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ASUS Combines Smartphones and Tablets With The Padfone

Considering the relative success ASUS has already seen in the tablet space it’s no surprise they want to keep them coming. The EeePad Transformer, according to them, is selling pretty well and they recently revealed another impressive Android tablet… err phone… no, tablet phone… Oh yea, it’s the Padfone. What if we could take our tiny smartphone screen and blow

HP Promotes TouchPad to Europe

At a press conference in Cannes,  HP touted the forthcoming TouchPad as being "better than number one" and announced a few of the European TouchPad flagship partners. HP's senior VP for the Personal Systems Group in EMEA, Eric Cador said, "In the PC world, with fewer ways of differentiating HP’s products from our competitors, we became number one; in the

The Web Perception Trap

We seem to be moving into the age of the apps. Are apps just a passing fad, or is something more substantial afoot? We have come to think of the Internet itself as being synonymous with the World Wide Web. However, that’s a wrong perception that may have many of us caught in a perception trap making it difficult for

Dell Tablet Roadmap Leaked, 10″ Streak Pro in June

There have been rumors circulating on the internet for a while now about a Dell Streak 10" tablet that would be called the Dell Streak Pro.  Now the folks over at Android Central have come up with the proof.  They have published a leaked tablet roadmap from Dell that lists, not just the Streak Pro, but two other tablets.  The

Samsung responds to iPad 2 with ‘The World’s Thinnest Mobile Tablets’

Earlier this month Apple revealed their follow up to the iPad, cleverly named the iPad 2. When Samsung saw it they were a little put back and decided to take their upcoming Galaxy Tab 10.1 back to the drawing board. Now, they have revealed the new tablet and it’s got a little brother, the Galaxy Tab 8.9. The new Galaxy

Carphone Warehouse Sells 1 Million Android Smartphones

In a press release yesterday, The Carphone Warehouse announced that it had sold one million Android handsets in Europe with a year-on-year growth of 2000%. The Carphone Warehouse has been a strong supporter of Android with exclusive arrangements on handsets such as the Samsung's Nexus S and a similar deal on the forthcoming Motorola Xoom tablet.

Usefulness of Apps

As I continue to live in a world of both Android and iOS apps, I have a few observations. These should serve as lessons for would-be app designers. The most useful apps are those that take a single to narrow range of tasks that can be accomplished conventionally on a computer browser and squeeze them down into a simple interface