Do you remember the crazy HP TouchPad FireSale at the beginning of September that saw the tablets 16GB and 32GB getting sold for $99 and $149? Well guess what…Best Buy will stock again the TouchPad beginning on November 1. Don’t get too excited though because this time there’s a catch: the 32GB model will be [...]
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iPad dominating US tablet Internet traffic
October 11, 2011
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Apple’s iPad has for the first time overtaken the iPhone on the US internet traffic. With 46.8 percent Apple tablet passed the 42.6 percent that the iPhone scores in the internet volume. More impressive though is the 97.2 percent that what the iPad accounts for the US-based internet traffic via tablet. Meaning that Samsung, BlackBerry, [...]
Apple gets a boost in the enterprise with ‘Bring your own device’ programs
September 26, 2011
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The NYTimes reported Friday that corporate programs which allow employees more personal discretion in their technology choices are on the rise. While relaxing standards mandates for IT might entail some companies like HP, Dell, RIM, Lenovo and others losing some market share, it’s setting one company up to be the big winner: Apple. Kraft Foods, [...]
Apple still has little competition in computer satisfaction
September 21, 2011
Apple did it again…I know what you’re thinking: they’ve sued Samsung again, that will only happen tomorrow, lolz. Instead what the Cupertino-based company has done for the eight consecutive year, is to satisfy customers above all other computer OEMs. Apple has been elected by users as the top PC company at the Annual Customer Satisfaction [...]
Apple’s iPad 3 only in 2012: other tablets performing poorly
September 16, 2011
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Despite rumors speculating Apple may be releasing an iPad 3 before year’s end, J.P. Morgan analysts believe that the due to the poor performances of the iPad rivals, Apple is in no rush to release the next-generation iPad. “We do not expect a launch of the iPad 3 this year, but there’s no rush. In [...]
Gartner to cut PC market view prompted by Tablet boom
September 13, 2011
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Gartner has cut its global PC market growth forecast this year, down from 9.3 percent to 3.8 percent. The research firm cited the slow down in the U.S. and Western European economies, along with the current media tablet boom as the reasons. The incredible Apple iPad success has put a sizable dent in demand for [...]
HP emailing TouchPad buyers, 6 to 8 week for orders
September 8, 2011
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It probably comes as no surprise to anyone, the HP TouchPad brouhaha has stopped almost immediately after things settled down in regards to the webOS powered tablet PC. As everyone knows by now, things got just a little crazy when HP made the decision to cut its price dramatically, all the way down to $99.99. [...]
October 29, 2011
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