It’s the gift-giving season and it’s likely some of you are thinking of giving someone or even yourself a mobile media tablet such as Apple’s iPad, Samsung’s Galaxy Tab or Barnes & Noble’s NookColor. You may or may not be inspired by the fact that a growing number of bankers, executives, doctors and other professionals [...]
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Apple's WWDC Kicks Off Monday Jun 7th
There’s all kinds of speculation as to why AT&T is changing iPhone/ iPad data plan pricing, though maybe Monday’s Apple WWDC keynote by Steve Jobs will shed light on it all. AT&T is giving some concession to keep the old unlimited iPad data plan — but the offered reason that very few people are using [...]
AT&T Gives Customers Some Leeway on iPhone/ iPad Data Plans
If you were non-plussed to hear that AT&T was changing their data pricing plans for the iPhone and iPad come Jun 7th — the very day many of us expect the announcement of the 4th-generation iPhone during the WWDC keynote address by Apple’s Steve Jobs — then you might be happy to know they’re giving [...]
Reviewing Apple's Increased Mobile Device Market Share
Since the launch of both the WiFi-only and 3G models of the iPad, Apple has sold about 2M units in less than 2 months, and they’re sold out at many of their Apple retail stores – proving that there is a market for tablet devices and thus a need for more apps. But will these [...]
Is Mobile Computing Getting Too Fragmented Device-Wise?
If the increasing number of tablet computer options hasn’t caught your interest, maybe the one HTC is planning will. If you’re a woman. The idea is that women do a great deal of social networking, such as on Facebook, and HTC thinks this is something they might like to do while watching TV. They’re considering [...]
Next OLPC Not a Laptop, Not a Netbook
Remember the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) campaign aimed at providing children in developing nations with affordable computing devices? It ended up costing way too much, but there’s a new, relatively inexpensive option. The next version of the campaign’s device won’t even be a laptop, it’ll be a tablet computer. According to specs in Fortune, [...]
Netbooks Still Favored Over iPads? [Updated]
Are netbooks still favored over the Apple iPad? According to a survey by Retrevo, almost a third of U.S. consumers who had planned to buy a netbook ended up with an iPad. The survey further indicates that the most desirable netbook feature is it’s portability. I’d have to agree with the portability. I gave my [...]