Tag Archive: Tablets
The CrunchPad-JooJoo guys are back as TabCo, still toast
Aug. 15, ‘11: Another unremarkable tablet and phone at unremarkable prices. No chance.
Sprint ditches plans for a 4G BlackBerry PlayBook
Aug. 12, ‘11: Greg Bensinger, reporting for the Wall Street Journal: Sprint had said in January it would sell a version of the PlayBook as soon as this summer that would run on its fourth-generation or 4G network. The carrier said this week … Continue reading →
It’s “Gartner hype cycle” time again
Aug. 10, ‘11: The whole “Gartner hype cycle” thing is a little corny, but it’s a solid representation of which technologies are starting to get interesting (“Internet of things?”), which mega-hyped ideas are about to crash down to reality (augmented reality, NFC payments), … Continue reading →
Woot sold 612 HP TouchPads yesterday, or 1/4 the number of Xooms it sold last month
Aug. 6, ‘11: Just one inconsequential data point, but still. Even at a discount, very few people want an HP tablet. Related: Woot sold 2,288 Motorola Xooms
Why HP is smart to slash the TouchPad’s price
Aug. 5, ‘11: Obviously, it’s not selling well. Have you ever seen anyone using one? But HP knows it’s late to the game. It knows the TouchPad is last year’s iPad with a different name. So it’s putting them on sale, all over … Continue reading →
Apple sells more tablets in 2 weeks than Motorola plans to ship all year
Jul. 28, ‘11: Motorola confirmed today that its Xoom tablet, running on Google’s Android platform, is a flop. Here’sĀ Ina Fried, reporting for All Things D: Motorola said on Thursday that it expects to sell 1.3 million to 1.5 tablets for the full year, … Continue reading →