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  Lenovo's tablet shipments grow in China with low-priced products

  PC maker Lenovo has used a basement price strategy in China to become the country's second largest tablet vendor, coming ahead of rivals offering Android-based products, according to research firm IDC.

  By Michael Kan | 24 May, 2012 06:10

  Tags: Android tablets, iPad, tablets, hardware systems, Apple, Lenovo

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  Updated SDK from Soti allows businesses to remotely control Apple mobile devices

  Businesses can now remotely control enterprise mobile applications developed for Apple's mobile platform with the latest version of Soti's MobiControl Software Developer Kit for iOS, announced Tuesday.

  By Fred O'Connor | 23 May, 2012 08:44

  Tags: tablets, Soti, smartphones, security, mobile, iPhone, iPad, hardware systems, consumer electronics, Apple

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  An OS for the home and cool Kickstarter projects

  This week we start with something that has both intrigued and amused me: Microsoft Research has a new operating system in the works targeted at home automation called, with glaring dullness, HomeOS.

  By Mark Gibbs | 18 May, 2012 23:32

  Tags: Wovyn, tablets, stylus, software, Microsoft HomeOS, Microsoft, KickStarter, iPad, Internet of Things, HomeOS, hardware systems, HAND Stylus

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  No tablet comes close to touching iPad: iSuppli

  After a brief dip in late 2011, the Apple iPad has firmly reasserted its position as the dominant player in the tablet market.

  By Brad Reed | 16 May, 2012 07:31

  Tags: wireless, tablets, tablet market share, pc, networking, Kindle Fire, iSupply, iSuppli, iPad market share, iPad, hardware systems, Data Center, Configuration / maintenance, Apple

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  SAP rolls out new mobile apps, boosts HTML5, iOS, Android support

  SAP on Monday unveiled a series of mobile applications covering areas such as expense management and e-learning, as well as improved support for iOS and Android devices. The announcements came at the start of the vendor's Sapphire conference in Orlando.

  By Chris Kanaracus | 15 May, 2012 00:42

  Tags: Telecommunication, tablets, sybase, software, smartphones, Sencha, sapphire, sap, Mobile OSes, mobile applications, mobile, iPhone, iPad, iOS, hardware systems, consumer electronics, BlackBerry OS, Blackberry, applications, Appcelerator, Android OS, Android

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  Apple misled consumers with iPad 4G claims: ACCC

  Apple has stopped promoting its new iPad as 4G compatible in Australia following an application in the Federal Court in March 2012 by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) over misleading advertisements.

  By Hamish Barwick | 14 May, 2012 12:44

  Tags: iPad, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Apple, 4g

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  Review: AppMobi XDK brings more style than substance to iPhone, Android development

  Despite the gold-rush atmosphere around mobile application development, you won't find many newbie-friendly tools aligned to help nonprogrammers mine for application riches. Even if the target platforms often seem like toys, most of the development kits are still developer-minded and code-centric, and they can present formidable hurdles to the uninitiated.

  By James R. Borck | 11 May, 2012 20:15

  Tags: web development, tablets, software, smartphones, mobile technology, Mobile Development, javascript, iPhone, iPad, html5, hardware systems, Gap, Development Environments, consumer electronics, application development, Android

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  The iPad as a tool of orangutan liberation

  Churning through the World Wide Web you come across tons of "cute iPad" stories -- this one from the Associated Press, with a very slight twist on a story that actually surfaced in January: apes using iPads.

  By John Cox | 10 May, 2012 01:31

  Tags: wireless, washington post, tablets, pc, networking, iPad, hardware systems, Data Center, Configuration / maintenance, Apple

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  3LM, Symantec and Wyse all aim to simplify management of mobile devices

  At three different events in three different U.S. cities 3LM, Symantec and Wyse Technology are all showing upgraded or new products to help IT staff better cope with the smartphones, tablets and other devices users are allowed to bring to work.

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 09 May, 2012 02:18

  Tags: Wyse Technology, Telecommunication, tablets, system management, symantec, software, smartphones, Mobile OSes, mobile applications, mobile, iPhone, iPad, iOS, hardware systems, consumer electronics, applications, Android tablets, Android OS, Android, 3LM

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  Will BYOD revive the network-access control idea? Gartner thinks it will

  Is the BYOD craze going to bring a revival of NAC, the policy-based network-access control that was hyped a decade ago but didn't end up widely adopted for endpoint security?

  By Ellen Messmer | 08 May, 2012 20:34

  Tags: wireless, tablets, smartphones, security, networking, nac, MDM, iPad, hardware systems, Google, Gartner, ForeScout, Fiberlink, consumer electronics, byod, bring your own device, apple iphone, Apple, Android, Access control and authentication

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  iPad share of tablet market jumps as Kindle Fire slumps

  Apple's iPad reclaimed a larger share of the global tablet market last month, in part because of a more-serious-than-expected slump in sales of the hot Kindle Fire in the first quarter, IDC analysts said today.

  By Gregg Keizer | 04 May, 2012 06:48

  Tags: tablets, iPad, hardware systems, e-readers, consumer electronics, Apple, amazon.com

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  Download InfoWorld's special report on IT consumerization

  By now, IT has seen a stream of smartphones, tablets, laptops, and more enter the business. There's no stopping the consumerization trend, but IT can ease the transition and its own workload.

  By InfoWorld staff | 02 May, 2012 23:41

  Tags: byod, consumer electronics, consumerization of IT, freemium, hardware systems, iPad, it management, it strategy, mobile technology, smartphones, tablets, Technology Business

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  Android breaks crucial 50 per cent of smartphones in use: comScore

  Android may be lagging behind in the enterprise market, but in the consumer market it's still going full speed ahead.

  By Brad Reed | 02 May, 2012 07:27

  Tags: Android, Android 4.0, Android smartphones, Apple, Apple iOS, Apple smartphones, Blackberry, BlackBerry OS, ComScore, Galaxy smartphones, Google+, htc, HTC smartphones, iPad, Kindle Fire, mobile, Motorola, rim, samsung, smartphones, tablets

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  Review: Quickoffice Connect is a poor iCloud clone

  Quickoffice rivals Apple's iWork suite as the best office productivity app for the iPad and iPhone, and it is unquestionably the best office app for Android devices. It makes sense to choose Quickoffice as the standard mobile office app in workplaces that have a mix of iOS and Android devices. It also makes sense that you'd want access to your documents from any device you happen to have in front of you, whether it runs iOS, Android, Mac OS X, or Windows. A cloud-savvy office app that lets you continue to work on your projects as you move from one device to another is a no-brainer.

  By Galen Gruman | 01 May, 2012 20:12

  Tags: Android, Apple, applications, cloud computing, cloud storage, consumer electronics, hardware systems, internet, iPad, iPhone, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, mobile apps, mobile technology, Office Software, operating systems, QuickOffice, smartphones, software, tablets

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  Kindle Fire now accounts for more than half of U.S. Android tablets

  When people refer to "Android tablets" they may soon just be referring to the Amazon Kindle Fire.

  By Brad Reed | 27 April, 2012 08:47

  Tags: Android, Apple, ComScore, Configuration / maintenance, consumer electronics, Data Center, hardware systems, iPad, iSuppli, Kindle Fire, Motorola, networking, pc, smartphones, tablets, toshiba, wireless