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OnLive Desktop lets you run Windows apps on iPad, Android tablets

Brad Linder — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:41:19 +0000

Mobile apps that let you remotely control your desktop computer are a dime a dozen. LogMeIn, TeamViewer, GoToMyPC, and Wyse PocketCloud are just a few of the remote desktop apps available for iOS and Android. But OnLive is taking things a step further with OnLive Desktop, by letting you login to a remote Windows computer and run Windows apps without installing anything on your PC or... Read more »

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Avid Studio video editor hits the iPad, looks a lot like iMovie

Brad Linder — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:10:42 +0000

Avid is one of the big names in audio and video production software. The company offers professional media editing software for prices as high as $2499, and the Avid Studio home movie-making suite runs $170. But now the company is launching a $5 version designed for the Apple iPad. Avid Studio for iPad is optimized for touchscreen input and the Apple tablet's small screen. The... Read more »

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Personal finance app Mint comes to (some) Android tablets

Brad Linder — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:39:07 +0000

Mint has brought its tablet-friendly personal finance app to Android tablets. Mint is a free service from Intuit which makes it easy to track your income and spending, set budgets, and view pretty (and useful) graphics which help you figure out where you're money's going and how you can use it more wisely. The company has offered a mobile app for Android for a while, but... Read more »

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Dolphin Browser brings tabs, gestures to the iPad

Brad Linder — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:21:35 +0000

The folks behind the popular Dolphin web browser for Android recently expanded into two new areas: tablets and iOS. Now hot on the heels of the company's first iPhone web browser and its first browser for Android tablets, Dolphin has launched a free iPad app. Dolphin Browser HD for the iPad has all the feature we've come to expect, including: Browser tabs which let you... Read more »

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BlackBerry PlayBook Android App support delayed until fall

Lee — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 19:55:39 +0000

While the BlackBerry PlayBook is fairly solid from a hardware standpoint, it lags behind the iPad and Android tablets when it comes to app selection. RIM has a pretty crafty workaround for that up its sleeve, however: a virtual machine that enables Android apps to run on the PlayBook. The company demoed the Android Player for PlayBook earlier this year, and an early version was even... Read more »

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Google gives search page a tablet overhaul

Brad Linder — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 17:02:34 +0000

Google is starting to roll out a new search page designed for touchscreen displays. The idea is to make it easier to interact with Google's primary product: its search engine, while using a device with a reasonably large display and touch input. The new page looks like a cross between the desktop browser interface and the mobile page you'd see when visiting Google.com on an... Read more »

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Amazon Kindle app now available for the HP TouchPad

Brad Linder — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:50:03 +0000

One of the biggest complaints early reviewers have had about the HP TouchPad tablet is the lack of high quality apps available for webOS 3.0. In fact, some of the apps HP had promised would be available at launch didn't make the cut when the tablet started shipping earlier this month. Take the Amazon Kindle app for the TouchPad, for instance. The TouchPad hit the... Read more »

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Skype for the iPad coming Tuesday June 28th

Brad Linder — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 22:18:31 +0000

Skype offers apps for voice, video, and text communication for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone. But so far there's one platform Skype doesn't support: the Apple iPad. That changes on Tuesday when Skype is expected to launch its first iPad app. The folks at CNET got a sneak peek at Skype for the iPad. They say video calls look great over a WiFi connection,... Read more »

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BlackBerry PlayBook OS update adds in-app payments, Facebook

Brad Linder — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 22:16:19 +0000

Research in Motion has rolled out a software update for the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. The BlackBerry Tablet OS v1.0.5 brings a handful of new features. None are showstoppers, but overall they should make the experience of using the tablet a little more pleasant. Here are a few highlights: You can now charge the tablet even when it's turned off. You'll get a notification if you try to... Read more »

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Mojo app support appears in HP TouchPad Emulator Beta 5

Lee — Sat, 28 May 2011 13:30:33 +0000

One issue which has reared its ugly head on most current tablet OSes is how to deal with legacy apps. For the upcoming HP TouchPad and the shiny, new webOS 3, the challenge is how to handle apps created using the older Palm Mojo SDK. As the Touchpad nears launch readiness, however, HP has finally revealed its response in the latest beta build of its... Read more »

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Plume Twitter client for Android adds support for Honeycomb tablets

Brad Linder — Sat, 21 May 2011 14:29:26 +0000

Plume is an attractive Twitter client for Google Android which offers all the usual features including support for viewing your timeline, updating your status, sharing links or photos, or managing favorites, @mentions, and direct messages. But while Plume started off as an app for Android phones, the latest version also looks great on tablets running Google Android 3.x Honeycomb. When you open the app on... Read more »

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Seesmic, Plume social media clients get Android 3.0 tablet makeovers

Brad Linder — Sat, 07 May 2011 17:43:31 +0000

Android developers are starting to ramp up development of tablet-friendly versions of their apps to take advantage of the extra screen real estate and new menu options available in Android 3.0 Honeycomb. While there are still a relatively small number of apps designed specifically for Android tablets, it looks like the number is growing, and the developers of two popular social media clients for Android... Read more »

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Facebook app for the BlackBerry PlayBook to arrive this month

Brad Linder — Mon, 02 May 2011 13:14:51 +0000

Update: That was fast. Facebook for BlackBerry is now available from the BlackBerry App World. The new video chat app for the BlackBerry PlayBook isn't the only major update coming this month. Research in Motion has also announced that an official Facebook app is on the way. The app isn't just a scaled up version of the BlackBerry smartphone Facebook app. Instead it's been optimized... Read more »

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Amazon Kindle 3.0 app adds support for Android 3.0 tablets

Brad Linder — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 20:14:19 +0000

Amazon has released a new version of its Kindle app for Android, bringing improved support for tablets running Google Android 3.0 Honeycomb. Appropriately, the new app is Kindle 3.0 for Android. There are two key areas where the app has been redesigned. The first is the new grid view for your library which lets you see thumbnail icons of all your books instead of a... Read more »

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AT&T blocks Blackberry Bridge software for the BlackBerry PlayBook

Brad Linder — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:45:38 +0000

This just keeps getting better. Research in Motion caught a fair amount of flack for launching a tablet which doesn't include native email, calendar, or contact apps. But the company said all you need to do is download an app called BlackBerry Bridge on your BlackBery smartphone and you can access versions of your phone's personal information management apps in big screen glory on the... Read more »

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HP to launch music, movie stores for HP Touchpad webOS tablet?

Brad Linder — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 14:28:46 +0000

It looks like HP may be preparing to launch new music and movie stories fro webOS devices including the upcoming HP TouchPad tablet. PreCentral received a tip suggesting that the tablet will have an HP Music Store and HP Movie Store. The leak comes from a presentation HP sent to a PreCentral tipster. The images look like mockups for now, but the slide includes information... Read more »

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Adobe Connect web conferencing app now supports Android tablets

Brad Linder — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 12:30:46 +0000

Adobe has launched an updated version of Adobe Connect Mobile for Android which brings a redesigned interface optimized for tablets running Google Android 3.0 Honeycomb. Adobe Connect Mobile 1.5 still supports phones, but when you use the app on a tablet it will make better use of the higher resolution display. The update also brings support for two-way video, and poll and note pods.There's also... Read more »

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AVG launches security app for Android tablets

Brad Linder — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 11:10:31 +0000

Security firm AVG has offered antivirus software for Android for a few months, but now the company has announced the launch of a new security app for Android tablets. AVG Mobilation for Android tablets scans your device to find apps, settings, data, or media files that may be infected with malware. The app can also remotely locate your missing device or wipe your data. AVG's... Read more »

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Amazon MP3 now supports Android tablets without carrier plans

Brad Linder — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:48:18 +0000

Amazon has launched a new version of Amazon MP3 for Google Android which improves notifications on the Motorola XOOM, fixes an issue with Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread, and most importantly, adds support for Android devices that don't have carrier plans. That means you can now purchase and download music using the Amazon MP3 app with any number of WiFi-only tablets including devices from Archos, Notion... Read more »

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HP releases webOS 3.0 SDK: webOS for tablets

Brad Linder — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:55:24 +0000

HP webOS 3.0 will be the first version of the HP/Palm mobile operating system designed for tablets. It's what the HP Touchpad will run when it's launched. The company showed off a number of features and third party apps for the platform during yesterday's introduction of the Touchpad. And HP has also released a preview of the software developer kit for webOS 3.0. Developers can... Read more »

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IBM to offer Lotus office suite for the BlackBerry PlayBook, other tablets

Brad Linder — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 15:40:50 +0000

Research in Motion's BlackBerry PlayBook is aimed at business users and one of its selling points is the way you can pair it with a BlackBerry smartphone to access corporate email, calendar, and messaging paps. Disconnect the phone and the data from those apps disappears. This not only makes it easy for corporate IT folks to support the PlayBook (since it's basically just using your... Read more »

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Amazon plans to launch Kindle app for Android, Windows tablets

Brad Linder — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:15:59 +0000

Amazon already offers Kindle apps for Windows and Android, allowing you to purchase and read eBooks on a PC or phone. But the company has announced plans for new Windows and Android apps specifically targeted at tablets. Android tablets will likely have larger, higher resolution displays than a typical Android smartphone, which means a redesign is in order. Windows tablets, on the other hand may... Read more »

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New Android Market app leaked, includes tablet mode

Brad Linder — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 16:14:51 +0000

Google is expected to push a new version of the Google Android Market app to smartphone users in the next few weeks, but if you don't want to wait that long, hackers have already ripped the APK installer file for the new Market. It should install properly on on most devices running Android 2.2 and up, but it's probably a good idea to backup your... Read more »

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Google Android 3.0 Honeycomb coming to tablets, smartphones next year

Brad Linder — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 12:07:21 +0000

Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread? That's so yesterday morning. Last evening Google's Any Rubin pulled a prototype Motorola Tablet out of his bag, and it was running an early build of Android 3.0 Honeycomb. He says the new operating system will be available "next year" and it's designed to work with both phones and tablets. That means it supports higher resolution displays -- and not just... Read more »

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Archos 5 Internet Tablet review

Brad Linder — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:14:56 +0000

The Archos 5 Internet Tablet is the first Google Android powered tablet from Archos, a company best known for making MP3 players and portable media players. And at it's core, the Archos 5 Internet tablet is a pretty good media player. It offers all the features you would expect including excellent audio and video playback capabilities and access to online media and files stored on... Read more »

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