BLACKBERRY PLAYBOOK MARKET SHARE RISES DUE TO PRICE CUTS

The Blackberry PlayBook is nifty little tablet with decent hardware. Unfortunately, it wasn’t quite selling well until RIM dropped its price. Word is that 15 percent of tablet owners in Canada now possess a BlackBerry PlayBook. We don’t know the exact figures; still it doesn’t look bad.


The same thing happened with the HP TouchPad tablet. $499 tablet had few takers until HP dropped its price to

IVY BRIDGE ULTRABOOKS COMING AND THAT COULD MEAN CHEAPER SANDY BRIDGE MODELS

Second generation of ultrabooks is coming and that could mean a drop in the price of the existing ones. Right now ultrabooks cost anywhere between $800 and $1900. Almost all of these machines sport second generation Intel Sandy Bridge processor.


Digitimes report that Intel will launch its next-generation Ivy Bridge platform in April. That could mean price cuts of up to 30% for the Sandy Bridge

APPLE IPAD 3 TO HAVE RETINA DISPLAY; WILL SUPPORT VERIZON AND AT&T 4G NETWORKS

The iPad 3 will be able to run on Verizon’s and AT&T’s 4G data networks. This was confirmed through the Wall Street Journal. The tablet will not support Sprint’s LTE infrastructure, though.

It has also been confirmed that the tablet will have an incredibly high-resolution display called Retina Display. It will also have a quad-core processor. Apple is expected to officially unveil the tablet at

HUAWEI TO LAUNCH 10 INCH MEDIAPAD ANDROID TABLET

Huawei is all set to launch a new tablet. The company is expected to showcase the device at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

The new tablet is the 10 inch MediaPad. It is expected to be a sequel to the original 7 inch MediaPad tablet. It will run the Google Android 4.0 operating system.


The company is also expected to launch a quad-core smartphone called Ascend D1 Q. It is also

OREGON SCIENTIFIC LAUNCHES MEEP! TABLET FOR KIDS

Oregon Scientific has launched a new tablet for kids. The 7 inch machine has a rugged case capable of withstanding the kind of abuse that only little hands can inflict.

We still don’t know how much the Oregon Scientific MEEP! tablet will cost, but if you sign up for more information at the MEEP! website, you will be notified when more details emerge.


The tablet has a 7 inch color touchscreen

SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB 2 GET OFFICIAL

Samsung has launched yet another tablet. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 has a 7 inch display and Google Android 4.0 operating system.

In terms of looks, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 isn’t all that different from the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus. It has a 1024 x 600 pixels display, 1GHz dual core processor, 1GB of RAM and front and rear facing cameras. The supported connectivity options are Bluetooth, WiFi and

TOSHIBA LAUNCHES DYNABOOK N301 10 INCH NETBOOK IN JAPAN

Toshiba has launched a new 10 inch netbook in Japan. The Toshiba Dynabook N301 has a third generation Intel Cedar Trail Atom processor. Precisely, it has a 1.86Ghz Atom N2800 dual core processor, Intel GMA 3650 integrated graphics and Harmon Kardan speakers.

The laptop has also got 1GB of RAM, a 320GB hard drive and a 10.1 inch display with 1024 x 600 pixels. The Cedar Trail Atom processors