Category: Featured News

Valentine Tablet – 1950′s Style: VIDEO

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Happy Valentine’s Day, Tablet Lovers!  Did you know that back in the old days, rudimentary tablets served double-duty as matchboxes? We pulled one of these from the vaults this morning. Simple user interface. Not many functions, though. But who would have thought a vintage matchbox cover could still be this hot! This video is entitled

Waffle-Pad – Belgium Startup’s Culinary Tablet Hybrid: VIDEO

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A lot of techies are foodies, but come on now. A new tablet pc that also makes waffles? This is precisely what a Belgium startup is planning to introduce at next year’s Consumer Electronic Show (CES), according to a video (below) sent to us this morning by an alert reader in the UK. Icon-Nova, based

Budget App for iPad: 5 to help you track & manage expenses

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Making a home budget and then keeping it is often not an easy task. But with the iPad and a good Budget App, managing your money can now become a little bit easier. There are a number of great Apps on the market – some of them free Apps – that can serve as your

Amazon Kindle Fire HD – 7 & 8.9-Inch Feature-Rich Tablets

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Amazon is coming out with two new Kindle Fire Tablets – the HD and HD 8.9″. Both tabs offer a full array of new features over the first Kindle Fire introduced last year. The base Fire remains in Amazon’s expanding stable of tablets and its price has dropped $40, to $159. Although it still has

New Galaxy Note 10.1 Tablet – Full-Size Stylus-Enabled Tab

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The new Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 has officially come out in the US at a company media event held today at New York’s Lincoln Center. Galaxy Note 10.1 prices have also become available – $499 with 16 GB of memory, $549 for 32 GB.  Wi-Fi and 3G versions will be available nationwide starting Thursday. 4G

New Google Tablet – Nexus 7 Tab “Best of Class”

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One of the most anticipated new Android Tablets coming out in 2012 – the Google Nexus 7 – has officially launched. The 7 inch Google Nexus Tab with 8GB capacity has a price of $199 (the same cost as the first generation Kindle Fire} and is currently available for order in the Google Play store

New Tablets Surface at Microsoft

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The biggest Tablet News since the March release of the New iPad was last week’s unveiling of Surface, Microsoft’s own line of New Tablets based on Windows RT and Windows 8. Both Win 8 Tabs, introduced last week in Los Angeles, were designed and built by Microsoft itself. Price and release date for the new

New iPad: The Porsche 911 of Tablets?

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Jonathan Ive and his design team succeeded in turning the computer into virtually a sheet of handheld glass. But what makes it like a Porsche 911? Last month’s passing of Ferdinand A. Porsche, the legendary designer of the Porsche 911 sports car, prompted accolades and information from the news media on the man, his life,

The Windows 8 Tablet: Who Will Be First To Launch?

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Apple has garnered the lion’s share of Tablet News lately, but this fall it will likely be Microsoft’s turn. With the company’s release of Windows 8 beta earlier this month, the race has officially begun for who’ll be first to come out with a Windows 8 Tablet. The release date for Windows 8 Tablets, of

iPad Mini Coming Out Likely Q4: Props to Jobs for the Bluff

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The IPad Mini. When it finally came time for the diminutive tablet assault, Apple may have simply let Amazon kick in the door and report back. Commentary. Apple will be coming out with an iPad Mini before Christmas. There’s been no word from Apple regarding this,  release dates and specs have yet to be announced.