Tablets

Microsoft Surface vs. Apple iPad: the battle is on [Video]

The time is now. Apple versus Microsoft. iPad versus Surface. Who will the winner be? It’s going to be a long drawn-out battle, with…

Microsoft Surface hands-on review: up close with Microsoft’s own Windows RT tablet

Magnesium chassis, vapour deposition coating, cutaway edges, ClearType HD display; the design credentials and the specs for the Microsoft Surface Windows RT tablet are…

Asus Padfone 2 hands-on review: a second gen smartphone/tablet hybrid

We’ve got our hands on the Asus Padfone 2 – Asus’ second attempt at a smartphone/tablet pairing. In case you don’t know, the Padfone…

Nexus 10, made by Samsung may launch next year

Not the Nexus 10, but still the best tablet on the market There’s nothing wrong with the Nexus 7, we said as much in…

Microsoft Surface prices leaked — If only for a moment

A price listing for the soon-to-be released Windows 8 powered Microsoft Surface found its to Microsoft’s online store. The screenshot details pricing for the…

Samsung ‘Smart PC’ plus desktops, laptops revealed

Samsung senior VP Mike Abary’s gone and revealed the Korean company’s new Windows 8 laptops, desktops and “Smart PC” range, which are tablet/laptop hybrids….

Amazon Kindle Fire HD 7″ review: does Amazon’s latest light a fire under the Nexus 7?

Amazon changed the tablet game late last year with the introduction of theKindle Fire, a $199 7-inch tablet that – while limited by a…

The BlackBerry PlayBook: Like dating someone with a drinking problem

Living with The BlackBerry PlayBook is like dating someone with a drinking problem. When you first meet, things are great. She seems fun. A…

Asia takes on iPad with low cost launches

A tablet war is heating up in Asia as companies from China, South Korea and Taiwan challenge the dominance of Apple’s iPad on features…

BlackBerry delivers touch screen phone (just add phone)

Review: BB PlayBook – BlackBerry users are a special lot. They even have their own religious rite. The BlackBerry Prayer Pose: standing in solemn…

HP’s TouchPad on sale in US on July 1

Hewlett-Packard announced on Thursday that its rival to Apple’s hot-selling iPad, the HP TouchPad, will go on sale in the United States on July…

Samsung firmly nails colours to Android mast

Samsung Electronics will depend on Google’s Android mobile-device software to run future versions of its tablet computers, a senior Samsung official said in an…

Two new tablets unveiled as top Asia IT fair begins

Two electronic firms unveiled new tablet computers in Taipei Monday, on the eve of Asia’s biggest IT trade fair, as they try to get…

iPaid 2 much for this damn thing so of course it’s great

On a recent trip to LA, once hotel check-in and bag-dumping was done, some colleagues and I went downstairs for a beer. Just the…

The tablet: A fringe gadget

Tablets are fringe gadgets. Once we acknowledge this simple truth, Apple’s dominance with the iPad makes perfect sense. In 2011, we still tend to…

Samsung launches an upgraded Galaxy Tab

Samsung’s new version of its tablet computer with a larger screen of 10.1 inches has been launched. Four months after its first Galaxy Tab,…

Honeycomb and Xoom: Just one look and then my heart went boom

I’m in love with Android Honeycomb and I want it right now. Google held a special event at its headquarters in Mountain View on…

‘LePad’: The combined laptop and tablet

Chinese computer colossus Lenovo has unveiled an IdeaPad computer that serves as a laptop for work tasks then converts to a touch-screen tablet for…

Can India produce the world’s cheapest tablet?

The Indian government won headlines around the world when it unveiled a prototype $US35 tablet computer in July, but questions are now growing over…

Tablet computer rush: HP unveils ‘Slate 500′

Hewlett-Packard unveiled a Windows-powered touchscreen tablet computer on Friday aimed at professionals, the latest entry into a growing market dominated by Apple’s iPad. The…

More than 4-million iPads sold, but fall short of expectations

Apple said on Monday that it had sold 3.89 million Mac computers during the quarter, up 27 percent from a year ago, 14.1 million…

Apple, RIM, Samsung or Dell: Whose tablet will rule them all?

The tablet computing scene is hotting up as almost every major developer gears up to release a tablet. With the BlackBerry PlayBook only scheduled…

Evaluating the pros and cons of RIM’s PlayBook tablet

The BlackBerry PlayBook has been at the forefront of tablet news over the last week, with tech pundits hailing it as the third competitor…

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