RIM's PlayBook 'fire sale'
The Canadian company is dramatically slashing prices for every model of its "beleaguered" tablet. Will it help?
After promising to more aggressively promote its "beleaguered" 7-inch tablet, RIM has dramatically slashed the prices of its $499 16GB, $599 32GB, and $699 64GB PlayBooks to a more manageable $299 each. Why would the Canadian-based company put its tiered models... More
Barnes & Noble's new Nook Tablet: 'Better' than the Kindle Fire?
The tablet race is heating up as B&N drops a 7-incher that's reportedly as fast as the iPad 2
On Monday, Barnes & Noble unveiled its new 7-inch Nook Tablet, just in time to go head-to-head with the Amazon Fire for the holiday season. A few commentators are preemptively calling the Tablet — which weighs in at less than a pound and boasts some ... More
Will the Kindle Fire dethrone the iPad?
Amazon's eagerly awaited new tablet boasts a color touchscreen and costs less than half as much as the cheapest Apple offering
Since the iPad was introduced in the spring of 2010, many tablet makers have tried — and largely failed — to challenge Apple's dominance. On Wednesday, Amazon unveiled the latest iPad challenger, the long-awaited Kindle tablet. The Kindle Fire will... More
The Kindle Cloud Reader vs. the Apple App Store
Amazon's new web-based app allows users to buy and read Kindle e-books on their iPads — without giving a dime to Apple
The Jeff Bezos-Steve Jobs feud is heating up. In late July, Apple removed the "buy" button from the Kindle app for iPads and iPhones. The button had redirected users to a website where they could make Kindle purchases outside of Apple's control, and without Amazon... More
HP TouchPad: Just another inferior iPad imitator?
Yet another new tablet is challenging Apple's dominance — but this one may be the most worthy competitor yet
On Friday, Hewlett-Packard made a late but notable entrance into the tablet race, with the release of the HP TouchPad. The tablet has a starting price of $499 — the same as the iPad 2 — and runs on HP's "excellent" webOS operating system,... More
Is Barnes & Noble's touchscreen Nook a 'Kindle killer'?
A new $139 touchscreen version of the Nook e-reader is smaller, lighter... and boasts a two-month battery life. Does Amazon's Kindle finally have real competition?
Brick-and-mortar bookseller Barnes & Noble is aggressively wooing readers of virtual books, introducing a smaller, lighter, cheaper version of its Nook e-reader. The Nook Simple Touch Reader is a tablet with a black-and-white touchscreen, the capacity to hold... More
Can anything topple the iPad?
Apple's earnings report proves there is unprecedented demand for iPads, and commentators note the many challenges of developing a new "iPad killer"
Apple is the undisputed winner of the tablet race... for now. Since launching its iPad, Apple has dominated the market, and it has what COO Tim Cook recently called "the mother of all backlogs" on the latest version of the iPad. At the same time, none of the aspiring... More
Is the Nook Color a tablet or an e-reader?
The Barnes & Noble gadget gets a major upgrade, and tech analysts ponder whether it now belongs in the same category as the iPad
Since Barnes & Noble released the Nook Color e-reader in October 2010, it has straddled the fine line between e-reader and tablet, with the bookseller even referring to it as a "reader's tablet." Then, earlier this year, techies were in a tizzy over a relatively... More
The PlayBook: BlackBerry's 'unfinished' tablet
At last, Research in Motion unveils a tablet of its own, the BlackBerry PlayBook. But is it being foolishly rushed to market?
BlackBerry maker Research in Motion is jumping into the fiercely competitive tablet market, with the first major iPad competitor that doesn't run on Google's Android. Instead, the BlackBerry PlayBook, which starts at $500, relies on the all-new QNX-based operating... More
iPads... for kindergartners?
A Maine school district will spend $200,000 on 285 iPad 2s for its kindergarten classes. Coolest education idea ever, or big waste of money?
Shoppers looking to snag a new iPad 2 are still facing shortages in stores, but for some families in Maine, getting a hold of the hot Apple device is now child's play. Last week, the school district in Auburn, Maine, approved a $200,000 pilot program to buy 285... More
Can pricier tablets compete with the iPad 2?
Apple surprises the tech world by offering a beefed-up iPad 2 without raising the price. How can rivals keep up?
When Steve Jobs unveiled Apple's iPad 2 last week, one feature in particular leapt out for tech observers: Its price. Although the iPad 2 has ramped-up processing power and a host of new selling points, it still retails for $499 — the same as the original... More
The 'mind-blowing' magnetic case for the iPad 2
It turns the tablet on and off, folds up to form a stand, comes in a variety of pretty colors — and is triggering some odd associations in Japan
The video: Putting a cavalcade of rumors to rest, Steve Jobs finally revealed the iPad 2 yesterday. Along with it, Jobs also introduced an "mind-blowing" new case that attaches to the tablet with magnets, automatically turns the iPad on and off when it's opened... More
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