Once just a niche luxury item, tablets are getting less expensive, more powerful, and more prevalent. The Basics: The tablet war is just as much a battle of ecosystems as a battle of hardware. Apple, ...

— -- This weekly roundup takes a look at the practical and sometimes quirky aspects of tech products. Tablet delivers the basics In the market for a "big-screen" tablet on the cheap? Take a look ...

The evolution of technology is sometimes cruel. A few years ago, we witnessed the birth of a new breed of small 10-inch Windows laptops called “netbooks.” These compact computers shunned processing ...

The new Transformer Pad is reminiscent of netbooks of the past, boasting a detachable keyboard and limited computing abilities at a price that's easy on the pocketbook. Xiomara Blanco Associate Editor ...

Go tablet shopping and you’ll find everything from $1,000 devices with high-powered processors and gorgeous displays, down to sub-$100 tablets that are best suited for casually browsing the web or ...

This unique tablet has a comfy-to-hold wedge design, an IR port for use as a universal remote, and PlayStation Certified support. (Updated: November 21, 2011) The Sony Tablet S marks the company’s ...

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The first Android 4.0 tablet isn’t what you’d expect: it’s the Novo7 Basic, a 7-inch tablet available now in China. It’s an overachiever at $99 with a 800 x 480 capacitive screen and a 1GHz processor.