Update: It was good while it lasted. It appears the promo codes expired less than a day after they were offered. As if scoring an extremely capable tablet for $99 wasn’t a good enough deal, those of you who recently picked up an HP TouchPad now have the chance to download six free apps from the […]
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BlackBerry PlayBook finally getting BBM and native email
The BlackBerry PlayBook has made a respectable showing in the tablet market so far. RIM isn’t blowing through PlayBook inventory like iPad 2s, but with more than half a million shipped and strong sales posted in some corners of the globe, things are looking pretty rosy for the Waterloo company. Next month, the PlayBook is […]
14 great video players for Android
Update: This article was originally published in 2011. The Android media player landscape has changed quite a bit since then, and as of 2018 I’m personally using VLC for most of my local playback needs on my Android phones and tablets. VLC has come a long way since it was originally released for Android and […]
HP: The TouchPad will launch with less apps than Android, but offer a more unified experience
The HP TouchPad launches this Friday and HP’s first webOS tablet is a pretty big gamble. How big? Well, the company spent $1.2 billion to acquire Palm and its webOS software. Not all of those eggs are in the tablet basket. Palm continues to introduce new smartphones and HP has talked about using webOS on […]
Who needs an official SDK? Native QNX apps can already run on the BlackBerry PlayBook
Research in Motion is expected to launch a software developer kit (SDK) allowing developers to write native apps for the BlackBerry PlayBook this summer. This will let developers code apps specifically for the QNX operating system that runs on the tablet. But one independent developer has already figured out how to write QNX apps and […]
Android apps, native contact, calendar, email apps coming to the BlackBerry PlayBook soon
Research in Motion has already stated that it would release native PIM (personal information management) apps for the BlackBerry PlayBook. Now we have something approaching a time frame. At the BlackBerry World keynote this morning officials promised that calendar, contact, and email apps would arrive this summer. Right now the only way to use calendar, […]
Android tablets would be a lot more useful if there were more Android tablet apps
I’ve been tinkering with a Motorola XOOM for the past week or so, and while I like the build quality, speedy processor, and excellent screen, I find that 9 times out of 10 I’d rather just use my smartphone for mobile computing tasks. That’s partly because my phone is always with me, but it’s also […]
Barnes & Noble seeks third party apps for the NOOKcolor
The Barnes & Noble NOOKcolor is a 7 inch color eBook reader that also happens to make a pretty decent Android tablet if you root it or install custom firmware. But soon you won’t need to do either of those things to enjoy third party apps on the tablet. Barnes & Noble plans to launch […]
Yup, the NOOKcolor is getting Flash, apps next month
Yesterday the Home Shopping Network spilled the beans on an upcoming software update for the Barnes & Noble NOOKcolor eBook reader which would bring support for Adobe Flash and third party apps. Now Barnes & Noble has confirmed plans to release a software update soon. Despite HSN’s claims though, there doesn’t appear to be any […]
Hands on with the Apple iPad 2 – video
I got a chance to stop by the Apple Store in Center City Philadelphia this afternoon. There was a small line outside the store when I arrived, but after standing in it for a few minutes, I was told that they were sold out of iPad 2 units and that e didn’t really need to […]