Up Close With the Next Generation of Tablet Users

AllThingsD‘s Ina Fried spends a weekend with her two young cousins and walks away with some interesting lessons about the future of computing.
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Pinger Adds Voicemail to iOS Calling and Texting App

Pinger today started offering free, ad-supported voicemail on top of its texting and voice call service.
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Most Likely iPad Buyer Is a Male, Pet-Owning Gamer (Who May Be a Scientist)

The folks at BlueKai have put together a chart of who is most likely to buy an iPad, and it appears those with both time and money on their hands top the list.
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iPhone Battery Drain

Walt answers a reader’s question on the battery life of the new iPhone 4S.

Web Pans Google’s Gmail App for iPhone (Updated: “Googla Culpa”)

Google on Wednesday released a native Gmail client for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. However, the app was quickly panned by a number of techies.
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Apple Turns iPhone and iPod Touch Into World’s Smallest GarageBand

Cupertino brings its music creation app to the even-smaller screen.
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Sears’s Softer Side Includes iPads and Free Wi-Fi

Sears has joined Lowe’s, Home Depot and other major retailers in rolling out iPads and iPods to assist employees in stores nationwide.
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Nintendo Records Lifetime DS Sales of 50 Million in the U.S.

Nintendo’s latest sales update reveals that it has sold 50 million portable gaming systems over the lifetime of the system in the U.S. But is it enough?
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Apple Helps Devices Get Their Heads in the Cloud

Apple launches iCloud, a service designed to store and replicate documents on computers, the iPhone, iPod touch and the iPad.
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T-Mobile’s Bobsled Now Running on iPhone, Android and the Web

T-Mobile says it has expanded its voice-over-IP calling service to run on mobile devices, as the No. 4 U.S. carrier looks for new inroads into the calling market.
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What Happens Next at Apple?

Apple Rules the Mobile Mile High Club