The Asus Eee Pad Transformer might be the real Cinderella story of the tablet industry, and the story continues to get better. A new report out shows that Asustek Computer is shipping over 400,000 units per month of their Honeycomb powered Transformer tablet.
If you have a plan on travelling abroad for your holidays this summer, one of the things you will undoubtedly be wary of is using your smartphone or tablets, due to exorbitant data roaming costs. No longer are you chained to absurd per-MB roaming charges or unnecessary monthly plans. Instead, you can shell out £3-a-day (about $5) for 30MB of data which is plenty for checking e-mail and doing some light browsing.
The old TH40/D involved Fujitsu pushing back the sliding tablet’s late-June release date. The device has been presented for the first time in May and exhibited at the fair in Taipei, Computex 2011. TH40 Fujitsu will market starting next July 22, 2011, just over a week. It’s mid-July now, and things have been mostly quiet surrounding the 10-inch tablet’s keyboard-packing goodness.
Google CEO Larry Page released some impressive numbers today that really show the true power and popularity of Android. These new stats show Google’s dominance in the crowded, fast pace, mobile market.
BlackBerry App World hits one billion downloads and it took a smidge over two years for the company to claim the milestone. A number of factors have likely led to the relative snail’s pace in the BlackBerry storefront, including the outfit’s rocky relationship with developers and the company has begun a video series that allows seasoned RIM aficionados to offer their rationale for working with the mobile OS…………….
Purple Leaf has filed a patent infringement suit against Google Inc in the Texas Eastern District Court, which include Google Checkout and current information on the patent infringement suit against Google does not mention the patent number……………
Amazon already launched an sponsored version of their WiFi Kindle earlier in the year which is available for a reduced price and now they announced a 3G spored version of the Kindle 3, called the Kindle 3G with Special Offers. Kindle 3G with Special Offers comes with a data connections from US mobile carrier AT&T and there are no monthly fees or connection charges for the connection. New Kindle 3G with Special Offers is supported by adverts and it will retail for $139. The new option joins the already announced ad-support WiFi model, which will run you $114 and replaces the $164 non-AT&T-sponsored 3G version and this cheaper Kindle is actually a replacement for the older ad-supported 3G model…………….
Apple and Samsung are currently embroiled in a lengthy lawsuit over the iPhone and several popular Android handsets and both manufacturers claim their other is infringing on their IP and are asking the courts to block/ban the import of the offending hardware. Apple took aim at smaller rival HTC with filling a claim with the International Trade Commission (ITC) to ban the sales of the competing smartphones and tablets, this is the second complaint against HTC with the ITC…………….