The news out of San Francisco today about Apple’s latest family member left a lot of people with some unanswered questions. When will there be a Sprint-compatible 4G version? What do you mean Siri can speak Japanese? And what are we supposed to call this thing? There are a number of compelling updates to the new iPad that make it highly sought after, but for readers, only … [Read more...] about The New iPad 3 and Why Readers Will Want One
Tablet PC and E-notebook News
Acer Tablets Now with the Olympic Branding
To keep in tune with the most happening event of 2012: Acer is printing the Olympic theme on its Android tablets to be released this year. The Acer Iconia Tab A510 had been showcased at the CES held in January. This tablet now comes with the Olympic logo in addition to the Acer logo in the Olympics Games Edition variant. The hardware details of the tablet include an … [Read more...] about Acer Tablets Now with the Olympic Branding
Apple Announces iPad HD with Tons of New Features
Apple just announced the new iPad HD at a press conference in San Francisco today! This is CEO Tim Cook's second big product launch and the company has a ton riding on the latest iteration of the iPad. The iPad HD will feature a 9.7 inch Retina display with a resolution of 2,048 X 1,536. Underneath the hood lurks their new Apple A5X processor and quad core graphics. Apple is … [Read more...] about Apple Announces iPad HD with Tons of New Features
New Toshiba Tablet With 13.3-inch Display Revealed
How about a tablet device that's thin and light along with a screen size of 13.3 inches. Toshiba recently showed off just such a device at the Toshiba 2012 conference held in UK and the device in question did look sleek and beautiful. It wasn't a working prototype though it did seem to pack in all the necessary hardware inside. Also, while details of the tablet are being kept … [Read more...] about New Toshiba Tablet With 13.3-inch Display Revealed
iPad 3 or iPad HD?
There's a whole new iPad sequel that is set to be unveiled on the 7th of March. Apple's tablets are always headline material, even during its most subdued periods, which means its only natural if the hype aims for the sky when there is an entirely new iPad that is in the offing. The long line outside of Apple stores may have already been gaining in numbers steadily while … [Read more...] about iPad 3 or iPad HD?
E-Readers, PCs Facing the Heat from Tablet PCs
Amazon had lit the Kindle Fire with the hopes of blazing into the booming tablet market. While it has been largely successful (the second largest selling tablet after the iPad and the best selling Android tablet so far), an unlikely victim of the raging Amazon Fire has been its very own stable mate, the Kindle Touch. In fact, Amazon is already reported to have scaled down on it … [Read more...] about E-Readers, PCs Facing the Heat from Tablet PCs
Barnes and Noble Holding Android Developer Workshop in London
Barnes and Noble was serious about its UK expansion when various sources within the company tipped their hand on their first market outside of the USA. Starting March 19th in London, B&N will try and woo local developers to port and submit their Android apps to the Nook Developer Program. B&N is planning on introducing their Nook Developer program in the UK where … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble Holding Android Developer Workshop in London
Good e-Reader Weekend Roundup
There has been a ton of news in the e-reader and publishing sphere in the last three days and these are some of the stories you might have missed! Vancouver Public Library now loans books via Overdrive! This means most people in the lower mainland of British Columbia can now borrow books electronically from the VPL. Speaking of Overdrive, they have an official App for the … [Read more...] about Good e-Reader Weekend Roundup
PlayBook Tops Sales Chart Last Week in Canada
RIM finally got to see the kind of success that it had always expected out of the PlayBook device. What's even more impressive is that the humble PlayBook, that has often been the butt of many a tablet joke, has also managed to out sell the iPad 2 during the last week. Both Best Buy and Future Shop reported having sold more PlayBooks than any other tablet device, including the … [Read more...] about PlayBook Tops Sales Chart Last Week in Canada
Good e-Reader Playbook App Store Client Released
We have released the final build of our official Good e-Reader Playbook App Store Client! This version works perfectly and allows you to browse our extensive selection of content. The Playbook App Client is free, so you can keep yourself in the loop of all the new goodies we upload everyday! Basically, our store is the definitive source for Android Apps converted to Blackberry … [Read more...] about Good e-Reader Playbook App Store Client Released