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  5 Ways the iPad 2 Can Smoke Motorola's Xoom, Other Tablets

  The invitation to Apple's iPad 2 event next week is a smug jab at all the tech vendors who think they can make a better tablet.

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  Google Android vs. Apple iOS: Feature war heats up

  The Android versus iOS platform war is heating up. Just one day after Apple announced its new in-app subscription model, Google responded with a similar scheme. Google may soon launch its long-expected music service to compete with iTunes, and Apple ...

• Apple's new subscription model: Pros and cons

  Apple recently said it wants a 30 per cent cut of all subscriptions sold on iOS devices, including services that offer music, video, newspapers and magazines. But Apple's move may force digital publishers and content providers such as Netflix, Amazon...

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  Android OS to make gains in 2011 tablet PC market

  Analysts firms are predicting that Android will make serious gains in the mobile device operating system market this year.

• Top five discoveries in Apple's iOS 4.3 beta

  Apple isn't wasting any time getting to work this January after bringing the iPhone to Verizon earlier this week. The company released the first beta version of iOS 4.3 for iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch and Apple TV on Wednesday night. The new version of ...

• Windows 7 tablets are a terrible idea

  I keep hearing about Windows tablets. Steve Ballmer got up on stage with an HP slate at last year's CES, and nobody was particularly impressed. Now we're hearing rumors that he'll give it another shot this year, perhaps even revealing a bit about Win...

• Google demos Motorola Tablet running Android 3.0

  Android fans won't have to wait much longer to get their hands on an optimized version of Android for tablet devices. Andy Rubin, Google's vice president of engineering, debuted an early version of Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) running on a Motorola one-pa...

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  iPhone and Android equally desirable, says Nielsen

  In the popularity contest between Android phones and the iPhone its tie. A Nielsen survey found even though Android phones are currently outselling the iPhone, potential phone buyers are equally likely to want either platform.

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  AirPlay's support for third-party apps may expand

  AirPlay, one of the main feature additions in iOS 4.2, could soon work with third-party apps and Safari, according to a purported Steve Jobs e-mail that a reader sent to the MacRumors blog. The e-mail suggests that in 2011 users will be able to strea...

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  iOS 4.3 release rumored for December

  Days after Apple released the iOS 4.2 software update for iPhones and iPads, another update to the OS is rumored to be arriving in December, together with News Corp's iPad-only news app. A corroborated report from Apple-centric blog MacStories claims...

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  How to 'tether' your iPhone free without jailbreaking

  The solution I came to was to write my own "NetShare"-like app for personal use. After poking around the web for some jumping off points (and a tip from the developer of the controversial "Handy Light" app), I stumbled on a GitHub project called "iPr...

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  Apple releases iOS 4.2

  Apple has just announced that iOS 4.2 will be available today for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch users.

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  Top 10 iPhone annoyances - and how to fix them

  The Apple iPhone is a love-it-or-hate-it kind of device. The people who won't buy one love to talk about how much they hate it. And although some iPhone fanboys won't admit to a problem, other people who love it (including me) often find themselves c...

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  Mobile deathmatch: Windows Phone 7 vs. Apple iPhone 4

  You know how in monster movies, the lumbering creature always manages to outrun the frantically running victim? That seems to be Microsoft's hope in competing with Apple: Despite a late start and slow development, it will crush the iPhone out of shee...

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  Apple's mobile developer momentum open to challenge

  While Apple has major momentum in the mobile application developer space, there is room for other companies to steal Apple's thunder, according to an analyst report released earlier this month.