Elizabeth Woyke / Mobilized:
Best Buy To Focus On Tablets For Holidays — Best Buy is known for stocking thousands of electronic gadgets. To date, that assortment has included just one tablet computer-Apple’s iPad-but that will change in coming months, Forbes has learned. — “Going into the holidays …
Agam Shah / Network World:
Canonical developing Ubuntu OS for tablets — Tablets with the OS could reach store shelves in the latter part of Q1 next year — Canonical is preparing a version of the Ubuntu OS for tablet computers as the company looks to extend its presence in the mobile space, a company executive said on Wednesday.
Todd Bishop / TechFlash:
Gates: Microsoft still likes tablets; pen-based computing isn’t dead — Say this for Bill Gates: He stands behind his favorite trends, even when they haven’t turned out to be much in the way of trends. — Appearing with Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway lieutenant Charlie Munger …
Pete Cashmore / Mashable!:
Apple Expects to Sell 10 Million Tablets in First Year [REPORT] — Apple expects to sell 10 million tablet computers in the product’s first year, according to a former Google executive. — Lee Kai-fu, founding president of Google China until September 2009, says in a blog post he heard the numbers from a friend.