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Apple has settled its long-running courtroom battle with Proview Technologies in China by handing over $60 million, according to court briefings issued this week. The case concerned the use of the iPad brand name in China, which Proview technologies was claiming ownership to and demanding damages from Apple. The Cupertino company on the other hand claimed that the … [Read more...]
While the new Google Nexus 7 tablet with an extraordinary $199 price tag is likely to spell the demise of the Amazon Kindle Fire and countless other budget-priced tablets, analysts remain unconvinced as to its chances against Apple’s iPad. According to industry experts, what will define the success or otherwise of the Nexus 7 is the strength and abundance of apps … [Read more...]
The Google Nexus 7 tablet has been in the world for a good few hours at least now, so naturally it is already time to make the most obvious comparison of all- how it stands up against the likes of the iPad from Apple. True, some will argue that to hold the two side by side is something of a David Vs. Goliath battle given their representation of two different ends … [Read more...]
District judges in the US have upheld Apple’s request that the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 be banned from sale in the US, representing an enormous victory in the ongoing and relentless patent war between the two technology powerhouses. Considered by many industry experts and consumers alike to be the closets contenders for the iPad in terms of power and overall … [Read more...]
If Google goes ahead with the release of a Nexus 7 Tablet in the very near future for the fabled $199 price-tag, the affordable tablet marketplace will be thrown into complete and total chaos. Of course, we’ve already become used to shelling out less than $200 for a striking and functional tablet in the form of the Amazon Kindle Fire, but given the fact that Google … [Read more...]
Microsoft’s newly unveiled Windows 8 Surface Tablets have perhaps the best shot of any so far at dethroning the iPad in the corporate world. Which general consumer habits are expected to continue favoring Apple for a significant time to come, large companies represent an ever-growing market with enormous potential for tablet capitalization. However, even the most … [Read more...]
Google and Apple have taken absolutely no prisoners in the war for Smartphone market domination, having practically wiped Research in Motion (RIM) and Nokia off the face of the Earth. However, not content with a staggering 80% combined share of the market, the biggest players in the game now have their sights set on the remaining 20%. Apple is making bold … [Read more...]
Microsoft has officially lifted the lid on its very first own-brand Windows tablet PC, which they have named the Surface Tablet. Having been one of the worst kept secrets in the technology industry for quite some time now, the arrival of a pure Windows 8 Tablet from Microsoft certainly has a great deal to live up to. During Microsoft’s high profile press event in … [Read more...]
Apple is set to extend its already colossal lead in the tablet PC market share race, as the upgrades afforded to the new iPad and the attractive price reductions of the iPad 2 continue to prove irresistible, according to new reports from IDC. An extensive program of research has led to the conclusion that the tablet PC market is to continue its unstoppable growth … [Read more...]
Whether or not the fabled own-brand Microsoft Tablet makes an appearance tomorrow or not, most of us have already knocked up our own weird and wonderful wish-lists as to what we expect a pure Windows 8 Tablet to deliver. However, weird and wonderful is one thing, but there are more than a few areas in which the Microsoft Tablet MUST deliver in order to succeed, … [Read more...]