Whether you’re buying for yourself or as a gift for someone else, the world of tablets can feel baffling, especially if you’re a first-time buyer. You might be left wondering whether the operating ...

No need to sugarcoat it, the history of Android tablets is rough. There are some exceptions. Samsung, for one, has managed to carve out a decent market for itself in the space, courtesy of nice ...

[timecom-gdgt url=”http://gdgt.com/hp/slate/” style=”full” float=”right”] On a company earnings call yesterday, Hewlett Packard’s Todd Bradley made ...

At this point in time, no one can deny Apple has hit a home run with the iPad. While it may have its critics, the iPad has clearly redefined the market. Where people used to utilize a desktop computer ...

Fire Toolbox is a free utility that makes it easy to hack Amazon Fire tablets by doing things like installing the Google Play Store, disabling pre-installed apps from Amazon, and loading third-party ...

But it’s the only tablet operating system that lets you run both big applications and smaller apps. As for Windows 8 as an operating system for traditional computers, it’s not a winner, because its ...

When Apple unveiled the iPad in January of 2010, it left a gaggle of other consumer-electronics companies suddenly anxious to get into the tablet game. Very, very anxious. So anxious, in fact, that ...

A tablet is smaller than a computer, making it more portable, but larger than a phone, making it more practical. It combines the best of both worlds, allowing you to use virtually all the apps and ...

Microsoft has long maintained that Windows is its operating system of choice for tablets. But there’s increasing evidence that Windows Phone 7, not Windows, will be the operating system that Microsoft ...

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