Editors’ note: For a more up-to-date look on this topic, check out CNET’s recent primer on music storage services. With Amazon’s recently updated Cloud Player service, music fans now have one more way to store and stream their tunes from the cloud. It bears many similarities to Apple’s iTunes Match, but after playing around with …
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Now playing: Watch this: Convert cassettes into MP3s 6:08 As far as I’m concerned, we have a global musical crisis on our hands. The cassette tape was the dominant music format through most of my childhood. The first read-along books I had as a kid were on cassette tape. The first time I ever bought music with my own money, …
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Editors’ note: This post was originally published August 8, 2011, but was updated April 19, 2012, with new products. The iPad may be the most popular tablet out there, but there are still a few features it’s missing. And competitors haven’t been shy about pointing them out. One feature still lacking from Apple’s tablet is an integrated HDMI output. Sure, …
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Amazon has been updating its Kindle Fire tablet with a steady stream of worthwhile updates. CNET Given that it’s a tablet that sells for $199, Amazon has been pushing out software updates for the Kindle Fire at an impressive pace. The latest of which is available today, either as an automatic over-the-air update, or as a direct download from Amazon’s …
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Let’s face it, Xoom owners could use some good news right now. Since the introduction of the then-groundbreaking original Xoom tablet in February 2011, the furious pace of Android competition knocked it from CNET’s Best 5 tablets list before the year was out. And before you Xoom owners get too excited, please note that the rumored Android 4.0.4 update is …
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If you’re looking for a 10-inch Android 4.0 tablet running the lastest Nvidia Tegra 3 quad-core processor, we have great news. You can buy one right now for $500, and it’s called the Asus Transformer Prime. But for those of you who like having more than one option available to you (and wouldn’t mind saving a little money), Acer’s Iconia …
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Can you tell them apart? Apple I can’t blame you for not being excited by the “new iPad.” With the screen turned off, there’s really nothing to indicate that it’s changed at all. Obviously, the big update to the third-generation iPad is the vastly improved screen. We hear about product screen improvements all the time, so it’s easy to diminish …
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Update: Apple’s third-generation iPad is now available. Read CNET’s full review for more details. With the success Apple is enjoying with the iPad 2, we’re not sure it even needs to make an iPad 3. It will, of course–even if it doesn’t use that name. We now know that Apple is unveiling its next iPad in San Francisco on Wednesday, …
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OnLive’s Desktop Plus app puts Windows 7 on your Android tablet for a monthly fee. OnLive OnLive’s Desktop Plus service turns your tablet into a virtual Windows 7 PC. The app-based service rolled out to iPad customers last week, and today made the jump to Android tablets. Related stories OnLive Desktop brings Windows 7 to the iPad Review: OnLive MicroConsole …
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The dual-screen Sony Tablet P. James Martin/CNET Starting March 4th, AT&T customers can pick up Sony’s dual-screen Tablet P for $399 with a two year contract. As a 4G device, customers will have a choice of two monthly plans to choose from, starting at $35/mo for 3GB of data, up to $50/mo for 5GB. If contracts freak you out, you …
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