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Dell Streak tablet, smaller than an iPad, doubles as a phone
By Edward C. Baig, USA TODAYThe iPad has energized the market for tablet computers, paving the way for an expected onslaught of slate-type devices.
The Dell Streak that I’ve been testing for a few days is a tablet, too. And that’s pretty much where comparisons with the iPad cease.
Oh, sure, folks will ask the same basic question of the Streak that they asked before the iPad appeared: Is there room for a slate that’s larger than a smartphone › Continue reading
Nifty iPad tablet looks like another hit for Apple
By Edward C. Baig, USA TODAYSAN FRANCISCO — The iPad is Apple’s newest iStar. That’s the way it seems at first blush, anyway. The tablet computer that CEO Steve Jobs unveiled Wednesday is the machine that Apple’s most loyal patrons have been pining for. It’s light (under 1.5 pounds), slim (0.5 inches thick) and beautiful.
The slab lets you surf the Web, play games, watch high-definition movies, listen to music, dispatch and receive e-mail › Continue reading
Tablet PC mania hits
By Michelle Kessler and Edward C. Baig, USA TODAYHot new tablet computers are shaking up the stodgy computer industry — possibly giving consumers reason to buy yet another PC.
Dell (DELL), Lenovo and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) each unveiled tablet PC models at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Each features a touch-screen that eliminates or reduces the need for a keyboard.
BEST OF CES: PHOTOS of new tablet PCs, e-readers, › Continue reading
HP enters the tablet-computer fray
By Jon Swartz, USA TODAYLAS VEGAS — There’s another contender in the emerging tablet-computer war.
Several weeks before Apple is expected to weigh in with a multimedia device with 10-inch touch display, Hewlett-Packard unveiled the prototype of a slate-type computer during Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s evening address at the Consumer Electronics Show here.
BEST OF CES: PHOTOS of new tablet PCs, e-readers, moreINSIDE THE SHOW: › Continue reading
Speculation grows about Apple tablet, which could land in March
By Jon Swartz, USA TODAYSAN FRANCISCO — Apple’s much-rumored multimedia tablet computer could be on store shelves in March.
A Taiwanese components supplier has told longtime Apple analyst Gene Munster at Piper Jaffray that it is “likely” the tablet could be available by late March. Munster says he has not been briefed by Apple on the product.
Munster and other analysts have speculated the tablet — expected to be introduced › Continue reading