A new study from the United States shows that multitasking with mobile devices is a popular activity when watching television.
Around 40% of tablet and smartphone owners in the USA used their devices daily while watching TV, according to a study from Nielsen. This contrasts with the 14% of eBook reader owners who watched TV while using their device every day.
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Following legal action by Apple, Australia’s Federal Court has ordered an interim injunction against the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. As a result, the Samsung device is unlikely ever to be launched in Australia.
It’s claimed that the Galaxy Tab infringes two patents affecting touchscreen operation.
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Anjana Pasricha of voanews.com writes:
India hopes that the launch of what is being called “the world’s cheapest tablet computer” will help tens of thousands of low-income students connect to the digital world.
The $45 device with a seven-inch color touchscreen, Wi-Fi connectivity, and two USB ports is meant to bridge the digital divide in a country where only three percent of the population has computers.
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Mobile technology company Myriad Group has revealed version 2.0 of Myriad Alien Dalvik.
The original release allowed Android apps to run on non-Android smartphones; Alien Dalvik 2.0 enables Android applications to run on other platforms as well, such as tablets, eBook readers, TVs and in-car devices.
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Samsung Electronics has announced the GALAXY Tab 7.0 Plus, the successor to its original 7-inch tablet.
The GALAXY Tab 7.0 Plus runs the ‘Honeycomb’ version of Android (v3.2) on a 1.2GHz dual-core processor.
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