Latest Tablets News

• 17 June 2013

• News: Nook tablet price cuts extended indefinitely, but why?

  Barnes & Noble will keep the discounts going on its Nook HD and Nook HD+ tablets, citing the "fantastic success" of Father's Day sales.

• 13 June 2013

• News: Microsoft goes 'Windows Everywhere' with Best Buy takeovers, new ad

  The theme of Microsoft's latest ads is "Windows Everywhere"--and if you visit a Best Buy store in the near future, you'll certainly understand why.

• 10 June 2013

• News: One-third of Americans now own a tablet, Pew finds

  A third of American adults now own a tablet computer, double the number of a year ago, the Pew Research Center said Monday.

• News: Why the time is right for the 'Droidbook'

  Years ago, when Google launched its ChromeOS-powered Chromebooks, people wondered why they weren't powered by Android, its existing mobile OS. It's time to start asking those questions again.

• 06 June 2013

• News: Company you've never heard of shows off 7-inch Windows 8 tablet

  Acer isn't the only vendor showing off a small Windows 8 tablet at Computex this week.

• 05 June 2013

• News: Tiny Windows 8 tablets will ship with Office 2013 baked-in

  Windows tablets are about to get a whole lot more Office-y. Mere moments after announcing that Windows RT tablets are receiving a version of Outlook 2013 with the Windows 8.1 update, Windows CFO Tami Reller also said that all small-screen Windows 8 tablets will ship with a free copy of Office Home & Student 2013, starting with the recently announced 8-inch Acer Iconia W3.

• News: Microsoft marks down Windows, kicks in free Office to spark tablet sales

  Microsoft today confirmed what many analysts suspected, that it has cut prices of Windows 8 and Windows RT licenses to hardware partners building smaller-sized tablets as a way to drop device prices and juice sales.

• News: AMD breaks from Windows exclusivity, adopts Android and Chrome OS

  After years of Windows OS exclusivity, Advanced Micro Devices is opening the door to design chips to run Google's Android and Chrome OS in PCs and tablets.

• News: Eight questions about Windows 8 for Microsoft OEM chief Nick Parker

  Nick Parker has one of the more interesting jobs in the PC business right now. As corporate vice president for Microsoft's OEM division, he manages the company's relationships with PC manufacturers, including sales and licensing of Windows.

• News: Intel says tablets with Bay Trail processors will start at under $199

  Intel expects tablets containing its upcoming Atom processor code-named Bay Trail will cost under US$200, a company executive said Wednesday.

• News: Samsung wins US ban on Apple iPhone and iPad

  Apple infringed a Samsung patent, the US ITC said in a final judgment released Tuesday that bans import into the US of certain AT&T iPhone and iPad models.

• News: Wikipad Android gaming tablet goes on sale June 11

  After months of delays and redesigns, the Wikipad Android gaming tablet will launch June 11 for $249.

• 04 June 2013

• News: Intel's Atom is on a collision course with Core--and everybody loses

  Intel has made it clear that its fourth-generation Core or "Haswell" processors will power future PCs. But at the low end of the notebook market, the company's branding strategy will be far muddier--and that's bad for Intel, considering it needs to tell consumers exactly what to buy.

• News: Sony announces the Haswell-powered VAIO Pro and VAIO Duo Series

  If you're looking for the newest mobile gear with Intel's brand-spanking new fourth-generation processor included, Sony is bringing its stuff to the table. They have a few new mobile options that update their line of VAIO products with the VAIO Pro and VAIO Duo.

• News: Tablet owners spend a lot more on apps

  Smartphone owners who also have a tablet spend three times as much on apps as those who only own smartphones, according to a survey by research and consulting firm Analysys Mason.

• News: Forget Haswell: Why tablet processors mean more to Intel at Computex

  Intel's Haswell processor line may have gotten all the glory at Computex this weekend, but ten years down the line, we may just remember Computex 2013 as the year that Intel's most portable CPUs were finally embraced by mobile manufacturers.

• News: Toshiba announces the first tablets to ship with Nvidia Tegra 4 processors

  Toshiba on Monday took the wraps off what it hopes will be the first tablet powered by Nvidia's latest Tegra 4 processor. Dubbed the Excite Pro, this $500 tablet runs Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean and has a 10.1-inch 2560 x 1600 pixel IPS display. For those of you counting pixels at home, that puts the Excite Pro at 300 pixels per inch (ppi)--more than what's currently offered on Apple's iPad with Retina display and its 264 pixels per inch.

• News: Qualcomm sets sights on Asian tablet market with LTE

  On Monday, Qualcomm set out to wrest control of the tablet market from a number of tablet chip makers you've never heard of, integrating multimode 3G/4G LTE and other improvements inside its Snapdragon 400 application processor.

• News: Intel working on low-power Thunderbolt for tablets, smartphones

  A low-power Thunderbolt interconnect for smartphones and tablets is in the works, but the wired technology may not thrive if consumers prefer products using the wireless WiGig specification for data transfers.

• News: New laptops and hybrids emerge as 'fatbooks' are kicked to the curb

  The trusty old laptop is being kicked to the curb, with PC makers trying to spice up their offerings by pushing a variety of hybrids, tablets and smaller-screen devices at the Computex trade show in Taipei this week.

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