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4.2 Million WebOS Users?

Over the weekend, an amazing piece of detective work by the WebOS Internals team and some crowd-sourcing via Twitter has revealed that there approximately 4.2 million WebOS users, give or take. Every WebOS phone or tablet user has to create a profile in order to use their device. Each profile has a unique identifier, a number that appears to simply

Magazines are iPads That Don’t Work

Watch the video below and let me know how you feel after watching it, but for the purposes of discussion, remember two things first. One, to avoid any pro- or anti-Apple bias, ignore the fact that it's an Apple iPad and assume that it's just a generic tablet. Two, take what the video shows at face value as one could easily make

Tablets: Serious Computing Devices or Toys?

I ran across an article on Electronista in my news feed today that really got me thinking.  It seems a new survey conducted by Citigroup found that, of 1,800 people surveyed, 62% of those planning to purchase a tablet considered the purchase "a toy" (you can read a more in-depth analysis of the survey at that link).  After a few

BBC Beta Homepage for the Post-PC Era

The BBC is embracing the post-PC world with a reworked homepage at beta.bbc.co.uk. Here's what it looks like on my TouchPad. The black arrows on either side slide the screen through three other views. It's a little bit reminiscent of how the BBC's iPlayer displays programmes on my Bluray player, which isn't entirely unsurprising. Some of the other features, such

$3 Dollar Tablet Stand

Ever wander into the iPad/tablet accessory isle at your local big box electronics store looking for an inexpensive stand for your iPad, Nook, Kindle, or other tablet/reader device? If so, you know these things have a tendency to be rather pricey and may not even do what you want them to. I’ve got an inexpensive, very effective solution you may

Sony Announces 2 New Tablets

Today, at the IFA trade show, Sony announced their first two tablet computers.  The Sony Tablet S and Sony Tablet P are both powered by Android.The Tablet S is available for pre-order today and will ship next month.  The Tablet P will be available later this year. The Sony Tablet S has a 9.4 inch screen, NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor,