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Tablet Market Trends 2011
The Tablet Universe 2011 Tablets appear to be stratifying in their segements: Apple iOS for the iPad; Windows (both Starter Edition on the loaw end, and the full Windows 7 Home Premium or Prefssional editions), and the specrum of Androids. Windows is not expected to be the leader, but does fill essential niches, especially for [...]
Apple to expand iPhone screen size to 4-inches
Apple reportedly will change the screen size of iPhone to 4-inch for its fifth generation iPhone to compete with the Google Android platform in the 4- to 7-inch smartphone market, according to upstream component suppliers. The component suppliers noted that the production lines for Apple’s next generation iPhone have begun testing, and Apple is interesting [...]
HTC Flyer joins the tablet wars
With Apple, Samsung, LG, and Motorola all entering the tablet space, you had to know HTC would join them sooner or later, so we can’t say we were completely surprised when the Taiwanese handset manufacturer unveiled its first tablet today at Mobile World Congress 2011. Everyone, meet the HTC Flyer. This Android 2.4-based tablet features [...]
Galaxy Tab and Galaxy S successors to be announced at Mobile World Congress
A recently leaked document from inside the Samsung camp confirms the handset maker’s plans to unveil successors to its popular Galaxy devices at next month’s Mobile World Congress. The sheet, which has since been pulled offline, detailed PR planning for the company’s Unpacked event. It looks like Samsung expects to debut the Galaxy S 2 [...]
Flyer rumored to be first of three HTC Android tablets
DigiTimes is back again, adding fuel to a fire that doesn’t want to die. According to the site’s sources, HTC is said to be readying not one, but three Android tablets for the first part of the year. The first device, the Flyer, may begin shipping in the United States in March, with the other [...]
Sony Ericsson eyes fresh Android start in 2011
Like many of you, I’ve watched the rumors of a PlayStation Phone spread across the Internet over the last few weeks. After a so-so 2010 for Sony Ericsson, this is exactly the type of device that could cement Sony Ericsson as a top Android contender. That is, if they get it right. Ask any Android [...]
Android in 2011: Bigger, faster, thinner, lighter
After taking a few days to decompress and wrap my head around the Android news from CES 2011, I started to notice a couple of trends with the new devices. Not only are these phones getting substantially faster with bigger screens, but they are growing thinner and lighter at the same time. As expected, the [...]
JooJoo 2 Coming Early 2011 With an Android-ish Brain
The guys at JooJoo—you know, the tablet that was once made with TechCrunch but then had a falling out—want you to know two things: They’re still alive, and there’s a new JooJoo tablet coming next year. First, the new JooJoo. It’s going to be based on Android, but not be an Android tablet, meaning it [...]
Lenovo: Android Tablet by Summer 2011
If you’re itching for Lenovo’s Android-based Le Phone in the U.S., don’t’ hold your breath. But if you want a Lenovo Android-based tablet, you could get your wish as early as summer 2011. In a wide-ranging conversation with a small group of journalists at Lenovo’s Raleigh, North Carolina headquarters, Lenovo president and chief operating officer [...]
Sample Android 3.0 tablets rumored for CES 2011
With less than eighty days to go before the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show kicks off in Las Vegas, the tech rumor mill already is in high gear. Building off of the momentum created this year, I expect to see Android take on a major role at the electronics conference. A big part of the platform’s [...]