http://www.alltabletnews.com Your Source for the Best News and Rumors on Tablet Devices Sat, 06 Feb 2010 07:48:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Netbook pioneer Asustek Computer plans to launch its own e-reader and a tablet PC to rival Apple's iPad in the second half of this year. The company will focus on bringing content providers on board when it releases its tablet PC, said Jerry Shen, CEO of Asustek, during the company's fourth ... http://www.alltabletnews.com/2010/02/06/asustek-plans-eee-book-e-reader-and-tablet-pc-to-rival-ipad/ It's one of those funny little situations we find ourselves in where we start to see some clues of Amazon's long reaches into computing. We mainly see Amazon now as a retail-like store selling everything from books to DVDs to microwave egg cookers. But if you look under the hood, ... http://www.alltabletnews.com/2010/02/05/amazon-the-king-of-computing/ According to a New York Times article, Amazon may be looking to upgrade the Kindle to use a touch screen. It had to happen sooner or later. Here's the article: In a sign that Amazon wants to upgrade its Kindle e-reader to compete head-on with the Apple iPad, Amazon has acquired ... http://www.alltabletnews.com/2010/02/05/amazon-may-be-feeling-a-little-touchy-as-well/ Well, after being fooled by Apple, we finally have the "iTablet." Most people thought Apple's new device would be either the iSlate or the iTablet. Very few thought iPad had a good chance. Here's the real iTablet as indicated by the TrustedReviews article below: For years it had been thought that Apple would announced ... http://www.alltabletnews.com/2010/02/05/finally-the-itablet/ An interesting article from TechCruch concerning the issue of Netbooks. This was bound to happen. My only input at the moment is that Steve Jobs may be right in his statements concerning Netbooks being just cheap laptops. But these cheapies are still perfectly capable of running office programs and light games. ... http://www.alltabletnews.com/2010/01/30/the-ipad-and-chrome-os-netbooks-are-on-a-collision-course/ In the short and perhaps medium term, the iPad is going to sell relatively well. It's multimedia and ebook-reading capabilities should help it sell well. But in the long term, Apple must cater to the business crowd if the iPad is to survive and thrive. This is because there is no ... http://www.alltabletnews.com/2010/01/29/secret-to-the-ipads-success-business-customers/ The iPad or the Kindle? You knew this "battle" was coming. So, who's the best? It may just depend on one's tastes and possibly even one's stubbornness. At the moment, there are a few arguments either way. First, iPad officionados (it's funny saying this as the product isn't even available on the ... http://www.alltabletnews.com/2010/01/29/ipad-versus-kindle/ It’s Fujitsu’s iPad from 2002. Sold mainly in the United States, the multifunctional device from the Tokyo technology company helps shop clerks verify prices, check real-time inventory data and close sales on the go. Fujitsu, which applied for an iPad trademark in 2003, is claiming first dibs, setting up a fight with ... http://www.alltabletnews.com/2010/01/29/ipad-that%e2%80%99s-so-2002-fujitsu-says/ Walt Mossberg from the Wall Street Journal does a good job of providing his (and others') first impressions of actually using the iPad: It’s about the software, stupid. While all sorts of commentators were focusing on how much Apple’s new $499 iPad tablet computer looks like an oversized iPhone, the key ... http://www.alltabletnews.com/2010/01/29/apple-ipad-first-impressions-of-actual-use/ The Apple iPad is going to be a hit. It is one slick-looking device with some neat capabiliites. Although not a lot is new, it has the familiar ease-of-use and polish that is characteristic of all Apple products. It has virtually all the multimedia capabilities you could ever want and ... http://www.alltabletnews.com/2010/01/28/what-is-missing-from-the-ipad/