Thursday, 3 March 2011

Spec Showdown: iPad 2 vs. Its Rivals

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March 3, 2011
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Spec Showdown: iPad 2 vs. Its Rivals How does Apples new tablet compare with the Motorola Xoom, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, the HP TouchPad and the RIM BlackBerry PlayBook? Our chart breaks down the specifics.
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Motorola Xoom vs. the iPad 2: The Xoom is a Clear Winner Apple's revamped iPad, the iPad 2, is certainly an improvement over the original iPad. But when compared head to head against the Motorola Xoom, the Xoom still wins. Here's why.
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iPad 2 Launch: 5 Things You Need to Know Here's some information you'll need to be aware of if you're planing to buy the iPad 2 when it goes on sale on March 11.
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The iPad 2: What Wasn't Said We now know a lot about Apple's iPad 2...but here's what wasn't said at Wednesday's press event in San Francisco.
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IPad 2 Alternatives: The State of the Tablet Competition It's Apple's week with the iPad 2 launch, but that's not the only tablet out there. Here are your other choices.
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Tablet Tumble: iPad 2 vs. Motorola Xoom A breakdown of the Apple iPad 2 and Motorola Xoom tablets' hardware, software, pricing, connectivity and more.
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Is Apple's iPad 2 a Nintendo-Sony-Microsoft Killer? Apple's iPad 2 sports a new processor "nine times" faster than its predecessor, so is it an Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo 3DS, or Sony NGP killer?
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Apple iPad 2 an Evolutionary Upgrade That Maintains Apple's Tablet Lead New tablet solidifies Apples lead over its Android competitors. The introduction of new media-oriented apps makes the iPad a more capable PC replacement.
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Apple's iPad 2: A Visual Tour The iPad 2 is almost here. Get an eyes-on look at Apple's newest tablet.
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5 Disappointments with Apple iPad 2 One mans beefs: Pricey dongles, too few OS improvements and still having to use iTunes.
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Microsoft Resumes Windows Phone 7 Updates Bug fix for the Microsoft phone operating system is expected to pave the way for a coming upgrade.
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iPad Owners Rush to Dump Old Tablets for New Model Gadget buy-back company Gazelle says trade-in surge bodes well for Apple as more consumers are selling their now-old tablets in an hour than did iPhone owners last summer when Apple launched the iPhone 4.
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Google Gives Its Antiquated 404 Page a Makeover Early reviews of the drawing of a robot that has seen better days say that it's about time Google made the change, but not everyone is happy.
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Is Cloud Computing Still a Dream? At the cloud computing summit, executives from IBM, Intel, Google, VMWare and Fujitsu seemed to be saying that the technology will definitely happen, but let's not get carried away.
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Google Yanks 50+ Infected Apps From Android Market Google has pulled more than 50 malware-infected apps from its Android Market, but hasn't yet triggered automatic uninstalls of those programs from users'...
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Charlie Sheen's Web 2.0 Media Blitz: Revolutionary or Revolutionary Nightmare? Charlie Sheen may have lost his job, but his recent frantic behavior helped his newly minted Twitter account gain a million followers in just over one day. Take that, Ashton Kutcher!
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March Madness: NCAA Tournament Games Available for Free on iPad The NCAA will also offer free online video streaming on the iPhone and iPod Touch via Wi-Fi and 3G through the March Madness on Demand app.
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MobileMe: Missing in Action at iPad 2 Event Apple's much-rumored switch to a free service may occur with little fanfare or it could be announced during the iPhone 5 announcement.
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Spec Showdown: iPad 2 vs. Its Rivals How does Apples new tablet compare with the Motorola Xoom, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, the HP TouchPad and the RIM BlackBerry PlayBook? Our chart breaks down the specifics.
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