After a bump in market share from the popularity of the Amazon Kindle Fire, android tablets once again are losing out to the iPad. Analyst firm IDC reports Apple’s iPad increased it’s market share from around 55% to 68% from Q4 2011 to Q1 2012. While the Fire pushed to around 17% market share in [...]
Microsoft today announced the different editions for their Windows 8 Operating System. Down from the 6 “main” versions of Windows Vista and Windows 7, Windows 8 has only 3 versions: Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro and Windows RT. Microsoft has touted Windows 8 and Windows 8 Pro as the main editions of Windows 8, running [...]
The latest rumblings about Windows 8 have Microsoft wrapping up the finishing touches on the operating system by the end of summer 2012. The release is now predicted for October, which would allow devices using the latest offering from the software giant to arrive in time for the holiday buying season. Rumors are that about [...]
For the past year or so, numerous tablet makers have been trying everything to knock Apple’s iPad off the top spot in the tablet world. Samsung, ASUS, Sony, Toshiba, HP, etc., etc., have all done their best to pose a real challenge to the dominance of Apple. And so far, all have pretty much failed [...]
For those iPad users, OnLive has been available for some time, and now it has finally come to android. What is it, exactly? Well, after downloading the app, you basically can use your tablet with a Windows desktop interface. Excel, Internet Explorer, Word, Adobe reader, and Powerpoint are all available with the free version. You [...]
While Microsoft has been providing a lot of information about windows 8 in general, details about Windows On Arm(WOA) have been few and far between. Most of what has been released pertains to the x86 version of windows 8. However, in a blog post by Microsoft’s Windows head, Steven Sinofsky, there are finally some good nuggets [...]
Assuming the Mayan doomsday prediction is wrong, what will the tablet landscape look like by the end of this year? One thing for sure is that a lot of tablets, whether running iOS, android, or Windows 8 will be sold. Most estimates put the number around 125 million or so for the year. With Apple set to [...]
Less than one year ago Dell announced it’s Streak 7 at CES 2011. Following the Streak 5 android tablet, it seemed that the company known for making PC’s was serious about pushing into the tablet market with android products. However, after stopping production of the Streak 5 in August, Dell has now also stopped selling [...]
While it’s Streak tablet line has sold fairly well, Dell doesn’t seem to think too highly of android-based tablets. CEO Michael Dell, at Dell World 2011 this week, stated “Android is certainly another opportunity as well, but that market has not developed to the expectations they would have had.” Dell consumer, small and medium business [...]
Samsung debuted it’s Series 7 700T Windows 7 tablet recently. It is notable for several features. First, the screen is 11.6 inches, with a resolution of 1366×768. Next is the processor. Instead of an Atom chip, that is usually seen in tablets, this has an I5 chip running at 1.6GHZ. Memory is 4GB, and it [...]
