12 Cheap Alternatives To The iPad

Release Date 4 May, 2011 in The Business Insider

Top 10 tablets of 2011, the new leaderboard ZDNet (blog) - Jason Hiner - 4 May, 2011 With new tablets hitting the market almost every week, there is suddenly an overwhelming number of choices �" and more on the way. Here are the 10 tablets that are worth your attention. Larry Dignan is Editor in ...
For tablets to succeed mainstream: Consumers simply must “get it” ZDNet (blog) - James Kendrick - 4 May, 2011 Tablet makers are racing to get products to market, but they are missing a key point to get consumers to buy them. Consumers simply must “get it” when exposed to a given tablet. James Kendrick has been using ...
2011: The Year of the Tablet Livemint - Vishal Mathur - ‎May 3, 2011‎ Tablets have become popular almost overnight. Read on to find out what else is in store As we headed into 2010, the general opinion was that netbooks would rule the portable computer market, thanks to their affordable price and long battery life. ...
	Android alternatives to iPad 2 AsiaOne - Yeong Ah Seng - ‎May 2, 2011‎ THE much-anticipated iPad 2 finally came to Singapore last week. However, while the Apple tablet hogged the limelight, a number of equally interesting and feature-rich tablets based on the Android OS have also been launched. ...
Motorola Xoom Looking Like Epic Flop Forbes (blog) - ‎May 2, 2011‎ According to one Global Equities' analyst, Motorola Mobility likely sold between 25000 and 125000 Xoom tablets since the company began offering the product on February 24. [1] Analysts from Sanford Bernstein and Deutsche Bank have also estimated low ...
Mobile revolution arrives for virtual events Hypergrid Business - Dennis Shiao - 4 May, 2011 In the early days of virtual events (ie a few years ago), we used to say that users could attend a virtual event “from anywhere.” Of course, that wasn't entirely true, as “anywhere” usually meant at a location with “fixed” (vs. roaming) ...
	iPad 2: One month on TechRadar UK - James Rivington - 4 May, 2011 We've lived with the iPad 2. Do we still think it's the best tablet of them all? By James Rivington It's possible to both love and hate something at the same time. Cats for example. You love them because they're cuddly and cute, but you hate them ...
Tablet Glut: iPad to Phase Lots of Slate Makers Out of Market by Year's End Bright Side of News* - Christian Zibreg - 4 May, 2011 With more than two hundred different tablets vying for our attention in 2011, we now have the choice. More devices are due as first- and second-tier smartphone and notebook makers prep their response to the iPad. But even this avalanche won't deter ...
Sony Swallow the Tablet Best Mobile Contracts (blog) - 4 May, 2011 It came as little to no surprise when Sony announced last week that they were entering the tablet fray. In fact, the only question on everyone's lips seemed to be 'what took ya so long?'. With HTC, Blackberry and Samsung all ramping up their tablet ...
Sony's Tablets Are Double the Pleasure, Double the Fun Motley Fool - Kabya Ghosh - 4 May, 2011 It's now the turn of tech giant Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE ) to announce its foray into the booming tablet market with a pair of Android-powered tablets. But why two? Well, one of the two tablets that Sony has planned to ...
	12 Cheap Alternatives To The iPad The Business Insider - 4 May, 2011 After about a year's head start, the iPad is only just now seeing some serious competition from Android, BlackBerry, and HP tablets. We're all familiar with those big names in tablet tech, but several smaller manufacturers have been able to sneak in ...
Competitors to Apple's iPad risk issues with excess inventory Apple Insider - Katie Marsal - 4 May, 2011 A large number of companies hope to take on Apple's iPad with their own tablets later this year, but the sheer number of options and limited consumer interest may lead to excess inventory. Market watchers told Taiwanese industry ...
Fierce tablet fight to be rough for Apple's rivals Reg Hardware - 4 May, 2011 By Hard Reg • Get more from this author Here's a notion: there will be so many tablet wannabes fighting for market share in the second half of the year that rather a lot of them will be left with unsold stock on their warehouse shelves. ...
Android Tablet Tips and Tricks informIT - Shane Conder, Lauren Darcey - 4 May, 2011 You see Android tablets everywhere: in the news, on store shelves, and on your users' wish lists of hot new devices they want your apps to support. Shane Conder and Lauren Darcey, the authors of Android Wireless ...
Apple Posts New iPad 2 TV Ad "If You Asked" Touch Reviews - Ravin Mohindru - 4 May, 2011 Apple on Tuesday posted a new iPad 2 TV ad “If You Asked” on its website. The advertisement describes the user experience as intuitive, inspiring, ground breaking, powerful, the future and magic. But if you asked Apple they would say, ...
	Giveaway: Set of Motorola Xoom Tablets The Stir (blog) - Emily Abbate - 4 May, 2011 Being a mom keeps getting harder. Not only are they the primary caregivers and financial decision makers of the family, they are the communicators of the household too. It's usually mom's job to organize family matters and keep in touch with everyone, ...
Sony's New Tablets Court the Gaming Crowd Gotta Be Mobile - Hugo Ortega - 4 May, 2011 News leaked a few months ago that Sony was working on a gaming tablet. In the last couple weeks, we've received confirmation and an official reveal by Sony of not one, but two gaming tablets �" a larger, more traditional tablet and a smaller clamshell ...
Sony S1 S2 tablet processors detailed FoneHome.co.uk - 4 May, 2011 By Jon on May 4th, 2011 The Sony S1 and S2 tablets should provide a welcome jolt to the tablet market. Sony's innovative design and formidable multimedia services could lead to one (or even two) of the biggest threats to iPad 2 supremacy yet. ...
Taking a munch on Google Android Honeycomb ComputerWeekly.com (blog) - Adrian Bridgwater - 4 May, 2011 Google is currently hoping to attract interest to the latest tempting addition in its technology candy-box, Android Honeycomb. A new version of this mobile OS that is focused on tablets has been ...
Best tablet PCs CNET Australia - Ty Pendlebury - 4 May, 2011 Though tablet computers have been around for many years, they were clunky and expensive. Interest in tablets were reignited thanks to Apple's entry into the category with the release of its relatively low-cost iPad. ...
Waiting for Android Law.com - 4 May, 2011 Android 3.0 isn't the first version of Google's mobile operating system to power a tablet -- but it is the first designed specifically for the larger hand-held devices. It's also the version intended to directly challenge Apple's dominance in the ...
The Best Gadgets (So Far) Gizmodo - 4 May, 2011 Sam Biddle �" A new month is upon us! Warmth! Fresh air! Smiling children! Tax refunds! Flowers! And plenty of gadgets�"tablets and smartphones and dongles, oh my!�"crave. Here's our newest of the best of the Bestmodo. Best Android Tablet: The Motorola ...
	Kindle for $114 Top Computer Tablets - 4 May, 2011 By Sarah Amazon announced today an awesome new update that is sure to make Android Tablet owners and shoppers alike very happy. The Kindle for Android application has just received an update that makes it very tablet-friendly, and adds some nice new ...
	Motorola Xoom Problems & Tips: Black Screen Issues Phones Review - ‎May 3, 2011‎ If you have a Motorola Xoom and have been experiencing problems with the tablet either not turning on or being stuck on a black screen, stop ripping out your hair, as we may have a solution. A number of owners of the Motorola Xoom have had problems ...
	Sony Tablet S1 and S2 announced, Playstation Certified Metrowny.com - Ryan Burch - ‎May 3, 2011‎ In spite of the PSN outage, Sony tried to bring us some good news. They will be releasing two tablets this fall. One is a single-screen tablet, dubbed S1, and a dual screen model dubbed S2 (appropriately). What the two models will have in common is ...
	Sony Joins Tablet War �" Unique Body Style Revealed Top Computer Tablets - ‎May 3, 2011‎ By Sarah Sony has finally unveiled proof that they are entering the tablet wars, rather than just promising to eventually show up. The simply named S1 and S2 will join the tablet fray “later this year” as Sony put it. ...
	Photos: Sony S1 and S2 Tablets are set to battle the iPad 2 ComputerWeekly.com - ‎May 3, 2011‎ Although they may be similar in terms of their names the S1 and S2 look completely different. Impressively, Sony have managed to make them both individually distinctive, stylish and attractive. Starting with the similarities, they both run Android 3.0 ...
Motorola Xoom Android 3.0 Tablet \| Motorola Xoom Android 3.0 Tablet,Motorola ... Benchmark Reviews - ‎May 3, 2011‎ The Motorola Xoom tablet has been met with plenty of hype, and perhaps rightfully so since it is the first tablet to ship with Android 3.0 (aka Honeycomb), the first version of Android designed specifically for tablets. Although there are a number of ...
Tablet Wars Global Times - Li Qiaoyi - ‎May 3, 2011‎ Motorola began pre-sale orders for its XOOM tablet in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province last month. By Li Qiaoyi Unlike the tech fanciers who rushed to queue up for Apple's iPad last year, 28-year-old Xu Lei is biding his time, waiting for a tablet device ...
	Motorola Xoom Sales Follow Android Phone Pattern eWEEK Europe UK - Clint Boulton - ‎May 3, 2011‎ Motorola Mobility announced first quarter earnings of $3 billion (£1.8bn) on 28 April, up 22 percent from the first quarter of 2010. The company said it shipped 4.1 million Android handsets and 250000 Motorola Xoom Android 3.0 “Honeycomb” tablets. ...