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Today in Tech: RIM PlayBook reviews, Twitter's troubles
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Early reviews of Research in Motion's 7-inch PlayBook tablet are in, and while both publications found features to like -- a fast, intuitive operating system and user interface courtesy of QNX, understated and solid hardware -- Engadget found the PlayBook's inability to run basic email, contacts and calendar-related MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Apr 14, 2011 5:05 AM ETPosted in: Apple, BlackBerry, BlackBerry Playbook, Facebook, Google, iPad, iPhone 4, QNX, Research in Motion, Social, Twitter, White iPhone -
4 ways for BlackBerry to stay alive
Despite losing ground to Apple and Android devices, calls for RIM's demise are premature. But the company has to make some changes to move ahead.
FORTUNE -- It's become pretty easy to take pot shots at RIM, the makers of the once iconic and still formidable BlackBerry. While consumer-oriented companies like Apple (AAPL) and Google (GOOG) experience high double-digit growth with smart phone adoption, RIM's (RIMM) market share, at least domestically, MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Mar 29, 2011 1:04 PM ETPosted in: Android, Apple Inc., BlackBerry, BlackBerry Playbook, iPhone, Mike Lazaridis, QNX, Research in Motion, UBS -
Staples sells the iPad also-rans
Hoping to cash in on Apple's shortage by hawking Xooms, PlayBooks and Streaks
"Your tablet is waiting."
That was the subject line of the e-mail that landed in my inbox at 4:36 a.m. Monday.
It came as a surprise to me, because the last time I checked, the iPad 2 that I finally broke down and ordered on March 23 wasn't scheduled to ship until April 21.
So I took the bait, opened the MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Mar 28, 2011 6:39 AM ETPosted in: Apple, BlackBerry Playbook, Dell, iPad, iPad 2, Motorola, Motorola Xoom, Research in Motion, Staples, Tablets -
Today in Tech: iPad 3 this fall, the Facebook phone
A curated selection of the day's most newsworthy tech stories from all over the Web.
HP took the lid off its next-gen mobile strategy yesterday and unveiled the 9.7-inch Touchpad, a 1.6-pound tablet with a 1.2 GHz dual-core Snapdragon processor running off webOS -- the same operating system Palm's most recent products used -- 1,024 x 768 resolution display like the iPad, Beats audio along with Adobe Flash 10.1 and HTML5 MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Feb 10, 2011 6:00 AM ETPosted in: Apple, BlackBerry Playbook, Daring Fireball, iPad, iPad 2, iPad 3, iPhone, iPhone 3G, John Gruber, Mobile, new iPad, Snapdragon (processor), WebOS -
Meet the BlackBerry PlayBook
Fortune senior writer Michael Copeland got a first-hand look at the new BlackBerry PlayBook and gives his take on whether it's got the goods to compete with Apple's iPad.
Ben Baer, Senior Producer - Sep 27, 2010 10:31 PM ETPosted in: Apple, Apple tablet, BlackBerry, BlackBerry Playbook, BlackPad, iPad, iPad 3G, Tablet, Tablets
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