Tag: Tablets

AT&T’s Upgrade Fee Doubles This Sunday

AT&T’s Upgrade Fee Doubles This Sunday

While many of you may have been on board with the changes that AT&T recently made to its tiered data plans, we still wish there were more options, you’re probably not going to like the change that the carrier will be bringing about this Sunday. The company has confirmed to Android Central its plans to [...]

Posted by | 02/10/2012 | 7 Comments More
How To Erase All Data And Factory Reset The iPad

How To Erase All Data And Factory Reset The iPad

Whenever you sell your electronics to a reseller (or even return an item to the store after having used it), you should always be sure to erase the data from it completely. You can’t count on the reseller or the store employees to do it for you.

Posted by | 02/10/2012 | 3 Comments More
Microsoft Reveals More About Windows 8 for ARM, Office 15

Microsoft Reveals More About Windows 8 for ARM, Office 15

Microsoft is slowly releasing more information about its Windows 8 and next-generation Office 15 projects. As Windows 8 will be the first version of the Windows operating system to support both AMD’s and Intel’s x86 architecture as well as ARM-based CPUs, there have been questions surrounding the user experience of tablets and PCs on both [...]

Posted by | 02/10/2012 | 4 Comments More
Samsung Series 7 Slate Review: First Impressions

Samsung Series 7 Slate Review: First Impressions

These days whenever someone mentions the word “Tablet” visions of the iPad or something similar dance in their heads. Not that long ago a tablet was something quite different: a Windows-based slate computer. Since the rise of the new idea of the tablet there have been a few Tablet PCs trying for relevance in an [...]

Posted by | 02/09/2012 | 5 Comments More
Phoenix Suns Pass on iPad for Samsung Galaxy Tab

Phoenix Suns Pass on iPad for Samsung Galaxy Tab

Many sports franchises are settling on iPads instead of bulky paper-based play books and game video on DVDs, but the Phoenix Suns may be the first to pass on the popular pick. They chose the 4G Samsung Galaxy Tab from Verizon instead of Apple’s iPad 2. Samsung and Verizon jointly announced the decision by the Suns to [...]

Posted by | 02/08/2012 | 1 Comment More
Best eReader Apps for iPhone and iPad

Best eReader Apps for iPhone and iPad

Book lovers have many choices for reading eBooks on the iPad and iPhone — too many, really. The best eReading apps have comfortable, customizable reading experiences and an easy to use interfaces. There are two contenders for the top spot on iOS: Barnes & Noble’s Nook and Bluefire Reader.

Posted by | 02/08/2012 | 4 Comments More
Foodies, Your Tablet Has Arrived – French QOOQ Is Made For The Kitchen

Foodies, Your Tablet Has Arrived – French QOOQ Is Made For The Kitchen

We’ve seen plenty of accessories that make it easier to deal with the iPad and other tablets in the kitchen, all aimed at protecting your precious slate from splashes and gunky fingers. However, the true hipster foodie in my soul longs for a tablet made specifically for cooks. It would be even better if it’s a tablet “you probably haven’t heard of.”

Posted by | 02/07/2012 | 2 Comments More
One example of how a transparent tablet can make augmented reality awesome.

Corning Visualizes Our Glass Future: Tablets & Huge Displays (Video)

You might know Corning for their Gorilla Glass and Gorilla Glass 2 that provide great durability to your smartphone and tablet displays, but Corning makes much more than tablet glass. In this new video, Corning envisions the future, specifically the role smart glass will have in your day-to-day life. In A Day Made of Glass [...]

Posted by | 02/06/2012 | 1 Comment More
Will Windows 8 Tablets Be Just As Crappy For Productivity As The iPad?

Will Windows 8 Tablets Be Just As Crappy For Productivity As The iPad?

The future of desktop applications on Windows 8 tablets appears fuzzy at the moment thanks to Microsoft’s tight lips on the subject and conjectures based on rumors and unnamed sources. Will ARM-based tablets get the traditional desktop interface or just the Metro UI? Will desktop apps get a chance to play as long as they’re [...]

Posted by | 02/06/2012 | 13 Comments More
GBM Picks: Android Apps Of The Week [Jan 29 - Feb 4]

GBM Picks: Android Apps Of The Week [Jan 29 - Feb 4]

This week’s staff picks include apps for watching the Super Bowl, watching your finances, and watching your orbs grow.

Posted by | 02/05/2012 | 2 Comments More
How To Transfer Files Between The Galaxy Tab and a USB Drive, SD Card, or Camera

How To Transfer Files Between The Galaxy Tab and a USB Drive, SD Card, or Camera

By default, users can’t plug in a USB flash drive or SD card to transfer files on the go. Samsung offers a solution to this problem with the Galaxy Tab USB and SD Connection Kit. These dongles make transferring files pretty easy if you can figure out where that happens. The Galaxy Tab isn’t great at making the next steps obvious.

Posted by | 02/01/2012 | 4 Comments More
Symantec Scares Everyone For No Reason (And I’m Not At All Shocked)

Symantec Scares Everyone For No Reason (And I’m Not At All Shocked)

A few days ago security company Symantec warned the world that malware is rampant on the Android Market and, via a little over a dozen apps, around 5 million users were likely infected. Cue panic. Except: there’s no reason to panic. Right away the makers of Lookout Mobile Security called shenanigans on Symantec’s labeling of [...]

Posted by | 01/31/2012 | 4 Comments More
New Nook Wild Speculation Post

New Nook Wild Speculation Post

Yesterday the New York Times published a piece on how Barnes & Noble intends to beat back the looming evil that is Amazon and how publishers are in love with the bookseller for doing so. But one paragraph has tech blogs buzzing: “Barnes & Noble is trying to strike at Amazon with another device. At [...]

Posted by | 01/30/2012 | 1 Comment More
iKeyboard Adds Tactile Keyboard to iPad

iKeyboard Adds Tactile Keyboard to iPad

Typing on the iPad is a pain. It just is. Typing on any on-screen keyboard won’t be as good as typing on a handware one, of course, but there are ways to make the experience a little easier. While some companies are focused on a software solution, the folks behind a very successful Kickstarter project [...]

Posted by | 01/30/2012 | 1 Comment More
Sonic 4 Episode 1 Now Available For Android Phones and Tablets

Sonic 4 Episode 1 Now Available For Android Phones and Tablets

This has been a good week for the mobile gaming crowd, and for those of us that love Sonic the Hedgehog it just got better. Sega announced that Sonic 4 Episode 1 is now on the Android Market.

Posted by | 01/27/2012 | 2 Comments More
Motion Computing Talks Enterprise Tablets and Productivity

Motion Computing Talks Enterprise Tablets and Productivity

AT CES 2012 we caught up with Mike Stinson, the Vice President of Marketing for Motion Computing, a Tablet PC manufacturer known for rugged and work friendly tablets. We’ve looked at how company’s like SAP are expanding tools and deploying Android tablets and the iPad into the Enterprise segment, but sometimes a consumer tablet just won’t cut [...]

Posted by | 01/25/2012 | 0 Comments More
Samsung Adding S Pen Stylus To The Next Generation Galaxy Tab?

Samsung Adding S Pen Stylus To The Next Generation Galaxy Tab?

In an interview with LAPTOP Magazine, Samsung product marketing manager Ryan Bidan says that having a pen interface similar to what we see with the Galaxy Note “continues to make a lot of sense across a number of screen sizes,” but won’t go so far as to say that the next 10.1-inch Tab will have a stylus. Still, the possibility has many all a-buzz with the possibility. I wouldn’t be sad to see a small stylus like the Note’s come with the next Tab as I’m a fan of stylii in general.

Posted by | 01/25/2012 | 3 Comments More
Evernote and Skitch Now Available As Dolphin Browser Add-ons

Evernote and Skitch Now Available As Dolphin Browser Add-ons

Users of Evernote and Skitch now have even more reasons to ditch the stock browser. Dolphin now has adds-ons for both apps which will integrate more of their functionality into the browser. Power users will appreciate the ability to draw or scribble on web content and clip web pages easier. And, since they’re add-ons, you [...]

Posted by | 01/25/2012 | 0 Comments More
Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet Rooted After Many Months

Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet Rooted After Many Months

Whenever a new tablet or smartphone hits the market it’s almost a sure thing that someone will find a way to root, unlock, or jailbreak it, often within a few days or weeks. There are notable exceptions — the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 only recently got their untethered jailbreak. The difficulty usually comes with [...]

Posted by | 01/24/2012 | 0 Comments More
Watch the State of the Union Address On Your Phone

Watch the State of the Union Address On Your Phone

Tonight’s State of the Union address will air on all the major networks (and Fox) and on C-SPAN at 9PM eastern, but you don’t need a TV to watch the president speak. Just like last year, the White House will stream the speech online (with an enhanced version, even), as will CNN, C-SPAN, and Quora. [...]

Posted by | 01/24/2012 | 0 Comments More
Women Outpace Men In Digital Habits, Buying and Engagement

Women Outpace Men In Digital Habits, Buying and Engagement

The old stereotype that women are less engaged with technology than men is just that: a stereotype. And, according to research by Parks Associates consultants, untrue. Not only do women engage more online, they’re also more likely than men to buy “hot” tech products and use them for sharing and consuming media. The study says that once women buy a product, be it a smartphone, tablet, TV or laptop, they become heavy users. Not just of the “practical” aspects of the device, but utilizing all of the features available.

Posted by | 01/23/2012 | 2 Comments More
GBM’s iOS and Android Apps Of The Week [Jan 15 - 21]

GBM’s iOS and Android Apps Of The Week [Jan 15 - 21]

Every week the staff of GBM uses dozens of apps, some we can’t live without and some we can’t uninstall fast enough.

These are the apps we’ve been using or discovered recently that stood out in the crowd. They range from the practical to the time-wasting (in a good way).

Posted by | 01/21/2012 | 1 Comment More
Amazon Makes Money Off Of Kindle Fire Owners, Not Device Sales (Duh)

Amazon Makes Money Off Of Kindle Fire Owners, Not Device Sales (Duh)

A few months ago iSuppli did a teardown of the Kindle Fire and surmised that the tablet costs about $202 to make, which is $3 more than the company charges consumers. Ever since then everyone has dutifully repeated the meme that Amazon is selling the Fire at a loss. Except: they’re not. First, there’s more [...]

Posted by | 01/20/2012 | 6 Comments More
Disney AppClix Cameras Make Taking, Sharing Photos Easy for Kids

Disney AppClix Cameras Make Taking, Sharing Photos Easy for Kids

The hassle of transferring pictures from digital cameras to the web or devices where they can best be displayed is a problem camera makers are constantly trying to solve. Samsung thinks the best way to do so is by giving cameras Wi-Fi and allowing users to connect them directly to phones, tablets, TVs and refrigerators. [...]

Posted by | 01/19/2012 | 1 Comment More
Spider-Like Life Phorm Holds Phones, Tablets, Cameras In Any Position [Hands-On, Video]

Spider-Like Life Phorm Holds Phones, Tablets, Cameras In Any Position [Hands-On, Video]

One of the perennial problems in my life with mobile devices is how best to deal with them when I don’t want to hold them. Where to set the tablet when I’m cooking but need it for the recipe? How do I get my eReader to sit on the bed in a way that means [...]

Posted by | 01/19/2012 | 2 Comments More
GM Concept Turns Car Windows Into Tablets (Video)

GM Concept Turns Car Windows Into Tablets (Video)

Forget taking your tablet along with your for a long car ride, how about using the actual windows of your car like a tablet? Sounds like something out of a movie right? For now, it is, but if General Motors Research and Development and students from the FUTURE LAB at Bezalel Academy of Art and [...]

Posted by | 01/19/2012 | 0 Comments More
Alltel Limited Launches KPad Tablets For Ghanian Market

Alltel Limited Launches KPad Tablets For Ghanian Market

Ghanian entrepreneur and prince Kofi Kludjeson recently introduced some new tablets to the country that “will serve as Ghana’s answer to the iPad” according to CP-Africa. The KPads range in size from 7 inches up to 10.1 and run Android and Windows. Kludjeson’s company, Alltel Limited (not to be confused with Alltel…), will sell them [...]

Posted by | 01/19/2012 | 1 Comment More
AT&T Introducing Revamped Data Plans This Sunday

AT&T Introducing Revamped Data Plans This Sunday

AT&T will be switching up its three data plans this coming Sunday, January 22nd, which will bring a $5 increase but also an increase in data as well. Yes, you will be paying more if you sign up for one but you will be paying less per byte that you use. So how does it [...]

Posted by | 01/18/2012 | 2 Comments More
Save Money By NOT Buying Cheap Products

Save Money By NOT Buying Cheap Products

Yesterday LifeHacker posted a list of 10 things people do to save money that ends up costing them more. Number 5 on the list will be familiar to regular readers of this blog: don’t buy cheap products to save money. The advice bears repeating. This is true for almost any type of product, but I [...]

Posted by | 01/18/2012 | 2 Comments More
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Hulu Plus Android App Modified To Work On (Almost) All Android Devices

Now almost any Android user can get Hulu Plus on their device without rooting and without waiting for Hulu to make it available thanks to Vgeezy of xda developers. This user was able to modify the apk — app file for Android — to remove the restrictions keeping it from working on non-approved devices. So [...]

Posted by | 01/18/2012 | 6 Comments More
5 Kindle Fire Alternatives

5 Kindle Fire Alternatives

When the Kindle Fire debuted last year analysts predicted that the tablet’s $199 price tag would initiate a race to the bottom on tablet prices. That prediction proved prescient at this year’s CES where we saw several high-profile Android tablets priced between $179 and $249. Unlike the Kindle Fire and it’s arch nemesis the Nook [...]

Posted by | 01/17/2012 | 0 Comments More
Fujitsu Arrows Waterproof Android Tablet Hands-On

Fujitsu Arrows Waterproof Android Tablet Hands-On

The Fujitsu Arrows Waterproof Android Tablet has one primary differentiator – you can dunk it in your pool and it won’t fritz out! The folks at the Fujitsu booth demoed this by submerging the tablet in a bowl of water and it kept running. You won’t go deep-sea diving or to the bottom for the [...]

Posted by | 01/12/2012 | 1 Comment More
Staples Tablet Survey Talks about Usage Statistics

Staples Tablet Survey Talks about Usage Statistics

Staples loves Tablets. Or at least Staples loves customers who might be interested in Tablets and wants to sell some more. So Staple is pushing out a new infographic with some survey data about Tablet users essentially saying people love their tablets. There’s some interesting, but not surprising data contained in the survey results. Of [...]

Posted by | 01/12/2012 | 4 Comments More
Word Play: Eric Schmidt Doesn’t Care for Fragmentation but Prefers Differentation

Word Play: Eric Schmidt Doesn’t Care for Fragmentation but Prefers Differentation

Words are tricky things. They can define things. They can screw things up if you’re not careful. In the hands of skill wordsmiths they can be turned on a dime, making a strength look like a weakness or vice versa. In the hands of marketing mavens, well, the same thing can happen, but it can [...]

Posted by | 01/12/2012 | 3 Comments More
CES 2012: HzO WaterBlock Can Waterproof Your Phone or Tablet

CES 2012: HzO WaterBlock Can Waterproof Your Phone or Tablet

HzO announced a new method of waterproofing electronic devices called WaterBlock that coats the internals of the device with a waterproof coating. The Utah company found a way to keep your device from shorting out even if the shell of the device fills up with water after being submerged in water. As their promotional video [...]

Posted by | 01/12/2012 | 0 Comments More