Let’s go back two weeks from today, shall we? The HP TouchPad was tanking because nobody wanted to spend $300 or $400 on a tablet when they could use that same amount of money to be an iPad. Let’s be honest here… And so HP, after sales continued to nose dive, threw in the towel […]
Category: Tablets
In the wake of the announcement that HP would cease production of the HP TouchPad tablet, and cease development of the WebOS operating system that powers it, HP is dramatically slashing prices on the device. This effort is to, basically, clean out inventory and get this monkey off the back of HP. The company is […]
The chart below proves that the iPad is the only tablet anybody really wants. Android tablets get a blips on the chart, but Apple’s iPad is the main player, arguable the only real player, in the tablet space. HP is perhaps the smartest guy in the room right now. With their decision yesterday to stop […]
On Friday, Sprint released a statement saying they will no longer be releasing a WiMax version of the Blackberry Playbook – RIM’s attempt to enter the explosive tablet marketplace. “We apologize for any inconvenience but the BlackBerry 4G PlayBook Tablet that was announced in January for summer availability will no longer be coming to the […]
Apple is ok with competitors who try to design and innovate their way into legitimate competition with the iPhone and iPad. What Apple is not ok with is when a competitor outright copies the look, feel, and UI of one of their devices. The most blatant culprit so far seems to be Samsungs Galaxy Tab […]
News out of Taiwan tonight claims that, according to production figures, Amazon is on track to sell nearly 3 million tablets by October. Since the beginning of July, PC manufacturer Quanta has been in mass production mode for Amazon, stating that Amazon demands 800,000 to 1 million units of the branded Amazon Android tablets per […]
I remember about a month ago I was in a Staples here in Georgia and I saw the new HP TouchPad on display. I started talking to a rep about the new tablet and he said that when the TouchPad first hit the store, there was a line going out the door. Then, when the […]