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Samsung’s Android Tablet Coming Within 60 days

Samsung shows up fashionably late to the Android Tablet party with a new product scheduled to release this quarter.

Amazon Introduces $139 Kindle With Wi-Fi as It Competes With Apple's IPad

Amazon.com Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos cut prices and added features to the Kindle to defend it against a threat from Apple Inc. in the fast- growing market for electronic readers. Amazon introduced two new versions of the device today, including a $139 model that works with Wi-Fi. A second version, with 3G mobile technology as well as Wi-Fi to download books, costs $189. Bloomberg News reported details in May about Amazon’s plans for the Kindle, its bestselling product.

India unveils prototype of $35 tablet computer

It looks like an iPad, only it's 1/14th the cost: India has unveiled the prototype of a $35 basic touchscreen tablet aimed at students, which it hopes to bring into production by 2011.

Senh: If they can make it, it would be awesome. As long as it has internet access with 3G and Wifi, it's good enough. We'll see.

Ballmer: Windows 7 Slates Coming Soon

In an effort to counter Apple's iPad-fueled momentum in the personal computing market, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said his company plans to introduce a full range of Windows 7-based slate PCs "over the course of the next several months."

Senh: This will probably be the end of netbooks - iPad running windows 7. There's something about being able to hold onto something and moving things around with your fingers. The only drawback is typing, but I think it can be solved if Swype makes a version for tablet computers. With multi-touch being the wave of the future, I wonder if people will start developing calluses on their fingers. I'm already at that stage with my HTC HD2. I had to take a break from using Swype to type.

Apple Sells An iPad Every Two Seconds

Company adds that developers have now created more than 11000 apps specifically for the hot-selling new tablet.

Research In Motion Is Testing a Tablet

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion is testing a tablet that could act as a companion to its BlackBerry phone, says the Wall Street Journal. The BlackBerry

Gawker Contacted by FBI in iPad Breach Probe

Gawker said it has been contacted by the FBI and was told to hold on to relevant documents related to a possible security breach of AT&T website that exposed the email addresses of some iPad owners.

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Apple on Track to Sell 7.6M iPads in '10

Apple announced on Monday that it has sold more than two million iPads since the release on April 3.

Microsoft Rejects Google's Lead in Tablets

A top Microsoft Corp. executive voiced confidence that the company's software will prove dominant in the burgeoning market for tablet personal computers, saying the company offers better support for manufacturers than rival Google ...

Senh: Whoah, before tablets running on Android even came out, it's already leading the industry? Sure, I think it will eventually because it's free, and a lot of manufacturers will use, but giving them the lead before any of the tablets have even came out is a bit premature. Right now, Apple's iPad is the leader. Microsoft has a point though. If they come out with a decent tablet computer running Windows 7, I too would prefer that over the iPad or any Android-powered device. Just being able to run any Windows software on it is a major plus.

Apple's iPad makes international debut

Apple's iPad made its international debut on Friday, with buyers storming shops -- including Japanese fans dressed up as iPads in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district -- to be among the first outside the US to snap up the long-awaited tablet PC.

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