May, 2012

• 30 May

  LG and Samsung loosen their iron grip on tablet displays

  

  As tablet popularity rises, display makers LG and Samsung are losing some ground in the fast-growing market for tablet screens. The two South Korean companies still dominated the tablet display-panel market in 2011, accounting for more than 80 percent of all shipments. That figure, though, is down from 98 percent in 2010, according to an …

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• 30 May

  Toshiba Excite 10 review: Monstrous expandable storage potential

  

  Now playing: Watch this: The Toshiba Excite 10 flexes its huge memory expansion… 2:27 Not two months after its release of the “thinnest and lightest” tablet, the Toshiba 10 LE, Toshiba is back with a new 10-inch tablet: the Toshiba Excite 10. It’s not thinner or lighter than the LE, but the Excite 10 does bring Android 4.0, a Tegra …

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• 30 May

  AT&T: Telecom consolidation ‘logical,’ inevitable

  

  The wireless industry is likely to shrink down to two or three players, roughly half the roster across the U.S. today, according to an AT&T executive. John Stephens, CFO of AT&T, spoke at a Nomura investment conference on Wednesday. Stephens was asked about consolidation in light of AT&T’s failure to acquire T-Mobile. Regulators panned AT&T’s T-Mobile acquisition over competitive worries. …

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• 30 May

  Meeker: People are flocking to mobile, but where’s the money?

  

  It’s no secret that more of us are picking up Web-connected mobile devices. But the growth with which that’s happening is nothing short of impressive. At the D10 Conference today, Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers (KPCB) partner Mary Meeker revealed that at the end of 2011, there were 1.1 billion mobile 3G subscribers around the world, representing 37 percent growth over …

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• 30 May

  Sony Xperia Go rugged smart phone battles water and dust

  

  Sony’s crafted a brand-new Android smart phone capable of surviving an accidental dive into your pint. The Xperia Go is a 3.5-inch, dust-fighting rugged phone that Sony reckons is ideal for outdoorsy types. Whether you’re scaling Everest or drunkenly stumbling into a lamppost while texting, the Xperia Go has been built to resist life’s untoward elements. You get a scratch-resistant …

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• 30 May

  Creative unveils ‘new genre’ of audio device: Sound BlasterAxx

  

  Not surprisingly here at CNET we get a ton of press releases e-mailed to us announcing new products. Most are fairly bland, but Creative’s media pitch for its upcoming Sound BlasterAxx line of speakers is one of the more amped-up ones I’ve received lately, reading like an ad for a new energy drink. In fact, I think the PR person …

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• 30 May

  The numbers behind RIM’s impending collapse

  

  Toward the end of market trading yesterday, Research In Motion temporarily froze its shares to deliver the inevitable news: the BlackBerry maker is in deep financial trouble and is no longer generating profit. This means RIM is no longer a functioning business. It’s a dead weight around Canada’s neck. The terrifying thing is that RIM saw this coming and did …

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• 30 May

  Apple boss Tim Cook says TV is ‘an area of intense interest’

  

  Apple commander Tim Cook has dropped a few compelling hints about the company’s plans regarding TV, saying telly is an “area of intense interest for us”, and also tipping possible progress for Siri and Facebook integration. Speaking at the Wall Street Journal‘s All Things Digital conference, Cook said Apple has already sold 2.7 million Apple TV set-top boxes this year, …

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• 30 May

  Sony HX850: Early candidate for Best LCD TV of 2012

  

  Though plasma is still a firm favorite with reviewers and videophiles, it’s overwhelmingly LCD televisions that most people actually buy. And if you want to know what the best LCD TV released in 2012 will be, then we may already have an answer for you: the Sony HX850. Until the arrival of the excellent HX850, Sony looked to be in …

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• 30 May

  Simple.TV launches Kickstarter project, offers $300 Roku/antenna bundle

  

  Simple.TV’s innovative take on the over-the-air DVR made a splash at CES 2012, winning CNET’s Best of CES award in the home theater category. Now the company has turned to Kickstarter, looking to raise $125,000 before the product launches this summer. While Simple.TV’s concept of streaming and recording over-the-air TV hasn’t changed (read my initial CES story for more information), …

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