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Apple's Q3 hardware sales by the numbers: 17 million iPads, 26 million iPhones, 4 million Macs
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Apple's out with its third quarter financials today and, as is customary, it's provided some sales figures for all of its big hardware categories. Those are headlined by record sales of the iPad, which jumped a whopping 84 percent year-over-year to 17 million units sold during the quarter (no...
How Much Tablet Does $500 Get You? Microsoft Surface vs. iPad vs. Galaxy Note 10.1.
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Today, Microsoft finally revealed pricing for its upcoming Surface tablet, with the 32 gigabyte model of the Windows RT slate set to go for $499 ($599 with touch keyboard) and the 64GB model priced at $699 with the keyboard cover. At those prices, the Surface costs less than some of...
Instagram updated to outfit Nexus 7 tablets, now likes the taste of Jelly Bean slates
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Bummed that Instagram wasn't suited for your shiny new Nexus 7? Well friends, those sorrows are about to come to an end. The photo application has been updated to accommodate the Jelly Bean slate with version 1.1.7. While the software's primary function is viewing the post-filter photography, you'll be...
Xperia Tablet S now shipping on Sony's UK site
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Did you like the Xperiance Sony was selling at IFA 2012? If you answered yes, are in need of a new Android tablet and happen to live across the pond, the time has come to place your orders. Available now on the Japanese electronics giant's UK site (sorry, statesiders),...
iPad Mini vs. Nexus 7 vs. Kindle Fire HD: How the biggest little tablets compare
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Apple is the company that took tablets from a niche business device that no one cared about, to a to a world-changing kind of gadget. The iPad has been selling briskly for the last few years, but Cupertino has decided it was neglecting an important part of the tablet market...
HP unveils ElitePad 900 Windows 8 tablet with unique and versatile 'Smart Jacket' system
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Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) has announced a steady stream of Windows 8 computers that will launch ahead of the holidays this year, and now the company has added to its next-generation lineup by unveiling a business-class Windows 8 tablet that will launch early next year. The HP ElitePad 900 follows up...
Archos teases G10 xs with first press shot, vows launch in three weeks
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Previously, Archos has only ever given us a fleeting glimpse of the G10 xs tablets it's planning to launch this year -- FCC filings don't count. Cogs in the company's media machine are turning once again, as the company has posted a teaser press image on Facebook with confirmation...
Google Earth update includes support for Leap Motion's gesture control device
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The latest update to Google Earth is offering something unexpected: gesture control. Google announced today that the latest desktop version of Earth will include native support for Leap Motion's gesture control device, shipping next month. The demo below shows how it will work, using Leap's API to enable hands-free...
Google set to launch $99 Nexus tablet this quarter, report says
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The company's slate will come with a single-core processor, but won't be developed with help from Asus, according to the report. [Read more]...
Apple Store now has Lightning to HDMI and VGA adapters at $49 a pop, souped-up iPad charger
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We noticed during the iPhone 5 launch that Apple had a big caveat with its Lightning to 30-pin adapter: no video or iPod out support. Now that the new iPads are here with that same connector, the problem's been partially rectified -- for a sum. Namely, you can grab...
Did ASUS' Windows 8-packing Tablet 600 hit the FCC?
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Toying with the idea of picking up a keyboard-dockable Windows 8 slate? Take your pick -- since Computex (and Microsoft's own Surface unveiling), these devices have popping up like wildflowers -- and one of them may have just slipped through federal inspection. A recent FCC filing reveals an ASUS...
Is Microsoft's Surface Pro really overpriced? MacBook Air vs. Surface Pro: Tale of the tape
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Microsoft (MSFT) announced pricing for its upcoming Surface Pro tablet last week and tech bloggers’ heads immediately exploded. The Surface Pro — Microsoft’s first own-brand Windows 8 offering — will start at $899 for a unit with 64GB of internal storage. That price includes a stylus, an accessory that will be...
FCC gives Samsung's Galaxy Note 10.1 LTE edition the nod, forgets the LTE part
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South Koreans were given preferential treatment again last month, as Samsung released the LTE variant of the Galaxy Note 10.1 in its native land. It looks like this period of exclusive access will soon end, however, as the 4G-equipped version of the slate has dropped by the FCC to...
Android 4.1.2 goes live, gives Nexus 7 owners landscape home screen
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We've been seeing a mysterious Android 4.1.2 update mentioned in conjunction with a few unreleased devices in the past few hours, so it's only fitting that we're seeing the official release today. Google's Android Open Source Project lead Jean-Baptiste Queru has posted word that the 4.1.2 release should be...
Some Apple stores offering exchanges on iPads purchased in the last 30 days
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We get it, some of you are feeling a little burned by the iPad update today. It was only about eight months ago that Apple's slate was last refreshed with the stunning Retina display, now its gotten a subtle, but hardly negligible spec bump. If you're having a little...
Panasonic FZ-G1 Windows 8 Pro and JT-B1 Toughpad tablets hands-on
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Panasonic just revealed the two newest members of its Toughpad family here at CES, the FZ-G1 Windows 8 slate and the 7-inch JT-B1 Android tablet. Naturally, when the company's gave us the chance get handsy with this pair of chunky monkeys we jumped at the chance. Each of them...
Dell XPS 18 is up for pre-order online: $900 and up, shipping in May
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Add this to the list of Tax Day surprises: the Dell XPS 18 all-in-one is available for pre-order online one day ahead of schedule. The giant tablet / semi-portable desktop won't actually ship until the first week in May, but you can add one of three configurations to your...
AnoStyle adds new anodized colors to your iPhone 5 or iPad mini
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If you have ever wanted to anodize your iPhone or iPad mini’s silver or slate designs into another color, take a look at AnoStyle. The company offers the ability to change the color of your iPhone 5 or iPad mini into red, pink, yellow, gold, orange, blue, teal, violet,...
How would you change Samsung's Galaxy Tab 2 10.1?
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Samsung's Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 retained a lot of the specs from its predecessor, with the company slashing the price to duck out of a straight fight with the iPad. In doing so, however, it found itself being bested by mid-range units from ASUS, Acer, and most damningly, the...
Dell's Latitude 10 tablet, OptiPlex 9010 all-in-one and Latitude 6430u Ultrabook all available now
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Remember last month when Dell announced an all-in-one, Ultrabook and dockable 10-inch tablet, all aimed at enterprise users? Well, they've finally gotten some proper prices, and are now up for sale on Dell's site. Starting with the Latitude 10 Windows 8 tablet, it starts at $650 -- about right...
Lenovo IdeaTab S2110 quietly goes on sale as the Gobots of transforming tablets
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Lenovo's 10-inch IdeaTab S2 was one of the belles of its CES ball in offering a distinctly Transformer Pad-like experience for those not beholden to ASUS' view of the world. While there wasn't much attention given to the Android 4.0 tablet outside of the FCC filing we saw last...
Wanna track your Amazon cloud costs? Here's another way to do so
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In case you haven’t noticed, there’s a whole ecosystem of startups building businesses around making Amazon Web Services less inscrutable to business customers. And some of those startups are now partnering up with each other to provide a fuller suite of services.. Cloudyn CEO Sharon Wagner. The latest partnership is...
Lenovo announces multi-user Horizon Table PC for $1,699 and up (video)
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In addition to announcing some traditional all-in-ones today, Lenovo is introducing the IdeaCentre Horizon 27 Table PC. It too is a full-fledged, battery-powered desktop, but it can collapse into table-top mode, becoming a 27-inch, 1080p slate optimized for multi-user touch input. The design is quite similar to the Sony...
Archos' ICS-loaded 97 Carbon tablet now up for sale, priced at $230 for a limited time
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Its brief, mandatory appearance at the FCC a couple of weeks ago certainly let us know it'd be ready to take anyone's cash sooner rather than later, and surely enough, the 97 Carbon's now making itself available to all. Just as we'd heard, Archos is pricing the Ice Cream...
Court approves addition of iPhone 5, Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note to Samsung v. Apple lawsuit
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Those looking for the light at the end of the legal tunnel may want to take a seat: Apple and Samsung's ongoing patent war just got a bit more crowded. Both sides are fighting to add hardware to their respective patent claims. The U.S. District Court in San Jose...
Fujitsu Arrows Tab shows up at CEATEC with Windows 8 in tow (video)
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We got a look at Fujitsu's Arrows Tab at CEATEC last year, and the 10.1-inch is making an appearance yet again -- this time running Windows 8 rather than Android Honeycomb. Exact specs were MIA, but the Arrows Tab sports a front-facing camera along with a rear-facing shooter, plus...
Archos 97 Carbon breaks cover at the FCC
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Archos' recently outed 97 Carbon is the poor man's Android slate... intentionally. Part of the French outfit's low-cost Elements line, the 9.7-inch ICS tablet saw an official unveiling earlier this month and is now making an obligatory step-and-repeat at the FCC. We've already been given the full rundown on...
Get ready for Google I/O: reported Nexus 11 tablet specs leak
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Attendees of the annual Google I/O developer event are looking forward to the conference, which takes place in two weeks. Sure, they’ll get to hear details of Google latest Chrome, Chrome OS and Android efforts, but that’s only part of the story. Often, Google introduces a new Nexus device to...
The Nexus 7 is already the UK's all-time best-selling Android tablet
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Google’s (GOOG) Nexus 7 is now the all-time best-selling Android tablet in the United Kingdom a mere three months after its release, according to mobile retailer Carphone Warehouse. While the Internet giant’s first 7-inch slate continues to lag behind sales of Apple’s (AAPL) various iPad models, the device has sold...
Early Apple iPhone Developer Prototype Looked More Like An iPad, Had Ethernet And Serial Ports
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Apple has been working on the iPhone since long before it hit the market in 2007, and today a new developer prototype has come to light that shows how it might have looked if they’d rushed it to market earlier. The 2005 internal prototype is pictured in photos obtained by...
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