Ubuntu can run on Shield tablet
Might have a use afterall
A user managed to get the open source Linux operating system Ubuntu running on his Nvidia Shield Tablet.
Samsung plays Chopin
It is not chopsticks
Samsung appears to be working on a high-end device powered by an Intel processor and running Android 5.1 Lollipop.tablet.
Further signs of a touch screen slump
Tablets and smartphones who wants them?
There are further signs that the boom in consumer mobiles is drying up.
IDC sees second life for business tablets
Consumers not so much
Beancounters at IDC have consulteed their tarot cards and are predicting that tablets will survive in the business area.
Tame Apple Press admits that iPads faltering
Flickering reality distortion field
The Tame Apple Press is starting to realise that all those years about the iPad being game changing were basically a lie peddling another hula hoop style fad.
On the ball car hire firms want to rent tablets
Someone has a use for them
Car hire outfit Avis and Budget Car Rental thinks that there are people who want to hire keyboardless netbooks.
Nexus 9 price falling
Hitting a sweet spot
Google's Nexus 9 was not a bad tablet, the only problem was the $399 price tag.
Apple and IBM flog iPads to elderly Japanese
Young dont want them any more
Apple and IBM's business partnership which was supposed to push iPads and iPhones into corporates seems to have reverted to hitting softer targets like Japanese pensioners.
Expensive tablets on the road to nowhere
Apple sales to drop by 30 per cent
Tablet sales have flattened and buyers will no longer pay an arm or a leg for them, according to new research.
Acer working on Predator gaming tablet
Part of the new Predator gaming lineup
Acer is definitely on a roll, revealing plenty of new products, including new notebooks, desktops, tablets and monitors, but what especially caught our eye is the new Predator gaming tablet.