Idolian TORBOTAB C8 Android Tablet, An Amazon Exclusive For $179 [DEMO VIDEO]

TORBOTAB C8 Android Tablet, An Amazon Exclusive For $179

Introducing the TORBOTAB C8 Android tablet from tablet pc manufacturer Idolian who has offices in both Newport Beach, California, Arkansas and South Korea. The TORBOTAB C8 Android tablet was just released today and is being offered exclusively on Amazon for only $179. This 7" TORBOTAB C8 Android tablet is "...the fastest 7" Capacitive Touch Screen Tablets in the market ...

iPad Marketshare Drops to 58%

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It's always interesting to me when another CEO comments on competitors in a direct manner.  And that's exactly what Tim Cook, new CEO of Apple, did when talking about the iPad compared to Android tablets. Tim Cook was quoted as saying, when asked by reporters about the impact of Android tablets on the iPad marketshare, "I ...

Capel Rugs Is Giving Away Free Kindle Fires at World Market in Las Vegas

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Las Vegas isn't typically branded as the city where you can get something for nothing.  In fact, it's quite the opposite.  But when Capel Rugs showed up at the manufacturer and importer's showroom at World Market Center in Las Vegas, they were not playing around whatsoever - they are ready to give away some Kindle Fire tablets. Visitors ...

No WSJ, India’s $35 Tablet Is Not An iPad Competitor

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I've been covering the $35 Indian tablet since September of 2011.  That's coming up on 2 years now, and let me ask you... have you even heard of this tablet before?  I suppose if you're like me and track this type of stuff then maybe.  But the masses???  No way. I couldn't help but notice, after ...

[LEAK] ZTE Optik 7″ Android Tablet To Hit Sprint Online February 5th For $99, In Stores March 11th

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There's a new Android tablet making its way to Sprint.  The ZTE Optik is reportedly going to make its grand appearance on Sprint's website February 5th and then in Sprint stores on March 11th.  The ZTE Optik will launch with Android 3.2 Honeycomb, but the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich will be soon on its ...

WebOS Moves Forward With Enyo 2.0

And who said WebOS is dead?  Well, whoever it was forgot to give Meg Whitman the memo because things at HP are really starting to get fired up around WebOS.  It was only two weeks ago when HP released an WebOS 3.0.5 for the TouchPad.  And now today, HP made a statement that the platform ...

Hillsborough School District Considering Tablets for Teachers, But Why Windows?

Hillborough school district in New Jersey looks like they are about to approve the purchase of approximately 700 tablets for their teachers.  This would allow every single teacher in Hillsborough to have his or her own tablet computer - which I think is awesome and very much needed in today's educational environment.  If nothing else, ...

Ubuntu Tablets To Feature HUD [VIDEO]

Ubuntu Tablets To Feature HUD [VIDEO]

Dude... I think Ubuntu just killed the traditional drop down menu with HUD, Canonical's new menu thingy.  HUD (which is the acronym for Head's Up Display) is a radical new approach to menus and drop down menu searching and browsing. Basically, instead of clicking or browsing through a bunch of menus to find what you need, HUD allows ...

Ultrabooks To Grow 3X Faster Than Tablets

So you think tablets are growing fast?  Well... actually, they are - but still.  My point here is to set up the emphasis on the fact that Ultrabooks, something people are still relatively unfamiliar with in mass, are expected to grow three times faster than tablets over the next 5 years.  I know, that's hard ...

Kurio: A Hot New Android Tablet For Kids

The new Kurio tablet is designed for both kids and parents with a full removable body plate that when on, prevents damage from little Johnny slinging it to the ground!  But when mom or dad want to hop on the Kurio, they can simply remove the body armor and enjoy their Android tablet. What caught my ...

“Tablets Will Be Bigger Than PC’s”, says Tim Cook

According to Apple CEO Tim Cook, it's really only a matter of time before the tablet market is bigger than the PC market.  This is not too hard to believe actually since Apple sold 15.4 million iPads in Q1, and the Kindle Fire (the #2 tablet and #1 Android tablet), sold nearly 6 million tablets ...

Best Ultrabook Deals – ASUS Zenbook Ultrabook For $1481.84 (16% Off)

Get the ASUS Zenbook Ultrabook used for only $1481.84 (16% off a new Ultrabook). With the rising popularity of the Ultrabook, people are obviously on the lookout for the best deals available.  So I decided to take a look around Amazon to see what's available in the Ultrabook space and to try to find the deepest ...

Galaxy Tab 10.1 Lives On, Apple Loses Tablet Ban

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 lives on to see to see another day in the Netherlands despite Apple's attempts to shut er' down claiming copyright violations.  A court in the Hague cleared the way for Samsung to sell it's 10.1 Android tablet stating that "there is sufficient differences" between the two products (iPad 2 & ...

Teenager Builds 17″ Windows Tablet, Looks For Funding [VIDEO]

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James Hardman, who is only a teen, has decided that the tablet market is in need of one thing - a large screened tablet pc.  So, this ambitious teenager decided that instead of waiting for manufacturers to produce a large 17 inch screen tablet, he decided that he'd just build one himself.  Hardman has build ...

[NEW] Kids Videos App For iPad & Kindle Fire

Download for your ipad (click here) Download for your Kindle Fire (click here) As a parent of four kids, I have to admit that I'm VERY nervous and reserved about allowing my kids to hop on YouTube to watch "family friendly videos".  Even though you just searched "Super Why", sometimes what you get on YouTube is anything ...

Blackberry Playbook 64GB Tablets For $252 (63% Off)

Get a Blackberry Playbook 64GB tablet at Amazon right now starting around $252, that 63% off suggested retail price. I was just reading about how PC World is getting all excited about finding a Blackberry Playbook 64GB tablet for $299 on Newegg.com.  Well, I have to admit that is a great price, but what if I told ...

[LEAK] Android 4.0 (ICS) Coming To HTC Flyer

As soon as the HTC Flyer received the Android 3.2 (Honeycomb) update, calls started flooding the HTC customer support line from customers who were less than pleased with the new Android OS update.  The biggest complaint is that the user experience completely changed.  And customers were trying to figure out how to get the Flyer ...

NASDAQ:AMZN – Kindle Fire Content Sales Could Push Amazon Shares To New Highs

Amazon's angle with the Kindle Fire tablet is much different than most other tablet manufacturers.  While tablet competitors are promoting specs as their platform to profitability, Amazon's platform is content. You see, Amazon takes a loss each time a new Kindle Fire is purchased. And even though that makes investors nervous, Amazon is ok with it, ...

Tablet PC’s To Grow 77% Annually Thru 2015

The overall tablet market will experience a compound annual growth rate of 77% through the year 2015, according to Taiwan-based Gartner analyst Ben Lee who spoke at a conference recently.  Total shipments of tablet pc's, to include both Android and Apple's iPad, is expected to reach 316 million units by 2015.  Just to put that in ...

Daily Shipments of Ultrabooks On The Rise

Intel CEO Paul Otellini said in a conference call today the Ultrabook market is exploding and that we are basically at the front end of huge growth in the market.  Mr. Otellini said that by the end of the year, Ultrabooks could dominate 40 percent of the consumer laptop market and the daily number of ...