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• Android tablets to outsell Apple iPads by 2015

  Tablet computers based on the Android operating system will outsell Apple iPads in Australia by 2015, research firm Telsyte has predicted.
  

• iPad Mini vs. Nexus 7: A head-to-head tablet comparison

  Apple made a point of doing a side-by-side comparison of its new iPad Mini with Google's Nexus 7 at the launch event Tuesday in San Jose, highlighting the mini tablet's thinness, larger viewable screen area and custom app compatibility.

• Padlock salesman trades 30-pound sample case for 1.35-pound iPad

  For William Tway, the really important number for the Apple <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/111910-apple-ipad-resources.html">iPad</a> is 1.35. That's how much the 3G model weighs. And it weighs about 28.67 pounds less than the sample case of padlocks, not to mention the thick paper catalogs, he used to lug around as head of East Coast sales for the Wilson Bohannan Padlock Company.

• Apple fixing iPhone 4S battery problem and other user issues

  Apple is working to fix the battery problems faced by users of devices carrying its i0S 5 mobile operating system, solve a security issue with the magnetic SmartCover for the iPad 2 and add a new multi-touch feature to its original tablet.

• Android fans flocking to iPad for tablet fix

  As if more evidence of the <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/111910-apple-ipad-resources.html">iPad</a>'s <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/030311-apple-tablet-market.html?ap1=rcb&amp;ap1=rcb">dominance of the tablet market</a> were needed, market research firm Canaccord Genuity now claims that the iPad is the tablet of choice among <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/110910-google-android-useful-resources-smartphones.html">Android</a> fans.

• iPad 2 glitches emerge

  By now you've probably heard of the alleged Facetime freezing and backlight bleeding issues facing iPad 2 owners.

• iPad 2: Don't take it apart, or risk cracked glass

  Apple's iPad 2 tablet which became available Friday, boasts a big battery, tiny speakers, an ample 512MB of RAM and a glass front that's tricky for tinkerers to take off.

• Will Apple make preemptive strike, cut iPad price?

  Apple should get a jump on the tablet competition Wednesday by dropping the price of the iPad and expanding its distribution, an analyst said today.

• Has Apple got white right for iPad 2?

  New rumors say that Apple has got white right this time, and will unveil a white iPad 2 when the company announces the next version of its popular tablet, expected later this week.

• iPad 3 watch: Is Apple readying a 'tweener' tablet?

  An analyst with a strong track record of predicting new Apple products says Apple has a new device in the works with a screen size that falls somewhere in between that of the iPhone and iPad.

• iPads storm the enterprise

  As global accounts director at Altus, Inc., Michelle Klatt's job is to visit Fortune 500 companies and demonstrate her firm's video management software. When the <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/111910-apple-ipad-resources.html">iPad</a> came out a year ago, she was all over it.

• 6 sets of useful Apple iPad resources

  Apple says it sold more than 3 million iPad tablet computers during the first quarter they were on the market and nearly 5 million in the quarter ended Sept. 25.

• Gartner: Nearly 20 million tablets to be sold in 2010

  Gartner estimates worldwide sales of iPads and other tablets will total 19.5 million units this year and nearly triple that number next year as the devices win over both consumers and business customers.

• Google promises Docs editing for iPad

  Google said on Monday that Apple iPad owners would soon be able to edit Google Docs files on their tablets.

• Report says Apple to launch 7-inch iPad by Christmas

  Apple is readying another tablet similar to the iPad but with a 7-inch touchscreen for launch as early as the end of this year, according to a major Taiwanese newspaper.