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Barnes & Noble Launches Cheaper Nook Tablet to Compete with Fire

Tue Feb 21, 2012 3:36 pm | By Joe Arico
Barnes & Noble plans to launch a new Nook Tablet, featuring 8-gigabytes of memory, for $200 on February 22, as the company attempts to better compete with the Kindle Fire.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 Takes on IPad 3

Mon Feb 13, 2012 3:58 pm | By Kendra Srivastava
Samsung today unveiled its Galaxy Tab 2, an Android 4.0 tablet, getting a jumpstart on Apple's iPad 3, competing in the increasingly-fierce market with cheaper products.

"Butt Art" IPad App Digitizes Drawing Tutorials

Tue Feb 07, 2012 9:37 am | By Kendra Srivastava
Butt Art, an iPad app that teaches kids how to draw animals, may join other tablet apps in slowly replacing books as learning devices.

Tablets, E-Reader Sales Surge Over Holidays

Tue Jan 24, 2012 4:10 pm | By Margaret Rock
More Americans made the move to mobile entertainment devices over the holidays, signalling room for both tablets and e-readers in a changing entertainment landscape.

Tablets Boost Spending Online

Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:21 pm | By Joe Arico
More users are doing online shopping on their tablets than any other device, leading retailers to adjust their advertising and e-commerce strategy.

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Acer Mulls Windows 8 for Tablets

Thu Jan 05, 2012 2:32 pm | By Margaret Rock
Acer is considering Microsoft's upcoming Window 8 platform for its next tablet device, marking a shift in strategy for the company.

Amazon Readies Kindle Fire Fix

Wed Dec 14, 2011 4:41 pm | By Margaret Rock
Amazon confirmed it will roll out a software update to its Kindle Fire tablet, an early effort to quell criticism of the fast-selling device.

$100 Android Tablet Coming Soon

Thu Dec 08, 2011 4:14 pm | By Margaret Rock
Novo7, the world's first tablet to run Android's Ice Cream Sandwich software, is expected to be available in U.S. markets soon at the low price of $100, much to Google's satisfaction.

Nook Becomes Barnes & Noble's Fastest-Selling Product

Mon Dec 05, 2011 3:42 pm | By Margaret Rock
Barnes & Noble's Nook Tablet was the company's fastest-selling Nook product in the history of the company, highlighting another tablet's rise in the iPad dominated marketplace.

Tablets May Benefit Children With Autism

Thu Dec 01, 2011 3:41 pm | By Margaret Rock
Tablet devices and their wide array of apps offer great benefits to autistic children's learning, while at the same time fueling the bigger debate about the tablet's educational role in the broad spectrum of the disorder.

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Beatles Help Welcome "Rolling Stone" to IPad

Wed Nov 30, 2011 4:12 pm | By Doug Rule
The publisher of "Rolling Stone" and "US Weekly" will finally join the publishing stampede to the iPad, though its debut on the platform comes in the form of an e-book about the Beatles.

PlayBook Employee Discount Fuels Fire Sale Rumors

Mon Nov 28, 2011 5:14 pm | By Janet Maragioglio
Research in Motion is offering the BlackBerry PlayBook for $100 to employees, leading to rumors of a fire sale on the tablet.

Chipmaker Predicts Quad Core Tablet Prices of $300

Wed Nov 23, 2011 5:18 pm | By Margaret Rock
Quad core tablets haven't even hit the market yet, but chipmaker Nvidia is already predicting the price of the speedy tablets will drop next year, underscoring the fast pace of change in the tablet market.

Lenovo Builds Quad-Core Tablet

Tue Nov 15, 2011 5:34 pm | By Kendra Srivastava
Lenovo is building a quad-core Android tablet, according to reports, in a move to gain on rivals already developing faster next-generation devices.

Kindle Fire Threatens Apple Market Share

Wed Nov 09, 2011 4:38 pm | By Joe Arico
Some customers are putting the iPad on the back burner in favor of the Kindle Fire, according to a survey, as Amazon's tablet looks to challenge Apple.