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Samsung is a genius [Opinion]
When Samsung launched the 5.3-inch Galaxy Note in 2011, it was widely labeled as too large by tech pundits around the web. However, Galaxy Note was a hit for Samsung and helped spur the “phablet” genre, smartphones that are larger than normal smartphones but smaller than tablets. With the announcement [...]
Read More »Amazon is working on five to six new Kindle Fire tablets (including a 10 inch model), will be released by September
Kindle Fire, the 7 inch tab that took the tablet world by semi-storm in 2011, may be no longer be an only child. It is being reported by Reuters that an executive at Staples, a retailer that sells the Kindle Fire, has revealed there will be “five or six tablet [...]
Read More »Google unveils the 7-inch, $199 Nexus 7 tablet: the “best of Google”, thin, light, and portable
Google I/O, the annual developer’s keynote straight from Google’s headquarters in California, kicks off today and with it a range of rumors are about to be confirmed, crushed, or otherwise revealed. One rumor that everyone’s been wondering about for months is finally here, and it’s better than anyone expected: the [...]
Microsoft announces Windows 8 ‘Microsoft Surface’ tablets, potential iPad killer(s)
As expected, Microsoft has announced its own Microsoft-branded Windows 8 tablets. The surprise, however, is Microsoft not only announced a Windows RT tablet (the version of Windows 8 that runs on ARM-based processors) but it also announced a Windows 8 Pro tablet. Windows 8 Pro is the ‘traditional’ version of [...]