When it comes to Internet use, iOS users dominate the mobile space, says industry-tracking firm Comscore. The organization reports that roughly 43.1 percent of all mobile Web traffic comes from iOS accounts; Android users account for 34.1 percent, even though Androids outnumber iPhones and iPads in the market. READ MORE
18 months after the first Apple tablet was launched, Facebook has released its mobile application for the tablet. The app is similar to the social network’s existing iPhone app, and enables users to use the device’s touch screen display to flip through photos and post messages. READ MORE
Amazon took a whopping 95,000 pre-orders for its new Kindle Fire tablet in its first day on sale and analysts believe the company is going to enjoy strong sales during the upcoming holiday season, reports Fox News. READ MORE
Have you ever bought an app for your iPhone and later thought that was a waste of $.99? Soon you may not have to buy an app without the ability of trying it first. READ MORE
Many open source advocates are still pining for Meego, the operating system that powered the well-reviewed Nokia N9 phone released abroad. But Nokia never released the phone in the U.S., instead focusing on its new commitment to the Windows platform. READ MORE
Should we stay or should we go? These days that’s the big question for RIM. The company is reportedly considering a quick exit from the tablet market after a rocky (non)start with the BlackBerry PlayBook. READ MORE
Wednesday’s long-awaited announcement that Amazon is entering the tablet game with their $199 Amazon Kindle Fire was an appropriate follow-up to news from earlier in the month that the world’s largest Internet store (with revenue of $34 billion in 2010) was testing a major redesign of their website, in short optimizing the shopping experience for tablet devices. READ MORE
Remember Apple, the company that sued Samsung for selling a tablet that is…tablet-shaped? Amazingly, Apple apparently believes no other company has the right to sell anything that looks like a tablet. Even more amazing, the suit succeeded in barring the Galaxy Tab 10.1 from Germany. READ MORE
Now that the long-anticipated Kindle Fire has been announced at a tempting price point of $199, big-box retailers are chopping prices of the ailing BlackBerry PlayBook. Earlier this week Staples and Office Depot began running PlayBook sales promotions and on Wednesday Best Buy began selling all models of the tablet with a hefty $200 discount. READ MORE
“It’ll seem like a traditional browser, just a lot better and a lot faster.” That’s the bold claim for Amazon Silk, the new browser currently available nowhere, to be released exclusively on Amazon’s new Kindle Fire tablet coming in November. READ MORE
