TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics » Tablet http://www.teleread.com News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Fri, 24 May 2013 19:30:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Earl Is the Outdoor Enthusiast’s Dream Survival Tablet http://www.teleread.com/tablet/earl-is-the-outdoor-enthusiasts-dream-survival-tablet/ http://www.teleread.com/tablet/earl-is-the-outdoor-enthusiasts-dream-survival-tablet/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 15:19:06 +0000 Stanley Goodner http://www.teleread.com/?p=85209 The best thing about portable digital devices like smartphones and tablets is how they provide such information right at our fingertips. While they excel in cities and urban areas, they don’t always perform the best in extreme outdoor situations. Designed with the outdoor enthusiast in mind, the creator of Earl has engineered a tablet that’s [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/tablet/samsung-galaxy-tab-7-7-gets-much-awaited-and-oft-delayed-android-4-1-jelly-bean-update/feed/ 0 Deal Alert: Amazon Slashes Price on 7-Inch Kindle Fire HDs in Time for Mother’s Day http://www.teleread.com/kindle/deal-alert-amazon-slashes-price-on-7-inch-kindle-fire-hds-in-time-for-mothers-day/ http://www.teleread.com/kindle/deal-alert-amazon-slashes-price-on-7-inch-kindle-fire-hds-in-time-for-mothers-day/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 16:00:30 +0000 Adrian Diaconescu http://www.teleread.com/?p=84569 As if to confirm a 10-inch Kindle Fire tablet is in fact in the works and coming our way soon, Amazon has decided to slash the prices of the thing’s existent smaller siblings, namely the 7-inch Fire HDs. However, the promo likely has nothing to do with the alleged coming of the 10-incher, being instead a special, [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/kindle/deal-alert-amazon-slashes-price-on-7-inch-kindle-fire-hds-in-time-for-mothers-day/feed/ 0 Nook HD as an Android Tablet Contender: Part 2 — Nook HD vs. Nexus 7 http://www.teleread.com/nook/nook-hd-as-an-android-tablet-contender-part-2-hd-vs-nexus-7/ http://www.teleread.com/nook/nook-hd-as-an-android-tablet-contender-part-2-hd-vs-nexus-7/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 21:24:33 +0000 Juli Monroe http://www.teleread.com/?p=84485 Yesterday, I wrote about the Nook HD mostly from a stock OS perspective. But I know the question you really wanted to have answered was this: “Does it work as an Android tablet?” After three days of using it, my answer is a cautious “yes.” Because I still don’t have a tablet case for it, [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/google/google-fiber-app-is-now-available-for-ipad-turns-tablet-into-a-remote/feed/ 0 Want to Compare E-Readers? Try Reader Rocket http://www.teleread.com/tablet/want-to-compare-e-readers-try-reader-rocket/ http://www.teleread.com/tablet/want-to-compare-e-readers-try-reader-rocket/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:16:43 +0000 Juli Monroe http://www.teleread.com/?p=83636 Buying an e-reader has become more complex, with several solid options, both in E Ink and tablet-like lines. So how do you choose? That’s where a brand-new, just-launched-yesterday website called Reader Rocket wants to come in. The site is simple. Put two different e-readers head-to-head, and see which one comes out on top. I sat [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/magazines/time-to-publish-free-tablet-only-magazine-on-boston-tragedy/feed/ 3 How Has the Tablet Changed Your Life? Your Business? Your General Disposition? http://www.teleread.com/tablet/how-has-the-tablet-changed-your-life-your-business-your-general-disposition/ http://www.teleread.com/tablet/how-has-the-tablet-changed-your-life-your-business-your-general-disposition/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:10:23 +0000 Brian Howard http://www.teleread.com/?p=83428 It’s hard to believe it’s already/only been three years since Apple introduced its category defining iPad. On the one hand, it seems like only yesterday. On the other hand, for those of us with tablet computers of one stripe or another, it’s hard to imagine life before our new constant companions—in the same way those [...]

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