T-Mobile has clarified its free 200MB LTE Internet access offer, advising that it is for all tablets that work with the carrier’s network, not just the new iPads. The carrier also revealed that it will be expanding its existing smartphone trade-in program to include tablets, as well as offering tablets under its Uncarrier initiative. The […]
Toys ‘R’ Us Inc. has redesigned its mobile commerce sites and apps for Toys ‘R’ Us and Babies ‘R’ Us and has launched a new tablet-optimized site shared by both brands. On the redesigned mobile sites and apps and the tablet-optimized site, customers can search and browse products, read reviews and item descriptions, view video content, […]
New figures from IDC show that Apple’s share of the tablet market has declined from 65.5 percent in Q2 to a still dominant 50.4 percent. The tablet segment overall also continued to grow by 6.7 percent over the previous quarter as tablets including the cheap Asus-made Nexus 7 helped to kickstart interest in Android tablets. […]
Sprint will soon introduce new rate plans for 4G tablets, undercutting other carriers on pricing for 4G tablets. The carrier announced today that it will be offering customers up to 20 percent more data than AT&T and Verizon for the same price. Sprint is also going to temporarily waive the activation fee on all 3G […]
As promised, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said today that it was forming a combined government and industry group to study the commercial aviation policies on portable electronic device use in flight. While a large number of devices are being examined for use, the group is not considering the airborne use of cell phones for […]
Sharp stated Friday that it was producing the first-ever IGZO (iridium gallium zinc oxide) LCDs. Its re-purposed Kameyama plant is rolling out panels primarily for smartphones and tablets. As examples, it cited a seven-inch, 1280×800 display for tablets, a 10-inch 2560×1600 display, and a large 32-inch, 3840×2160 desktop display. The panels weren’t necessarily the only […]
A pair of leaks Sunday night have pointed to Amazon both growing its tablet line and dipping into color e-paper for the firs time. E Ink is supposedly getting orders for a six-inch, color e-paper display, Taiwan’s Economic Daily News said. The production would start very quickly, in March, with production scaling up to as […]
Nielsen in a fresh study showed that 70 percent of US families with tablets let their kids use at least one of the devices. The use, which applied to every child under 12 this fall, was a nine-point hike from just this past summer. Among those who had at least one tablet, games were by […]
Amazon has released an update of the Amazon MP3 app for Android, available for free in the Amazon Appstore and Android Market, which includes includes the full Amazon MP3 store and the mobile version of Amazon Cloud Player. You can use the app to shop the Amazon MP3 store, access music stored in Amazon Cloud […]
Windows 8 will be “largely irrelevant” to anyone who isn’t using a tablet PC variant, IDC analysts predicted this weekend. Suggesting it was even more true than for Windows 7, System Software research VP Al Gillen and others saw any Windows 8 upgrades coming as part of the regular PC refresh cycle. Most of the […]
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