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Surface Pro appears in some retail stores, now’s your chance to see it in person

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As reported on Engadget. by By Dana Wollman Those of us lucky enough to work for gadget sites got to check out the Surface Pro last month. Now you can too, dear reader — if you happen to live near a store that got one early. Although shoppers in the US and Canada can’t actually purchase it until February 9th, the device is already on display at some retail locations. Sadly, there’s no way for us to confirm which stores…

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Three mystery Samsung Galaxy Tab profiles spotted: GT-P8200 model houses 2,560 x 1,600 display?

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As reported on Engadget. By Mat Smith  While we know Samsung’s planning plenty for us to see in Barcelona in a few weeks, we’re still not certain on the specifics. Perhaps, then, it’s got a handful of tablets for us. That’s what these handful of User Agent profiles purport to show us. The model numbers GT-P3200, GT-P5200 and the GT-P8200 suggest that they’ll join theGalaxy Tab family, although these profiles only give us a little detail to work on.…

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Five Best iPad Keyboards

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As reported on LifeHacker. by Alan Henry The iPad is a great tablet for many things, but not all of us consider it a solid productivity tool. Nothing is further from the truth: you can get some real work done with the right tools, and a decent wireless keyboard or keyboard case can help. This week, we’re going to take a look at five of the best iPad keyboards, based on your nominations. Earlier in the week, we…

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Apple’s Tim Cook Sees “Huge Opportunity” For iPad In Mac Cannibalization

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As reported on TechCrunch. by DARRELL ETHERINGTON Apple CEO Tim Cook responded to questions about the issue of potential cannibalization of Mac sales by iPad devices on today’s earnings call, a question made more timely by the fact that Mac sales were down considerably on the quarter. He reiterated that supply constraints are leading to fewer sales, but also tackled cannibalization as a broad topic, noting that there is opportunity there for the iPad in a couple…

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iPad Hack Statement Of Responsibility

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As reported on TechCrunch. by ANDREW AUERNHEIMER In June of 2010 there was an AT&T webserver on the open Internet. There was an API on this server, a URL with a number at the end. If you incremented this number, you saw the next iPad 3G user email address. I thought it was egregiously negligent for AT&T to be publishing a complete target list of iPad 3G owners, and Itook a sample of the API…

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FitStar Reinvents The Home Workout With Upcoming iPad App From NFL Tight End Tony Gonzalez

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As reported on TechCrunch. by KIM-MAI CUTLER FitStar, a fitness app startup backed by Floodgate and Google Ventures that uses the iPad to transform home video workouts, just announced its first creation. In it, Atlanta Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez becomes a user’s personal trainer, leading them through about 60 different video exercises. The idea is that the iPad is much better suited toward helping people achieve their fitness goals. Unlike DVDs and videos, which are passive, the…

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A Cheap, Rugged Tablet Is Your Kid’s Next Fixation

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As reported on Wired. BY CHRISTINA BONNINGTON Photo: Ariel Zambelich/Wired   Forget phablets. Touchscreen Android devices designed expressly for kids with bright colors, durable cases and rubberized surfaces are making a big splash in the tablet space. Tablets certainly are a hot-ticket item. Apple was projected to sell 62 million iPads in 2012, and Android tablet sales were up 177 percent this holiday season. But while some parents are only too happy to share their $500-plus tablets with the kids…

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Microsoft’s partners fly the Windows 8 flag, but the future is Surface

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As reported on The Verge. By Tom Warren How long can the old guard shoulder the weight? Microsoft might not have been at CES this year, but its partners and OEMs were out in full force. A quiet showing from Redmond at a time when the company is trying to push Windows 8 to the world could be seen as an unusual move, but looking around the show this week it made a lot of sense.…

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Report: Flagship Apple, HTC, Samsung Phones Gobbling More Mobile Data Than Tablets

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As reported on TechCrunch. by NATASHA LOMAS Smartphones including the iPhone 5, Samsung Galaxy SIII and HTC Sensation XL are consistently consuming more mobile data than tablets, according to a new report by mobile data analytics company Arieso. It’s the third such annual report the company has compiled — gathering data via its own network monitoring technology.  The firm looked at the data demands of more than one million distinct subscribers over a single, 24-hour weekday in…

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Gigabyte arrives at CES with two Windows 8 tablets, including an 11.6-inch S1185 with 1080p and Ivy Bridge

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As reported on Engadget. By Sharif Sakr Who’s afraid of the Windows 8 tablet crush? Not Gigabyte. According to Mobile Geeks, the company has brought a couple of new tablets to Las Vegas — the S1185 for regular customers and the businessy S1082 — in the expectation that they’ll make a dent despite intense competition. The more interesting S1185 has a few things going for it, including a 1080p 11.6-inch display, a powerful Ivy Bridge processor (which could admittedly make battery life an issue),…

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