Microsoft's hardware requirements for tablets running its next platform, Windows 8, have been revealed thanks to a recent hardware certification requirements document.
Apple will announce a new app and service for interactive eBook creation, with a new distribution plan in place to bring the custom eBooks to the iPhone and iPad.
There simply weren't many "new" tablets at CES 2012. Cool concepts aside, we wanted to see the future of tablets at CES 2012, and instead we got re-releases and modest product refreshes. While many tablets are promising, we are still left wanting more.
Customers may not be pleased with the reports indicating that manufacturers might price Intel-based Windows tablet PCs as high as $599 to $899 when the tablets ship later this year.
It's all but confirmed that the iPad 3 will have a quad-core processor, high resolution display, and support 4G LTE networks; the news sourced from Apple's manufacturing partners have lent new credence to the speculation.
What will turn up in Microsoft's first app store, and how are those beta apps now coming along? TabletPCReview picked up some hints at CES in a variety of places, including hands-on demos of emerging Metro apps on Kupa's Intel x86 tablet.
Most manufacturers held off on unveiling quad-core Android tablets, and the Windows 8 on ARM tablet PCs at CES 2012 were hidden behind glass. With a bit of digging, we managed to learn new details about each platform.
CES is all about new and exciting products, and the manufacturers didn't disappoint in showing off innovative concept devices, with technology and features that could be coming soon to a tablet near you.
The Yoga convertible wasn't the only tablet Lenovo was showing off at CES; they also had the IdeaTab S2 on display, a 10-inch Android Ice Cream Sandwich tablet with an optional docking station.
Hewlett Packard has released the third webOS update for the TouchPad, which brings minor fixes.
The most recently announced addition to Samsung's lineup of tablets, the Galaxy Tab 7.7, doesn't offer too much that we haven't seen before, with the exception of a new 7.7-inch form factor and an absolutely stunning display.
ASUS had to do something special at CES 2012 to trump its Transformer Prime. So what did it do? ASUS introduced a more powerful Transformer Prime and an insanely inexpensive 7-inch quad-core Android Ice Cream Sandwich tablet.
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