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Reports: Nexus 8 to Launch in April – Nexus 6 and 10 2 to Follow
Monday, February 10, 2014 - 2:37pm | 600If reports from DigiTimes, IB Times, and CNET are accurate, Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) tablet and smartphone lineup for 2014 will begin with launch of an 8-inch Nexus tablet in April, followed by release of a Nexus 6 smartphone and the long-delayed Nexus 10 2 tablet. According to DigiTimes, Google...
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iPad Air Is Most Wanted Tablet For Christmas, Poll Shows
Thursday, December 19, 2013 - 9:32am | 553Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) newest tablet is one of the hottest gifts of the year -- and the most wanted tablet. On December 6, Benzinga asked its readers which tablet they were most likely to give as a gift this Christmas. Benzinga also wanted to know which tablet they would like to receive as a...
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Hottest Tablets For Christmas: iPad Air vs. Nexus 7 vs. Kindle Fire HDX vs. Galaxy Note 10.1
Friday, December 6, 2013 - 2:49pm | 1007There are only a few weeks left until Santa drops down chimneys across the country, leaving behind a trail of soot, cookie crumbs and a bundle of toys. Kids aren't the only ones who want to play, however. But while Johnny Jr. may be dying for a new set of action figures, Johnny Sr. might be looking...
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Cyber Monday's Hottest Tech Deals: iPod Touch, PlayStation 4 Bundle, Samsung TV And More
Saturday, November 30, 2013 - 10:17am | 601Cyber Monday officially kicks off at 12:01 a.m. Monday, December 2. While most Americans will use that time to sleep off their turkey coma (an inevitable side-effect of overeating all weekend), some will stay up until the wee hours of the morning, searching for deals. What will these brave...
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Amazon And Google's Best 2013 Black Friday Tech Deals
Thursday, November 28, 2013 - 12:50pm | 572No one dives deeper into Black Friday than Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). The online retail giant is currently hosting a massive Black Friday Deals Week, a period when the company promises to add new deals as frequently as every 10 minutes. There are so many ways to save that one consumer is unlikely to...
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Slideshow: iPhone 6 Price Hike, Huge PS4 Sales And More From The Third Week Of November
Saturday, November 23, 2013 - 2:00pm | 270Sony (NYSE: SNE) attempted to rule the headlines this weak, thanks entirely to its brand-new console: PlayStation 4. The Japanese tech giant revealed that it had sold one million PlayStation 4 units in just one day in North America -- a new record for the game industry. Sony also earned some...
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Holiday Buyer's Guide: iPad Air, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Other Hot Tech Products
Monday, November 18, 2013 - 4:33pm | 1260iPhones, Xboxes, PlayStations -- everything you need to be the ultimate gift-giver this December. While not every hot product has been released yet (Xbox One is still roughly a week away), most are already on store shelves. Some of them, such as Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad Air, are already on...
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Google's Winter Wonderlabs Site Goes Down As Pop-Up Stores Debut (GOOG)
Monday, November 18, 2013 - 1:08pm | 520Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Winter Wonderlabs website has gone down only days after the company revealed its first pop-up store. The site, located at winterwonderlab.withgoogle.com, currently greets visitors with an error message: This outage comes at a crucial time for Google. The company...
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SLIDESHOW: Larger iPad, iPad Mini Delay And More From The First Week Of November
Sunday, November 10, 2013 - 1:41pm | 188Is it possible for one product to control the week's biggest headlines? If any, some might expect it to be the iPhone. But this week Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) proved that another one of its products -- the iPad -- can dominate the media unlike any other. There were so many iPad-related stories that...
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iPad Popularity Reduces Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HDX Shipments
Wednesday, November 6, 2013 - 12:43pm | 487Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) lower-cost tablets have been unable to thwart the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) empire. According to DigiTimes, the 2013 Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire HDX have fallen below shipment expectations. This might be why Amazon has stopped talking about its market...
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KitKat Coming Soon To Additional Android Devices
Monday, November 4, 2013 - 10:07am | 699Along with the arrival of the highly anticipated Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Nexus 5 smartphone Thursday came news of the equally anticipated Android 4.4 KitKat operating system. While KitKat (the OS, not the candy bar after which it was named) is loaded onto the Nexus 5, it is not yet available for...
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Did Apple Wait Too Long To Release iPad Air, iPad Mini With Retina Display?
Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 12:16pm | 473Two days ago, Benzinga reported that Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) share of the tablet market had dropped to historical new lows during the September quarter. At the time it was believed that Apple commanded 31.8 percent of the market -- the firm's lowest share yet. Now it seems that Apple's market...
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iPad Consumer Market Share Drops To Historical New Low
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 - 10:23am | 488Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) share of the tablet market continues to plummet despite a slight increase in iPad sales. During the fiscal 2013 fourth quarter (ended September 28, 2013), Apple sold 14.1 million iPads -- a slight increase over the 14 million units it sold during the year-ago period. This...
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Google Up 5% After Topping Estimates (GOOG)
Thursday, October 17, 2013 - 4:22pm | 427Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is up more than five percent in after hour trading after announcing its third-quarter earnings results. The company's EPS came in at $10.74 versus the Street estimate of $10.36. Earnings per share were up 19 percent from the year-ago period. Total revenue arrived at $14.89...
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Official iPad Mini And iPad 4 Price Cuts Coming From Apple
Monday, October 14, 2013 - 11:51am | 575Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is reportedly planning to reduce the MSRP of its fourth-generation iPad and first-generation iPad Mini. According to DigiTimes, seven-inch tablets that are priced above $299 (in other words, all of the current iPad Mini units) will be reduced. The same goes for 10-inch tablets...