Tag: iPad rival
RIM slowing BlackBerry PlayBook production following poor sales of iPad rival
BlackBerry PlayBook manufacturers RIM are reportedly slowing production of their iPad-rivalling tablet device, following a poor second-qaurter earnings report. Component and OEM trackers DigiTimes are reporting that RIM's production partners Quanta are laying off as many as 1,000 workers,…
CES 2011 AOC's cheapo Android tablet – the Breeze
And the tablets keep coming… Here's one from a company that might be new to you, but certainly has a track record in consumer electronics. AOC, which claims it is the world's largest manufacturer of LCD/LED monitors and HDTVs,…
#CES 2011: it's the Year of the Tablet – 5 Things to Expect
By Anna Leach Apple released the iPad last February, and it took other manufacturers a little while to catch up. Now it looks like they have. CES 2011 promises to kick start the year of the alternative Tablet as manufacturers…
RIM buy a load of TAT to revamp BlackBerry UI
RIM, the manufacturers behind the BlackBerry range of handsets and forthcoming PlayBook tablet have bought the Swedish design team The Astonishing Tribe (TAT). With TAT specialising in the design of mobile interfaces, it's believed the acquistition will lead to an…
HANDS-ON PICS – Samsung Galaxy Tab
The Samsung Galaxy Tab may not hit stores until the start of next month, but we here at Tech Digest have got our hands on one a little early to give you our full impressions. It's touted as the first…
MSI Windpad 100: Windows 7 tablet design finalised, dock and pics emerge
Though the Windows 7 tablet is still looking surprisingly barren, MSI at least have been hard at work with a device sporting Microsoft's OS. Last seen in protoytpe form at the Computex conference, the MSI Windpad 100 has now had…