iPad

The Nook Color: A Hint of Things to Come With the Android Tablet?

by Mike Mansell June 20, 2011

In the world of online shopping, retailer Amazon is easily one of the largest and most trusted names out there. I for one tend to go directly to Amazon for my shopping needs without doing (much) shopping around simply because I know that Amazon tends to have the best deals; especially with the Amazon Prime service that is offered free to students. But Amazon is far from being just another online retailer.

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Microsoft-Branded Tablets Coming in 2012?

by Mike Mansell June 10, 2011

Recently, I wrote about how Microsoft’s next generation operating system, currently known simply as Windows 8, had very high potential for mainstream success. In this article I discussed how that this time around Microsoft’s focus on tablet computers in this release is going to arguably be just as important – if not more important – than the desktop and notebook features.

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iOS Goes PC Free

by Mike Mansell June 6, 2011

When the second generation release of Apple’s famed iPad tablet came around a couple of months back, I must admit that I was somewhat tempted to buy into the phenomenon at the time. The device seemed very much improved in comparison to the first generation, and for the first time the iPad seemed like a [...]

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Study Finds that 80% of Paid Android Apps Are Downloaded Fewer Than 100 Times

by Mike Mansell June 3, 2011

It’s not exactly a new idea to hear that development for Google’s Android mobile platform is far less profitable than development on Apple‘s competing iOS; the platform utilized on Apple iPhones, iPod Touches, and the company’s wildly successful iPad tablet. However, until now the only real evidence that we’ve seen of this phenomenon has been [...]

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$99/Year for iCloud. Will You Buy It?

by Jeff Weisbein May 28, 2011

Recently, BusinessWeek published an article which discussed some new details of Apple’s iCloud which is supposedly launching at WWDC. So what did they learn? Well, according to BusinessWeek, Apple has acquired licenses from the major labels and is now prepared to launch iCloud. The question that remains is how much will it cost? And how much are you willing to pay?

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Colorware Brings Some Color to Your Gadgets

by Jeff Weisbein May 26, 2011

First, let me just say, Colorware is an awesome company. What they do is very cool. So what is it that they do exactly? Well, as you can see for yourself in the video above, they colorize your favorite gadgets. You can either send them the gadget you want colored (provided they support it) or [...]

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Why Aren’t Android Tablets Taking Off?

by Mike Mansell May 16, 2011

Even if you cannot appreciate the technology and innovation that Apple‘s second generation iPad brought to the mobile market, there really is no denying the fact that the device has been incredibly successful in overtaking and dominating that tablet market. With the second generation product having hit shelves more than two months ago now I [...]

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Adobe Launches Photoshop Apps for iPad

by Mike Mansell May 11, 2011

Looking back at it now, it’s really funny to think that a little more than a year ago when the iPad first came out many people saw it as nothing more than a web browsing device. Sure, the device didn’t have bad specs at all for its time but admittedly the first generation iPad was [...]

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Will the BlackBerry PlayBook Struggle to Attract Developers?

by Mike Mansell April 18, 2011

It’s no secret that mobile communication devices (tablets in general) are the “in” thing in the tech industry right now. After releasing the first generation iPad last year, Apple grandfathered an entirely revolutionary and previously unheard of market; one that many didn’t think would go far at all. But here we are now, just a [...]

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Will the PlayBook Be Successful?

by Mike Mansell March 25, 2011

A little more than a year ago when Steve Jobs first unveiled the Apple iPad many saw the device as revolutionary; not only in terms of grandfathering the tablet industry with previously unheard of features, but in terms of the price as well. With baseline models starting at just $499 (16GB, WiFi), the iPad was [...]

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