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Featured Articles » Apple CEO Says Tablets Will Replace PCs » Puzzazz Gives Kindle Touch Handwriting Recognition Functionality » Angry Birds Flys into Facebook A Day Early » Are Your Headphones in the Wrong Ears? Researchers Set out to Solve this Problem   Sponsored By: Aricent WEBINAR: Cloud-based Telecom Testing: Why and How Wednesday, March 14, 2012 11:00 AM ET/ 8:00 AM PT REGISTER TODAY In this webinar, experts from Aricent will identify the challenges in traditional telecom testing and justify the case for delivering testing competencies through the cloud. They will investigate the limitations overcome by cloud-based testing and present the customer benefits derived from these solutions. An interactive Q&A session will allow attendees to allay their specific fears about cloud-based telecom testing. Additionally, the speakers will also highlight Aricent's platform agnostic cloud-based test tool - the Software Tool for Automated Test Environment (STATE), which accelerates unit testing, subsystem and system integration testing, and regression testing of telecom products and applications. What Attendees will learn: Creating a telecom testing environment on the cloud Challenges addressed by cloud-based telecom testing Customer benefits offered by cloud-based telecom testing Developing robust telecom testing solutions on the cloud   Top Stories » Always Wish You Could Be a Superhero? Here's Your Chance with the New X-Men iPad Case » NPD Group Says No Consumer Electronic Sales Growth in 2011 » Video Game Sales Plummet in United States » Amazon May Launch 9-Inch Version of Kindle Fire This Summer   From The Expert Corner February 14, 2012 New Rumors Say iPad 3 Will Boast Smaller Screen By Oliver VanDervoort Contributing Writer Few gadgets generate buzz the way the Apple iPhone (News - Alert) and iPad generate buzz. Rumors always seem to be circulating concerning these two devices mainly because Apple usually plays it so close to the vest when it comes to letting details slip. When people want to know about when the next iPad is coming out, they have to find out through dribs and drabs that usually come from companies doing business with Apple (News - Alert). Such were the rumors that Apple might be coming out with the iPad 3 later this year. While the company has not actually made the announcement, there have been plenty of rumors that seem to hint at a third iteration of one of Apple's most popular devices. The rumors originally had Apple making a major announcement in January, and some rumors even had the computer giant bringing two new iPads last month. January has come and gone and we are none the wiser, but the iPad 3 rumors persist. The newest rumors coming from component makers in Asia is that Apple is looking at possibly releasing an iPad that has a smaller screen. Officials at various component suppliers who declined to be named say that Apple has shown them diagrams of an iPad device that would sport an 8-inch screen.    The iPad 2 was released last year with a screen size of 9.7-inches. While there were originally rumors that the iPad 3 would have “retina” resolution, these same suppliers say that the iPad 3 screen will have roughly the same kind of resolution as its immediate predecessor... Read More   From The Blogs Logitech Zagg iPad 2 Keyboard: Do You Need a Laptop? February 14, 2012 By: Rich Tehrani A few months back I was in Boston interviewing a number of companies in the tech space and just before one of my interviews I was reading about the Logitech Keyboard Case by ZAGG for iPad 2 and I was intrigued. I thought having a real keyboard connected to the iPad 2 was a great pain reliever for my fingers which ache when hitting glass repeatedly but I worried the addition would limit my ability to use the tablet while standing. Quite often in my office I find myself using the iPad and I figured a fixed aluminum keyboard would make this practice cease... Read More    Featured Videos Here's the Thing: 5 Games to Get You Going in 2012    Featured Resources » Rating Services in the Cloud - A Cloud Rating Strategy for "Greenfield" Mobile Operators and MVNO's » Going Mobile - Mobile Customer Service Moves to the Forefront of Multi-Channel Interaction » Empowering the Mobile Enterprise   Featured Channels » Mobile Device Management » Mobile Unified Communications » Robotics   gadgets.tmcnet.com is Your Source for the Latest gadgets News and Information   Sign Up For FREE    |    Visit Site    |    Free Magazine Subscription   Advertise With Us   General advertising Info: Click here      Contact Us   Company Directory    |    All Editors' Info   Become a TMCnet columnist! Become a TMCnet columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of technology professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the TMCnet Web site and this newsletter. Contact TMCnet Group Editorial Director, Erik Linask, at elinask@tmcnet.com for details.

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