk out of Best Buy with a Galaxy Tab, your financial relationship with Samsung is over. When you walk out with a <a href="http://www.geek.com/articles/tagged/kindle-fire" target="_blank">Kindle Fire</a>, it’s just the beginning of a beautiful friendship with Amazon.</span>Howard Polskinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17052150178647860094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352313269060331818.post-61829517986526676522011-11-10T07:01:00.002-05:002011-11-10T17:47:57.340-05:00Today's Headlines<a href="http://cenevoldsen.com/2011/11/04/content-design-for-tablets-swipe-versus-scroll/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Swipe vs.Scroll for Tablets: Let the Debate Continue</span></a><br />
Cenevoldsen (blog from Next Issue Media's marketing manager) <br />
For publishers attempting to create an “edition based” experience similar to print, swiping from page to page gives readers a sense of familiarity. Vertical scrolling tends to feel infinite. The page just keeps going. It’s not necessarily a bad thing; it depends on what you want to achieve with your app.<br />
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<a href="http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20111109PD212.htmdi" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Amazon Ramps Up Kindle Fire Production to Keep Up with Demand</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">DigiTimes</span><br />
Amazon has recently increased its Kindle Fire orders to more than five million units before the end of 2011 as pre-orders for the machine remain strong, according to sources from upstream component suppliers.<br />
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<a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/ebooknewser/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">RIM's PlayBook to Sell for $199 on Black Friday</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">eBooknewswer</span><br />
Thanksgiving might still be weeks off, but the ads for Black Friday have already started leaking. The ad for Staples has been posted online and the BlackBerry Playbook will be sold for $199 on Friday, November 25. That's half the current retail price.<br />
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<a href="http://www.siliconvalley.com/ci_19297313" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Netflix Will Be Available on Kindle Fire</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">San Jose Mercury News</span><br />
<span id="SVsite"><span id="SVarticle">Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet will offer a Netflix app among thousands of applications that will be available when the tablet debuts next week.</span></span><span id="SVsite"><span id="SVarticle">Amazon and Netflix have battled for streaming-video content for the past several months, with Amazon attempting to beef up its Amazon Prime streaming service.</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://firstarkansasnews.net/2011/11/what-good-is-a-tablet-anyway/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><span id="SVsite"><span id="SVarticle">What Is the Value of a Tablet Anyway?</span></span></span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span id="SVsite"><span id="SVarticle">First Arkansas News</span></span></span><br />
Both the Kindle Fire and the NOOK Tablet boast impressive specs at close to impulse buy prices and have generated a lot of press. However, the question that pops up with these devices is whether someone carrying a smartphone needs one of the things.<br />
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<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/nook-tablet-amazon-kindle-fire-mini-tablets-will-shake-up-market/2011/11/09/gIQAjK5d6M_story.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><span id="SVsite"><span id="SVarticle">Mini Tablets Will Shake Market in Major Ways</span></span></span></a><br />
<span id="SVsite"><span id="SVarticle">The Washington Post</span></span><br />
The Kindle Fire and NOOK Tablet accomplish about 80 percent of what you can do with an iPad, are backed by companies consumers know and trust and cost roughly half of Apple’s base model. "And I think they’re going to make a huge impact on the market," writes journalist Joshua Topolsky. <span id="SVsite"><span id="SVarticle"></span></span>Howard Polskinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17052150178647860094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352313269060331818.post-5975843805232967072011-11-09T07:27:00.000-05:002011-11-09T07:27:06.490-05:00Today's Headlines<a href="http://www.reghardware.com/2011/11/09/review_roundup_ten_high_end_android_tablets/"><span style="font-size: large;">A Look at 10 High-End Android Tablets</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">The Register</span><br />
There is really no such thing as a branded Android tablet. Instead, consumers have a range of devices from the usual Android suspects, including HTC, Samsung and Motorola, as well as machines from computer rather than phone wallahs, like Acer, Asus, Lenovo and Sony. The end result is confusion in the mind of Joe Public<br />
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<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/08/us-kobo-rakuten-idUSTRE7A77MN20111108"><span style="font-size: large;">Japanese E-Commerce Giant Buys Kobo: Watch Out Amazon?</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Reuters</span><br />
Rakuten, the Japanese Internet services and e-commerce company, intends to acquire all issued and outstanding shares of Kobo for cash. Kobo's services are available on Kobo-branded e-readers as well as other devices, including Samsung's Galaxy Tab and Research In Motion's PlayBook.<br />
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<a href="http://www.padgadget.com/2011/11/08/ipads-finally-arrive-on-jetstar-airlines/"><span style="font-size: large;">Airline Uses iPads as In-Flight Entertainment Device (and Cash Machine)</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Padgadget</span><br />
Jetstar, which travels mainly in Australia, will be offering iPads for use as in-flight entertainment devices for $10-$15 per flight. Considering the cost for installing seat-back screens it may make good financial sense to approach airline-provided multimedia in this manner.<br />
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<a href="http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20111108PD208.html"><span style="font-size: large;">White Box Manufacturers May Push Harder into Tablet Market</span></a><br />
Digitimes<br />
White-box players in China are still set to launch new tablet PC products in the second quarter of 2012, according to sources from the supply chain in China. Since the average cost of a 7-inch white-box tablet PC is only about U.S. $47 compared to Amazon's Kindle Fire, white-box tablet PCs still have an advantage in cost.<br />
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<a href="http://mashable.com/2011/11/08/kindle-vs-nook-retail/"><span style="font-size: large;">How Barnes & Noble's Retail Footprint Will Help It Battle Amazon</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Mashable</span><br />
Walk into a Barnes & Noble and you’ll see shoppers browsing book tables or flipping through a stack of possible purchases while they sip a coffee from an in-store Starbucks. Many of those same customers are likely going to wander over to the Nook’s front-and-center location as well — even if they weren’t particularly in the market for an e-reader or Android tablet in the first place.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Wired</span><br />
Indeed, the Nook Tablet is a serious, high-performing device for kids too young to sport a smartphone or iPad, and who don’t plow through enough books to warrant a Nook Simple Touch or plain-vanilla Kindle, but who <i>could</i> benefit from an inexpensive, highly mobile device that can do a little bit of everything.<br />
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<a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-barnes-tablet-20111108,0,7742402.story"><span style="font-size: large;">Barnes & Noble Unveils Its Answer to Amazon's Kindle Fire</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">The Los Angeles Times</span><br />
Company CEO William Lynch, Jr., knocked the Fire. "The Kindle Fire is a vending machine for Amazon services — they've said it themselves," he said at the company's flagship store in New York's Union Square during the Nook Tablet unveiling. "In one word, we're more open" in allowing users to get their music and video content from wherever they want.<br />
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<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204190704577024153417609594.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEFTTopNews"><span style="font-size: large;">Barnes & Noble Finds Nook in Book Market</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">The Wall Street Journal</span><br />
The NOOK Tablet has potential to fill a profitable niche in a still-fast-growing market. At $249, it's modestly more expensive than Kindle Fire at $199, but half the price of the iPad, which sells for $499 and up.<br />
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<a href="http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/07/new-nook-is-latest-entry-in-tablet-battle/?ref=technology"><span style="font-size: large;">NOOK Tablet Ignites Latest Chapter in the Tablet Wars</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">The New York Times</span><br />
The unveiling of the new tablet set up what is sure to be a heated competition between Barnes & Noble, Amazon and Apple, maker of the iPad, for the quickly expanding group of consumers who will shop for color tablets this holiday season. Amazon’s Kindle Fire retails for $199 and will start shipping next Monday.Howard Polskinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17052150178647860094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352313269060331818.post-25561880416708823652011-11-07T07:13:00.000-05:002011-11-07T07:13:36.608-05:00Today's Headlines<a href="http://allthingsd.com/20111107/apples-share-of-the-2011-tablet-market-75-percent-or-more/"><span style="font-size: large;">Apple to Retain 75% of Tablet Market for Foreseeable Future</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">AllThingsD</span><br />
With its competitors unable to field a true iPad rival, Apple’s tablet continues to dominate the market that it created. And with a true rival yet to emerge, that dominance will likely persist for some time, further reinforced by the upcoming holiday shopping season.<br />
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<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/05/dell-latitude-s-tablet-available-for-pre-order-might-just-arriv/"><span style="font-size: large;">Dell's $859 Tablet Available for Pre-Order</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Endgadget</span><br />
Dell's coy enterprise slate, the Latitude ST<a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/Dell+Latitude+ST/"></a> is now available for pre-order with an estimated delivery date of November 29 and an $859 price tag.If your too impatient to wait for Windows 8, this one's sporting Microsoft's seventh generation, weighs a hefty 816g -- nearly twice as much as the BlackBerry PlayBook -- and contains a 1.5GHz Intel Atom Z670 processor.<br />
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<a href="http://www.padgadget.com/2011/11/04/more-fake-ipads-flooding-the-market/"><span style="font-size: large;">Fake iPads Hitting the Market</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Padgadget</span><br />
Crooks will approach you showing off a perfectly good iPad. Once they have you hooked they pass off a bubble-wrapped ‘iPad’ pulled from a FedEx box. This bubble wrapped unit could be just about anything, though the ones they have caught are plexi-glass frames coated in duct tape with a Best Buy pricing label on the front.<br />
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<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/07/htc-idUST8E7LV00020111107"><span style="font-size: large;">HTC to Launch New Tablet in 2012</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Reuters</span><br />
<span id="articleText"><span class="focusParagraph">HTC Corp , the world's No.5 smartphone maker, said on Monday it will launch a new tablet model next year, its first since a debut model in February. </span></span>Howard Polskinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17052150178647860094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352313269060331818.post-82917898967496647552011-11-04T07:14:00.000-04:002011-11-04T07:14:38.427-04:00Today's Headlines<a href="http://allthingsd.com/20111104/barnes-noble-gets-ready-to-fire-back-at-the-kindle-with-a-nook-tablet/"><span style="font-size: large;">Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet to Be Announced Monday</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">AllThingsD</span><br />
It will cost $249; $50 more than Amazon's Kindle Fire. But it will have more memory and a faster processor. <br />
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<a href="http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20111103PD215.html"><span style="font-size: large;">Amazon's Next Kindle Fire Will Have Larger Screen</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">DigiTimes</span><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-top: 0;"><img border="0" height="15" src="http://www.digitimes.com/images/spacepx.gif" width="1" />Amazon is likely to change its product roadmap by shifting the display size of its next-generation Kindle Fire to 8.9-inch instead of 10.1-inch as originally planned, according to sources in Amazon's supply chain.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/barclays-apple-meeting-2011-11"><span style="font-size: large;">Apple Likes Kindle Fire Because It Fragments Android Market</span></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">BusinessInsider</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Apple executives are saying that the lowpriced Kindle Fire could actually be a good thing for the iPad because it introduces another level of fragmentation in the Android platform.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.crn.com/news/client-devices/231902284/hp-steps-up-tablet-pc-game-with-windows-7-powered-slate-2.htm">HP Steps Up to the Tablet Game with Window's-Power Slate 2</a></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">CRN </span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span id="articleBody">Like its predecessor, the Slate 2 isn't a tablet in the iPad mold, but a Windows 7 tablet PC that HP is pitching to the education, health-care, government and retail sectors. And until Microsoft launches Windows 8, the Slate 2 will likely be the only tablet-like device in the HP portfolio. </span></div>Howard Polskinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17052150178647860094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352313269060331818.post-34253386675027302162011-11-03T06:58:00.000-04:002011-11-03T06:58:21.308-04:00Today's Headlines<a href="http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/edwardbaig/story/2011-11-02/lenovo-thinkpad-tablet-review/51050520/1"><span style="font-size: large;">Review of Lenovo's New ThinkPad</span></a><br />
USA Today<br />
Critic Ed Baig: "The tablet fuses business needs with entertainment and runs Android version 3.1 Honeycomb. It's about an inch taller than an iPad 2 and thicker...If you're looking for a tablet that mixes business and pleasure, ThinkPad fits the bill."<br />
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<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204621904577014273003626952.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEFTTopNews"><span style="font-size: large;">Kindle Owners Will Now Be Able to Borrow Books from Amazon</span></a><br />
The Wall Street Journal<br />
Amazon is launching a digital-book lending library that will be available only to owners of its Kindle and Kindle Fire devices who are also subscribers to its Amazon Prime program.<br />
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<div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.siliconvalley.com/ci_19248871">Yahoo's Digital Magazine for Tablets Finally Debuts</a></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">San Jose Mercury News</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Yahoo <span id="SVsite"><span id="SVarticle">has begun to distribute an iPad magazine that illuminates the Internet company's ambitions and the chronic hiccups that have thrown its fate into doubt. </span></span><span id="SVsite"><span id="SVarticle">The free magazine, called Livestand, has intriguing potential because its software can be customized to pull a deep pool of content from Yahoo's website and other participating publishers to cater to each user's interests.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span id="SVsite"><span id="SVarticle"> </span></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/11/02/8597666-tablets-finally-overtaking-e-readers-says-pew-report"><span style="font-size: large;"><span id="SVsite"><span id="SVarticle">Tablets Overtaking E-Readers Says Pew Report</span></span></span></a></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span id="SVsite"><span id="SVarticle">MSNBC.com</span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">One in every 10 American adults now has an iPad or something like it, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. But what's more interesting is that in the time period between May 2011 and now, e-reader ownership appears to have declined among adults. <span id="SVsite"><span id="SVarticle"></span></span></div>Howard Polskinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17052150178647860094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352313269060331818.post-58934894262406455602011-11-02T07:27:00.000-04:002011-11-02T07:28:00.002-04:00Today's Headlines<a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-20128013-75/the-inside-story-of-how-microsoft-killed-its-courier-tablet/"><span style="font-size: large;">The Inside Story of Why Microsoft's Tablet Died</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">CNET</span><br />
The story of Microsoft's Courier has only been told in pieces. And nothing has been disclosed publicly about the infighting that led to the innovative device's death. This article was pieced together through interviews with 18 current and former Microsoft executives, as well as contractors and partners who worked on the project.<br />
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<a href="http://allthingsd.com/20111101/verifone-acquires-company-that-helps-retailers-swap-registers-for-ipads/"><span style="font-size: large;">Verifone Buys Global Bay in Bid to Boost iPads at Retail</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">AllThingsD</span><br />
VeriFone, the largest maker of cash registers and other payment processing devices, has acquired Global Bay, <a href="http://www.globalbay.com/platform.html"></a> which develops software that helps retailers use alternate devices, such as iPads, as payment options.<br />
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<a href="http://paidcontent.org/article/419-how-can-barnes-nobles-new-nook-compete-with-the-kindle-fire/"><span style="font-size: large;">5 Ways the New Nook Can Compete with the Kindle Fire</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">PaidContent</span><br />
Reasons #1 and #2: Focus on children; focus on women.<br />
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<a href="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Apple-iPad-Will-Lose-Tablet-Dominance-Gold-765430/"><span style="font-size: large;">Apple May Lose Tablet Dominance</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">eWeek</span><br />
Apple will lose its overwhelming dominance of the consumer tablet space within the next three years, according to a prediction from analyst Jack Gold. His research note also predicts that Microsoft will own roughly 10 percent of the consumer tablet market by that 2014-2015.Howard Polskinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17052150178647860094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352313269060331818.post-3300560660223068302011-11-01T07:09:00.000-04:002011-11-01T07:09:26.542-04:00Today's Headlines<a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/10/barnes-noble-nook-event-set-for-nov-7-1.html"><span style="font-size: large;">Mystery Announcement Coming Monday from Barnes & Noble</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">The Los Angeles Times</span><br />
Is Barnes & Noble Inc. set to launch a new Nook? So far, Barnes & Noble hasn't announced any new Nook tablet plans, but there is considerable speculation that it's all heading that direction after the bookstore chain and e-reader maker invited the media to a Nook-related event in New York on Monday.<br />
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<a href="http://allthingsd.com/20111101/ipad-gaining-in-education/"><span style="font-size: large;">iPads Making Huge Inroads in the Educational Market</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">AllThingsD</span><br />
Nearly 1,000 K-12 schools have an iPad one-to-one program. In other words, at minimum, they are providing an entire classroom of students with their own iPad to use throughout their academic school day.<br />
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<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/hp-is-using-the-touchpad-as-a-loss-leader-to-push-pcs-2011-10"><span style="font-size: large;">HP TouchPads Now Selling for $149</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Business Insider</span><br />
The catch: you have to buy a new HP or Compaq computer at Best Buy. <br />
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<a href="http://tablet.blorge.com/2011/10/31/apple-tablets-will-supercede-pcs/"><span style="font-size: large;">Tablets May Eclipse PCs as the Main Computing Device</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Blorge</span><br />
Apple believes that as the price of tablets comes down and the technology improves more people will be tempted to purchase one, and possibly at the expense of upgrading their PC.<br />
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<a href="http://moconews.net/article/419-amazon-builds-up-kindle-fire-content-with-disney-abc-deal/"><span style="font-size: large;">Kindle Fire Increases Video Content with ABC-Disney Deal</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">MocoNews</span><br />
In last week’s earnings call, Amazon said it will continue to push hard into streaming video. Now, in a new licensing deal with Disney-ABC, Amazon Prime members can stream shows like <em>Grey’s Anatomy</em>, <em>Lost</em> and <em>Spider-Man</em> for free.Howard Polskinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17052150178647860094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352313269060331818.post-39921119567007121002011-10-31T07:11:00.000-04:002011-10-31T07:11:00.663-04:00Today's Headlines<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203554104577002230413747366.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEFTTopNews"><span style="font-size: large;">E-Books a Boon to Some Authors</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">The Wall Street Journal</span><br />
Vanity presses have been available for decades. But thanks to digital technology and particularly the emergence of e-books, the number of self-published titles exploded 160% to 133,036 in 2010 from 51,237 in 2006, estimates R. R. Bowker, which tracks the publishing business.<br />
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<a href="http://allthingsd.com/20111028/news-reader-traffic-jam-yahoos-livestand-and-googles-propeller-set-to-launch-aiming-at-flipboard/"><span style="font-size: large;">Yahoo! and Google Prepare News and Social Readers</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">AllThingsD</span><br />
Watch out Flipboard. Wednesday Yahoo! is rumored to unveil its digital newsstand Livestand. And Google should follow on its heels. According to ATD's Kara Swisher: "All these apps are part of the drastically changing habits of media consumers, helping users better navigate numerous social and media feeds — such as Facebook and Twitter, as well as news sites and more — using handsome interfaces and touch technologies on tablet devices."<br />
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<a href="http://adage.com/article/mediaworks/kindle-special-offers-biggest-advertiser-kindle-late-amazon/230722/"><span style="font-size: large;">Biggest Advertiser on the Kindle? Amazon</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Advertising Age</span><br />
Almost six months after the first Kindle with Special Offers arrived bearing on-screen ads for national brands such as Buick, Olay and Visa, the devices are more often than not serving up ads from Amazon itself, primarily in the form of Amazon Local daily deals.<br />
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<a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-onthemedia-20111029,0,7583931.column"><span style="font-size: large;">Philadelphia Inquirer Tablet Initiative Finds Success Elusive</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">The Los Angeles Times</span><br />
At the Sept. 12 tablet launch, the publisher predicted that the first batch of 5,000 units would sell out in a week. Six weeks later, only about half of the narrow black computers have moved, according to James Rainey of The Los Angeles Times. Howard Polskinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17052150178647860094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352313269060331818.post-8361432255018411032011-10-28T06:58:00.000-04:002011-10-28T06:58:16.287-04:00Today's Headlines<a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-20125504-64/ipad-3s-dense-display-a-challenge-for-manufacturers/"><span style="font-size: large;">New Details About iPad 3 Revealed</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">CNET </span><br />
The follow-on to Apple's popular iPad 2 is expected to arrive as early as the first quarter of next year. And Apple is aiming high, as usual. The goal is to have a Retina Display-like resolution on the iPad 3.<br />
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<a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/briancaulfield/2011/10/27/more-tablet-toast-motorola-mobility-sold-just-100000-xoom-tablets-in-latest-quarter/"><span style="font-size: large;">Xoom Gloom: Motorola Sells Just 100,000 Tablets in Last Quarter</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Forbes</span><br />
Motorola said it sold just 100,000 Xoom tablets during the third quarter.Howard Polskinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17052150178647860094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352313269060331818.post-81081266825567684132011-10-27T07:23:00.000-04:002011-10-27T07:23:00.615-04:00Today's Headlines<a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2011/10/26/steve-jobs-wanted-intel-chips-for-the-ipad/?mod=WSJBlog&mod="><span style="font-size: large;">Steve Jobs Wanted Intel Chips for the iPad: New Bio</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">The Wall Street Journal</span><br />
Intel’s stock price, and image, have suffered from the fact that its chips are not widely used in smartphones and tablet PCs. But it turns out that the Silicon Valley giant had an inside track when it came to Apple’s iconic iPad, lost after Steve Jobs faced an impassioned plea from a top lieutenant.<br />
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<a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/10/rim-delays-playbook-os-20-until-feb-2012-no-bbm-soon.html"><span style="font-size: large;">New RIM Tablet OS Delayed Until 2012</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">The Los Angeles Times</span><br />
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<div class="social-media-container"><div class="social_media_container"> </div></div><a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c630a53ef0162fbf07c56970d-pi" style="display: inline;"></a>Research in Motion Ltd. has experience troubles this year and they continued <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/07/blackberry-rim-layoffs.html" target="_blank"></a>Wednesday when the company announced that its PlayBook OS 2.0 software update for its BlackBerry tablet isn't coming out this year as originally planned.<br />
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<a href="http://paidcontent.org/article/419-as-cable-tv-news-wars-heat-up-bloomberg-builds-live-tv-placement-on-ipa/"><span style="font-size: large;">Bloomberg Creates "Live TV" Placement on iPad</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">PaidContent</span><br />
Bloomberg launched its latest free, <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bloomberg-tv/id460459302?ls=1&mt=8" title="ad-supported app"></a>ad-supported app in the iTunes Store after midnight with the goal of developing stronger ties with its audience, especially when they’re not in front of the TV set.<br />
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<a href="http://www.padgadget.com/2011/10/26/conde-nast-subscriptions-increase-268-with-apples-newsstand/"><span style="font-size: large;">Condé </span><span style="font-size: large;">Nast Magazines Post Large Sales Spike with Apple's Newsstand </span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Padgadget</span><br />
Condé Nast has experienced a huge increase in both total sales and single issues sales, which increased 142 percent over the previous eight weeks. Because of its success with Newsstand, the company plans to release three more titles in 2012: Condé Nast Traveler, Bon Appétit, and Vogue.<br />
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<a href="http://www.rethink-wireless.com/2011/10/27/leaders-i7-tablet-cheaper-kindle-fire.htm"><span style="font-size: large;">Look Out Amazon: $179 Tablet Available from Leader</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Rethink Wireless</span><br />
The Impression 7 tablet, or I7, by Leader is being sold for $179. It follows the announcement of ViewSonic's similarly spec'd and affordable 7e. The specs of the I7 are not quite as promising though and for the sake of $20 it might be worth going with the more expensive tablets.Howard Polskinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17052150178647860094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352313269060331818.post-4790018392995970612011-10-26T07:00:00.000-04:002011-10-26T07:00:27.293-04:00Today's Headlines<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203752604576641201426014220.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEFTTopNews"><span style="font-size: large;">Retailers Unlikely to Cash in on Tablet Craze This Holiday Season</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">The New York Times</span><br />
Chain stores will likely miss out on their usual share of "hot gadget" sales this holiday season as most consumers opt to buy top-selling tablets directly from Apple Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. instead of from big retailers.<br />
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<a href="http://allthingsd.com/20111026/why-amazon-is-happy-to-burn-money-on-the-kindle-fire/"><span style="font-size: large;">Why Amazon Accepts Losing Money (for now) on the Kindle Fire</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">AllThingsD</span><br />
<div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">The company will make money selling services via its tablets, according to this analysis. </div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://paidcontent.org/article/419-amazon-expects-record-quarter-for-device-sales-continues-push-into-vide/"><span style="font-size: large;">Amazon Predicts Record Kindle Sales in This Quarter</span></a></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">PaidCotent</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">The company expects a “record quarter in terms of device sales,” Amazon CFO Tom Szkutak said, in an earnings call yesterday and both the e-ink readers and Fire “will be great for share owners over time.”</div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"> </div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://www.padgadget.com/2011/10/25/pbs-offers-advanced-screening-of-%e2%80%9cthe-fabric-of-the-cosmos%e2%80%9d-on-ipad/"><span style="font-size: large;">Advance Screening of Next Big PBS Special Available on iPads</span></a></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Padgadget</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">PBS has announced that it will air the first episode of Brian Greene’s “The fabric of the Cosmos" on its free iOS app, one week before its scheduled broadcast.</div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"> </div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/25/tech/gaming-gadgets/smaller-cheaper-tablets/"><span style="font-size: large;">Smaller Tablets Could Become the Next Big Thing</span></a></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">CNN</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Smaller tablet computers that are significantly more affordable and portable than the iPad are finally starting to hit the United States -- and they could hit a crucial sweet spot in the consumer market.</div>Howard Polskinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17052150178647860094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352313269060331818.post-7285078099710157602011-10-25T07:06:00.000-04:002011-10-25T07:06:25.792-04:00Today's Headlines<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/25/business/ipads-change-economics-and-speed-of-hotel-wi-fi-on-the-road.html?_r=1&ref=technology"><span style="font-size: large;">iPads Turning Hotel Wi-Fi Networks into Rivers of Molasses</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">The New York Times</span><br />
Largely because of the broad use of iPads and other mobile tablets, which are heavy users of video streaming, the guest room Wi-Fi networks that most hotels thought they had brought up to standard just a few years ago are now often groaning under user demands.<br />
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<a href="http://allthingsd.com/20111024/ask-anyone-but-amazon-how-well-the-kindle-is-selling/"><span style="font-size: large;">Amazon Likely to Remain Mum on Kindle Sales on Tomorrow's Earnings Call</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">AllThingsD</span><br />
Don’t expect Amazon to crack open the books to provide anything more concrete than that about sales of the Kindle Fire, even during the company’s third-quarter earnings report, being released tomorrow. <br />
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<a href="http://www.macworld.com/article/163205/2011/10/subtext_brings_social_and_gaming_to_ebook_reading.html"><span style="font-size: large;">Subtext Brings Social and Gaming to E-Book Reading</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Macworld</span><br />
The iPad app Subtext invites users to engage socially, spiced with a dash of reward-based gameplay. Released Tuesday, the app aims to enhance users’ reading experiences with notes—embedded directly into the pages of an ebook—from authors, experts, and Subtext community members; and rewards points to users who contribute to the discussion.<br />
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<a href="http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/10/24/8471940-tablet-users-dont-want-to-pay-for-news-on-device"><span style="font-size: large;">Bad News for Newspapers: Tablet Users Don't Want to Pay for News</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">MSNBC</span><br />
About 11 percent of U.S. adults now own a tablet, and more than half of them are reading news on them every day from traditional sources, like The New York Times or CNN. Despite their interest, however, most say they're not willing to pay for news on their tablets, according to a new study, "The Tablet Revolution and What it Means for the Future of News," by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism in collaboration with The Economist Group.<br />
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<a href="http://goodereader.com/blog/tablet-slates/viewsonic-viewpad-7e-for-end-october-debut/"><span style="font-size: large;">Viewsonic Coming Out with Sub-$200 Tablet</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">The Good E-Reader</span><br />
The ViewSonic ViewPad 7e is being held in the same breath as the <a href="http://goodereader.com/blog/electronic-readers/what-is-the-amazon-kindle-fire/">Amazon Kindle Fire</a> owing to the same $199.99 price tag for both. It's coming out later this month. Howard Polskinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17052150178647860094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352313269060331818.post-37848357731306189302011-10-24T07:20:00.000-04:002011-10-24T07:20:47.176-04:00Today's Headlines<a href="http://tablets-planet.com/2011/10/24/dell-latitude-st-tablet-pc-the-ideal-mobile-solution-for-business-pros/"><span style="font-size: large;">Soon-to-Be-Released Dell Tablet Geared for Business</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Tablets Planet</span><br />
Like many other enterprise market players for PCs Dell is eager to launch a Windows 7 tablet PC for business users, who unlike consumers like to use Windows 7 slates. For their effort the folks at Dell have engineered a new slate named Dell Latitude ST.<br />
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<a href="http://paidcontent.org/article/419-new-feature-from-zite-wonders-how-many-people-share-tablets/"><span style="font-size: large;">One Third of iPad Users Share Their Device</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">PaidContent </span><br />
Zite surveyed its users and found that one third of them share their iPads with other members of the family or household, in some cases between three or more people. That’s not a huge number right now, but as tablet adoption grows to include those beyond the early-adopter profile, the number could change.<br />
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<a href="http://adage.com/article/adagestat/stat-day-tablet-ipad-usage-data/230531/"><span style="font-size: large;">Tablet Owners Spent a Lot of Time Online</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Ad Age</span><br />
Adult tablet owners age 18-64, the study found, spend almost four and a half hours on the internet each day compared with three hours for non-tablet owners. Interestingly, not all of that difference is made up for with the 55 minutes they spend on the internet with the tablets themselves.<br />
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<a href="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Android-Tablet-Share-Hits-27-Vs-iPads-67-Plot-139588/"><span style="font-size: large;">Android Tablet Share Rises to 27%</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">eWeek</span><br />
During the third quarter, more than 4.5 million Android tablets shipped, according to Strategy Analytics. This represents 27% of the market. Howard Polskinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17052150178647860094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352313269060331818.post-64662368005681939382011-10-21T07:19:00.000-04:002011-10-21T07:19:28.595-04:00Today's Headlines<a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/asustek-to-launch-ice-cream-sandwich-tablet-soon-2011-10-19"><span style="font-size: large;">Asustek Tablet to Hit Market by End of Year</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Marketwatch</span><br />
Asustek Computer Inc. expects to launch a new tablet adopting Google Inc.'s atest Ice-Cream Sandwich platform by the end of this year, Chairman Jonney Shih said Thursday. The Ice-Cream Sandwich platform adds more app widgets, makes it easier to make folders and switch between applications.<br />
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<a href="http://www.padgadget.com/2011/10/20/tablets-surpass-netbooks-in-sales-ipad-on-top/"><span style="font-size: large;">No Surprise Here: Tablets Outselling Netbooks</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Blorge</span><br />
ABI Research has just <a href="http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsLang=en&newsId=20111020006228&div=-1025670887"></a>released a report showing that tablet sales for the second quarter of 2011 have far exceeded expectations by selling more units than netbook sales by nearly twice as much. According to a ABi Research, the iPad held 68 percent of the tablet market share for 2Q11, which is just under nine million units. Netbook sales for the same quarter reached 7.3 million. Tablet sales for 2Q11 totaled 13.6 million units.<br />
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<a href="http://emediavitals.com/content/zinio-pixelmags-we-love-apple-newsstand"><span style="font-size: large;">Zinio and Pixelmags Express Love of Apple's Newsstand</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">eMediavitals</span><br />
What impact will Apple’s offering have on Zinio, PixelMags and Next Issue Media, all of whom currently offer or are developing digital newsstand apps of their own? Writer Rob O'Regan's conclusion: We love Apple Newsstand! Next Issue Media was more measured. <br />
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<a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2394259,00.asp#fbid=B3n_5bY7syE"><span style="font-size: large;">Review of Velocity Micro Cruz Tablet</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">PCMag</span><br />
<span id="intellitxt" name="intellitxt">Velocity Micro Cruz T408 ($199.99 direct) suffers from the same problems that plague most discount tablets: an awful screen, an OS designed for phones, and a lack of the Google apps that most people expect from Android devices. While the Cruz T408 performs well, it's too user-unfriendly for the masses.</span>Howard Polskinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17052150178647860094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352313269060331818.post-71521111412553941472011-10-20T10:02:00.000-04:002011-10-20T10:02:21.597-04:00Today's Headlines<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/20/uk-amazon-idUSLNE79J03S20111020">Kindle Fire May Be Holiday Season's Hottest Gadget</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Reuters</span><br />
The Kindle Fire tablet may be the hottest selling gadget this holiday, pressuring Amazon.com Inc's profit margins but giving the world's largest Internet retailer potentially millions of new high-spending customers. <br />
Technology blog AllThingsD reported on October 6 that Amazon is selling over 25,000 Fires a day, citing unidentified sources close to the company.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2395017,00.asp#fbid=P93wzkWOtXZ">Asus Transformer 2 Tablet First to Use Nvidia's Tegra 3 Chip</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">PCMag</span><br />
<span id="intellitxt"> Asus took the stage at All Thing D's AsiaD conference Wednesday to offer sneak peaks at its upcoming Eee Pad Transformer 2, the first tablet powered by Nvidia's quad-core Tegra 3 processor. </span><br />
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<span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/tech-news/kobo-enters-tablet-market/article2206310/">Kobo Enters the Tablet Market</a></span></span><br />
<span><span style="font-size: x-small;">Globe and Mail</span></span><br />
<span>The Toronto-based manufacturer is entering the increasingly-crowded market for cheap tablet computers, releasing a touch-screen, color device that runs on theAndroid operating system. The device allows for e-reading of books, magazines and newspapers, and also allows users to watch movies, listen to music and play video games like they do on other tablets.</span>Howard Polskinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17052150178647860094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352313269060331818.post-68905774143825181082011-10-19T06:57:00.000-04:002011-10-19T06:57:42.205-04:00Today's Headlines<a href="http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/10/18/ipad_sales_cannibalizing_macs_but_record_sales_offset_problem.html"><span style="font-size: large;">11 Million iPads Sold in the Last Quarter</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Apple Insider</span><br />
Apple's chief executive Tim Cook admitted in an earnings call yesterday that iPad sales have likely eroded some sales of Macs and emphasized that a "materially larger number are buying iPads over (generic) PCs." While noting that some portion of the 11 million iPads sold in the quarter (a 166 percent increase in sales over the year ago quarter) have clearly replaced sales of some significantly more expensive Macs, Cook added that the iPad's growth is coming primarily at the expense of PCs.<br />
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<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-ipad-iphone-2011-10"><span style="font-size: large;">iPad Is a Bigger Hit Than the iPhone</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Business Insider</span><br />
The iPhone may have kicked off the smartphone revolution, but so far the iPad is selling much faster.<br />
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<a href="http://allthingsd.com/20111018/china-now-accounts-for-16-percent-of-apple-revenue/"><span style="font-size: large;">China Now Drives 16% of All Apple Revenue</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">AllThingsD</span><br />
China, which is the company’s second-largest market, accounted for 16 percent of Apple’s sales during the past quarter, with $4.5 billion in revenue, a year-over-year increase of 270 percent. There were no specifics about how much of this revenue comes from the sale of iPads. <br />
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<a href="http://www.digitimes.com/NewsShow/NewsSearch.asp?DocID=VL000000000000000000000000002177&query=APPLE"><span style="font-size: large;">18.7 Million Tablets Shipped Globally in Q3 According to DigiTimes</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">DigiTimes</span><br />
Global tablet PC shipments, affected by the weakening worldwide economy after August and high inventory levels from some tablet PC brand vendors, reached 18.7 million units in the third quarter, an increase of only 27.5% sequentially, far less than the strong sequential growth of 60.9% they achieved in the second quarter, according to Digitimes Research senior analyst James Wong.Howard Polskinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17052150178647860094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352313269060331818.post-23691671072349907492011-10-19T06:37:00.000-04:002011-10-19T06:37:36.871-04:00Today's Headlines<a href="http://www.zdnet.com/photos/top-10-tablet-problems-that-need-a-fix-fast-photos/6316143"><span style="font-size: large;">The Top Ten Problems with Tablets That Need to Be Fixed</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">ZDNet</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Problem #1: better integration with PC's. Problem #2: better keyboards. </span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://allthingsd.com/20111017/sears-softer-side-includes-ipads-and-free-wi-fi/">Sears Salespeople Now Armed with iPads</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">AllThingsD</span><br />
Sears will roll out iPads and iPods to its salespeople in 450 stores nationwide. This closely follows moves by other major retail chains, such as Lowe’s, Home Depot, Nordstrom and Urban Outfitters, in embracing what could be called iCommerce.<br />
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<a href="http://paidcontent.org/article/419-motorola-xoom-discounted-again-in-the-tablet-race-to-the-bottom/"><span style="font-size: large;">Motorola Xoom Tablets Discounted to $379</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">PaidContent</span><br />
Motorola has been selling progressively less expensive versions of the device, with this week seeing the latest installment in that strategy: a version of the tablet selling for $379. The new Xoom, which is initially being sold by <a href="http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Motorola+-+XOOM+Family+Edition+Tablet+with+16GB+Memory+-+Licorice/3639159.p?id=1218422909487&skuId=3639159&st=xoom&cp=1&lp=1" title="Best Buy">Best Buy</a>, is being marketed as a “family tablet” now. It is effectively the WiFi-only version of the Xoom that first went on sale in March, but now with only 16GB of memory.<br />
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<a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2394746,00.asp#fbid=B3n_5bY7syE"><span style="font-size: large;">USA Today Debuts on Flipboard</span> </a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">PCMag</span><br />
<span id="intellitxt">USA Today is joining up with Flipboard as the first national newspaper to be offered through the app, and all signs indicate that the content – delivered 24/7 right to users' iPads and, ultimately, iPhones – will be complete free to access.</span>Howard Polskinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17052150178647860094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352313269060331818.post-44129337342282615912011-10-17T07:08:00.000-04:002011-10-17T07:08:15.063-04:00Today's Headlines<a href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/14/questions-for-amazon-on-privacy-and-the-kindle-fire/?ref=technology"><span style="font-size: large;">Kindle Fire Raises Privacy Concerns for Rep. Markey</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">The New York Times</span><br />
The Kindle Fire is equipped with a Web browser that is partly housed on Amazon’s servers. That will give the retailer opportunities to track customer behavior all over the Web, gathering data and marketing intelligence as it goes. Representative Edward Markey (D-MA) has concerns about the Fire’s potential implications.<br />
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<a href="http://allthingsd.com/20111014/goldman-ipad-plus-slowing-economy-equals-lousy-pc-sales/"><span style="font-size: large;">Goldman Sachs: iPad Hurting PC Market</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">AllThings D</span><br />
Goldman revised its PC unit sales forecast downward. Following the latest PC market data from the research firm IDC, Goldman says the demand environment for PCs is “even more difficult than we had previously envisioned.”<br />
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<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/htc-jetstream-photos-2011-10"><span style="font-size: large;">First Look at the $700 HTC Jetstream Tablet</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Business Insider</span><br />
Writer Steve Kovach: "While our snap reaction of the tablet is pretty good after using it for a day or so -- we love the modifications HTC made to Honeycomb -- we can't get over the price tag."<br />
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<a href="http://ipad.blorge.com/2011/10/16/review-time-magazine-for-ipad/"><span style="font-size: large;">Review of TIME's iPad App</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">The Blorge </span><br />
Writer Ron Carlson: Whereas Time’s editors have clearly spent time and love including, parsing, cutting, building, limiting and presenting to beautiful effect, $5 per issue price presents an untenable value proposition in a world where you can get Netflix for $8 a month."<br />
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<a href="http://www.slashgear.com/googles-honeycomb-offensive-musters-just-3-4m-tablets-14188065/"><span style="font-size: large;">3.4 Million Android Honeycomb Tablets Have Been Sold</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">SlashGear</span><br />
<span id="intelliTxt">Google and its manufacturer partners are yet to announce official sales figures for tablets running Android, leaving us dependent on supply chain rumors and guesstimates. Android developer Al Sutton reminded us, though, that with a little math we could get an estimate of quite how many Honeycomb slates are in the wild. The number? Roughly 3.4 million.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">AllThingsD </span><br />
According to Susquehanna Financial analyst Jeff Fidacaro the device is headed into production. There's a possibility of a March launch. <br />
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<a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2394449,00.asp#fbid=B3n_5bY7syE"><span style="font-size: large;">Rave Review for the $79 Kindle</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">PCMag</span><br />
Critic Jamie Lendino: "The new Amazon Kindle rings in at a bargain $79 price, establishes the new class standard for affordable ebook readers, and still features the best ebook store on the market."<br />
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<a href="http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/10/samsung-galaxy-tablets/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29"><span style="font-size: large;">Size Matters for Samsung's Expanding Group of Tablets</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Wired</span><br />
You’re probably already familiar with the Galaxy Tab 10.1. Then there’s the newly released 8.9-inch Galaxy Tab. And now we have the yet-to-be-released 4- and 5-inch Galaxy Player multimedia devices. Samsung's strategy: smaller form factors will attract hesitant, would-be tablet adopters who haven’t sprung for an iPad.<br />
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<a href="http://www.twice.com/article/475174-Sony_Tablet_Gets_Video_Download_Service.php"><span style="font-size: large;">Sony's Tablet Gets a Video-Download Service</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Twice</span><br />
Sony has added its Video Unlimited Service to the Sony Tablet S. Video Unlimited is a download service enabling users to rent or purchases movies and TV show episodes in standard definition. For PCs and Sony home products, Video Unlimited is a streaming service offering standard- and high-definition video and some 3D movies.Howard Polskinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17052150178647860094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352313269060331818.post-30387454354752328482011-10-12T07:09:00.000-04:002011-10-12T07:09:19.721-04:00Today's Headlines<a href="http://www.reghardware.com/2011/10/12/viewsonic_intros_tablet_sized_to_match_ipad/"><span style="font-size: large;">ViewSonic Preps 9.7-Inch Tablet</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">TheRegister</span><br />
ViewSonic is taking aim right at the iPad - and would-be HP TouchPad owners - with a tablet sporting a 9.7 inch 4:3 ratio IPS LCD screen. It will be available in November. <br />
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<a href="http://www.lvrj.com/view/school-district-hopes-to-improve-math-scores-with-ipad-pilot-program-131499478.html?ref=478"><span style="font-size: large;">Las Vegas Schools Gamble on iPads for Students</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">The Las Vegas Review and Journal</span><br />
About 1,150 students at the four Las Vegas-area schools were given iPads instead of traditional textbooks, preloaded with Fuse Algebra textbooks and software. Each iPad costs $687, including software, for a total of about $790,000. Students can watch more than 400 video tutorials, take notes, get instant feedback on problems they miss and other functions.<br />
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<a href="http://newssun.suntimes.com/business/8124852-420/motorola-solutions-introduces-a-tablet-for-retailers.html"><span style="font-size: large;">Motorola Solutions Unveils Tablet for Retailers</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">The Chicago Sun-Times</span><br />
Motorola Solutions, known for its bar-code scanners and police and firefighters’ walkie-talkies, showed off Monday a tablet computer that will let retail salespeople help shoppers buy goods, check inventory and compare products from anywhere in the store in real time.<br />
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<a href="http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/10/12/amazon-versus-apple/"><span style="font-size: large;">Tablet Showdown Between iPad and Kindle Fire May Not Occur</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Fortune</span><br />
But the rivalry isn't likely to be a bitter one. Instead, it might prove mutually beneficial, at least for the next few years. Amazon's store and iTunes have competed for years with little detriment to either. After Steve Jobs began chiding music publishers,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FairPlay#Steve_Jobs.27_Thoughts_on_Music_open_letter" rel="external nofollow" target="new"></a> iTunes began offering DRM-free songs in April 2007. Amazon, following suit in May, made it that much harder for the labels to keep pushing for DRM.<br />
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<a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2394427,00.asp#fbid=B3n_5bY7syE"><span style="font-size: large;">iPad 3 Could Dominate the Christmas Season</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">PCMag</span><br />
<span id="intellitxt">arious tablet computers will top nearly every Christmas wish list. Therefore, it is very likely that Apple will roll out the iPad 3 by the holiday. </span><span id="intellitxt">But the iPad 3 would still decimate the landscape if the buzz about the display is true. </span>Howard Polskinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17052150178647860094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352313269060331818.post-16476435337456963212011-10-11T07:19:00.000-04:002011-10-11T07:19:10.621-04:00Today's Headlines<a href="http://allthingsd.com/20111010/facebooks-mobile-app-platform-and-ipad-app-are-finally-here-and-theyre-no-threat-to-apple/"><span style="font-size: large;">Facebook's iPad App Has Arrived</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">AllThingsD</span><br />
After months of anticipation and leaks, Facebook today launched a mobile app platform and an iPad app.<br />
Where before, Facebook users had to use their computers for most of their Facebook gaming and app needs, now they should be able to play and participate from almost any device with a Web browser. And they may get a better experience if it happens to be an Apple iOS device.<br />
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<a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2011/10/10/ipad-has-97-2-percent-of-us-tablet-internet-traffic/"><span style="font-size: large;">iPad Users Account for 92% of All Tablet Internet Traffic</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">TUAW</span><br />
comScore has determined that the iPad now accounts for more U.S. Internet traffic than the iPhone for the first time. Almost half of iOS device traffic now comes from iPads, while 42.6 percent comes from iPhones.<br />
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<a href="http://paidcontent.org/article/419-harpercollins-chief-digital-officer-leaves-to-head-pottermore/"><span style="font-size: large;">Harry Potter Digital Venture Lands Chief Digital Officer</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">PaidContent</span><br />
Will Harry Potter become more tablet friendly? Possibly. Charlie Redmayne, EVP and chief digital officer of HarperCollins, is leaving to become the CEO of interactive Harry Potter site Pottermore.com, starting November 7. His mission: to take one of the great brands in literature into the digital future. <br />
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<a href="http://tablet.blorge.com/2011/10/11/india-launches-the-35-aakash-tablet/"><span style="font-size: large;">$35 Tablet Launched in India</span></a><br />
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Last week India launched the Aakash, a $35 tablet which the government hopes to get into the hands of 10 million students over the next few years. The Aakash, which has been in development since last year, features a 7-inch touchscreen, boasts 256Mb of RAM, 2Gb of flash memory expandable to 32Gb, 2 USB slots, and runs on Android 2.2 (Froyo).Howard Polskinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17052150178647860094noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352313269060331818.post-42019422365803653362011-10-10T07:11:00.000-04:002011-10-10T07:11:57.126-04:00Today's Headlines<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/10/09/5-reasons-amazon-kindle-beats-ipad/"><span style="font-size: large;">5 Reasons the Kindle Fire Beats the iPad</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Fox News</span><br />
It's cheaper and easier to hold. Plus there's more content, free storage and it features democratized apps. <br />
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<a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-20117683-64/tablet-vendors-scurry-to-undercut-$500-ipad/"><span style="font-size: large;">Tablet Vendors Scurry to Undercut $500 iPad</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">CNET</span><br />
What's the sweet spot for tablet pricing? We're finding out as Hewlett-Packard, RIM, HTC, and others learn that trying to sell a tablet at the iPad starting price of $500 may be a fool's errand. Howard Polskinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17052150178647860094noreply@blogger.com0