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Amazon Kindle Fire Tablet To Come In 10inch Version This YearNews from Solar Panels News:

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One of the latest rumors to spread from industry news source Digitimes is the arrival of a 10inch Amazon Kindle Fire tablet. This is not the first time this kind of a rumor has spread about the Amazon Kindle Fire. This rumor about a 10inch version has been going around for a while with multiple sources claiming that Amazon has already ordered for relevant parts and has started testing the new model [...] Continue Reading…

How Nvidia’s Kepler chips could end PCs and tablets as we know themNews from Digitaltrends.com:

Tremendously powerful new processors toiling away in the cloud could make it irrelevant what kind of screen you connect with, ushering in a new age of computing.
Last week, Nvidia launched the first graphics processing unit (GPU) designed for the cloud, dubbed Kepler. Supporting vendors include a who’s who of server providers, such as HP, Dell, Cisco, and IBM — all of which will have products on the market shortly.
The whole concept behind these servers is [...] Continue Reading…

Apple: 2 Tablets to Rule Them All?News from DailyFinance:

The following video is part of our “Motley Fool Conversations” series, in which technology and media editor/analyst Andrew Tonner discusses topics around the investing world.
It’s easy to run out of superlatives when talking about Apple. The maker of iEverything is a unique company down to its very fiber, and it’s that unique focus that has enabled it to gain the dominant foothold it has in two of the greatest growth stories today — smartphones and tablets. Especially in the tablet sphere, [...] Continue Reading…

Google gets China OK for Motorola dealNews from The Associated Press:
Google gets China OK for Motorola deal
By The Associated Press – 5 minutes ago 
NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities in China have approved Google Inc.’s bid to buy phone maker Motorola Mobility, clearing the way for the $ 12.5 billion deal to close early next week.
But Chinese regulators attached a big condition: That Google’s Android operating system for mobile devices remain available to all at no cost for the next five years.
The approval brings the Internet search [...] Continue Reading…

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1)News from ComputerShopper.com:
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It seems hard to believe that it was just a little over year ago that we looked at Samsung’s first full-size Galaxy Tab, the Galaxy Tab 10.1. Like the original Galaxy Tab 7.0 before it, many reviewers touted it as the first real competition to Apple’s stalwart iPad. While the Galaxy Tab 10.1—with its great-looking screen and expandable storage—was reasonably well-received, it didn’t turn out to be an iPad buster. And that’s Samsung’s (and other Android-based tablet makers’) dilemma: Nothing they [...] Continue Reading…

Diversity will drive tablet computer growth into 2017 (forecast)News from TechTarget:
May 18 2012   3:16AM GMT
Posted by: Heather ClancyIT channel products and services, Apple, Android, Heather Clancy
Unit shipments of tablet computers should reach almost 425 million by 2017, driven by a diversifying range of product choices, according to a market forecast by DisplaySearch, an NPD Group company.
What’s more, annual tablet computer shipments should surpass those of notebook computers by 2…………… continues on TechTarget
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Apple to launch iPad mini in second half of 2012?News from CNET:
The iPad and its imaginary, smaller friend.
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Apple has reportedly already tagged LCD suppliers for an iPad mini, with an eye toward launching the tablet in the second half of the year.
This latest scuttlebut comes courtesy of Taiwan news outlet Liberty Times (English translation).
Citing the usual, vague “market rumors” but also a report from Japanese securities firm Macquarie, the Liberty Times said the iPad mini could start shipping by the end of the third quarter with a goal [...] Continue Reading…

Apple iPad to Maintain Tablet Market Leadership This YearNews from IHS iSuppli. – X-bit Labs:
After suffering a temporary dip in market share in the fourth quarter of 2011, Apple Inc.’s iOS is expected to reassert its commanding leadership of the worldwide tablet space in 2012, according to an IHS iSuppli.
Apple Likely to Sustain Leadership
After dipping to 55.1% in the fourth quarter of 2011, according to a final estimate, the Apple operating system’s share of worldwide tablet sales – a segment including both media tablets and PC-type tablets—is set to [...] Continue Reading…

IHS Calls Apple’s iPad 2012 Tablet Domination ‘No Contest’News from The Mac Observer:

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Apple lost tablet market share in the 4th quarter of 2011, but that was nothing more than a speed bump, according to research firm IHS. The company issued a report on Wednesday that said Apple’s domination of the tablet market in 2012 will be “no contest,” and pinned the company’s advantage on its whole widget model.
“The key to Apple’s media-tablet success has been its offering of a complete [...] Continue Reading…

Apple Smart Phone Injunction Request Denial Upheld, But Samsung Tablet May Be …News from Bloomberg BNA:
Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Fed. Cir., No. 2012-1105, 5/14/12
 
Case Summary:Denial of preliminary injunction on Samsung smart phones upheld; remand on injunction of tablet computer.
Key Takeaways:Nexus between patented feature and product demand needed to show irreparable harm due to infringement of a design patent.
Next Steps:Possibly quick decision on tablet injunction by district court; case still set to go to trial in July.
By Tony Dutra

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