Category: Tablet
Is Nokia back from the dead? Could it be number 1 again?
So the big news today is that Nokia is BACK - and it was completely unexpected too. The company has announced a new Android tablet, the Nokia N1 - could it be about to reclaim the mobile crown? In a nutshell, Nokia has had a weird year: At the end of last year we heard…
The Digest: Uber under fire… and 5 other things people are talking about today
[nextpage title="Next"] Uber executive suggests digging up dirt on journalists | BuzzFeed "A senior executive at Uber suggested that the company should consider hiring a team of opposition researchers to dig up dirt on its critics in the media — and specifically to spread details of the personal life of a female journalist who has…
Nokia announces N1 tablet
Nokia has announced a brand new Android tablet at the Slush conference in Helsinki - a first for the company after the separation with Microsoft. The Nokia N1 is a 7.9" tablet, which has a laminated screen (for reducing glare), and is powered by an impressive 2.3ghz 64bit quadcore processor with 2GB RAM. There's 32GB…
The Digest: Internet giants ‘in denial’ over terror… and 6 other things people are talking about today
[nextpage title="Next"] GCHQ director attacks tech giants for being 'in denial' over terrorism | Huffington Post "The new head of Britain's electronic eavesdropping agency has accused internet firms of being in denial of the role their networks play in terrorism and demanded they open themselves up more to intelligence services. GCHQ director Robert Hannigan said…
The iPad Air 2 costs just $1 more than the iPad Air 1 for Apple to make
This year's iPad update was, umm, modest, to say the least. The new tablet didn't really have all that much new - aside from a slightly faster processor and TouchID, all Apple has done is sandpaper down the case another millimetre. Which is perhaps why this news didn't come as much of a shock. According…
Is Sony planning a 12″ tablet?
The notoriously unreliable Taiwan Digitimes is reporting that Sony could be planning a 12" tablet. Hmm. According to the short report: "Sony Mobile Communications will launch a 12-inch tablet in the first quarter of 2015. Several other vendors are also developing large-size tablets for launch in the first or second quarters, according to Taiwan-based supply…
The Digest: Charlie Brooker on Gamergate… and 4 other things people are talking about this morning
[nextpage title="Next"] Gamergate: the internet is the toughest game in town – if you’re playing as a woman, says the Guardian's Charlie Brooker: "There seems to be a small yet vocal core of maniacs bafflingly resistant to the notion that women should have any say in the games industry at all. Even recent statistics indicating…
Lenovo announce three new “Yoga” Windows/Android tablets
Lenovo has announced three new tablets. The company claims that one of them has been designed by "Product Engineer" Ashton Kutcher. Yes, that one. The star of "Dude, where's my car?" has "designed" the Yoga Tablet 2 Pro. The entertainment-focused device is 13", has a built-in projector (!) and has an 8-watt sound system with…
Microsoft rumoured to be stopping Surface production – though it is probably DigiTimes talking rubbish again
Another day, another completely spurious rumour from Taiwan's DigiTimes. The website is reporting that Microsoft is about to kill off its Surface line of tablets. There are mountains of salt not large enough for our scepticism on this claim. Such a move could conceivably make sense: The first two Surface generations bled money for the…
The Skep-Tech: Why Apple WON’T make iPads that run Mac OS, and why it would be INSANE to do so
I've been holding off talking about this, because it sounds insane - but the din in the tech scene won't go away because it is largely a massive echo-chamber. Everyone is reporting 'rumours' that Apple is planning an iPad (possibly a 12" iPad) that runs Mac OS. Now, perhaps I'll look back on this post…
