Tablets

Owners of Apple devices across Australia are having them digitally held for ransom by hackers demanding payment before they will relinquish control. iPad, iPhone and Mac owners in Queensland, NSW, Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria have reported having their devices held hostage. One iPhone user, a Fairfax Media employee in Sydney, said she was Continue Reading →

According to noted KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple is planning to embed Touch ID in every non-iPod iOS device launched this year, including both iPhone 6 versions, the second-generation iPad Air and refreshed iPad mini with Retina display.  In a research note obtained by AppleInsider, Kuo goes on to say that Apple will switch Continue Reading →

Apple plans to launch a new smart home platform at next month’s Worldwide Developer Conference that will allow iPhones and iPads to control a home’s lights, security system, and other connected appliances, according to a Financial Times report. The new “software platform,” which will be unveiled at WWDC on June 2, will be built into Continue Reading →

Microsoft has tried to sell its Surface tablet as a more complete PC than Apple’s iPad. But Microsoft has moved on from that battle with the unveiling of its new Surface Pro 3 tablet, and is instead taking aim at Apple’s MacBook Air. Microsoft’s newest Surface, which it says can replace your laptop once and Continue Reading →

Google has a new tablet in the works that incorporates advanced vision capabilities that can capture more precise three-dimensional images of objects, the Wall Street Journal reported late Thursday. Sporting a 7-inch display, the tablet will come equipped with two rear-facing cameras, infrared depth sensors, and advanced imaging software, unidentified sources told the Journal. The Continue Reading →

How bad do you need an Android tablet? HP’s latest Android tablet isn’t packed with the latest components, but it’s cheap. The buyer gets, um, a screen, some bits and bytes, and a bezel as wide as the Mighty Mississisp’. But the HP 7 Plus is only $99. Since HP’s first consumer Android tablet, the Continue Reading →

Microsoft, struggling to break into the tablet market, backed off plans to introduce a smaller version of its Surface tablet based on Qualcomm processors, people with knowledge of the decision said. Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella and Executive Vice President Stephen Elop decided that the product in development wasn’t different enough from rivals and Continue Reading →

Microsoft unveiled a new Surface Pro 3 device at a press event in New York City on Tuesday. Like the previous Surface tablets it still includes a kickstand, but Surface chief Panos Panay says it’s designed to remove the conflict of buying a laptop or a tablet. The kickstand on the device is multi-stage, and Continue Reading →

Verizon announced on Monday that new FiOS TV or FiOS Internet customers who sign up for a new, two-year agreement will receive a free LG G Pad 8.3 LTE tablet — or up to $200 off any other tablet available from Verizon Wireless. The offer is also available for existing customers who add new service to their existing account. The offer is valid for Continue Reading →

The next time you visit Walmart, you might see 4G tablets on display. The large retailer will carry two connected slates starting today, according to a T-Mobile announcement published on Monday. Both will use T-Mobile’s LTE service and include the carrier’s “free data for life” package, which amounts to 200 MB of free mobile broadband Continue Reading →