Not exact matches
Tablet Magazine asked me for a profile of Stratfor's George Friedman, the great impresario of private intelligence; it
appears in
today's issue.
But in the meantime, some research out
today from the Pew Research Center on e-reading sheds some light on how the key U.S. market
appears to be moving: specifically, ownership of
tablets like the iPad has overtaken ownership of e-reading devices like the Kindle, with the number of people using both continuing to rise.
Toshiba released details in June the
tablet that had «no name» was to be called the «Thrive» with a July arrival date, although that now
appears to be only a USA centric name as the Blighty inbound version arrives with the moniker of «AT100» from
today onwards.
Well, there were whispers going around earlier
today that Verizon could be bringing the Sony Xperia Z2, but it seems that it will not be the handset that will
appear on Big Red, but rather, the Xperia Z2
tablet itself, at least according to an anonymous tipster.
Amazon currently have 6 - inch, 7 - inch, 8 - inch, 8.9 - inch, and 10.1 - inch
tablets in their lineup, and based on the limited information in the leaks
today, we will have to wait and see what dimensions this is of, but it
appears to be one of the smaller
tablets.
The weight meanwhile is 320 grams, while the thickness is 11.3 mm, which would make it
appear quite thick by
today's
tablet standards.
IDC shared first - quarter
tablet sales results
today, showing that Apple is firmly in the lead, with Microsoft
appearing as but a blip on the horizon.
Android Community contacted an HBO representative
today, who confirmed that
tablet versions of the apps are indeed in the pipe and should
appear «early this summer.»
In an analyst meeting
today it
appears that Todd Brady an EVP at HP has let the cat out of the bag naming HP's upcoming WebOS
tablet the PalmPad.
Other than that it doesn't
appear too much different from the other existing 8 - inch Windows 8
tablets available
today, though Fujitsu has decided to withhold most of the specs for now, and will instead announce them throughout the fall.
Today an intro video of the Galaxy Tab E has
appeared online via Samsung's retail website and it confirms some specifications of this
tablet.
In parallel, Microsoft
appears to have placed a very intelligent (and relatively inexpensive) bet into not only the
tablet and ebook space with Barnes & Noble and Nook - one they have not previously been able to make - but the complete digital ecosystem necessary to play in
today's consumer markets.
The claim
appears in an interview in
today's Wall Street Journal, in which Dell traces the meteoric rise of Android over the past 18 months and predicts that the platform's entrance into the
tablet market will achieve similar success.
Today rumors
appeared that Surface line will be removed from
tablets by Microsoft.