Could this be HP’s Windows 8 business slate?
You say:”In fact, don’t expect it to perform well with even the bare-OS running with nothing enabled.” Sorry, but the bottom line is that EVERYONE except those with their own agendas does expect Windows 8 slates to run great. If they will or not is another issue, but absolutely Even…
Samsung, Apple top Nokia in smartphone shipments
The latest numbers from market research firms show that Samsung has topped Nokia in the race to be the top cellphone manufacturer. What’s less clear is whether Samsung or Apple carries the smartphone crown. According to the research firm Strategic Analytics, Samsung is the clear winner, with 44.5 million phones It’s…
RIM’s Future Hangs on Developer Support for “new BlackBerry”
With its future up for grabs, Research in Motion at its annual BlackBerry World conference next week will focus on simplifying development for its soon-to-be-unveiled BlackBerry 10 operating system. HTML5 is one key technology in that strategy to create a viable ecosystem of applications for a new generation of mobile The…
Kindle Fire Grabs Over 50 Percent of the Android Tablet Market
The bewildering array of Android hardware used to mean that no single device had the power to grab a significant market share of the Android tablet market. That all changed as soon as Amazon’s Kindle Fire hit the scene. According to latest figures from market research firm comScore, in a…
Samsung Reveals Processor Powering Its Next Flagship Smartphone
Samsung Electronics has introduced the 1.4GHz Exynos 4 Quad processor, which will power the next Galaxy smartphone, the company said on Thursday. It is scheduled to launch its next flagship smartphone, which is expected to be called Galaxy S III, on May 3 in London. Samsung still hasn’t confirmed the name of…
80% of Good Technology enterprise activations are Apple’s iPhone, iPad
By AppleInsider Staff Published: 03:01 PM EST (12:01 PM PST) The top six most-activated devices in the workplace tracked by Good Technology were all Apple devices, with the iPhone and iPad accounting for 79.9 percent of customer activations. The iPhone 4S was by far the most popular device activated by Good’s customers in…
‘It makes everything fun’: Ravenna fourth-graders embrace new iPods Muskegon Chronicle
RAVENNA, MI — How many kids do you know who would say learning fractions is fun, or who look forward to geography lessons? Ten-year-old Joe Hasper does. And there’s one main reason for that: the introduction of iPads at his Beechnau Elementary School classroom. He and the other 80-some fourth-graders…
Twitter erupts with racism after Capitals beat Bruins
Boston Bruins fans are reeling after a stunning overtime loss in Game 7 Wednesday night, but others are reeling from the racist backlash that erupted over Twitter after the Washington Capitals’ Joel Ward scored the winning goal. Ward, a Canadian whose parents emigrated from Barbados, scored the game-winner over last year’s…
Discounted iPad 2 attracting new customers, ‘unlocking’ education demand
By Daniel Eran Dilger Published: 08:30 PM EST (05:30 PM PST) At the launch of the new iPad, Apple continued selling the previous iPad 2 at a discounted $399 price. Over its first quarter, the new price point is attracting a new audience of buyers, particularly in education. Apple’s chief executive Tim Cook predicted…
BlackBerry World 2012: Three Things Investors Should Watch For
VANCOUVER, April 25, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ – With Research in Motion’s(NASDAQ:RIMM) stock trading near decade lows and a corporaterestructuring already announced, this year’s BlackBerry Worldconference, which begins May 1st in Orlando, is shaping up to be awhole lot more substantive than any prior. Cantech Letter delves intothree major storylines investors…