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Steve Jobs Was Wrong: Why the 7-Inch Tablet Is King
Back in 2010, Steve Jobs scoffed at the “current crop of seven-inch tablets,” calling them “dead on arrival". “There are clear limits of how close you can physically place elements on a touchscreen before users can reliably tap, flick, or pinch them,” he said on an October earnings call. “This is one of the key reasons we think the 10-inch screen size is the minimum size required to create great tablet apps.”
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Our Love Affair With the Tablet Is Over
Back in 2011, I was having an all-consuming love affair with tablets. At the time, I was the first-ever head of mobile at Netflix. I saw tablets in my sleep, running apps that would control homes, entertain billions and dutifully chug away at work. Tablets, I was convinced, were a third device category, a tweener that would fill the vacuum between a phone and a laptop. I knew that was asking a lot — at the time, however, I didn’t know just how much...
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Hey Microsoft, Surface 2 is great, but clear up something please
The Surface 2 and the Nokia tablets are great hardware with a dim future - but Microsoft could fix that.
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Samsung Galaxy Note Pro review
There’s no room for a BlackBerry in the boardroom anymore. And that old, thick, has-to-be-plugged-in-or-it'll-die-in-three-minutes PC and external mouse on the desk in front of you? That has to go too. What you, self-respecting businessman that you are, need instead is something small and light so you can work from anywhere.
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Sapphire crystal screens: why Apple is interested in a gemstone
Apple has invested in the production of a new type of smartphone screen that is harder and more resistant to scratches, according to a report. Its new sapphire crystal production plant is expected to be up and running by the end of the month, but what has a precious gemstone got to do with smartphone and tablet computer screens?
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Apple security rules leave inherited iPad useless, say sons
A man whose mother bequeathed her iPad to her family in her will says Apple's security rules are too restrictive. Josh Grant, 26, from London, told BBC Radio 4's You & Yours his mother bought the tablet during her cancer treatment. Since her death, they have been unable to unlock the device, despite providing Apple with copies of her will, death certificate and solicitor's letter.
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Samsung Targets The iPad, Surface And Kindle With New Galaxy Pro Tablet Ad
Samsung is never shy about throwing shade on its competitors, and a new ad for its Galaxy Pro series of tablets is no exception. The new video calls out not..
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Intel paints bleak picture for Windows tablets vs. Android
When Intel announced its tablet numbers for the first quarter on Tuesday, it was clear that Android buried Windows. Intel CEO Brian Krzanich said during the company's first-quarter earnings conference call that out of the 5 million tablet processors shipped "80 to 90 percent" were for Android and the rest Windows. That leaves a pretty small number for Windows, underscoring the uphill battle Microsoft is fighting against Android and Apple in the tablet market.
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Microsoft announces its biggest tablet yet, the 12-inch Surface Pro 3
When Microsoft invited us to a "small gathering" here in New York City, we thought that meant a smaller-screened Surface Mini was in order. Instead, the company just announced a larger Surface, the 12-inch Surface Pro 3.
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HP 7 Plus Android Tablet Launched in the US for $100
Looks like HP has finally learned a lesson or two from their previous launch of slate 7 tablet last year which while having mediocre specifications was ridiculously priced at $169, and as estimated by experts didn’t do very well in the market. Now HP has come up with a strategy of aggressive pricing with it’s latest offering HP 7 Plus which is a 7 inch Android tablet offering specification that can be justified with a price of just $100.
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Google's 'Project Tango' Will Versatile Uses
"Project Tango", a mission for 3D space sensors will be headed to the tablet as Google looks to convince developers of the potential of 3D tracking. The project was first revealed in February. Through the use of cameras, sensors and a special low-power chip, it detects its surroundings in three dimensions, giving computers eyes to see the world like humans do.
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Surface Pro 3 comes out today -- and you may actually want to pick this one up
Microsoft has called every device in its Surface line “the tablet that can replace your laptop.” But with the Surface Pro 3, it’s finally right. Microsoft today released the Surface Pro 3, its latest tablet-laptop hybrid, in the U.S and Canada. It’s available through Microsoft’s online store as well as via retail partners like Best Buy, Staples, and Tiger Direct.
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Citing lack of interest, Lenovo pulls 8-inch Windows tablets from the US
Lenovo announced today that it will no longer sell its 8-inch Windows tablets in the US, less than a year after introducing both the lower-end Miix 2 8 and the high-end ThinkPad Tablet 8. IT World reports that Lenovo is stopping sales because of a general lack of interest but that the ThinkPad 8 in particular will continue to be sold in international markets where it has managed to gain more traction.
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A brief history of USB, what it replaced, and what has failed to replace it
Like all technology, USB has evolved over time. Despite being a “Universal” Serial Bus, in its 18-or-so years on the market it has spawned multiple versions with different connection speeds and many, many types of cables.
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Microsoft Surface Pro 3 review: Impressive hybrid tablet, but keyboard should be bundled
If you need a Windows 8.1 computer that's flexible enough to be a tablet, a laptop (if you add the optional keyboard) and even (if you add the optional docking station) a desktop PC, then the Surface Pro 3 manages the trade-offs as well as anything on the market.
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While You Weren't Looking, Dell Made Android Tablets Interesting Again
Apple! Apple! Apple! Yesterday, you were probably too busy gawking at Cupertino's precious new watch and giant smartphones to notice anything else that happened in the world of technology. There's no shame in that. But if you were paying attention to the 2014 Intel Developers Conference in San Francisco, you might have gotten a glimpse of a pretty intriguing tablet. Michael Dell himself walked out on stage to announce the device.
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Microsoft Paid The NFL $400 Million To Use Its Tablets, But Announcers Are Calling Them iPads
Prior to the season, Microsoft and the NFL struck a 5-year, $400 million deal with one of the major components being that the Microsoft Surface would become "the official tablet of the NFL" with coaches and players using the Surface on the sidelines during games.
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Turning the tables on “Windows Support” scammers by compromising their PCs
Tech support scams are nothing new—we first went in-depth almost two years ago on "scareware scammers" who cold-call unsuspecting victims and try to talk them into compromising their computers by installing remote control applications and handing the keys over to the scammers.
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Intel, AMD to offer new tablet platforms in 2015
Despite slowing growth in global tablet demand, Intel will unveil Cherry Trail, 14nm-based SoC processors specifically designed for tablets and equipped with Intel 8th-generation GPUs, and supporting Android and Windows, in the first quarter of 2015 and start volume production in March
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Microsoft is 'coaching' NFL announcers not to call the Surface an iPad
Microsoft's Surface is the "official tablet" of the NFL, and it's trying to make sure that sportscasters get the message. After it became clear that announcers may not know what the Surface was — with one announcer referring to it as an "iPad-like tool" — Microsoft has been working with broadcasters to make sure that mistake doesn't happen again. "It’s true, we have coached up a select few," Microsoft tells Business Insider.
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