Touchscreen PCs expected to take 11 percent of 2013 notebook shipments

Apple has famously compared convertible Windows tablets to combining a toaster and a refrigerator, but competitors are still increasing their output of touchscreen notebooks in hopes of turning around slumping PC sales.

Neil Hughes 12 years ago 22

Asus, HTC, LG and other Android licensees join Samsung in faking test results

Cheating test scores and misrepresenting device capabilities are rampant at Samsung, but are also being used by virtually every other Android licensee apart from Google itself, research shows.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 141

Google's new Nexus 7 gets stellar reviews despite faults, jitters, lagging apps

Reports of "faulty" GPS, "buggy" multitouch, "jittery" scrolling and an ecosystem that "still lags iOS" weren't enough to stop Google's latest Nexus 7 from getting a stellar review on par with Apple's iPad mini.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 190

Google's Nexus 7 tablets dying early due to defective hardware and software [u]

Less than a year after hitting the market at an exceptionally low $199 price point, Google's Nexus 7 mini tablet is causing an uproar among early adopters who complain the device is already beginning to fail with frustrating lag and frequent periods of unresponsiveness.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 191

iPad crashes Windows 8 launch party as Asus cuts its PC, tablet forecasts by 10%

More bad new for Microsoft's Windows 8: Asus, one of the few PC makers to experience any growth last year, is now lowering its forecasts for June quarter PC and tablet sales in the face of slack demand for computers with the appearance of Windows Phone.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 35

Google preps revamped Nexus 7 to take on iPad mini

Google is reportedly working on a successor to the Nexus 7, one aimed at taking the fight back to both Apple's iPad mini and Amazon's Kindle Fire by shrinking the bezel to accommodate a larger and higher-resolution display.

Kevin Bostic 13 years ago 37

US Mac shipments didn't shrink in holiday quarter, they grew 5%, Gartner says

Gartner on Monday contradicted its rival IDC and claimed that domestic Mac shipments actually grew for Apple by 5 percent year over year in the holiday quarter.

Neil Hughes 13 years ago 36

Sales of Google's Nexus 7 tablet approach 1 million per month

Sales of Google and Asustek's Nexus 7 tablet have steadily increased since its launch, and are now near 1 million units per month.

Sam Oliver 13 years ago 113

Apple PC shipments reach new high of 13.6% despite contracting global market

Estimates released Wednesday from market research firms show overall U.S. PC shipments fell nearly 14 percent year-to-year in the third quarter of 2012, while Apple's share shrunk 6.1 percent over the same period.

AppleInsider Staff 13 years ago 44

Apple's iPad further dominates with 68% share of tablets shipped

Apple retained the lion's share of the tablet market in the second quarter of 2012, dominating with a 68.2 percent market share.

AppleInsider Staff 13 years ago 40

US PC shipments drop 6% as Apple posts 4% gain

Estimated quarterly PC shipments show the overall U.S. market declined 5.7 percent year over year in the second quarter of 2012 while Apple grew 4.3 percent.

AppleInsider Staff 13 years ago 62

Google Nexus 7 parts estimated to cost $152

The parts that make up Google's new $199 Nexus 7 tablet have been estimated to cost $152, suggesting the company could eke out a small profit after development costs are accounted for.

Katie Marsal 13 years ago 110

Nokia warns that Nexus 7 tablet infringes its patents

Nokia has issued a thinly-veiled threat to Google and Asus, the makers of the new Nexus 7 Android tablet, by claiming that the device infringes its patents and recommending that the two companies "simply approach" the handset maker for a patent license.

Josh Ong 13 years ago 54

Analyst: Apple can 'relax,' as Google Nexus 7 is 'just another' Android tablet

One financial analyst says Apple's iPad is in little danger of losing its top spot on the tablet heap to Google's newly-announced Nexus 7, as he believes the device is "just another Android-based tablet."

Josh Ong 13 years ago 106

Google unveils Android-powered 'Nexus 7' tablet starting at $199

Asus and Google have partnered to build the new "Nexus 7," a 7-inch tablet running Android 4.1 Jelly Bean that will start at $199 when it launches in July.

AppleInsider Staff 13 years ago 229

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