Nobody expects the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet to sell as well as the iPad 2. Still, Research in Motion seemed to take an especially measured approach with its PlayBook launch, which started Tuesday in stores such as Best Buy and Radio Shack.
Research in Motion Tuesday started making available its answer to the iPad: an enterprise-focused tablet computer called the <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2010/092810-rim-blackberry-playbook.html">PlayBook</a> that starts at $500.
Verizon customers this week received email informing them that their personal contact information had been compromised as part of the expansive attack against Epsilon.
Security experts today warned users to be on the watch for targeted email attacks after a breach at a major marketing firm that may have put millions of addresses in the hands of hackers and scammers.
Retailer Best Buy today told customers that files containing the "'email addresses of some Best Buy customers were accessed without authorization" due to a <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/030811-ponemon-data-breach.html">data breach</a> at marketing firm Epsilon.
ORLANDO -- The PlayBook tablet from Research in Motion, priced from $499, will go on sale April 19 at Best Buy stores, RIM and Best Buy announced Tuesday at the CTIA conference here.
<a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/011111-verizon-iphone-facts.html">Verizon, which began selling the Apple iPhone 4</a> in the U.S. on Feb. 10, has already grabbed as much as 12.7% of the U.S. iPhone market, according to stats released by ad network Chitika.
Apple has started taking online orders for the iPad 2 tablet Friday morning and its stores will begin sales at 5pm EST today.
AT&T will begin selling the new Kindle 3G e-reader on March 6 for $189 at its retail stores, the first time the carrier has sold a dedicated e-reader device.
The Google Android-based Motorola Mobility Xoom tablet will start at about $600 for a Wi-Fi only version – a price that should be much more competitive with Apple iPad pricing than was initially thought.
Walmart said today that the Verizon Wireless edition of Apple's iPhone 4 <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/smartphones.html">smartphone</a> will be available in about 600 select stores starting Thursday, Feb.10.
The <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/010611-motorola-launches-xoom-tablet-with.html">Motorola Xoom</a>, the much anticipated Google Android 3.0-based tablet unveiled during CES last month, will sport a price tag of about $800 and be available on Feb. 24.
Google's Nexus One phone wasn't exactly a smash hit, but that apparently hasn't stopped the company from issuing a sequel.
Sprint Nextel will sell the Samsung Galaxy Tab touchscreen tablet for $399.99 with a two-year service contract, starting Nov. 14, the carrier announced Monday.
Samsung USA's introduction of its Android-based Galaxy Tab tablets at an event in New York City Thursday put both Apple on notice that the iPad has a new competitor and laptop makers in general on notice that a new alternative will soon be in town.