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Tablet

One month with Microsoft's Surface: A mixed verdict
Computerworld (blog)
Unlike many of my friends and colleagues, tablets have never been all that attractive to me. When I want to read (and I want to read frequently), I use my Galaxy Nexus (because it's always available). If I want something a bit larger, I have an ...
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Computerworld (blog)
Tablet gift guide: iPad and beyond
San Jose Mercury News
The latest edition of the iconic 9.7-inch tablet ($499-$829) features Apple's gorgeous Retina display and the new, smaller Lightning connector introduced on the iPhone 5. In addition, models with cellular connections run over the ultrafast 4G LTE networks.
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Nook Gives Some Insight Into Demand for 7-Inch Tablets
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Amazon is notoriously silent about sales of its Kindle tablet, and there still isn't a lot of information from Google on the success of its Nexus 7 tablet yet either. So, basically all there is to go on to gauge the success of 7-inch tablets is an ...
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Hands On With the $20 Indian Android Tablet
PC Magazine
The cheapest Android tablet I've ever seen costs $20, with a $2 per month unlimited data plan, and I'm holding it right now. It might not just change the tablet market. It might change the world. The Ubislate 7ci, also known as the Aakash2, is the ...
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OLPC cancels XO-3 tablet, downplays need for new hardware
Computerworld
The nonprofit group announced plans for the XO-3 tablet in 2009 and showed early samples at CES earlier this year. The tablet was supposed to ship earlier this year for US$100, but it was delayed while OLPC finalized the design and sought partners to ...
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What Tablet Threat? Brisk Sales Keep Consoles in the Game This Holiday.
All Things Digital
Tablets and smartphones may be eating away at the videogame market — but apparently not last week. All combined, in just seven days the three console makers sold a jaw-dropping 1.98 million consoles in the U.S. — an astonishing accomplishment for an ...
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All Things Digital
Survey: Smartphones are for singles, tablets for couples
CNN International
(CNN) -- Maybe a phone's not big enough for you and your spouse to cuddle up with on the sofa. Or single folks need to travel light when they're on the prowl. Whatever the reasons, a new survey suggests that married couples are more likely to own a ...
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Heifer International Publishes Tablet Magazine App
Sacramento Bee
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Nov. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Heifer International, the global hunger and poverty nonprofit, is entering the digital publishing arena with a groundbreaking tablet app for its long-running World Ark magazine.
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Surface Tablet

DIGITIMES: Microsoft Cut Surface Tablet Orders In Half (AAPL, MSFT, AMZN ...
San Francisco Chronicle
Microsoft's decision to do its own hardware with the Surface tablet is not working out, according to a story at Taiwanese site DigiTimes. It cut its order of Surface tablets for the year to two million units, down from four million, according to supply ...
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Microsoft prices Pro version of Surface at $899
The Seattle Times
Microsoft's Surface tablet running a full version of Windows 8 Pro will start selling in January for $899 and up, the company said Thursday. The current Surface uses the slimmed down Windows RT operating system. As a result, it runs only specially ...
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Why I can't recommend the Surface RT for tablet shoppers
ZDNet
The Surface RT is indeed a tablet, let's be clear about that. It is in fact a great piece of hardware with an aesthetic design that screams to be taken in hand. The problem arises when you do so, as the size and shape of the tablet is not really ...
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ZDNet
Microsoft Surface RT tablet orders cut in half says supply chain source
SlashGear
I always think of the tablet market as having two basic segments. You have your high-end segment that Apple owns with its iPad, and then we have the lower end segment where tablet such as the Amazon Fire HD and hordes of Android-powered tablets play.
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Microsoft's Ballmer admits drive to tablets was late, but lauds new Surface
Apple Insider
At Microsoft's annual shareholders meeting on Wednesday, CEO Steve Ballmer conceded that the company was late to the tablet market now dominated by Apple's iPad, but suggested the software giant would have led the shift to portable devices if it...
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Apple Insider
Salesnet CRM Receives iPad Compatibility Updates
Equities.com
Salesnet, a customer relationship management (CRM) software and professional services company, releases iPad compatibility updates improving functionality and performance of Salesnet CRM on the iPad as well as Android and Surface tablets. Mobility ...
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Microsoft Surface Pro to start at $899
AFP
SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft announced Thursday that its Surface Pro, a version of its new tabletaimed at business users, would be available in January starting at $899 for US customers. TheSurface Pro will be powered by an Intel processor and have a ...
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Ballmer: Microsoft should have entered tablet market earlier
ZDNet
Microsoft supremo Steve Ballmer has admitted at a shareholder meeting that the company is late to the tablet party, although he also expressed confidence in the Surface's chances. Steve Ballmer Image: Josh Lowensohn/CNET. The Windows 8-based ...
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Sony Smartphone


Sony, the challenger
Mobile Today (blog)
With Sony having clambered into second spot in the UK Android smartphone market, the question has to be asked whether it can break the stranglehold duopoly of Samsung and Apple. Sony's 'Made of Imagination' campaign for its Xperia range of handsets ...
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Mobile Today (blog)

Samsung Note

Samsung offering stylish new Flip Covers for Galaxy Note II, Galaxy S III
AndroidGuys
Samsung today announced some new stylish and colorful Protective Flip Covers for the Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note II. If you've watched any television over the last few months then you've probably seen one of these in the Samsung commercials. Designed ...
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AndroidGuys
Samsung Galaxy Note 2 review
MyBroadband
Many were also skeptical about whether customers would really want something so big as their main phone – and Samsung will be only too happy to tell them that they've sold upwards of 10 million Notes. Clearly, there is a market for this class of device ...
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MyBroadband
Samsung Galaxy Note non-official Android 4.1.2 JZO54K
Phones Review
We try and keep our readers up to date with all the latest news regarding the rolling out of the various versions of the Android operating system to hardware on the platform, and today we have some news about the original Samsung Galaxy Note and a ...
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Phones Review
Samsung Electronics and Peel Technologies Announce International Expansion ...
Sacramento Bee
International Samsung GALAXY Tab users on devices with integrated IR ports or the SamsungGALAXY Note 10.1, can now use Peel to find great shows and movies as well as control their TV using the remote control functionality on their Samsung tablet ...
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Samsung Galaxy Note 2 (II) Review of News vs Samsung Galaxy S 3 (III) Next ...
Wireless and Mobile News
SGGALAXYNOTE2S2 Samsung Galaxy Note 2 (II) Review of News vs Samsung Galaxy S 3 TheSamsung Galaxy Note II is in the news with phenomenal sales figures, new releases, trials and updates. Many are comparing it to the Samsung Galaxy S III, both ...
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Samsung Galaxy Note II Flip Cover hands-on
Android Community
Samsung's Galaxy Note II is finally arriving for everyone here in the US on all major carriers. It's been available from T-Mobile for about a month, AT&T started shipping them to customers a few weeks ago, and Verizon confirmed this morning that their ...
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Android Community
Samsung Android 4.1 update nearly ready for Galaxy S2 – Galaxy Note build ...
Know Your Mobile (blog)
A pre-release test build of an Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean update for the original Samsung Galaxy Notehas leaked online. According to Sammobile the new build is somewhat lacking in S-Pen functionality and, as test software, there are still bugs to iron out.
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Samsung Galaxy Note 2 longevity doubled
Product Reviews
It's no secret that battery life duration has now become a key part of any future smartphone decision-making purchase. We saw the true potential of awesome battery life with handsets like the Droid RAZR MAXX and now consumers are more conscious than ...
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Product Reviews
Samsung to issue updates in response to printer alert
Phys.Org
The CERT warning spoke about a Samsung printer firmware backdoor administrator account. This is a hardcoded account in the printers that could allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected device. The note pertained to Samsung printers as well ...
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iPhone4S & I phone 5

Go Baby Mobile iPhone 4 DLP Projector
Expert Reviews
Watching videos on your iPhone is fun, but can be hard on your eyes after a hard day's work. Similarly, watching films when you're tucked up in bed can be tiring on your arms, and painful if you fall asleep with your iPhone. Thankfully, the Go Baby ...
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iOS 6 And 6.0.1 Untethered Jailbreak For iPhone 5 Update: Success On iPhone ...
International Business Times
A similar claim was added to the mix Tuesday when a person with the Twitter handle @Mr_DuNh1II posted a video on his Twitter account showing an iOS 6.0.1 jailbreak running on an iPhone 4S. The hacker, who appears to be a member of a new Dev-Team ...
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International Business Times
Will.i.am Announces $320 iPhone Camera Accessory
Tom's Hardware Guide
Black Eyed Peas frontman Will.i.am and London department store Selfridges today announced plans to sell a new line of iPhone camera accessories. The i.am+ foto.sosho camera accessory and app for iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S promise to add on-board ...
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iPhone 5 vs. Droid DNA: Which phone should you get? | iMore.com
No sooner does Apple released the iPhone 5 than HTC and Verizon escalate with the Droid ...
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Phones

Camera phone head to head: Nokia N8 vs Lumia 920
All About Symbian
If there's one comparison I keep getting asked for, it's putting the cameras of the Nokia N8 and Lumia 920 up against each other. And for good reason - the N8 is now two years old and those on contracts, in particular, are wondering if now is the time ...
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Ballmer says 4x more Windows Phones are being sold as “this time last year ...
Unwired View
Steve Ballmer likes to say things. No one can contest that. He likes to say incredibly positive things about whatever his company is doing, and sometimes even enjoys spreading misinformation about his company's competitors. But it looks like he's ...
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Syria rebels kill ruling party official with bomb
Kansas City Star
Another activist, Abu Qais al-Shami, who lives outside the country, also says land lines, mobile phone signals and the Internet were cut in several of the capital's southern neighborhoods, including Yarmouk and Tadamon, around noon. He says he has been ...
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Kansas City Star
Compulsive Cell Phone Use Similar to Other Consumer 'Addictions'
PsychCentral.com
Behavioral addictions such as compulsive cell phone use or pathological gambling are not currently diagnoses in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), the primary diagnostic reference manual of mental illness used by ...
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PsychCentral.com
Temporary phone outage planned Friday as Rome Memorial Hospital upgrades ...
WKTV
Restoring phone service to patient rooms will take longer because each phone will need to be replaced once the new system is live, Peterson explained. He expected patients to have phoneservice restored by 9 p.m. Wireless phones will be available on ...
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MEEM "Memory Cable": Cell Phone Charger Cable Automatically Backs up ...
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
MEEM unveils its first product: the MEEM™ Memory Cable is a charger cable which automatically backs up all of your cell phone data every time you charge your battery. A simple and elegant solution for one of the biggest problems we all face in today's ...
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Apple Store And Costco Are Among Consumer Reports' Highest-rated Cell ...
Sacramento Bee
Costco received high marks in the Consumer Reports survey for service and pricing on the cellphones it sells at special kiosks within its warehouse stores; Walmart matched Costco in offering pleasing prices. Best Buy received the highest score of any ...
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Amazon Phone Good, Surface Phone Bad
PC Magazine
Rumors are swirling today about two tech giants, Amazon and Microsoft, both rolling out branded smartphones. One of these is a good idea: Amazon's phone could really shake up the mobile market, albeit in a way that will make geeks very uncomfortable.
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Pew Research Report on Cell Phone Usage Tells Me I Should Invest in Cell ...
Politic365
While most Americans were heading back from grandma's house over the Thanksgiving Day weekend, The Pew Internet and American Life Project released findings from a survey on cell phoneusage. The survey provided the latest data on how White, Black, ...
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Microsoft's Windows Phone 7.8 update to roll out to existing users by early 2013
ZDNet
But it's the existing Windows Phone users who've been most eagerly awaiting news of the update since Microsoft first mentioned plans to offer 7.8 as an olive branch for those who would not be getting the Windows Phone 8 operating system on their phones.
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Tablets Mobile

$25 tablets, $2 mobile data plans, and zero margins–how the internet is about ...
Quartz
Six billion cell phone subscriptions are spread across five billion of the earth's seven billion people, says Suneet Tuli, CEO of Datawind, maker of the world's cheapesttablet computer. Yet only two billion people are connected to the internet, which ...
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Quartz
Mobile Devices Capture Increasing Share of Holiday Shopping
Practical Ecommerce
The number of consumers using their mobile devices to visit a retailer's site reached 24 percent compared to 14.3 in 2011. Apple's iPad tablet generated more traffic than any other single tablet or smartphone, and accounted for close to 10 percent of ...
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Millennial Media: Tablets, e-readers now 20% of mobile ad impressions
Fiercemobilecontent
Millennial Media credits the category's growth to the increasing number of tablet options in the marketplace--roughly 100 different tablet models generated impressions during the third quarter--as well as accelerating consumer adoption. Apple's ...
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Singles Like Smartphones, Couples Like Tablets, And Everyone Loves Second ...
MediaPost Communications
At his agency, Solomon says that more than two years ago they broke out mobile from desktop search and started executing them as discrete campaigns. But in the last year they have done the same for tablets. Marketers once knew with some certainty that ...
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Mobile Search Budgets Increasing 307% For Smartphones, 231% For Tablets
MediaPost Communications
The gap in cost per clicks (CPCs) between mobile devices and PCs remain strong, with PCs earning 28% higher CPCs than smartphones and 36% higher CPCs thantablets for the quarter. Advertisers had a productive Thanksgiving weekend with search...
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MediaPost Communications
BBC iPlayer: Mobile phones and tablets contribute a quarter of traffic
Mazuma Mobile
A growing number of mobile phone owners are using their device to access BBC iPlayer, as the latest figures from the broadcaster show that almost a quarter of traffic is from handsets and tablets. Apple iPhone and Android device owners can download the ...
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FRANCE TELECOM : Orange Exposure 2012/2013 research reveals stark ...
4-traders
Orange Exposure is the only research of its kind to compare smartphone and tablet usage side-by-side. Now in its fifth year, the survey cuts through the complexity of consumer mobile media habits to reveal distinct contrasts in mobile media behaviour ...
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iPad

iPad Mini cannibalizing sales of iPad 4, says analyst
CNET
Around 10 million iPad Minis were manufactured for the current quarter, the analyst estimated, compared with 10 million to 15 million for all other iPads combined. The Mini has also been in short supply reportedly due to manufacturing snafus. In his ...
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IPad rules growing China tablet market
MSN Money
Apple's (AAPL) third-generation iPad had an embarrassing start in China. The device drew a crowd of just 30 people when it was released in July. But it seems that was a temporary stumble for the Cupertino, California tech giant, which now dominates the ...
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Riven For iPad Interview With Cyan Worlds' Rand Miller
Business Insider
We have spent many months fine-tuning the Riven experience for the iPad, touching almost every aspect of the game. We have reduced the compression of the original images, we've improved the movies and animations, we've cleaned up the user interface, ...
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Where Are All The iPhone/iPad Lightning Accessories?
InformationWeek
With the introduction of the iPhone 5, Apple finally left their proprietary 30-pin connector behind and introduced a new 8-pin, dynamic connector, code named Lightning. If you're not familiar with the basic changes to Apple's proprietary connector ...
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Etsy iPad App Is Now A Reality
WebProNews
Etsy announced the launch of a new iPad app today. It's been available for iPhone, but now there's an iOS version that caters to Apple's enormously popular set of tablets. Etsy's iPhone app has been downloaded 2.5 million times, since launching in 2011.
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Apple iPad Keyboard Folio Round-up
TechSpot
Earlier this year I had a look at a couple of iPad keyboard cases from the likes of Logitech and Belkin as part of an iPad accessory survival guide. The nature of that article was more of a round-up covering multiple product categories rather than an ...
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20 Best iPhone, iPad and Android games this week
The Guardian (blog)
Welcome to our weekly roundup of the best new games for smartphones and tablets, from console classics and casual multiplayer games through to driving, zombies and, er, zombie bowling. As ever, all these games were released in the last seven days.
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The Guardian (blog)
Minn. student donates iPad to special ed classes
San Francisco Chronicle
WILLMAR, Minn. (AP) — A Willmar student worked to win an Apple iPad 2 in a middle school fundraiser this fall. But 12-year-old Annie Schaefbauer didn't want the tablet computer for herself. Instead, she donated it to her school's special education ...
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HTC Mobile

HTC One X Gets Jelly Bean Upgrade: Top 5 Potential Rivals of Android ...
Gizbot
HTC, the Taiwanese handset vendor has been through a tough time as it faced large declines in market share, especially throughout this year as it was trying to fight against Apple in court and Samsung on the retail shelves. However, even in such a ...
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HTC Droid DNA Review
YouTube
Our Senior Mobile Editor Todd Haselton had a chance to review the HTC DROID DNA and he was fairly impressed with just about all parts of the phone. Now Jon R has a video that discusses his time with the HTC DROID DNA. The DNA has an 8-MP camera, ...
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HTC names Benjamin Ho as new CMO
Campaign Asia-Pacific
TAIPEI - Mobile-phone maker HTC has announced the appointment of Benjamin Ho as CMO, replacing John Wang. Tweet. Comment Now. HTC names Benjamin Ho as new CMO. Ho will be responsible for worldwide marketing and branding, "leading HTC ...
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