IDC charts tablets’ demise
Published in Mobiles
Friday, 03 February 2017 14:15

IDC charts tablets’ demise


From Apple cheerleaders to “realists”

Beancounters at IDC have added up some numbers and divided them by their shoe size and worked out that they really cocked up when they believed Apple’s propaganda that tablets were “game changers”.

Apple plans three new tablets
Published in Mobiles
Thursday, 19 January 2017 12:22

Apple plans three new tablets


An unholy trinity


Fruity tax-dodging cargo-cult Apple has decided that the reason that people are not buying its tablets is because they don’t have enough over-priced versions available.

2017 is the year of 8GB RAM phones
Published in AI
Sunday, 25 December 2016 19:34

2017 is the year of 8GB RAM phones


But laptops / tablets might benefit

It looks like 2017 is going to be a year of 8GB RAM with high-end phones. Most manufacturers support 8GB with their phones and there is a clear trend to add more Random Access Memory to them. Tablets and laptops will benefit, as well.

Tablet sales keep falling
Published in News
Tuesday, 01 November 2016 12:05

Tablet sales keep falling


Steve Jobs was completely wrong


Despite what Steve Jobs and his minions in the Tame Apple Press told us, the tablet was not a game changer, and was simply yet another fashion fad which is now going the way of the dodo and the iPod.

Google's Huawei-made tablet coming this year
Published in AI
Tuesday, 06 September 2016 18:34

Google's Huawei-made tablet coming this year


7-inch screen and 4GB of RAM

According to the latest rumor, Google's Huawei-made 7-inch tablet will be released before the end of this year.

Samsung Tab A 10.1 pictures leaked
Published in AI
Wednesday, 31 August 2016 12:21

Samsung Tab A 10.1 pictures leaked


A mid-range with S Pen

Sam Mobile has got its paws on snaps of a new variant of the Galaxy Tab A 10.1.

Tablets bounce back a bit
Published in AI
Thursday, 25 August 2016 12:05

Tablets bounce back a bit


But still no recovery

Global tablet shipments are expected to bounce back a little bit, but there are still no signs that the product is recovering.

Tablets follow Steve Jobs into the afterlife
Published in AI


Apple still in the lead as its game changing fad fades

Beancounters at IDC have been adding up the numbers and dividing by their shoe size and worked out that tablet sales have continued to fall.

Dell walking away from Tablets
Published in News
Friday, 01 July 2016 10:39

Dell walking away from Tablets


“Game changing Dream” becomes nightmare

Tin box shifter Michael Dell has given up on the “game changing” dream touted by Steve Jobs and consigned tablets to the dustbin of history.

Newspaper finds use for a tablet
Published in Mobiles
Friday, 10 June 2016 14:06

Newspaper finds use for a tablet


Wins award

A Brazilian newspaper has found a way of making money using a tablet and won an award for its innovative thinking.