Apple is widely expected to introduce a smaller, cheaper version of its iPad on Tuesday, perhaps in response to the crop of seven-inch tablets that have emerged from competitors in the last year. But how are those tablets doing anyway? Read more…
On the Media Decoder blog, Julie Bosman of The New York Times reports on Barnes & Noble’s response to the Justice Department’s proposed settlement with publishers in its lawsuit over the pricing of e-books. Read more…
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As gadget reviewers have pointed out, the Amazon Kindle Fire is clunky and slow. But it is also poised to be the second-most-popular tablet in the United States, after the Apple iPad. So why is the Kindle Fire selling so well if it is not so pretty? The answer is price and content. Read more…