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1st LTE-Equipped Surface 3 Tablet Is On The Way
Dallas — Microsoft’s Surface 3 will be available with cellular LTE data for the first time with a Friday launch by AT&T. Consumers will...
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Samsung Goes Lighter, Thinner With New Tablets
Seoul – The second generation of Samsung tablets incorporating Super-AMOLED displays will be the company’s thinnest and lightest 9.7- and 8-inch tablets when they...
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Low-Cost Tablet Sales Continue To Outpace Market
New York — The emergence of low-cost Android tablets is driving a dilution of Apple’s dominant market share, according to research company Futuresource Consulting....
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Acer Readies More PCs, Android Tablets
Taipei, Taiwan – Acer is going to the Computex trade show here with three new all-in-one PCs, two new Android tablets, a new two-in-one...
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Verizon Adds 8.3-Inch LG Tablet
Basking Ridge, N.J. – Verizon Wireless added the LG G Pad X8.3 tablet to its selection to complement a 7-inch LG tablet and 10.1-inch...
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LG Posts Another Tablet Gain With Carriers
Dallas – AT&T expanded its selection of LTE tablets from LG to two with the May 29 launch of the LTE-equipped LG G Pad...
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Barnes & Noble Cuts Prices Of Samsung Tab 4 Nooks
New York – Barnes & Noble reduced the price of its 7-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Nook to $149 from $199 and the 10-inch...
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HP Reveals Notebooks, Convertibles
Palo Alto, Calif. — New Windows 8.1 Pavilion and Envy convertibles and Pavilion notebooks from HP feature more processor, graphics and display options than...
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Dell To Expand Android Tablets With Detachable Keyboard
San Francisco — Dell will expand its selection of Android-based tablets with detachable keyboards with May availability of the 10.5-inch Venue 10 7000 with...
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Asus Brings 7-Inch LTE Tablet To AT&T Network
Dallas — Asus will roll out its latest LTE-equipped tablet on April 10, when the Asus MeMo Pad 7 LTE will be available in...
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Microsoft Scales Down With Surface 3
Redmond, Wash. — Microsoft’s latest laptop-replacing tablet is essentially a scaled-down version of its last one, but the new model will also be offered...
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E Fun Launches Android 2-In-1 Tablet
West Covina, Calif. — E Fun expanded its tablet selection with its first Android two-in-one model, joining the company’s first Windows two-in-one model launched...
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Asus Readies Chi Series Of Detachables
Fremont, Calif. — Asus began accepting preorders of its Transformer Book T300 and T100 Chi series of thin two-in-one Windows 8.1 detachables through the...
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Entry-Level Lenovo Tablets Get Dolby Atmos Surround
Barcelona, Spain – Dolby Atmos surround decoding appeared here at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in two low-priced Android tablets from Lenovo, which unveiled...
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Sprint Adds Its First LG Tablet
Overland Park, Kan. – Sprint will offer an LG tablet for the first time on March 13, equipping it with LTE and offering it...
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Apple, Samsung Tablet Shares Fall In 2014
Boston – Combined shipments of Apple and Samsung tablets fell below 50 percent for the first time in the U.S. and globally in 2014,...
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NPD: Cellular Tablet Sales On Upswing
Port Washington, N.Y. – The number of cellular-connected tablets in the U.S. grew 95 percent to almost 16 million in the fourth quarter of...
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ZTE Unveils New Global Brand Identity
Oakland, Calif. – Smartphone maker ZTE USA unveiled its new global brand identity during a Dec. 30 Golden State Warriors basketball game here at...
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BlackBerry Goes Retro With Classic
New York —The long-awaited BlackBerry Classic, which combines the traditional look of the old BlackBerry Bold and Curve smartphones with the company’s latest touchscreen...
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T-Mobile First To Offer LTE Nexus 9 Tablet
Bellevue, Wash. — Google’s HTC-made Nexus 9 tablet, the first tablet available out of the box with the Android 5.0 Lollipop, became the latest...
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AtGames Tablet Accesses Game-Streaming Service
El Segundo, Calif. – A subsidiary of AtGames, which markets classic videogame consoles and portables, has rolled out a $149-suggested gaming tablet that taps...
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B&N, Microsoft Cut Nook Ties
New York — Barnes & Noble has taken steps to further restructure and potentially sell off its ailing Nook tablet, e-reader and digital-book business....
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LG Tablets Get More Carrier Distribution
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. — LG expanded the rollout of LTE-equipped G Pad tablets with the launch by Verizon of the LG G Pad 7.0...
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Nokia Brand Reenters CE Market With Tablet
Espoo, Finland — Nokia reentered the CE market, although indirectly, with an Android tablet following the sale this year of its mobile business to...
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Sprint Extends Lease Program To Select iPads
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Sprint continues to expand its leasing program, originally launched with the new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, extended to the...
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E FUN Adds Second Windows Tablet
West Covina, Calif. – Value-priced mobile-device maker E FUN launched its second Windows tablet at an everyday $149 at Walmart.com and plans a one-day...
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Verizon Adds Second-Gen Ellipsis Tablet
Basking Ridge, N.J. – Verizon Wireless unveiled its latest Verizon-brand LTE-equipped tablet, pricing it the same as its predecessor but increasing screen size and...
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Survey: Amazon Rises To Top In Tablet Satisfaction
Westlake Village, Calif. – Amazon ranked highest in overall satisfaction for the first time in J.D. Power U.S. tablet satisfaction study, edging out Apple...
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MetroPCS Enters Tablet Market
Bellevue, Wash. — T-Mobile’s MetroPCS prepaid brand entered the tablet market with the launch of the $149 Alcatel OneTouch Pop 7 with HSPA+21Mbps 4G...
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AT&T Bundling Amazon Tablet, Fire Phone
Dallas – AT&T is bringing an LTE-equipped Amazon Fire HDX 7 tablet to its company-owned stores and online store. The carrier is pricing the...
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Samsung, B&N Team On Second Nook Tablet
New York — Samsung teamed up with Barnes & Noble to launch their second co-branded Android tablet, which is optimized for e-reading, runs a...
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EFun Launches 2-In-1 Windows Tablet At $179
West Covina, Calif. — EFun launched what it called the industry’s first Windows two-in-one tablet retailing for less than $200. The company’s two-in-one 10.1-inch...
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Apple Launches iPad Air 2, Mini 3
CUPERTINO, CALIF. — Apple unveiled its latest iPads — the iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 — hoping to reverse declining sales and...
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NPD: Tablet Unit Growth Slowing
Santa Clara, Calif. — Global tablet PC demand is slowing and will grow only 2 percent in unit shipments in 2014, thanks to competition...
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HP Adds $99 Windows Tablet, $199 Windows Notebook
Palo Alto, Calif. – Hewlett-Packard is bringing Windows 8 tablets down to new opening price points of $99 and $149, and it’s launching low-priced...
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Techno Source Drops Kiddie Kurio 7s Tablet For Xtreme
New York — Techno Source’s newest Kurio kid tablet is billed as its most advanced yet, able to withstand any bump or jolt its...
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Amazon Unveils New Tablets, Readers
Seattle — Amazon dropped the opening price and Kindle name from its Fire tablets, launched its most advanced e-reader ever, and unveiled kid-friendly tablets...
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E Fun Updates Walmart Tablets
West Covina, Calif. — E Fun officially announced the Nextbook 7 earlier this month, the company’s latest quad-core Android 4.4 tablet sold exclusively through...
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CEA: Tablet Ownership, Purchase Intent High
Arlington, Va. — More people own tablets, and still more people want them, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) reported. A total of 54 percent...
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Samsung, B&N Roll Out Co-Branded Reading Tablet
New York — Samsung and Barnes & Noble’s Nook Media subsidiary unveiled a co-branded tablet that they called the first full-featured Android tablet optimized...
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Sprint Adds First Spark-Equipped Tablet
Overland Park, Kan. — Sprint plans Aug. 15 availability of its first tablet equipped with Sprint Spark triband(800/1900/2,500 MHz) LTE technology, which is available...
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AT&T Readies LG G Pad 7.0 With LTE
Dallas — AT&T will become the first carrier to offer an LTE-equipped version of an LG G Pad tablet. Starting Aug. 8, the 7-inch...