In hopes of riding the current tablet wave sweeping consumers, E-commerce behemoth Amazon.com today launched a $199 tablet it’s calling the Kindle Fire. As expected, it’s a 7-inch touchscreen device running a custom version of Google’s Android software. Can Kindle Fire Catch Fire with Consumers? Key Features * The dual-processor tablet weighs 14.6-oz, is WiFi […]
These are good times for tablet vendors. Ahem, only if your company’s name is Apple. 😉 Worldwide media tablet shipments shot up a whopping 88.9% on a sequential basis and 303.8% year over year in the second quarter of 2011 to 13.6 million units, according to market researcher IDC. Consumers eager embrace of its iPad […]
We haven’t stopped laughing over Samsung’s plight. Against the almighty power and popularity of Apple’s iPad, Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1-inch tablet has no hope in hell. Yes, no hope even after $100 or more in discounts. Now, in what seems like a desperate effort to get the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 off the shelves it […]
Google’s proposed $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility throws up the big question …. Why? * First and foremost, buying cellphone, set-top boxes and tablet vendor Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion (a 63% premium over Friday’s closing price) is a tacit admission by Google that ultimately Apple’s closed model of controlling all aspects of the […]
Finally. Here’s the much anticipated app that promises to bring Nirvana to billions of itchy, scratchy heads. Folks, a new iPhone application has debuted that provides real time alerts of lice outbreaks at the local level and provide tools to combat it. The new app The Facts of Lice is available free of cost at […]
Android users face greater threat from malware today than they did six months back. A new report from security services provider Lookout warns that Android users are two and a half times as likely to encounter malware today than 6 months ago. As if that were not scary enough, Lookout adds that three out of […]