Best Tablet PC Reviews, News and 2012 tablets

Intel has promised a long time ago it's going to enter the CPU market for mobile devices like tables and smartphones, and at CES 2012 it delivered the working prototype of Lenovo K2110, a 10 inch Android 4.0 ICS tablet powered by the Atom Z2460 single-core 1.6 GHz processor, together with the GMA600 graphics chip. Battery life under normal conditions is said to be around 10 hours, so Intel might have reached the sweet spot here with the new silicone (as always, we'll have to put these claims to ...

Razer is known as a gaming peripherals manufacturer, that's why it comes as little bit of a surprise they've adventured in the tablet land with the Project Fiona gaming tablet. It's not Android, but rather Windows 8 with quite powerful hardware: Core i7 CPU (probably a low voltage variation) and an undisclosed GPU, so it's got the power to play pretty powerful games, not just lightweight iOS style titles. The screen is a 10.1 inch model with 1280 x 800 pixels resolution. Other niceties include D...

Acer Iconia TAB A510 will be company's mainstream tablet for 2012, unlike the premium Full HD Iconia TAB A700, a more expensive tablet. This one was rumored before and is now confirmed with the quad core Tegra 3 CPU and a lower resolution screen: 1280 x 800, the mainstream of last year for 10 inch Android states.The operating system, as expected, is Android 4.0 right from the start. The rest of specs are pretty much the same, including optional 3G connectivity, microSD, USB and HDMI slots so...

Viewsonic is synonym with cheap tablets, and at CES 2012 they were present with three models: ViewPad e70 (7 inch tablet), and two 10 inchers; ViewPad 10pi and 10e (which we know from last year).None of the three models impress in any way, as expected, except maybe the Viewsonic 10pi, a professional 10 inch tablet, and by professional I mean it dual boots Android 2.3 and Windows 7 on a 1.5 GHz Oak Trail z670 CPU.Dual booting is a tradition with Viewsonic, that's why is no excuse the fact...

Gigabyte was present in the tablet market since last 2010, but their products are not quite what you would call popular, mainly because the company chose to go with Windows 7 on their products, a very unpopular touch OS, which increases computing power requirements, decreases battery life, adds bulk and increases price, just to name a few of the inconveniences.At CES 2012 Gigabyte was present with three tablets: T1006M (rumored before), T1132N (also previously known) and S1081 (successor to ...

ASUS PadFone tablet-smartphone hybrid is an old acquaintance of ours, one that has raised a lot of interest, but failed to reach the market. Fortunately it seems ASUS is on track to deliver on this concept, at the sample demoed at CES 2012 was actually a working one, albeit it didn't look problem free.The biggest source for worries is the docking part, when you have to slide the smartphone inside the tablet body (a screen with an additional battery and some ports, not an actual tablet) and c...

I don't know about you, but I like the idea of a touchscreen device with a full size QWERTY keyboard. Intel thinks the same, but I'm not convinced with the whole sliding tablet-laptop hybrid (I mean durability).Lenovo might have just the thing I am looking for: IdeaPad Yoga. The name suggests a device with pretty flexible characteristics, and this 13.3 inch ultrabook migth just cut it. What's so special about a touch ultrabook? This one can swivel the screen 360 degrees thanks to not one, bu...

I don't know about you, but I hate stupid battles. Like the one for the thinnest and lightest tablet in the world. Sure I don't want a 1-inch thick tablet, but why make it paper thin? The first iPad was a little bit too heavy, but nice to hold in hand, while the second generation is a lot lighter, but poses problems with hand grip unless you use a case. Irony anyone?Why did I mention this battle for the thinnest slate? Because the title now belongs to Toshiba with the Excite X10, renamed fro...

Lenovo is a pretty serious company, but they do make products that appeal to 'normal' consumers. One such tablet is the IdeaPad S2 10, a 10 inch tablet with pretty typical specs: Android 4.0, 1280 x 800 px 10" IPS screen, a dual core Snapdragon 89560 CPU @1.5GHz, 1GB RAM, up to 64 GB storage, 3G, micro HDMI and dual cameras (1.3MP and 5MP).What makes the Lenovo S2 10 interesting is the that is will increase battery life from 9 to 20 hours, will provide the full QWERTY Keyboard, two more USB...

If you want to get noticed with a tablet in 2012 it has to be quad c0re, that's what I understand from CES. Lenovo IdeaTab K2 (known as LePad K2010 in China) is another quad core tablet, powered this time by a very impressive 1.7 GHz Nvidia Tegra 3 CPU, while all other models are limited at 1.3 currently.Lenovo positions its tablet as a high end model for business users, so expect a hefty price. What sets this tablet apart is not the Full HD screen (IPS of course) and the quad core CPU, but ...