For tablets, a stand with a nifty handle, too

21st May 2012 Cat: Tablets with No Comments »

Tablets are easy to rest in your lap when you’re sitting, but they become awkward to grip if you’re standing or multitasking. I tend to hold my iPad by the flap of its cover, and I’ve noticed that the cover is starting to tear from the strain. ‘ Some covers alleviate this problem with built-in [...]

Value of Android tablets less than $400

21st May 2012 Cat: Tablets with No Comments »

Q.I’ve seen two new tablets — the Galaxy Tab 2 and the Transformer Pad 300 — that are both less than $400. Are these tablets worth it at that price, or are they just pieces of junk? A.Both of these Android- powered tablets are actually great buys. Whether or not you should buy them depends [...]

SciTechTalk: Google to rein in Android

21st May 2012 Cat: Android with No Comments »

Google’s recent decision to take a more active role in how its Android mobile operating system is used is seen as an attempt to address the single most vexing problem in the Android world — the fragmentation of the one, “pure” Android into hundreds of slightly different versions through its modification by smartphone and tablet [...]

Apple,Samsung CEOs in US court talks over patent row

21st May 2012 Cat: Android with No Comments »

By Dan Levine SAN FRANCISCO | Mon May 21, 2012 3:13am EDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The chief executives of Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd come face to face on Monday in court-directed mediation in the United States over a dispute in which the iPhone maker claims the Korean firm has “slavishly” copied [...]

Microsoft Wins Patent Suit Against Motorola Android Handsets

21st May 2012 Cat: Android with No Comments »

Technology giant Microsoft claimed victory this weekend as the International Trade Commission (ITC) issued its final determination in Microsoft’s Android infringement case against Motorola, ruling Motorola violated a Microsoft patent related to ActiveSync, a mobile data synchronization technology and protocol developed by Microsoft, originally released in 1996. The technology is licensed to a number of [...]