Amazon tablet to be 'hundreds less' than iPad

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	Amazon tablet to be 'hundreds less' than iPad The fire sale of the HP TouchPad (and the resulting rush to snag the tablet) proved one thing: if it's cheap enough, they will come. This could be good news for Amazon, who reportedly plans to release its own tablet in late September/early October for "hundreds less" than the iPad. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CIO Perspective CIO Perspectives Chicago CIO Perspectives is coming to Chicago on September 14, 2011. Join your fellow Chicago senior IT executives to discuss the latest strategies and technologies affecting organizations today. This is your best opportunity of 2011 to gain important insight on your most pressing IT and business issues. Register today! In this Issue Jonny Evans: iPhone 5 has metal back, A6 chip 'late 2012' Nokia launches cheapest dual-SIM phone yet Will Jobs' departure shake up the mobile industry? Focus is on smartphone, tablet screen sizes at Berlin show JR Raphael: Wizz Bar adds a customizable app tray to your Android tablet A bigger desktop with your iDevice The iPad takes on manufacturing Jonny Evans: How Apple's iPad is changing the computer world ThinkPad T420: A classic workhorse RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: FileMaker Resource: iOS White Paper and Deployment Kit Quickly Develop and Deploy iOS Solutions. With FileMaker Pro, iPad and iPhone solutions can be prototyped and completed in hours or days versus weeks or months. No iOS application programming or design experience is required. Read the white paper and download the kit. Jonny Evans: iPhone 5 has metal back, A6 chip 'late 2012' The next-gen iPhone 5 will be faster, smaller and bigger, while the iPad 3 may use the same processor as the existing models, with A6 processor-powered Apple devices not reaching market until late 2012, the pundits claim. Read More Nokia launches cheapest dual-SIM phone yet Nokia has launched the 101, the company's most affordable dual-SIM phone to date, which allows users in developing countries to switch between two different networks to lower costs and expand coverage, the company said on Thursday. Read More Will Jobs' departure shake up the mobile industry? With Steve Jobs' resignation as CEO, will Apple remain on top of the mobile industry with alluring new product designs and technology marvels, much less the business savvy to work with global wireless carriers and manufacturers? Read More Focus is on smartphone, tablet screen sizes at Berlin show At next week's Internationale Funkaustellung (IFA) in Berlin, smartphone makers are expected to push the boundaries of the device's screen sizes, while also launching tablets and trying to accelerate the momentum for 3D-capable products. Read More WEBCAST: SAP How to Create a Modern BI Strategy for Mid-Size Businesses As technology changes, so does BI. Keeping up with these changes to get the most out of your BI strategy can be challenging, but not if you have the right tools and services in place. With technology advances such as social networking and mobility, how do BI and analytics fit in? View now JR Raphael: Wizz Bar adds a customizable app tray to your Android tablet This cool new program puts a customizable app tray on your Android tablet, letting you have always-accessible shortcuts to anything you want. Read More A bigger desktop with your iDevice Air Display lets you extend your OS X or Windows desktop onto your iOS device. Read More The iPad takes on manufacturing iPads and other tablets are making their way into the warehouse, bringing unprecedented mobility and real-time data visibility to industrial applications. Read More Jonny Evans: How Apple's iPad is changing the computer world With or without Steve Jobs, Apple's iPad will define the next-generation of computing, no matter how long the analysts take to recognize the device as more than the equivalent of a PC. Read More ThinkPad T420: A classic workhorse No one ever got fired for buying a ThinkPad, as the saying goes, and without a doubt no one will get fired for buying the latest Lenovo T420. This scintillatingly fast Sandy Bridge refresh of the familiar business-black, boxy-but-impressive, all-purpose laptop remains a reliable 4-pound workhorse. Read More
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