Apple's latest tablet offering, the iPad mini, and Barnes & Noble's NOOK HD have finally hit the shelves in November. With the smaller tablet market inundated with a slew of devices, the race for top honors is heating up.
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On Thursday, Nov. 1, U.S. carrier Sprint announced that it would begin offering Samsung's Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, its first 4G LTE tablet for $549.99 from Nov. 11.
Samsung and Microsoft teamed up to release a gamut of Windows-based devices, which includes the Windows RT tablet called the ATIV Tab.
The trend of trailing behind Apple in the app's race finally ends for Google as its Play Store now has 700,000 apps. Moreover, the sales of Google's Nexus tablet are now nearing one million per month, which poses a threat to Apple's dominance in tablet market.
iPad mini and the revamped fourth generation iPad have started to make their way to users after the pre-orders began on Oct. 26. At a starting price tag of $329, the 7.9-inch tablet is priced a bit steeply when compared to the other 7-inch tablets; however, it seems that reviewers love the iPad mini.
The grapevine was abuzz with rumors and indications that Microsoft would not be calling the Windows 8 apps Metro Apps; however, it was not known what the new name would be . Now, per reports, the name has been revealed and Microsoft is set to call the apps Windows 8 Store Apps.
Here is the comparison of the latest fourth-generation iPad with the Surface RT. Apple launched its revamped fourth-generation iPad on Oct. 23 with some new features.
Microsoft recently launched its Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 (WP8) platforms and with their introduction, Samsung debuted its ATIV line-up of Windows-based devices. Samsung's ATIV portfolio of devices includes the ATIV S smartphone, ATIV Smart PC, ATIV Smart PC Pro, and ATIV Tab and the Korean company has released a commercial that showcases the ATIV devices.
On Monday, Oct. 30, Google announced that it has extended its Google Search voice feature to iOS. The update brings enhanced voice search features to iOS devices and also provides answers, similar to Apple's own voice assistant Siri.
On Oct. 29, Pandora, the Internet radio service, announced the updated version 4.0 for its iOS and Android mobile customers. The company regards the latest version of the Pandora mobile app as a significant update since the service was introduced on smartphones.
On Monday, Oct. 29, Google announced the launch of its Samsung-made Nexus 10 tablet. The rumor mill had been on an overdrive the past week with leaked specifications and details of the tablet surfacing on the Internet.
Evernote Corp., the maker of the suite of software that offers a comprehensive cloud-based note-taking app for iOS and OS X, confirmed the upcoming launch of Evernote 5 for Mac, which will include over 100 new features.
Apple launched its highly-anticipated iPad mini on Oct. 23, which has seen big demand within the tech industry as the initial inventory of the base model has already been sold out. However, Apple's rival Amazon has taken a dig at the latest tablet with a price and some feature comparisons on its Web site.