RIM PlayBook only garnering half the prelaunch interest of iPad

An analyst's survey of 1,100 consumers found just 6 percent reporting they are "likely" to buy RIM's new playbook, less than half the number who said the same of Apple's iPad last February.

Daniel Eran Dilger 15 years ago 54

Verizon leak shows Motorola's iPad challenger priced at $799

A possible leak of Verizon's 'minimum advertised price' for the unreleased Motorola Xoom tablet lists a $799.99 price tag for the device, $70 more than a comparable iPad.

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Apple iPad sales slamming hard drive makers

The outlook for hard drive manufacturers is getting jolted by the popularity of Apple's iPad as the market wakes up to the reality that a significant segment of personal computers will no longer user mechanical hard drives.

Daniel Eran Dilger 15 years ago 39

Apple's iPad owned 87.4% of Q3 2010 "media tablet" market

IDC reports that the booming "media tablet" market was "driven almost exclusively by global demand for Apple's groundbreaking iPad," while separately counting eReaders such as the Amazon Kindle and Tablet PCs running Windows. Were it to include all tablet devices globally, Apple would own 79.5 percent of the worldwide tablet market.

Daniel Eran Dilger 15 years ago 14

RIM announces 4G PlayBook coming to Sprint summer 2011

Research in Motion has revealed plans to release a 4G version of its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet this summer on the Sprint Nextel network, according to a new report.

Josh Ong 15 years ago 99

CES: Motorola to challenge Apple's iPad, iPhone with Xoom tablet, new Android smartphones

During a press event Wednesday at the Consumer Electronics Show, the newly spun off Motorola Mobility officially unveiled a challenger to the iPad in the form of its Xoom tablet, which will be the first to run Google Android 3.0 Honeycomb, and showed off new competition for the iPhone in the form of the Atrix 4G Android-based smartphone.

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Report: Tablet buyers will rapidly upgrade, lion's share will be iPads

Tablet sales are expected to more than double this year, thanks in large part to buyers rapidly upgrading to the latest models in the same way iPod users did. And most tablet buyers will be choosing Apple's iPad.

Daniel Eran Dilger 15 years ago 98

Report: iPad will grow 250% in 2011 at the expense of PCs

A new report claims tablet sales will more than triple next year, but says Apple will hold on to its dominant position with the iPad, jumping from 14 million units in 2010 to 36 million next year.

Daniel Eran Dilger 15 years ago 64

HTC files for "Scribe" iPad competitor tablet trademark

A newly filed trademark from Taiwan-based smartphone maker HTC revealed the company may be working on a tablet computer named the "HTC Scribe," in hopes of challenging Apple's wildly successful iPad.

Josh Ong 15 years ago 17

RIM denies PlayBook tablet battery issues, promises "superior performance"

In response to one Wall Street's analyst assertion that the upcoming PlayBook tablet was experiencing battery issues, Research In Motion responded with a statement denying the claim and promising "superior performance with comparable battery life."

Josh Ong 15 years ago 179

Report: Apple slows iPad production, Kindle matches shipments

Shipments of Amazon's Kindle from suppliers in Taiwan reached 1.6 million units in December, matching the month's estimated iPad production, although Apple is ramping down to accommodate the coming new version, a new report says.

Daniel Eran Dilger 15 years ago 54

Report: Apple ordering 65 million iPad screens for 2011

While most market estimates figure Apple will sell 45-48 million iPads next year, the company has reportedly placed orders with suppliers for 65 million 9.7 inch iPad displays.

Daniel Eran Dilger 15 years ago 53

RIM struggling to fix PlayBook tablet battery issues, analyst says

Research in Motion is unable to match the iPad's longer battery life with its prototype PlayBook tablets, which get just a "few hours" of battery life, according to one analyst.

Josh Ong 15 years ago 85

Apple targeting iPad at corporate buyers with Verizon

Apple is working with carrier business teams at Verizon Wireless to "drive adoption of iPad in enterprise accounts," following an initial push aimed at consumers.

Daniel Eran Dilger 15 years ago 33

HP, Microsoft to take on Apple's iPad and each other at CES [u]

Just like last year's Consumer Electronics Show, HP and Microsoft will be showing off their latest tablet competitors to Apple's iPad. This year however, the two PC partners will be tablet rivals.

Daniel Eran Dilger 15 years ago 32

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