Tablets
Turn Your Old iPads Into Cash
In the midst of the tablet-buying mania in which we currently find ourselves, a question arises: Is there a viable market for tablet trade-ins? Absolutely. Whether you’re prepping for some holiday tablet purchases or are budgeting for a 2013 IT tablet spend, you may as well try to squeeze a few bucks out of the barely obsolete gadgets that suddenly aren’t good enough anymore. Perhaps the best-known trade-in site for cell phones and related devices is Gazelle, which calls itself… continue…
iPad Mini Carries a Premium, Yet Justified, Price Tag
Apple announced a whole range of refreshed products in its special event last week. The impossibly thin iMac is arguably the most impressive of all, but the iPad mini, the cheapest among all the announced products, caught the most attention from journalists and the public alike. The reason was unveiled in the event itself: Apple sold over 100 million iPads since the first version was announced, and due to its much lower prices, it reaches more customers than the iMac… continue…
New iPad Meet… The New iPad!
Forget about “the New iPad.” Meet… the new iPad! Aren’t you excited that the iPad 3 you bought a mere six months ago is now obsolete? What on Earth is Apple Thinking? Nothing could be more confusing and surprising than Apple’s oddly timed release of the iPad 4 and its throwing the iPad 3 under the bus. Except perhaps the inexplicable, continued availability of the iPad 2. There’s a lot of the fuss about the iPad 4′s Lightning port, as… continue…
Parents Prepare: Your Kids Want an iPad Mini
If you’re a sucker for buying your kids almost anything in the name of education, be prepared to defend yourself against the iPad mini. And do it now, because the timing for your offsprings’ assault couldn’t be better: Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving and the kickoff to the holiday shopping season, isn’t all that far away. As a parent who sacrificed my unlimited data plan in order to avoid huge data bills from my data-hogging teenager — in other… continue…
What’s The Point of Apple’s iPad 2?
Apple’s iPad 2 is still sticking around in Apple’s product lineup despite the launch of a fourth generation device along with the iPad mini. This puts the iPad 2 in an awkward position, with specifications that are less impressive than mini’s in every possible way but screen dimension. Yet it’ll sell for a higher price — $399 compared to the mini’s $329. The mini has the same processor, battery life and resolution as the iPad 2, but way better front… continue…
Will Apple’s Mini Bring iPads to the Masses?
Apple’s unveiled its highly anticipated iPad mini, offering up a 7.9-inch screen built into a device that you can hold in one hand. The iPad mini and its larger sibling, the fourth generation iPad, will ship on November 2, with pre-orders beginning this Friday. The entry-level mini, with 16GB of memory, will cost $329 for a WiFi version and $459 for Wifi and cellular. The new full-sized iPad will start at $499 for WiFi and $629 for WiFi and cellular.… continue…
Android Jelly Bean Only Tweaks the Transformer Prime
Although the Jelly Bean OTA upgrade for my Asus Transformer Prime (TF201) installed without problems, I thought I’d pass along a few observations I made while using new version. A lot of the buzz surrounding Jelly Bean has been about increased performance. The Transformer Prime with its quad-core Tegra 3 graphics chip is certainly a fast tablet, anyway. I normally run mine in performance mode, simply because I’m impatient and want things to happen as quickly as possible. Although the… continue…
Microsoft Takes Surface Orders; Apple Hints iPad Mini Launch
Microsoft’s ready to take pre-orders for its Surface and, perhaps more importantly, announced pricing for the Windows 8 RT versions. Coincidentally I’m sure, Apple sent invitations yesterday to an event that’s speculated to include the iPad Mini’s unveiling. Surface Orders Since in the short term only the RT Surface will be available, I’m betting that at least pricing for the Windows Pro version will be revealed at the Windows 8 release on October 26. In terms of pre-ordering, you’ve got… continue…
Can Google’s New Nexus Face Down the iPad?
Will the new Nexus tablet take on the iPad? Google and Samsung certainly hope so. They’ve partnered to develop the next generation of Nexus tablet, which will come with a 10-inch screen and the kind of high-end innards that befit a top-of-the-line device. It will also feature a 2,560 x 1,600 display, besting the Retina display/pixel density of the iPad. Despite Android OEMs’ efforts to change the status quo, the 10-inch, high-end tablet market remains dominated by Apple. Hardware innovation and… continue…
Can Microsoft’s Infusion Give Nook a Chance?
Microsoft is investing $300 million in a partnership with Barnes & Noble that will develop digital reading products. The Nook Media venture was first announced in April under the name NewCo. The partnership, Nook Media LLC, is structured as a subsidiary of Barnes & Noble, which sells about 300 million books a year in stores and online, and claims 27 percent of the eBook market. Nook Media will focus on delivering a Windows 8 reading app for Microsoft customers. Microsoft is known for… continue…
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