Why would Apple make a 7-inch iPad? The kids
A new survey shows that adults might not have much use for a smaller iPad, but they would think about buying it for their kids.
Latest from Sean Portnoy
The next frontier in liquid cooling -- laptops
If you think the iPad 3 is hot, try holding a $3,000 gaming laptop on your knees while you're playing Mass Effect 3. Asetek's new liquid-cooling solution hopes to cool scorching hot notebooks.
Is a new Apple TV launching along with the iPad 3?
Rumor has it that the new Apple TV will emerge this month with a faster processor to finally bring 1080p support to the device.
Latest iPad 3 rumor: LG, Samsung will build its screen, not Sharp
Just a few weeks ago, it looked like Sharp had won the right to supply Apple with the LCD panels for the forthcoming iPad 3, but a Korean website is now reporting that LG and Samsung will be the providers of what it is rumored to be a higher-resolution screen.According to the Electronic Times Internet, Sharp was unable to pass muster with Apple over mass production issues.
Vizio Tablet now available for pre-order at Costco.com and Vizio.com
Another week, another iPad competitor steps up to the plate. This week, Vizio gets closer to releasing its Android tablet into the wild, announcing that it's available for pre-order at a select few online locations for a price that of course undercuts Apple's base offering.
Cablevision's Optimum iPad app offers hundreds of live TV channels to subscribers -- but for how long?
Seemingly undaunted by the woes befalling Time Warner Cable's live TV iPad app -- numerous cable networks demanding their channels be pulled from the app -- Cablevision has announced its Optimum iPad app, which promises hundreds of channels streamed live to the iPad for subscribers to watch while in their homes.
TiVo releases its free iPad app to replace TiVo Premiere users' remotes
Apple sold more than 7 millions iPads just in the fourth quarter of 2010, a fact that hasn't escaped the notice of seemingly every pay TV provider and related service. TiVo is the latest company to introduce an iPad app that turns the tablet into a deluxe remote control, or "command central" in TiVo's own words.
Apple rumor mill: The iPad 2 getting a dual-core GPU, Retina Display
How do you sustain the lust factor for the iPad as more and more tablets enter the market? The anticipated iPad 2 will probably deal with some of the first version's shortcomings, such as built-in cameras (one for snapping photos, the other for video chatting), but that will meet expectations, not inspire desire.
Comcast's live TV iPad app is running into resistance from cable networks
TV Everywhere is looking like it's getting stuck at home. Comcast's Xfinity TV app, which the cable giant promised would bring live programming and video on-demand choices to iPads and Android tablets later this year, has run afoul of cable networks that don't think Comcast has the right to deliver its shows to these new devices.
CES 2011: iCade lets you game with your iPad in a tabletop arcade cabinet
Old-school gamers might appreciate a very traditional product more than any 3D HDTV at this year's CES 2011. Borrowing an idea from a ThinkGeek.