The iPad's price must come down

Apple

By Wilson Rothman

While the Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet are no match for an iPad, pound for pound, their lower pricing means they provide as much of the value, dollar for dollar. There is competitive and economic pressure on Apple to drop the price of the iPad by $100 or more. And far from being anathema for the profit-driven tech giant, a well-timed price cut is directly in line with Apple's iPod and iPhone strategies.

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Why 3G iPad2 is more viable than a smartphone?

The iPad2 arrived in the markets after a flurry of delays and controversies. But as it arrived, discussions became rife to how viable is it to use an iPad, especially the iPad2 3G.

Critics were of the opinion that 3G iPad2 did have nothing exclusive, as the WiFi hotspot capability which is available on the iPad is already there on the smartphones. Therefore, why to buy a more expensive device?

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Top 5 Android apps for IT professionals

The Android is some magic created by Google. Consumers, entrepreneurs and people from all quarters of the world are opting for the operating system.

What is that one special thing which attracts people to it? It is the large number of apps and easy interface.

The Android something for everybody- for IT pros too. It has a plethora of apps which can be of very good use for IT people.

Also a lot of these apps are free of cost; the only point of contention is how much leverage your organization gives to use these apps in sync with office documents and other software.

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Zeus For Android Steals One-Time Banking Passwords

Researchers have discovered a new variant of the insidious Zeus trojan that is designed to run on Google Android smartphones, security researchers have warned.

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Get Paid to Hack Your TouchPad to Run Android

After HP announced it would discontinue production of its TouchPad tablet last week, it looked like early HP tablet adopters spent $500 on a dud. If you’re an enterprising software hacker, however, there could be an opportunity to make your money back — and then some. A hardware-modification web site is offering a $1,500 cash bounty for the first person to successfully port a full version of the Android operating system over to HP’s TouchPad.
Hacknmod.com offers a tiered bounty system for would-be TouchPad hackers: Just getting Android to run on the TouchPad without taking full advantage of the tablet’s hardware will win you a cool $450. But the more you’re able to integrate the system software into the device, the more cash you’ll earn. Get the Wi-Fi, multitouch capability, audio and camera up and running, and you’ll add another $1,050 to the pot.

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