Will the Rise of Tablets Kill the Laptop?

By Peter Suciu, Special to CNBC.com NEW YORK (CNBC) — Ever since Apple introduced the iPad earlier this year, some tech experts have predicted that consumers will all but abandon their laptops for lighter and more compact tablet computers. Certainly the huge success of the iPad and the growing list of imitators — along with a big drop in laptop sales — has fueled that perception. But others …

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IPad Rivals Poised To Be A Top Theme At Electronics Show

With Apple’s iPad dominating the consumer market for tablet computers, rivals including Hewlett-Packard and Research In Motion are focusing on business markets for their upcoming tablets.

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Acer’s Iconia Voted One of Ten Favorite ‘Last Gadgets Standing’ at Annual CES Competition

Acer announced today that their brand new Iconia Touchbook has been voted as one of the top ten products in The Ten Favorites at the CES annual Last Gadgets Standing competition. The Iconia is a dual all-point multi-touch notebook that gives consumers the best features of a laptop and tablet device. The Last Gadget Standing Competition is due to take place on January 8th, 2011 at the Consumer …

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Acer’s Iconia Voted One of Ten Favorite ‘Last Gadgets Standing’ at Annual CES Competition

Acer announced today that their brand new Iconia Touchbook has been voted as one of the top ten products in The Ten Favorites at the CES annual Last Gadgets Standing competition. The Iconia is a dual all-point multi-touch notebook that gives consumers the best features of a laptop and tablet device. The Last Gadget Standing Competition is due to take place on January 8th, 2011 at the Consumer …

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MacBook Pro, Android join Kindle on Amazon’s top 2010 list

Amazon wrapped up the year on Thursday with word that itself and Apple topped the lists of its most popular items of the year. The Kindle with Wi-Fi unsurprisingly topped both the bestseller and wish list charts for electronics, but Apple had unusual success in computers. The 13-inch MacBook Pro was both the bestselling notebook on Amazon and the most wished for, although the most gifted was a …

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