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Remember the Cisco tablet? More are on the way

You have to give it to Cisco Systems for its perseverance.

The company, best known for supplying the guts of business and government networks, is doubling down on the tablet business with not one, but two potential follow-ups to its enterprise-centric Cius (pronounced see-us). Cisco said it is working on a larger and smaller version of the tablet for the spring and fall of next year.

Few consumers are even aware Cisco offers an Android-powered tablet, which had been in development for two years and quietly launched in August. It's a strange hybrid of a device: it has the … Read more

Cisco takes the tablet to work

Tablet PCs aren't just for playing super-sized versions of Angry Birds or streaming Netflix movies. They're increasingly being used in the work place.

The popularity of the Apple iPad is spilling over into the workplace, where everyone from executives to nurses to sales associates to people who stock the shelves at your favorite retailer are using tablets. It should come as little surprise given the small form factor and touch screens that make these devices so appealing.

Cisco Systems, the world's biggest maker of infrastructure equipment that helps businesses connect to the Internet, wants a piece of … Read more

Cisco bringing Cius Android tablet to AT&T

The Cisco Cius tablet will connect to AT&T's HSPA+ wireless network when it launches this fall, the companies announced today.

Cisco Systems' upcoming Android-based tablet, which boasts a 7-inch display, is designed with business users in mind. The device will support Cisco's collaboration software, and thanks to its dual cameras, allow for video conferencing over Cisco's TelePresence service. Outside of that, the tablet will work like most others, offering Web browsing, e-mail, and the ability to store content on its 32GB of internal memory.

Cisco's partnership with AT&T doesn't end with … Read more

Android Atlas Weekly 6: 2GHz phone coming soon? (podcast)

A 2GHz Android phone from Samsung, how to get a free Droid X, and Froyo trounces iOS4 in Javascript speed tests. Plus guest Molly Wood reviews the Kindle for Android app, and we discuss how to wipe the data from your phone.

Android 2.2 demolishes iOS4 in JavaScript benchmarks Yahoo! Launches Android Apps Report: More than half of Android apps are free Qualcomm unveils augmented reality platform for Google Android phones 21 Droid X phones are hidden waiting for you to find them … Read more

Buzz Out Loud 1260: Flying car-maggeddon (podcast)

I think we can all agree on one thing: flying cars may be cool, but it's going to be a slaughter in the skies--at least at first. Also, the Verizon iPhone is here again! Yay! We'll believe it when we see it, just like we'll believe that Google Me is real and a real competitor to Facebook when we see it and when Google manages to understand actual humans and what they want in a social network. But hey, fingers crossed! Special guest, Darren Kitchen of Hak5!

Why Hulu Plus is a nifty addition

I am excited about Hulu Plus. I have already requested my invite in earnest!

I've heard some belly-aching about the fact that the service costs $9.99 per month, yet there will still be ads. My take on this: get over it!

We pay a lot of money for cable TV and cable TV does not filter out ads. Why would we expect that $9.99 should buy us commercial-free content? This is expensive premium content that we will be getting with Hulu Plus, and a lot of it. Also consider that you have to pay an extra $9.… Read more