Tag: rival
ASUS boss marks Windows 8 slates as true iPad killers
Microsoft have a lot riding on their late-to-the-party Windows 8 tablet offerings, but they've just got some high-profile backing from the outspoken boss of ASUS, Jerry Shen. Despite his own firm throwing a lot of money behind Android tablet…
IFA 2011 VIDEO: Acer Aspire S3 Ultrabook preview
MacBook Air fans looking for some Windows lovin', have a gander at the Acer Aspire S3. Billed as an "Ultrabook", it's lightwieght and powerful in all of its various configurations, and more than a match for the Apple machines…
WePad tablet launches, rivals iPad with low £390 price tag
Hot on the heels of the release of the official UK pricing of the iPad comes the launch of Neofonie's WePad. An 11.6 inch tablet, it'll cost £390, almost £40 cheaper than the iPad. The German built WePad runs on…
Video: Flash-touting HP Slate offers iPad-killing"full web browsing experience"
If you're one of the many a bit miffed that Apple wont be embracing Flash support nor multi-tasking in their upcoming iPad tablet, take a look at this video demo of the HP Slate by Alan Tam from Adobe Flash's…
Apple won't allow music apps to interfere with iTunes on the iPhone
The new iPhone SDK is getting quite a bashing from developers who say that it doesn’t go far enough. For a start, it doesn’t allow applications to run in the background, and the licence agreement also seems to prohibit developers from installing software that changes low-level things like file structures and the original applications.
That’s led to concern that Apple has effectively banned any alternative music applications from running on the iPhone — at least, any that want to run on a par with iTunes…
