Judge overturns ban on Samsung tablet #thecircuit

Apple, Samsung: Judge Lucy Koh of the Northern District Court of California has overturned a Samsung tablet sales ban, Ars Technica reported. The ban, put into place before the companies’ summer legal battle, dealt with the Galaxy Tab 10.1. A jury found that the Samsung tablet did not infringe on the design of the iPad.

In a separate filing, Samsung also added claims about the iPhone 5…

Toys R Us markets a tablet for the youngest users

In a storm of mobile product launches emerges a new competitor: tablets for tiny tots.

That’s the niche Toys R Us hopes to carve out for itself to compete against Apple’s iPad or Amazon’s Kindle Fire with a $ 150 kid-oriented tablet called the Tabeo.

Why Amazon, Apple tablet releases won’t be a big deal until they’re $100 or less

The high definition screens, faster processors, and enhanced Wi-Fi capabilities of Amazon’s new Kindle Fire tablets are making big news. The price of these devices is getting even more attention: $ 199 for the 7-inch and $ 499 for the top-of-the-line 8.9 inch 4G LTE-enabled models. Amazon will undoubtedly sell millions of these.

But I’m not excited.

Nigeria’s low-cost tablet computer

Saheed Adepoju: I pitched the idea to my parents, who gave me £40,000 to start with

Nigeria’s Saheed Adepoju is a young man with big dreams. He is the inventor of the Inye, a tablet computer designed…

As Apple and Samsung vie over tablet patents, judge at center of a tech storm

As Apple and Samsung escalated a multibillion-dollar war over one of the hottest consumer gadgets of our time, the tablet computer, a little-known judge did for Apple what the company couldn’t do on its own: She shut down the competition.

The stunning move by U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh to temporarily order Samsung’s tablets off the shelves last month rippled across the tech industry because…

Google announces new tablet, Nexus 7

Google has released its first tablet, the Nexus 7, for $ 199, the company announced Wednesday at its developers conference in San Francisco.

The 7-inch tablet is for sale now on the Google Play store and will ship in mid-July. Purchasers will receive a $ 25 credit for the Play store, as well as some free subscriptions and a free copy of — check your excitement — the…

Google Unveils Nexus 7 Android Tablet

Today, 27th of June, during Google’s keynote at Google I/O 2012, the company announced a new Asus-branded tablet called the Nexus 7.

Nexus 7 will be available today on the Google Play store starting at $ 200 (thats roughly between 35k to 45k in naira)for the 8GB storage configuration, with units shipping in mid-July. Purchasing on Google Play also gifts you a $ 25 credit to spend on…

Microsoft planning a tablet launch, report says

Microsoft fans are all aflutter at the news that the technology giant has sent a media invitation out touting a big announcement for Monday, June 18. With the company set to release its PC and tablet Windows 8 system later this year, the speculation is that Microsoft is planning to introduce new tablets.

The entertainment site TheWrap.com reported than an unnamed “individual with knowledge of the…

For tablet computer visionary Roger Fidler, a lot of what-ifs

Fidler smiles through a scruffy gray Jobsian beard. He has known the answer for a long time. In 1994, while running a lab dreaming up the future of newspapers, Fidler starred in his own video demonstrating a prototype he cooked up that was remarkably like the iPad — black, thin, rectangular, with text and video displayed on-screen.

A narrator described technology that at the time sounded like science fiction:…

MWC 2012: Sony announces release date for Tablet P

On Tuesday, Sony announced that it will begin selling its two-screen tablet, the Tablet P, on March 4.

The tablet will cost $ 399.99 with a two-year contract. The tablet has the capability to run on AT&T’s HSPA+ network, making it capable of 4G speeds. The tablet will run Android 3.2, Honeycomb, and has a battery life of seven hours.

According to the release, the…