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With Windows 8 right around the corner (well, not that close) analysts are starting to speculate on whether Microsoft has a chance in the tablet niche, especially since this is company's first desktop OS to support the ARM architecture, the one used in mobile chips for current slate tablets and smartphones.One of the advantages of Microsoft is the perception people have about the Windows brand, a familiarity that surely might help users decide in the company's favor. I have to say that lots ...

I'm sure you all remember the fire sale of the HP TouchPad last year, where HP was looking to clear their stock. RIM did it too with the Playbook tablet, but I think they still have some stock left, so the same offer from the Holiday season is up on their website: $199 for the 16GB model, $249 for 32GB and $299 for the 64GB WiFi tablet.Amazon apparently kept the low price for the past couple of months (it's about 20$ more for each model), so in case RIM doesn't manage to clear the stock you ...

ASUS hit a jackpot with the Transformer series tablets. Up until now we have the EEE Pad Transformer TF101 (1st gen), the TF201 Prime, the TF700T with Full HD display (announced at CES 2012) and since today we've got some leaked photos of the TF300T model.Since this is a leak with two photos I don't know what more to tell you about this new model. My guess is that the ASUS EEE Pad Transformer TF300T, if indeed exists, it's a 7 inch model, but don't know anything about the docking keyboard (t...

I don't know about you, but I don't understand why Google, the company who brought us Android, fails to offer a good tablet app for each and every other product/service they offer.How do they expect developers to optimize their Android apps to support the bigger screens when Google doesn't. Among the few dedicated apps that Google has offered in the past two years worth mentioning are Gmail and Google Docs. The latter just received an update that brings one important function: offline editin...

I think you already know this month is the one when RIM is scheduled to launch to anticipated Blackberry PlayBook OS 2.0 software update, the one people were waiting for the past couple of months (not to say almost one year).So I'm glad to see RIM officially announcing on their developer blog that the update is going to be released on February 17th and will include the native Email, Calendar, Contacts and Messenger apps, together with the Blackberry Runtime for Android, the emulator which wi...

One of the most interesting hybrids showcased last year was the ASUS Padfone, a smartphone+tablet combo that was on display once again at CES 2012, in a functional prototype form, but still ASUS didn't let people take it into their own hands, so clearly it was not ready for prime time.But as time passes, ASUS is getting closer and closer to the point where they can release this thing for real, so they've announced that at redesigned version is going to be ready just in time for MWC 2012 that...

I don't know about you, but personally I'm pretty clumsy, so it happens once-twice a week to step over my charging cables and almost order a new laptop. That's because I'm not using a Mac, which as you know, comes with a MagSafe connector that detaches easily in case somebody trips over it, without dragging the laptop with it on the floor.Anyway, it seems Apple is planning on bringing the MagSafe connector to the iPad in the near future (probably not the iPad 3), thus replacing the 30 pin do...

While the current quad-core tablets (actually only the ASUS EEE Pad Transformer Prime is for sale) are certainly impressive in terms of performance, surpassing easily the iPad 2, it's fair to assume that the upcoming iPad 3 will make sure to close this gap, or even go one step further.Samsung is not taking any chances, so it seem that at MWC (Mobile World Congress) in Barcelona next month it will introduce a new Galaxy TAB with the new dual-core Exynos 5250 2GHz processor clocked at 2GHz, a ...

I wrote earlier this week about RIM getting a new CEO and somehow confirming a 3G+ enabled Blackberry Playbook tablet for some time later this year, and then a completely new model (probably 10 inches) in Q4, but these were mere rumors.Now I've found a leaked document (or at least that's what the footer says) that gives a few details of the new 7 inch 3G+ Blackberry Playbook tablet.The slides not only shows that the new Playbook will indeed look a lot like the old model (at least from th...

One of the most interesting tablets at CES 2012 was the Acer Iconia TAB A700 (our preview with video here), mainly because it features the best components of 2012, from what I can gather: 1.3 Ghz Quad Core Tegra 3 processor, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and a Full HD 1920 x 1080 pixels gorgeous IPS screen.ASUS and Lenovo will offer similar tablets, but this time Acer seems to be on the same page with build quality (see the picture at the end of this post). Now we've got a hint about the pr...