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HP’s Slate 500 Tablet Takes Aim at Business Professionals

October 22nd, 2010 | No Comments

Hewlett-Packard first demonstrated its new Slate 500 tablet computer in January at CES in Las Vegas. Now, after a series of development fits and starts, you can finally buy one just in time for the holidays. Hewlett-Packard says this 6-inch-by-9-inch touch-screen device is not a direct competitor to the Apple iPad and that it wants to position it as primarily a business tool. The company may be making the right call overall. But the market will ultimately determine who buys what and for what purpose. "You won’t be able to buy this at retail," HP Personal Systems Group Public Relations Manager Mike Hockey told eWEEK. "We’re making it available strictly on our Website, because we’re looking at it as a business-type device." HP contends that the Slate 500 is a tablet computer that can do anything a regular PC can do, since it comes installed with the professional version of Windows 7 and has the look and feel of a regular PC. This slide show offers a close-up look at the first touch-screen tablet produced by the world’s largest IT company. – …

Taking HP Slate 500 Tablet for a Test Drive

October 22nd, 2010 | No Comments

Review: It’s understandable why HP is positioning its new tablet PC for a different market from the iPad: It’s not going to compete well in the consumer arena. – eWEEK had an opportunity Oct. 21 to test the new HP
Slate 500 tablet, and, as one might imagine, it’s similar but not at all
the same experience to an Apple iPad.

It’s completely understandable why Hewlett-Packard is positioning its
6-by-9-inch device for a different market from that of the i…

HP Launches New Slate 500 Tablet via Website

October 22nd, 2010 | No Comments

HP is positioning its Slate in a different category than Apple’s iPad, which it considers a "media-oriented tablet" for consumers. – SAN FRANCISCO–Hewlett-Packard started selling its long-awaited new Slate 500 tablet portable computer on its Website early on Oct. 22. Some earlier reports had the devices becoming available on Oct. 25.

HP, which priced the new 6-inch-by-9-inch device at $799, is
positioning it in a different c…

HP Launches New Slate 500 Tablet via Web Site

October 22nd, 2010 | No Comments

HP is positioning it in a different category than Apple’s iPad, which it considers a "media-oriented tablet" for consumers. – SAN FRANCISCO — Hewlett-Packard started selling its long-awaited new Slate 500 tablet portable computer on its Website early on Oct. 22. Some earlier reports had the devices becoming available on Oct. 25.

HP, which priced the new 6-inch-by-9-inch device at $799, is positioning it in a different …

RIM BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet Spied at Gartner Conference

October 20th, 2010 | No Comments

Research In Motion has a presence at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2010, which kicked off Oct. 17 in Orlando, Fla.& and placed one of its most anticipated products front-and-center in its booth: the BlackBerry PlayBook, its 7-inch tablet PC. RIM hopes the PlayBook will have the same blockbuster effect on the enterprise as the Apple iPad did on the consumer market. RIM kept the PlayBook inside a glass display, away from curious hands. Nonetheless, passersby had a full look at the tablets hardware: 7-inch screen, front- and rear-facing cameras (presumably for video conferencing) and a slim form-factor. RIM claims a PlayBook screen resolution of 1,024 by 600, and the static image displayed on the booth model certainly seemed very crisp and clear. But until the PlayBook reaches its as-yet-unspecified release date, it remains to be seen whether the features touted by RIM during the devices Sept. 21 unveiling& including the ability to sync information with users’ BlackBerrys, and the supposedly "user-friendly" operating system based on QNX technology& prove worthy enough for customers to choose one of these over a Samsung Galaxy Tab or an Apple iPad. – …

Apple iPad, Tablet Sales Will Hit 19.4 Million Units in 2010: Gartner

October 18th, 2010 | No Comments

Apple iPad and other tablets will sell 19.4 million units in 2010, according to a new Gartner research note, pressuring the market for devices such as mini-notebooks. – Wordwide media tablet sales will reach 19.4 million units in
2010, according to a new research note from Gartner. Thats good news for
manufacturers such as Apple, whose bestselling iPad is driving much of that
growth. However, Gartner also suggests that tablet sales are having a negative
impact …

Tablet PCs Slowing, but Not Stunting, Netbook Growth: ABI

October 15th, 2010 | No Comments

Tablet sales are rising as netbook shipments fall, but tablets high prices may keep netbooks in the game. Apples iPad starts at $500 generally the cap for netbooks. – The Apple iPad and industry promises of several competing tablet PCs
are slowing sales of netbooks, but theyve hardly crushed the market
for the lightweight PCs, according to ABI Research. The firm now
expects 2010 to close with shipments of 11 million-plus tablets and 43
million netbook units. …

AMD Taking Cautious Approach to Tablet Market

October 15th, 2010 | No Comments

While announcing third-quarter earnings, CEO Dirk Meyer said AMD will innovate for tablets when the market matures. – Intel may be moving aggressively into the tablet PC
market, but rival Advanced Micro Devices will take a slower approach,
according to its CEO.
However, when AMD does make its move within the next
few years, it will come with processors packing high performance, low
power consumption, and great…

Apple iPad, Tablet Promises Slowed Q3 PC Sales: Analysts

October 14th, 2010 | No Comments

Worldwide PC shipments were below estimates in Q3, according to Gartner and IDC, which pointed to consumers holding off on purchases until the promised new tablet PCs arrive. – Worldwide PC shipments fell below expectations during the third
quarter, according to market research firms Gartner and IDC. Each found
commercial refresh projects to be on target, but consumer spending
sluggish, a trend each partly attributed to the hype surrounding tablet
PCs, such as the Appl…

Chip Shot: New Intel Atom-based Tablet Arrives

October 13th, 2010 | No Comments

Computer manufacturer CTL is now shipping a tablet equipped with an Adobe Flash video player, HTML5 compatibility, a built-in eReader and 1.3 megapixel camera. Based on the Intel® Atom™ processor N450, the 2goPad SL10 includes impressive multi-tasking and performance capabilities, as well as a rotating swivel touch screen display, Microsoft Windows 7, 2GB of memory and access to millions of apps, all in a rugged design ideal for education, enterprise use and computing on-the-go.

Intel Will Be Major Player in Tablet PC Market, CEO Otellini Says

October 13th, 2010 | No Comments

Intel CEO Paul Otellini said Intel will become a dominant player in the rapidly growing tablet PC space, riding on the strength of its Atom chip platform. – Intel is going to aggressively pursue the burgeoning tablet market, despite
concerns from some industry observers that the giant chip maker is not doing
enough in the space.
Speaking to analysts and journalists during a conference call
to announce Intel’s third-quarter financial numbers, CEO
Pa…

BlackBerry Storm 3, PlayBook Tablet to Give RIM a Boost: Analysts

October 12th, 2010 | No Comments

Analysis firm Jefferies & Co. said a BlackBerry Storm 3, likely coming by the end of November, and BlackBerry PlayBook will boost RIM’s numbers through its next two quarters. – Research In Motion’s recently introduced tablet, the BlackBerry PlayBook,
and a BlackBerry Storm 3 smartphone could mean good things for the smartphone
maker during its next two fiscal quarters, Jefferies amp; Co. analysts
reported Oct. 12, cautiously adding that RIM is still quot;not out of th…

Windows Phone 7 Prep, Tablet Talk Dominated Microsoft Week

October 10th, 2010 | No Comments

Windows Phone 7 will launch Oct. 11. The ramp-up to that event, along with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s talk of Windows tablets, dominated Microsofts week. – Windows Phone 7 is launching Oct. 11, and with it
Microsofts hopes to reclaim some ground in a smartphone arena dominated by the
likes of the Apple iPhone and Google Android.

So much of the chatter surrounding Microsoft this week has
to deal with the companys prospects with its new mobile plat…

Microsoft’s Ballmer Says Windows Tablet Coming by Christmas

October 5th, 2010 | No Comments

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer predicts that tablets running Windows will hit the marketplace by Christmas, where they’ll face Android devices and the Apple iPad. – Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is predicting
that his company will have an iPad competitor on the market by the end of 2010.
quot;You’ll see new slates with Windows on them. You’ll see them this
Christmas, quot; Ballmer told an audience Oct. 5 at the London School of
Economics, according
to Reute…

Android 2.2 Tablet Scrapped by LG: Report

October 4th, 2010 | No Comments

LG Electronics is reportedly scrapping plans for tablets running Android 2.2, also known as Froyo. LG may be waiting for Android 3.0, which will supposedly be optimized to run apps on a large screen. – LG Electronics’ plans for a tablet running Android 2.2 also known as quot;Froyo quot; are
apparently kaput, according to a new report.
quot;We plan to introduce a tablet that runs on the most reliable Android
version, quot; an unnamed LG Electronics official reportedly told
Reuters Oct. 4. q…

RIM PlayBook an Enterprise Tablet, Not an iPad, Android Killer

October 3rd, 2010 | No Comments

RIM’s PlayBook lacks the applications and content necessary to challenge Apple’s iPad and Google Android tablets. As an enterprise tablet, though, perhaps it isn’t really meant to. – When rumors bubbled up last week that Research In Motion was set to unveil a tablet
computer, talk turned to how the device would battle Apple’s iPad and devices
based on Google’s Android operating system.
It turns out that the PlayBook as the world learned it was called after its launch at the B…

Picking the Perfect Tablet: 10 Must-Have Features

September 30th, 2010 | No Comments

The tablet market is heating up. Currently, Apples iPad is capturing the allure of most consumers, but its soon going to be vying with the Samsung Tab, the Cisco Cius, new Dell Streak models and the RIM PlayBook. When that happens, Apples device will be forced to prove why it deserves to stay atop the tablet space. Ultimately, it will be consumers that decide the fate of the iPads and every other tablet on the market. If a product delivers the right value, consumers will buy it. If a tablet fails to match consumer desire, it will fail. There is no in-between in the tablet market. Now consumers are starting to determine exactly what they want to see in the tablet design of their dreams. For some it may be a larger screen size, for others it might be the right set of Internet connectivity options. Overall buyers will be looking for the right set of features for an attractive price. But for those folks who need a little help determining exactly what they should be looking for in their first tablet purchase, read on to see the 10 must-have features in any tablet. – …

Tablet computers: Chasing King Apple

September 30th, 2010 | No Comments

BlackBerry’s creator joins a growing list of pretenders to tablet-computing’s throne

THE early days of personal computing were marked by a spectacular free-for-all as companies big and small fell over one another in a mad rush to become the dominant player in a brand-new business. Now history is repeating itself as one technology firm after another piles into the fledgling market for touch-screen “tablet” computers, which are set to disrupt the computing industry. On September 27th Research in Motion (RIM), the Canadian firm that makes the BlackBerry smartphone, became the latest to announce plans for a tablet when it unveiled its PlayBook, which will go on sale in early 2011.

RIM joins a long line of businesses, including Dell, Samsung and Hewlett-Packard (HP), which have set their sights on winning a chunk of what promises to be a whopping market. Todd Bradley, a senior executive at HP, predicted this week that annual sales of tablet computers could hit $40 billion within a few years. But the firm that HP and its rivals would love to beat is Apple, which had sold 3m of its impressive iPads by June, only three months after it came to the market. …

RIM’s PlayBook Could Succeed Against Apple iPad

September 29th, 2010 | No Comments

Research In Motion’s PlayBook tablet faces an uphill battle against the Apple iPad and competitors such as the Samsung Galaxy Tab. However, RIM’s tablet could have an advantage in a business context. – Can Research In Motions PlayBook take market share away from the Apple iPad?
At first glance, that appears to be a question designed expressly
to bait hardcore Apple fans. Indeed, the media seems duty-bound to
weigh every
upcoming tablet device for its viability as an Â“iPad Killer,Â” whether
t…

RIM’s PlayBook Tablet Will Falter: 10 Reasons Why

September 29th, 2010 | No Comments

News Analysis: RIM is hoping that its new PlayBook tablet will appeal to consumers as well as enterprise users. But the new tablet faces daunting competition. – RIM is officially in the tablet business.
The company’s PlayBook tablet is designed to take on Apple’s iPad and the
growing number of other competitors that are trying to capitalize on customer
interest in slates. RIM’s PlayBook boasts a 7-inch display, WiFi connectivity
and a dual-core pr…

Posts Tagged ‘tablet’

HP’s Slate 500 Tablet Takes Aim at Business Professionals

Taking HP Slate 500 Tablet for a Test Drive

HP Launches New Slate 500 Tablet via Website

HP Launches New Slate 500 Tablet via Web Site

RIM BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet Spied at Gartner Conference

Apple iPad, Tablet Sales Will Hit 19.4 Million Units in 2010: Gartner

Tablet PCs Slowing, but Not Stunting, Netbook Growth: ABI

AMD Taking Cautious Approach to Tablet Market

Apple iPad, Tablet Promises Slowed Q3 PC Sales: Analysts

Chip Shot: New Intel Atom-based Tablet Arrives

Intel Will Be Major Player in Tablet PC Market, CEO Otellini Says

BlackBerry Storm 3, PlayBook Tablet to Give RIM a Boost: Analysts

Windows Phone 7 Prep, Tablet Talk Dominated Microsoft Week

Microsoft’s Ballmer Says Windows Tablet Coming by Christmas

Android 2.2 Tablet Scrapped by LG: Report

RIM PlayBook an Enterprise Tablet, Not an iPad, Android Killer

Picking the Perfect Tablet: 10 Must-Have Features

Tablet computers: Chasing King Apple

RIM’s PlayBook Could Succeed Against Apple iPad

RIM’s PlayBook Tablet Will Falter: 10 Reasons Why

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