Ad-supported versions of Kindle are already there in the market. According to AdAge’s latest report, Kindle manufacturer Amazon is trying to sell ads that would appear on the Kindle Fire’s welcome screen. The report also mentions that the two-month campaign would be worth at least $600,000. So is a cheaper, ad-supported Kindle Fire on the [...]
Android tablets are cute things. But many a time the stock launcher could end up being a big let down, particularly because of the lack of enough personalization capabilities. Thus our quest for an alternative home screen found a budding project at Kickstarter very interesting. Dubbed as Chameleon launcher, it is an unconventional, extremely customizable [...]
When they wanted to make an attack on the tablet market, book seller Amazon trained its troops carefully and attacked the lower segment of the slate market with a $200, 7-incher weapon, which we now call as Amazon Kindle Fire tablet. It went on with its success campaign to become the most popular Android tablet. [...]
The trend in the gadget market shows that there is a good future for tablets. Among them, cheap and smaller slates sell better than expensive 10-inch cousins. The point was undoubtedly proved with the success of the Kindle Fire tablet from Amazon, who made it a 7-incher with a $200 price tag. Eying this success, [...]
We know many of you were pretty interested in a device like the Padfone from Asus from the day they showed it off. This tablet-smartphone hybrid is actually a smartphone, but when inserted into a screen dock, gives you a tablet experience. We had heard that the much expected rig was supposed to come out [...]
HP recently did a presentation slide which featured their new Microsoft Windows 8 powered tablet. Since it is not a finished product yet, the illustration does not give a really clear picture of the UI. But when it does get completed, it will have a lot of attention. Why? It is because of the features [...]
Well, Ice Cream Sandwich is coming down to more basic devices in the market giving a chance for the users at the bottom segments to join the Ice Cream Sandwich party. The latest to get the ICS sweetness is the Arnova line of devices from Archos who usually makes tablets for the lower segment of [...]
The Apple iPad is still on its success journey through the gadget markets world over. The demand for the iPad, especially the third generation one, has brought the iGiant to a point where they are struggling to get enough component supplies to keep the orders delivered in time. According to the last earning call conference [...]
What we expected right at the beginning of the tablet craze in the market is actually coming out as plain reality these days. These ultra portable devices are quickly turning to be an integral part of people’s usual lives, pushing out the PCs, as per a new study report. A study by Forrester Research has [...]
We don’t know how much we can bank upon details divulged by these Korean insiders, however, one of them insists that Sammy is set to stop making their present Galaxy Tab. Yes, you heard us right, we hear the machine known as Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 – known in Samsung circles as GT P5100 – [...]
Intel surprised the crowd at the IDF 2012 in Beijing with their new device christened Letexo. The device is a hybrid; it can be used as a tablet as well as an ultra-book, that is! So if you are one of those out there who does not know whether to buy a tablet or a [...]
In a couple days, a new tablet from Asus would hit stores. Yes, you guessed it right; this is the follow-up version of the Asus Transformer. Being offered for less compared to what the predecessor had come for, the new tablet titled Asus Transformer Pad 300 sports little upgrade. Sporting a 10.1-inch display, the tablet [...]
Wonder why Samsung is sending us confusing signals about the release of its Galaxy Note 10.1? The tablet that Sammy promised to bring unto us when the Mobile World Congress was in session at Barcelona this February has yet to arrive. The suave Galaxy Note 10.1’s debut was the main talk at MWC, but then [...]
It looks like television has found an unexpected kinship from one of the new genre devices. This is no joke, since a new study indicates that television watching and fiddling with tablets are two behaviors that happen parallel with most of the tablet owners. According to a new survey by marketing research firm Forrester, 85 [...]
We have told you earlier how the height of irony happens when Google, the Android parent, wants to compete with the most successful Android tablet on the market, the Kindle Fire from Amazon. Inspired by the potential performance of the low-priced Android tablet, Google, reportedly, is planning to bring out a $199 tablet with the [...]
