Imagine what it would look like if Apple Stores morphed with Starbucks. Well, walk into one of the flagship Illy coffe store from now on and you can have that experience, only instead of iPad’s there will be Samsung tablets available there. Illy and Samsung announced today that citing their previous successful collaboration in showrooms and at events, Illy will provide the coffe at future Samsung events, while Samsung will … more…
A representative from Samsung Electronics Wireless Division have said that Samsung is working on a 13.3″ tablet or ultrabook that will be launched in 2014. Currently there are several 13.3-inch ultrabooks available, or 2-in-1’s as they are often called, or detachables as they also go by, since these are notebooks / small laptops with detachable screens that then become stand-alone tablets. The weight of these tablets is always high due … more…
What was first announced by Barnes and Noble as a dirt cheap Father’s Day sale on NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ last week, have now been extended for an unknown period of time. Barnes and Noble officially announced the continuation of the discount on both of these HD Android tablets after the deep price cut of last week seemed to boost sales quite a lot. Commentators are split between those … more…
Tablets that will no longer just have the blank touchscreen to type on, but actual buttons and keys popping up on the screen whenever needed, is believed to make its appearance in late 2013 according to the tech company Tactus. Tactus Technology, a developer of a dynamic user interface for electronic devices, have made completely transparent physical buttons that rise up from a touchscreen surface on demand through a technology … more…
Hertz is planning to install powerful tablet computers in their cars starting later this year, in a move that will enhance mobile control over rental vehicles and provide instant communication with drivers. The tablet will work in conjunction with a black box placed inside the vehicles that will enable Hertz to maintain mobile control over your reservation, locking and unlocking your car, enable some form of mobile communication with Hertz, … more…
Productivity A lot has happened in the tablet computer world in the 3 years since Apple launched the first iPad and reinvented computing on April 3, 2010. From the time that tablets first became mainstream in 2010-2011, we would regularly read articles about tablets with headlines such as Don’t see the point or What to do with it?, which reflects a time when these devices where not very well integrated … more…
With the 2013 Mobile World Congress (MWC) between 25-28 February in Barcelona Spain wrapping up, it’s time to look at what happened for tablets this past week. Some tablets we had already expected in advance, while other announcements came as a surprise – by Jim Miller. Samsung Galaxy Note 8 The first great announcement was Samsung’s unveiling of their new 8-inch tablet – the Galaxy Note 8.0. Promised a release … more…
Apple Apple became the target of a long range of Apple Maps jokes on September 19, after they released iOS 6 and people started using then new in-house developed Apple Maps map and navigation feature. When you rank #1 for a problem as a trend on Twitter, and have a dedicate blooper page on Tumblr, you know you have a problem. Amazon September 6 was Amazon’s big day. Amazon unveiled … more…