Best Tablet PC Reviews, News and 2012 tablets

Does it make sense to have a touchscreen on every gadget?

Ionut Popa (John Pope) — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 12:38:23 +0000

The last few years have seen the rise of touchscreens in our most personal gadgets: smartphones and tablets. This technology seems particularly fit for the two mentioned types of electronics. Before smartphones had big touchscreens we had to deal with small screens and hardware keyboards that took a large area of the front of the phone. At first I didn’t believe replacing a good tactile keyboard is going to be worth it in screen real estate, but look at RIM now and its Blackberry phone layout and you’ll see why I was very wrong. Tablets in their new slate form [...]

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Zagg ZAGGkeys PROfolio+ iPad Keyboard Review

Ionut Popa (John Pope) — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 08:40:37 +0000

Zagg is a well known iPad accessories manufacturer and their latest ZaggKeys Profolio+ illuminated keyboard is probably the best one you can buy today. It’s not cheap, but if you’re typing a lot on your Apple iPad then this is the one to buy. Functionally, the ZaggKeys Profolio Plus is very similar to the ZaggFolio I’ve tested earlier this year, but there are some enhancements that make the new model a worthy upgrade, or the choice for new buyers. First and foremost, the ZaggKeys Profolio+ is now compatible with three generation iPads: the second, third and fourth ones. This means [...]

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Logitech Wireless Rechargeable Touchpad T650 and Zone Touch Mouse T400 review

Ionut Popa (John Pope) — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:36:21 +0000

I’ve always been a fan of Logitech accessories and peripherals and have owned quite a few in the past decade. I tried to keep things objective and wrote about some of the interesting products the company launched for tablets in the past years. Now that Windows 8 is officially launched it’s time to take a look at two touch focused products Logitech was kind to send me for review, the Wireless Rechargeable Touchpad T650 and the Zone Touch Mouse T400, products that work well with both Windows 8 and the already old Windows 7. Both products support touch gestures, so [...]

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iPad Mini: impressions and comparison with other iPads

Ionut Popa (John Pope) — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 08:00:47 +0000

I’ve been quite busy the past few days playing with the iPad Mini and the iPad 4, two tablets announced by Apple in Q4 2012, which we’ve talked about already here. In this article I’m not going to insist on the new iPad 4, essentially an upgrade from the iPad 3 announced a little bit earlier this year (I’ll do so in a future article) and focus on telling you about the smallest Apple tablet, the 7.9 inch iPad Mini. As you all know the first impression is very important, and I have to tell you that out of the [...]

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Google Nexus 10 Tablet: Better than Retina Display

Ionut Popa (John Pope) — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 13:16:19 +0000

Android 4.2 Jelly Bean was not the only thing unveiled by Google, but also the 10 inch Google Nexus 10 tablet, not just a pretty face. Google Nexus 7 was the first true affordable tablet that didn’t compromise on performance, spotting a quad core Tegra 3 Processor and a very good IPS display. Apple just announced the iPad Mini, a tablet which will go head to head with Google’s affordable slate, so it makes sense for Google to retaliate with the Nexus 10, a tablet which takes on the new iPad 4, and it has pretty high chances to put [...]

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Android 4.2 Jelly Bean: what’s new and interesting

Ionut Popa (John Pope) — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:40:12 +0000

If you ask me, Jelly Bean 4.1 was a minor Android update, which improved on ICS, but not quite so much it would deserve a major version number, like 5.0. Well, the newly released Android 4.2 is pretty much the same story, so Google thought it has to update only the version number to 4.2 and keep the Jelly Bean codename. That doesn’t mean there aren’t enough tweaks, improvements and additions that you would not want to upgrade. So let’s take a quick look at the improvements brought by the latest version of Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. Photo Sphere This [...]

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iPad Mini and new iPad 4: the new Apple tablets

Ionut Popa (John Pope) — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:09:20 +0000

After a very long period of rumors Apple has finally unveiled the new iPad Mini. Most of the speculations come true, so we’re talking about a 7.9 inch tablet, with the same aspect ratio as the previous generations of Apple tablets, which is 4:3. Screen resolution is 1024 x 768 px, the same as the first and second gen iPads so everything will run smoothly and apps won’t need any kind of conversion/upgrade/recoding. That’s probably the biggest strength of the iPad Mini: it’s going to fit right into the Apple ecosystem, so no fragmentation and compatibility issues, things that have [...]

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Acer Iconia Tab A110 is a new cheap 7 inch Android tablet

Ionut Popa (John Pope) — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 12:52:39 +0000

Acer is known for being a major player in the affordable electronics, so it comes with no surprise that the company has announced the Iconia Tab A110, the successor to last year’s Iconia A100, a pretty affordable tablet at that time. Today’s model is an upgrade in any possible way, except the screen, which still features a low resolution 1024 x 600 px panel, something I wish Acer had replaced, but I guess there’s a price to pay for affordability. The new model spots a quad core Tegra 3 platform, pretty much the most powerful quad core chip of the [...]

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ASUS Padfone 2 phone/tablet hybrid official specs, pricing and preview

Ionut Popa (John Pope) — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 12:01:45 +0000

We’ve been talking a lot here about the Padfone 2, and even had some revealing specs a few days ago, but the official announcement just took place yesteday, so here’s all you need to know about the official second generation hybrid tablet/keyboard from Asus, a product much refined from the previous generation. Say what you want about ASUS, but this is one company who continuously innovates and that’s what keeps its head about the water. It looks like the R&D department at ASUS is in love with transformer/convertible/hybrid stuff, as their Transformer line of tablets has become a de facto standard, [...]

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ASUS PadFone 2 hybrid makes an appearance – a lot to be excited about

Ionut Popa (John Pope) — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 19:08:05 +0000

I know I’ve wrote about the ASUS Padfone 2 hybrid phone/tablet/netbook a few weeks ago, but it’s now time to take a second look at this device, mainly because it showed up in a video by Bloomberg, presented by ASUS’ CEO Jerry Chen himself. This means the second generation of the amazing three-in-one gadget is ready to see the light of day next week, when it’s rumored to be scheduled for the official announcement. I had my doubts with the first generation, mainly because it was expensive, heavier and thicker than all the devices it tried to replace. The awkward plastic [...]

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