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More iOS Developers Build For Android Than Mac

By Jillian | June 13, 2011 | No comment yet

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Gene Munster, the managing director and senior research analyst from Piper Jaffray, was in attendance at last week’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) asking 45 of the attendees a few questions regarding their development practices and scope. Munster compared this year’s results with those from a survey he conducted of 20 attendees at the same event in 2008.

Many of the responses come as no surprise considering he was polling individuals registered at an Apple sponsored conference. Overwhelmingly all respondents chose iOS as the easiest and most profitable platform to develop for.

Apple Now World’s Largest Mobile PC Maker – Thanks to iPad

By Bill | February 16, 2011 | 1 comment

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Based on DisplaySearch’s latest Quarterly Mobile PC Shipment and Forecast Report, Apple has edged out HP to become the world’s largest mobile PC vendor this past quarter. This is the first time Apple has held the number one spot and is largely due to Apple’s huge iPad sales.

iPad 3 to be Released this Fall?

By dag | February 9, 2011 | No comment yet

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According to Daring Fireball and TechCrunch, and even though the iPad 2 has not even been officially announced yet, its successor may be released as early as the third quarter of this year. While this news is far fetched, both websites seem pretty convinced that the third generation iPad will be released much earlier than expected.

The early launch could be motivated by the slew of “iPad killers” currently in the works. While the iPad 2 will be powerful enough to compete with the upcoming wave of new tablets, it will not have the edge performance wise, as its specs should be very close to what Motorola, HP and RIM already released, or plan to release very soon. In other words, the iPad 2 is expected to be to the first generation iPad what the iPhone 3GS was to the iPhone 3G, as the device will be faster and more polished, but will not be dramatically ahead of the curve.

IDC says iPad Continues to Dominate Media Tablet Shipments

By Cristi | January 18, 2011 | No comment yet

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The iPad had a stellar debut last year. Apple’s magical tablet broke all types of sales records in 2010 and quickly established itself as the leader to beat in the hot new tablet market space. Market research firm IDC confirmed Apple’s leadership in the company’s first Worldwide Quarterly Media Tablet and eReader report.

In the report, the company projects nearly 17 million “media tablets” with a screen size between 5″ and 14″ were shipped last year. The media tablet category includes all iPads and Android based tablets along with upcoming devices from RIM and HP running alternative tablet OSs.

iPad & iPhone Top Google’s 2010 Most Searched List: Beats out Android & Nokia

By Bill | December 9, 2010 | No comment yet

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Google just released their Zeitgeist 2010 list of the fastest rising search terms on Google this past year and Apple’s iPad and iPhone 4 topped the list. The iPad and iPhone 4 placed one and two respectively in the “Fastest Rising in Consumer Electronics” category and the iPad was the second fastest rising search term when looking at all Google searches.

To come up with their yearly list, Google aggregates the billions of search queries people use when doing a search on Google. As Google describes it, “the fastest rising queries are the searches that were significantly more popular in 2010 than in 2009.”

The iPad and iPhone beat out other popular consumer electronics to top the Fastest Rising in Consumer Electronics list. The list contained only one Android device (HTC evo 4g) in the Top 10 list. RIM was similarly underrepresented while Microsoft Windows Phone 7, Palm and WebOS didn’t even break into the Top 10 for 2010.

Full lists after the break »

HP Slate Prototype Video Leaked on YouTube

By dag | September 24, 2010 | 3 comments

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Since the purchase of Palm Inc., and its WebOS operating system, we haven’t heard much about HP and its Slate, besides the fact that the Windows-7-powered device was shelved, and that HP was working on a new version, powered by WebOS.

A couple days ago, a YouTube user posted a video of a working prototype of the Slate, running Windows 7 – note that even though the user does not identify himself, the tablet looks genuine.

The device appears to be fast and fairly responsive, and user-friendly enough for tasks such as web browsing. But given the underlying Windows architecture, the prototype’s interface still seems light-years away from what iOS can offer: for instance, the user is still required to deal with the infamous Start Menu to launch applications, and overall, the device does not seem to respond to user interactions very well (video available after the break).

HP Executive Says WebOS Tablet Coming in 2011

By Bill | August 11, 2010 | No comment yet

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If you’ve been following the news, you’ve heard that HP has been going through some major issues recently and integrating Palm seems to be the least of HP’s worries. The whole Mark Hurd scandal has rocked HP and executives are reaching out to employees in all-hands meetings to give them the latest news.

According to Engadget, it was during one of those all-hands meetings when HP’s Personal Systems Group VP Todd Bradley told the crowd HP will release a WebOS based tablet in the first quarter of 2011.

We previously reported that HP registered “PalmPad” for trademark protection. The name would be a logical choice for HP’s WebOS tablets, but we’re still in the dark on what names HP will give their planned Windows and Android tablets. With three different tablet OSs planned, HP will have its hands full developing a good product marketing strategy to differentiate the devices in the marketplace.

HP’s CEO Steps Down Over Sexual Harassment Allegations

By Bill | August 6, 2010 | No comment yet

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HP’s CEO and president, Mark Hurd, has just resigned after the company performed an internal investigation of sexual harassment charges. The accusations were made by a former HP contractor and investigated by outside counsel, as well as the General Counsel’s office. The board released a statement saying that “the investigation determined there was no violation of HP’s sexual harassment policy, but did find violations of HP’s Standards of Business Conduct.”

Hurd will be replaced by HP veteran and current CFO Cathie Lesjak on an interim basis while a newly formed Board Search Committee looks for Hurd’s ultimate replacement.

Hurd was instrumental in HP’s recent $1.2 billion acquisition of Apple iOS competitor Palm and was driving the company to integrate the innovative WebOS in a wide range of tablets and other connected devices. The successful integration of Palm will be crucial for HP in the on-going competition against smart device powerhouses like Google and Apple.

Will the PalmPad be HP’s iPad Killer?

By Bill | July 21, 2010 | 6 comments

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HP’s recent acquisition of troubled tech company Palm led to considerable speculation if HP would compete with Apple in the tablet and smartphone space. HP made it clear that they planned to take WebOS and start using it in hundreds of web enabled products in the company’s portfolio. Only problem, HP didn’t provide a clear roadmap of what the first set of devices might be.

Based on a recent Trademark submission, it looks like HP plans to create a line of iPad like devices under the name “PalmPad.” HP’s Trademark submission was found by HP fan site myHPmini.com and targets “computers, computer hardware, computer software, computer peripherals, portable computers, handheld and mobile computers, PDAs, electronic notepads, mobile digital electronic devices.”

The Trademark covers a lot of space but would be a logical name for a Palm WebOS set of HP tablets. Whenever I hear “PalmPad” I always get flashbacks to the original Palm Pilot back in the 90s. The Pilot was a great product at the time but I doubt it’s the image HP wants us to have when thinking of their new cutting-edge mobile technology.

So what do you think of the name “PalmPad”? Leave us a comment below and let us know what you’d name an HP tablet device.

New iPad Ready Printers from HP

By Bill | June 29, 2010 | No comment yet

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HP is well know for its printers but they have also been aggressively pursuing the mobile space with their Windows tablets and their recent acquisition of Palm and its WebOS. With this push into mobile computing, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that printing support would be one of the first things HP would cover.

HP recently announced a range of printers supporting ePrint, a technology which allows you to e-mail attachments to your printer and have the documents automatically printed. To get this magic to work, you have to register the printer with HP’s cloud service when it will then be assigned an e-mail address to send documents for printing.

With the printer’s built in WiFi support and the fact that ePrint does not require a print driver, these printers are a great solution for iPad and iPhone owners. You can now wirelessly print without having to purchase or install additional apps on your iOS device. According to HP, the ePrint service can print images, Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents, PDFs, and photos.

The free service is initially available on four HP printers (HP Photosmart Premium e-All-in-One, HP Photosmart Premium Fax e-All-in-One, HP Photosmart e-All-in-One and the HP Photosmart Plus e-All-in-One) and prices start at $99.

[via Engadget]

iPad Apps Blast Past the 10,000 Mark

By Bill | June 11, 2010 | 6 comments

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The iPad hit another milestone today with the availability of over 10,000 iPad applications (iPad specific or Universal) in the Apple Apps Store. Apple was able to hit the 10,000 apps mark just 70 days after the launch of the iPad on April 3. This beats the pace set by the iPhone in 2008 when it took almost five months to reach 10,000 apps.

If measured separately, the iPad would be the third most popular mobile applications platform behind the iPhone (250,000 apps) and Android Market (50,000 apps).

The rapid rise of the iPad eco-system is truly impressive when compared to the iPad’s competition. It took the Android Market almost 11 months to reach 10,000 apps after it launched in 2008. Palm, RIM and Nokia, based on recent data from Morgan Stanley, all have less than 7,000 apps available in their app stores.

The pace of iPad apps shows no sign of slowing, with over 950 new iPad apps added weekly.

*Data from the PadGadget Apps Tracker and Apple App Store.

HP Buys Palm, Decides not to Make Smartphones. Huh?

By Bill | June 3, 2010 | 7 comments

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Why would anyone go out and buy Palm for $1.2 billion unless they wanted to get into the smartphone business? Well it seems HP just did.

HP recently announced they would buy troubled smartphone maker Palm for $1.2 billion and at the time, most analysts speculated HP was making the acquisition to get into the hot smartphone and mobile device market. HP needed a way to better compete with both Google’s Android and Apple’s iPhone business and a Palm purchase looked like it might be a way to accelerate their efforts.

According to an article by ZDNet, HP’s CEO Mark Hurd announced Wednesday at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch technology conference, that HP didn’t “spend billions of dollars trying to go into the smartphone business; that doesn’t in any way make any sense.”