Redmond, Wash. – Microsoft priced its ARM-based Surface RT tablets on its online store and announced that it is taking preorders on the site for Oct. 26 delivery.
Weymouth, Mass. — Almost 36 percent of U.S. consumers who don’t own a tablet expect to buy their first in less than a year, pointing to a need by tablet suppliers to design devices that will appeal to mainstream consumers, market research company InfoTrends concluded.
New York – Barnes & Noble and Microsoft finalized a deal today that has the two firms teaming up to create a new company focused on the digital reading and education markets.
New York – Apple will unveil a smaller screen iPad in mid-October, Fortune said in citing a “major Apple investor” who claimed to have heard about the plan from "multiple sources."
Mountain View, Calif. – Second-screen app developer Peel said Monday that owners of Samsung Galaxy devices preloaded with the Peel Smart Remote TV app can provide real-time user generated feedback during the 2012 presidential debates.
Dallas – AT&T will launch a quartet of LTE-equipped Samsung devices in the coming months, including an LTE-equipped Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, the Galaxy Note II smartphone/tablet “phablet,” and two other smartphones.