> So this latest report, in which Gene apparently just polled the families living on his block, seems beyond disingenuous. The margin of error on a group of 65 people is so high that it makes the results of the iPad vs. Galaxy Tab study all but meaningless, and further demonstrates the insidious, dangerous power of some analysts and their fantasy football stock manipulations. The moral of the story? Next time you see the names Gene and Munster in the same sentence, don’t just take the news with a grain…

> By comparison, iPad is a PORTABLE device — you need a bag to carry it around — and it can act as a laptop replacement. > > Even though both tablets perform much of the same functions, similar to the truer equivalency between iPhone and an Android phone, their size differences and, by extension, how and how often they are accessed, means gTab and iPad will be used in completely different ways. > > I’ve been “wearing” gTab for nearly two weeks, and all comparisons boil down to this: gTab fits in your pocket. via…

> In the video, a demonstrator from RIM’s Web browser development group shows the comparatively petite PlayBook and the iPad side by side, caches cleared and connected to WiFi. He loads a couple of websites simultaneously on the devices, and the PlayBook completes the load first by a large margin, beating the iPad soundly. via [arstechnica.com](http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/11/rim-shows-off-playbook-administering-web-beatdown-to-ipad.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss)Videos like this remind me of how pathetic Apple used to look doing its famous…

> To sum up, RIM is at risk because its natural market is saturating and many of its customers are considering a switch to other platforms. The company may be able to bumble along in this situation for years before the problem comes to a head, but once a migration away from BlackBerry starts it would be almost impossible to stop. So if the company wants to ensure its survival, it needs to act now. Two steps are needed: > > –The BlackBerry line needs to be given a several fundamental, visionary innovations…

> The tablet wars are up and running,” Strategy Analytics analyst Neil Mawston reportedly said. via [appleinsider.com](http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/11/02/tablet_sales_up_26_apples_ipad_takes_95_of_market.html)95% to 2.3%. This qualifies as a war? By this time next year, maybe, maybe we’ll have a war. But even that is anything but a sure bet. Without the carrier subsidy pricing model holding it back, there’s little chance that the iPad will have anywhere near the challenge the iPhone…