Growing demand for smaller, sub 8-inch tablets is widely seen as a good thing for Amazon, Google, the Android operating system and the tablet market as a whole. But one analyst now contests that these models could even help notebook makers.
The Mobile World Congress shutters to a close today after three days of intensive meetings, demos and press announcements. TabTimes looks at who can come away feeling pleased with their work at the Spanish tech exhibition.
The Mobile World Congress takes place in Barcelona, Spain this week and will play host to the launch of new smartphones, tablets and mobile apps. Here are some key news and developments to expect from the mobile-focused tech conference.
A study at the end of last year revealed how a third of all iPad owners would rather be in a car accident than lose their precious Apple tablet. If you're worried about that possibility or experiencing such a loss right now, here’s what you need to do to find your iPad.
Speaking at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference today, Apple CEO Tim Cook stressed that PC innovation is rapidly shifting from PCs to mobile devices.
Apple’s iPad mini was initially pitched as a consumer device and, while it's doing fine in that regard, physicians are increasingly finding Apple's 7.85-inch tablet useful as well.
What a year it’s been for tablets. The iPad saw some of its first real competition from Android tablets (Kindle Fire and Nexus 7 among others) and, late in year, Windows 8 models including Microsoft’s own Surface line. Apple didn’t stand still, introducing new models of the Retina Display iPad and the iPad’s first kid brother, the iPad mini.
Airport food and beverage operator OTG has already deployed a thousand iPad-based kiosks at restaurants in New York’s JFK International and LaGuardia and plans to grow that number to 7,000 by the end of 2013 with additional deployments planned for Minneapolis-St. Paul International and Toronto Pearson International airports.
What do tablet users want? Apple famously didn’t ask (the company doesn’t believe in focus groups), but delivered what it believed users needed with the iPad and the results have been staggeringly good.
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