Tablets & Computers

Apple Hurting Ultrabook Manufacturers

PC vendors who are struggling with the high cost of producing sleek looking aluminum bodies for Ultrabooks are now turning to high-density fibreglass and plastic parts in an effort to control costs. Meanwhile Apple is snaring most of the aluminium body parts.

Tab Tussle! Optus Nab Telstra’s iPad 2 Glory

Just days after Telstra announced iPad 2 for sale, Optus have retaliated, announcing its too will offer iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G models. Optus will offer Apple 9.7″ cult tablet “in the coming weeks along with a range of great value plans,” it said today, suggesting iPad 2 will be available before the holidays.

Optus To Sell Android Tablets From Dell And Acer For $34 A Month

Optus has begun marketing two new tablets: Dell’s Streak 7 and Acer’s Iconia A501.

ByComputer Daily News

PC Vendors Set To Dump Android Tablets For Win 8

A survey of Australian PC vendors indicates that several are “wary” of carrying toomany Android tablet stock and that several manufacturers will dump Android tablets as soon as Windows 8 software for tablets becomes available in Australia mid-2012.

HP Attacks: 13.3″ Cheap HD Ultrabook $1199

HP are baaack. And to prove it are going gung-ho on ultrabooks and notebooks in Australia attacking with Folio, Envy and Beats. The 13.3″ HP Folio is its first ever Ultrabook, a slim 0.75-inch thin HD BrightView display, and is super light at just 1.5 kilos.

Tablets & Computers Reviews Archive

Review: iLuv ArtStation Pro Turns Your iPad Into A PC

Want to turn your iPad into an iMac? The ArtStation Pro will get you halfway there with a simply designed dock that’ll mimic a desktop computer with your iPad attached.

Sony, Toshiba, Hitachi Merge LCDs To Fend Off Korean Rivals

Japanese manufacturers Sony Corp, Toshiba Corp and Hitachi Ltd will merge their small LCD panel businesses together under an entirely new entity known as Japan Display.

Apple Injunctions Successful Against Local Retailers

Apple has chalked up some success in stopping online retailers circumventing its temporary injunction on the sale of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia.

ByComputer Daily News

Samsung V Apple iShowdown Set For March

The Samsung V Apple showdown date has been set for March 2012, which will decide whether Apple infinged Samsung mobile 3G patents on iPhone and iPad.

Nintendo Adds 3D Pokemon To Ramped Up Xmas 3DS Line-Up

Nintendo is sparing no franchise as it unloads its heavyweight titles on the 3DS to gain the Christmas holiday momentum, with Pokemon being the latest franchise tipped for a 3DS debut in 3D.