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Are 3G/4G connected tablets a waste of time?

Chip makers seem to be weighing in on the Wi-Fi vs 3G enabled discussion when it comes to tablets, with some starting to question whether consumers actually want another cellular-connected device to add to their monthly bills.Freescale Semiconductor’s tablet marketing lead Robert Thompson led...

Dell discontinues Streak 5

Dell has declared its five inch Streak tablet officially dead, though the device disappeared from shelves already back in early July.The freakishly large phone or terribly tiny tablet – depending on how you look at it – appears to have been simply too confusing...

Apple blocks Samsung's Galaxy tablet in EU

Reuters | August 10, 2011 | Hyunjoo Jin, Poornima Gupta A German court has temporarily barred Samsung Electronics from selling its flagship Galaxy tablet in most of the European Union in a significant victory for market leader Apple Inc. Read the full article here via Reuters...

Apple blocks Samsung’s Galaxy tablet in EU

Reuters | August 10, 2011 | Hyunjoo Jin, Poornima Gupta A German court has temporarily barred Samsung Electronics from selling its flagship Galaxy tablet in most of the European Union in a significant victory for market leader Apple Inc. Read the full article here via Reuters...

India's Reliance Communications launches $288 tablet PC

Reuters | August 9, 2011 | Devidutta Tripathy Reliance Communications, India's second-biggest mobile phone carrier by subscribers, on Tuesday said it has launched a tablet computer priced at 12,999 rupees ($288). Read the full article here via Reuters

India’s Reliance Communications launches $288 tablet PC

Reuters | August 9, 2011 | Devidutta Tripathy Reliance Communications, India's second-biggest mobile phone carrier by subscribers, on Tuesday said it has launched a tablet computer priced at 12,999 rupees ($288). Read the full article here via Reuters

Samsung moves ahead with tablet launch plans in India, Australia

Reuters | August 10, 2011 | Devidutta Tripathy Samsung Electronics, which has been locked in a patent infringement battle with Apple Inc, on Wednesday said a German court order to temporarily bar its flagship Galaxy tablet in the European Union would not affect its launch...

Dell discontinues Streak 5

Dell has declared its five inch Streak tablet officially dead, though the device disappeared from shelves already back in early July.

Are 3G/4G connected tablets a waste of time?

Chip makers seem to be weighing in on the Wi-Fi vs 3G enabled discussion when it comes to tablets, with some starting to question whether consumers actually want another cellular-connected device to add to their monthly bills.

Qualcomm’s VP says apps and cloud will change computing

Qualcomm’s executive vice president, Steve Mollenkopf, has said the mobile app space will change computing forever.Speaking at an event marking the opening of Verizon Wireless’ Application Innovation Center in San Francisco Wednesday, Mollenkopf spoke of his firm’s “rich history of innovation” and collaboration with...

PT Bakrie deploys Smith Micro Experience Manager platform

An Indonesian wireless operator is the first to deploy Smith Micro Software Inc.'s (SMSI) new Experience Manager platform, which enables end users to manage all of their wireless connections and data plans across their devices and networks.The Experience Manager platform also enables operators...

HTC announces $300 million investment in Beats Electronics

HTC will be investing $300 million in Beats Electronics, to incorporate the firm's digital sound technology into upcoming phones it was revealed this evening.The Taiwanese phone maker had told press earlier on Wednesday it would be making an announcement Thursday morning in Los Angeles,...

Samsung reacts to European injunction of Galaxy Tab 10.1

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. responded with disappointment to news that a German regional court in D

Reader Forum: Always on, always connected – LTE and the connected world

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...

Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom relies on iPad 2 to hit 2011 tablet sales target

DigiTimes | August 5, 2011 | Chloe Yu, Adam Hwang Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has set a contract-bundled sales goal of 100,000 tablet PCs, including iPad 2, in the Taiwan market in 2011 but sold only nearly 20,000 units in the first half of the year. Read...

Intel aims to play in wireless, device markets

Intel Corp. aims to play in wireless and device markets, introducing digital signage and machine-to-machine solutions. “We are working with some players to validate our chips to tablets and smartphones,” said Carlos Kokron, Intel’s Latin America’s director of carriers business, in an interview with...

Analyst Angle: Why tablets don’t kill the laptop

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. I’ve heard predictions lately that the emergence of the tablet will most certainly kill off...

Apple lawsuit halts Samsung tablet sales in Australia

The ongoing patent lawsuit between Apple and Korean electronics giant Samsung has put a ban on sales and marketing of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia, following a court ruling.

Apple Suit Puts Samsung Tablet Sales in Australia on Hold

Bloomberg | August 1, 2011 | Robert Schneider, Robert Fenner Apple Inc. won an agreement from Samsung Electronics Co. that the South Korean company won’t sell the newest version of its tablet computer in Australia until a patent lawsuit in the country is resolved. Read the...

Marvel Digital shows off affordable Android tablet – Mercury

Marvel Digital has released a video of its Mercury tablet, an affordable 7-inch device running Android 2.3.1 (Gingerbread).A YouTube video shows the tablet being put through its paces, with a demo of Angry Birds, an HD YouTube video, some sort of 3D UI home-screen...

Motorola Mobility lowers expectations as it slides to $56M loss

Almost everything is up at Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. (MMI) except for profits. The company swung to a $56 million loss in the last quarter, after recording $80 million in profits a year ago. Motorola shipped 11.1 million devices total, including 4.4 million smartphones...

Apple, Zenithink(!) most satisfied with tablet purchases, IHS survey finds

While it's no surprise that Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) iPad came in first place in a U.S. customer-satisfaction survey from IHS Inc., the fact that China's Shenzhen Zenithink Technologies Co. Ltd. came in at a close second was unexpected.The survey, which polled 1,400...

Marvel Digital shows off affordable Android tablet – Mercury

Marvel Digital has released a video of its Mercury tablet, an affordable 7-inch device running Android 2.3.1 (Gingerbread).

Samsung announces Galaxy S 3 before US launch of S 2

Samsung seems to be getting ahead of itself in the smartphone race, with talk of the Samsung Galaxy S 3 before the Galaxy S 2 has even been officially released in the US.