82% of future tablet buyers say they'll choose Apple's iPad A new survey shows Apple poised to dominate the tablet market yet again in 2011 with the iPad 2, as 82 percent of future tablet buyers said they would choose Apple's iPad over competing options like the Motorola Xoom and RIM PlayBook. Katie Marsal 15 years ago 80
Microsoft, RIM plan services to compete with Apple's iTunes Two of Apple's chief rivals are working on their own separate services to compete with iTunes, as Research in Motion has partnered with 7digital for its PlayBook tablet, and Microsoft is cooking up a secret project dubbed "Ventura." Katie Marsal 15 years ago 46
T-Mobile pans lack of 4G in Apple iPhone; more evidence of Android apps for RIM PlayBook U.S. carrier T-Mobile has criticized the iPhone for not including a 4G radio, even though its own network is not even true "4G." Also, new evidence supports rumors that Research in Motion's iPad competing PlayBook tablet will run Android applications, despite not running Android. AppleInsider Staff 15 years ago 55
Apple's share of tablet market slides to 77%, Android rises to 22% [u] Despite posting impressive sales of the iPad last quarter, Apple saw its tablet market share drop from 95 percent to 77 percent as shipments of Google Android-based tablets chipped away at the company's tablet dominance, a new report says. Josh Ong 15 years ago 108
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
Why high resolution screens matter for Apple's iPad 2 Substantiated rumors of the next generation iPad using a vastly higher resolution 2048x1536 display are drawing some to question why the iPad would even need such a dense pixel count, which is much higher than even Apple's 17 inch MacBook Pro. The answer relates to resolution independence. Daniel Eran Dilger 15 years ago 198
CES: Analysts grow skeptical of iPad competitors due to iTunes Two analysts monitoring the tablet extravaganza at CES have issued reports indicating that euphoria about new tablets outside of Apple's iPad may fall short of expectations because those products lack the iPad's extensive App Store software library and access to the wide range of media in the "digital ecosystem" of iTunes. Daniel Eran Dilger 15 years ago 54
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
RIM PlayBook unlikely to match Apple iPad without larger battery - report Research in Motion's forthcoming PlayBook tablet is said to be "unlikely" to match the 10-plus-hour battery life of Apple's iPad, and could even struggle to meet the 6 hours of the Samsung Galaxy Tab without "significant engineering." Sam Oliver 15 years ago 55
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
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
Report claims RIM was incredulous over Apple's original iPhone An alleged former employee of Research in Motion has revealed that RIM was incredulous over the original iPhone when Apple first unveiled the smartphone in January of 2007, according to a new report. AppleInsider Staff 15 years ago 90
RIM posts impressive earnings, co-CEO says PlayBook "way ahead" of iPad After Research in Motion beat Wall Street expectations with its quarterly earnings Thursday, co-CEO Jim Balsillie asserted on the company's earnings call that the upcoming PlayBook 7-inch tablet is way ahead of Apple's iPad. Josh Ong 15 years ago 151
RIM shows PlayBook tablet, will not undercut iPad in price BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has started showing its new PlayBook to developers, releasing more details about the new prototype device including the fact that it will not undercut the iPad in price as was recently rumored. Daniel Eran Dilger 15 years ago 88
