Tablets

Acer Iconia Tab A210 review: great value plus a USB slot

Although it’s still the iPad and, to some extent Samsung’s Galaxy lineup of tablets that grab the headlines, the future looks brightest for good…

Toshiba AT300SE review: cheap and cheerful

Making a ‘special edition’ of an older, middle-ranking product between the annual product refresh is rather an unusual move in the world of tablets;…

Amazon to launch $99 7-inch Kindle Fire HD

This is interesting. Amazon is reportedly set to launch a US$99 seven-inch Kindle Fire HD that will ship later this year. According to TechCrunch,…

Dell XPS 18 hands-on review: an enormous all-in-one PC

Dell’s new XPS 18 has an 18.4-inch 1080p screen. But yes, it’s a tablet.- albeit one that can double as an all-in-one PC. It’s…

ASUS Transformer Pad snags Android 4.2 update

Thought Android 4.2 was only for the Nexus 7? Asus has just issued a press release saying that the Android 4.2 update has hit…

HP Slate 7 hands-on review: welcome to the party [MWC]

After its aborted efforts with WebOS and the TouchPad two years ago, it appears that HP thinks now is the time to get involved with tablets. Here is…

HP Slate 7 is a $169 seven-inch tablet pitched for glory

Well done HP, a seven-inch Android tablet for US$169. Now this is innovation. It’s got Beats audio, Jellybean, access to Google Play, a 1.6Ghz…

New source suggests Microsoft Surface will ship for $199

From the skunkworks at Microsoft comes a fresh rumour of the pricing for the Microsoft Surface. According to Engadget, the pricing and roll out…

Jelly Bean makes Acer Iconia Tab A110 drool-worthy

We saw this a while back and were unmoved. Another 7-incher for US$200 with Android 4.0? Add it to the list, pal. With Jelly…

The new iPad: video review

It’s not the greatest piece of tech to ever come out of California, and it certainly won’t be the last, but from where we’re…

Let the Jelly Bean customisation begin

If you love mobile tech, regardless of which OS you support, you should’ve heard about the new version of Android by now. Android 4.1.1,…

Archos dumps first shot of G10 xs Tablet onto Facebook

Facebook is the vessel for Archos’ G10 xs tablet announcement, with a single image, pictured above and scant info save for a tentative launch…

Sony Xperia Tablet leaked

Sony’s newest excursion into the tablet world has been leaked. German tech website Modiflip has revealed images of a new tablet that features a…

10-inch BlackBerry PlayBook creeps into view

No really, why Rim? The magic of the 7-inch PlayBook is its portability, desirability and outright Audi-style sex appeal. This 10-inch bastard, leaked by this site…

Microsoft Surface to drop 26 October

If you were looking forward to Windows 8 dropping in late October, Microsoft’s got an extra treat for you. In the annual statement it…

Nexus 7, iPad and Xoom face oblivion — North Korea unleashes the ‘Achim’ tablet

Obviously the Achim (meaning: Morning), a tablet developed in North Korea ain’t going to damage the tech muscle of the iPad, Moto Xoom or…

Motorola Xoom 2: the anti-iPad

As soon as the delivery man arrived in the ‘burn offices, I knew we were in for trouble. His demeanour suggested we were to…

Amazon threatens with 6 new tablets, cue rolling eyes

According to US retail store Staples, Amazon is readying for not only a new Kindle Tablet, but six new devices. Or is it? Staples…

Nexus 7, new iPad dropped, soaked and beaten

The final breath of any gadget comes at a price, like the hundreds of dollars it cost to purchase the damn thing. Without warning,…

Google Now, keeping our lives in check

I’m not the most organised person in the world, sure, I get what I need to done, I’m rarely late, but most of that…

Google’s new weather widget is a tablet-only deal

Google really wants to get its fingers in all the pies, even if it’s a little one. It has just announced a new a…

Has Windows 8 killed the Android tablet?

In the smartphone market iOS remains the undisputed king of all smartphones because one device rules the roost. We can have a small war…

Amazon takes aim at Apple with GameCircle

Things just got a lot more interesting in the world of tablet gaming. Today Amazon launched GameCircle, a service that allows players to gain…

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