Today's operating systems are climbing over each other to be more useful and capable than the others, as when they automatically detect and download new software for your updating pleasure. There's one problem: when you're on a mobile broadband service with limited quota, massive and unintended downloads are the last thing you want. more »

It’s hard work changing the world, and Apple has normally shouldered the burden well and effectively. But as its latest iPad launch struggles on the branding front, one can’t help but wonder whether the specifications of the third-generation product represent an effort by Tim Cook working too hard to give the people what they want. more »

After several high-profile defections from the tablet market last year, competitors to Apple’s iPad continue with dogged determination to topple the market-defining device, but the latest figures suggest their efforts are just not working – and that iPad is set to kill off a range of copycat business systems. more »

If there were ever any question of how profoundly the tablet industry is reshaping the mobile market, a number of statistics released this week have put the question to rest. According to figures from analyst firm Telsyte, 2.6 million Australians are… more »

It's a new year – and even as the stands at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) are mothballed until next year, the market is trying to figure out what to make of the wares on offer. Yet as vendors focus on producing thinner, lighter tablets to differentiate themselves, can they beat the iPad – or are they just riding the fast train to nowhere? more »