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The ASUS EEE Pad Transformer is definitely one of the best tablets of 2011, with sales numbers and reviews confirming this. Part of the success comes from the low $399 starting price[details here] point and the fact you can purchase docking keyboard accessory with an integrated battery that can increase battery life up to 16 hours. Now that there's even a Honeycomb 3.1 upgrade waiting for you to install means you can get the best of the EEE Pad Transformer TF101 tablet.But no tablet is compl...

Until last week I haven't heard about iChromy, a small app for iPad and iPad 2 that offers an alternative to the Safari and Opera browsers. While the name might suggest it has something to do with Chrome, there's no relation, besides the user interface that 'borrows' from the UI of the aforementioned desktop browser. I've decided to give iChromy a try, so this is what I've been doing for the last couple of days. Here are my impression of this free browser app for iPad (and iPad 2) and a video pr...

Since it was announced a few months ago, the HP TouchPad revealed itself to us more and more as a challenger to established tablets. With only one day before the official debut, reviews have started to show up so I now have a clear picture about what makes this tablet tick and what makes it stop. Until I'll get a hold on one I'm just putting a list of the things you should know about it, in case you were thinking about getting one, as pricing is quite competitive (0r better said identical) when ...

One of the best iPad 2 competitors this year, the ASUS EEE Pad Transformer, has received the official Honeycomb 3.1 update earlier this months and our friends at TabletBite have got a chance to shoot a video that showcases the differences from the first Honeycomb release. Here's what they have to say.The first impression you get after the software upgrade is improved overall responsiveness, which leads us to believe Nvidia and ASUS have worked together to improve drivers for various componen...

Analyzing the way I'm using the iPad it became clear to me it's not a personal device, as my significant other uses it for reading eBooks, checking Facebook, browsing the web and watching Netflix from time to time. It's becoming more obvious there's a problem when I post something to Facebook and realize I wasn't the one logged in (D'oh!). A solution would be to get a second iPad, but that's a costly one and also doesn't make too much sense, as I'm not using the iPad more than an hour or two hou...

Until a few weeks ago I haven't heard about the NuGuard brand of Apple accessories, but since I've got two products, the GripBase and GripStand, kindly sent to me by Other World Computing, I've got the chance to play with two different approaches to the iPad stand concept.I have to admit that I wasn't too impressed with the build quality when I took those two from their boxes, mainly because of the hard plastic that looks very easy to crack, but after more than two weeks of playing with them...

After my Blackberry Playbook articles with videos about the default browser, video player, accessories overview and setup and my unboxing it's time to take a deeper look at what makes this tablet different: the operating system, QNX based, which was both acclaimed and criticized by the press.Why acclaimed? In a few words because of fantastic multitasking experience and excellent performance. Why criticized? Because it lacks widget support, doesn't feature Email, Calendar and Contacts support...

One of the features RIM seems to always highlight when promoting the Blackberry Playbook is the Adobe Flash support and as I had to put that to test I've decided to write an entire post about the included browser app. I've also shot a walk-through video of the browser in action (find it at the end of this post).Given the fact one of the things tablets are most used for is browsing I think this app deserves more attention, so here's why it's one of the best things I have to say about the Bl...

Maybe the Blackberry Playbook lacks when it comes to the huge amount of apps available for competing platforms like Android and iOS, but some of the default apps are worth mentioning, including the browser, Facebook app and the subject of this post: the video player.One of the things I enjoy most on slate tablets is the video player functionality and here the Playbook doesn't disappoint. The way the app works is pretty simple: each video you download from the Internet or transfer from other ...

One of the apps I found myself using most on the Blackberry Playbook and iPad tablets is the browser, as there's always something I want to check out or just read various pages from the comfort of my sofa. That's why I've decided to pit together the two tablets in browsing speed, to see which one delivers the best experience overall.As users perception varies and a scientific measurement doesn't always reveal the true story I've decided to put together a video where I load various websites a...