Tablets

Verizon Wireless is feeling the crush of all of those LTE-enabled devices on its network. The carrier said it is facing pressure to deliver increased amounts of bandwidth in big cities such as New York, San Francisco, and Chicago. In a rare admission on Tuesday, Verizon Chief Financial Officer Fran Shammo admitted the rapid growth Continue Reading →

Leading up to the iPad Air’s launch, T-Mobile announced that anyone who bought the new iPad through them would get 200 MB of 4G data per month for free. It wasn’t a ton of data, but free is free and you could use it to do some basic web stuff in a pinch. It turns Continue Reading →

The Apple Store has come back online after a surprise outage late on Monday and the previously announced iPad mini with Retina display is now on sale. The sale date had not been announced previously, Apple had only specified ‘November’. Springing a release out like this unannounced is somewhat of a surprise for many, who Continue Reading →

We got our first peek at Panasonic’s 4K Toughpad tablet last January at CES, and now the company says it will go on sale in the US about a year later, for $5,999. Panasonic announced two devices for Europe, but here in the US there’s only the higher end UT-MB5 that packs Windows 8.1, 8GB Continue Reading →

Consumers waiting for the new iPad Mini may have to wait awhile longer. Apple is pushing back the launch of the Mini 2 due to burn-in problems on the tablet’s LCD panel, claims Korean News site ETNews. Citing an unnamed industry source, ETNews says that the glitch stems from the IGZO (indium gallium zinc oxide) technology Continue Reading →

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Apple may be enlisting a couple of more suppliers to help meet demand for its mobile products. Later this year, the iPhone maker will tap into the resources of Taiwan-based Wistron to build 5C handsets, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday, citing “people familiar with the supply chain.” Next year, Apple will employ Compal Communications, Continue Reading →

When Intel recently predicted $99 tablets for the upcoming holiday season, it must have forgotten last year’s deals. Those included a $49 7-inch Android tablet Black Friday special from Walmart, not to mention a $69 one from OfficeMax. A year later, such deals look like they’re coming back. Walmart already has some pre-Black Friday online Continue Reading →

Longtime Apple manufacturing partner Foxconn is currently testing a new, large-format iPad with the purportedly king-sized device slated to debut next spring, according to a new report out of Mainland China. The tablet would sport a display diagonal of either 11.4 or 12.9 inches and is in an advanced stage of testing, according to Chinese Continue Reading →

Verizon Wireless is now selling its very own tablet branded under its name. Following a series of leaks, the carrier announced the Ellipsis 7 tablet Tuesday morning. It’s an Android tablet that looks like it was designed to compete with affordable 7-inch tablets like the Nexus 7 and the Kindle Fire HDX. The Ellipsis 7 Continue Reading →