News tagged with tablet laptop

Tablet computers come of age in 2010 with iPad mania

Yearning for an Internet-linked gadget bigger than a smartphone but smaller than a laptop merged with always-connected lifestyles to make tablet computing a defining trend for 2010.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 12, 2010 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (8) | comments 3

Intel backs ultra-light laptops with new age controls

US chip giant Intel on Monday heralded a coming wave of affordable high-powered, thin laptops that could double as tablet computers and be controlled by gestures or spoken commands.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Apple iPad outmuscles Android in global tablet sales

Apple's iPad outmuscled its Android-powered tablet computer rivals in early 2012, in a global market suffering from post-holiday hangover, a survey showed Thursday.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 03, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (20) | comments 3

Tablet computer sales to hit 208 million in 2014

Sales of tablet computers like Apple's iPad are expected to soar from nearly 20 million units this year to 55 million next year and over 208 million in 2014, market research firm Gartner said Friday.

Technology / Business

created Oct 15, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Intel updates Atom processor roadmap

(PhysOrg.com) -- Intel is one the biggest names in PC processors, if not the single biggest, but as is the way with all markets as new things come in the landscape can change in the blink of an eye. When the ...

Electronics / Hardware

created May 18, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1 weblog

Tablets leave netbooks in the dust as even laptops lag

There was a time when Steve Mehta was on his laptop nonstop. Nowadays, he hardly touches it.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Iridium launches Wi-Fi hotspot for extreme roaming

Want to get email on your iPhone or BlackBerry in the middle of the ocean, or in the Arctic? Now you can - but it'll cost you.

Technology / Telecom

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Taiwan Computex to showcase laptop-tablet hybrids

(AP) — Taiwan's struggling computer makers will use next week's Computex show to promote a new generation of ultra-thin laptops that might be their last hope of turning back the seemingly unstoppable ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Tablets, smart gadgets rule at Consumer Electronics Show

Slick touchscreen tablet computers and smarter devices for the home and the car took center stage as the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) wrapped up on Sunday.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 10, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Tablet computers 'job one urgency' at Microsoft: Ballmer

Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said Thursday that developing Windows-based tablet computers and getting them to market is "job one urgency" for the US software giant.

Technology / Software

created Jul 29, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Move aside, PCs, here come the tablets

My mom is anything but a technophile. Even though she and my dad have had a computer for more than 25 years, she's still intimidated by them, worrying she might break or delete something by pushing the wrong button or clicking ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 28, 2010 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Gadgets: Back everything up with a single touch

SanDisk Corp. has added the SanDisk Ultra Backup USB 2.0 portable flash drive to its long line of USB flash drives. This is the first to feature a solution to back up home or office data with the touch of ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Strong US business interest in iPad: AT&T

US companies are showing a great deal of interest in the iPad and some are considering replacing their employees' laptops with Apple's tablet computer, telecom giant AT&T said Thursday.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jul 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Google-powered laptops to go on sale June 15 (Update)

The first laptops running on a Google-designed software system will go on sale in the U.S. and six other countries next month.

Technology / Software

created May 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Sales of new chip lift AMD to 2Q profit

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has been punished so hard for unexpectedly ousting its CEO more than 6 months ago that the second-quarter profit it posted Thursday gave investors a measure of confidence about its direction.

Technology / Business

created Jul 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0