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Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime Android Tablet
Review It’s only been a little over six months since the original Eee Pad Transformer landed but Asus has already launched a new model that advances the breed to such an extent that the original model appears obsolete and with it every other 10in Tegra 2 Android tablet on the market.
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Wacom Bamboo Fun S Pen and Touch
Review Take TWO pointing devices into the shower? Not me, I use Wac-and-Go.
When I first saw this product demonstrated – a graphics tablet with pressure-sensitive stylus but whose surface equally supports touch gestures – I thought I’d seen the best creative gadget ever.
Wacom Bamboo Fun S Pen and Touch graphics tablet Wacom's Bamboo …
Motorola Xoom 2 Media Edition Android tablet
Review Like Goldilocks with porridge, I’ve yet to find a tablet size that I think is just right. Seven inch models are too small, 10.1 inchers too big. The iPad with its 9.7in screen should do the trick but it’s just too square for me – physically and metaphorically.
Motorola Xoom 2 Media Edition Android tablet Cut down to size: …
Archos G9 101 8GB Android tablet
Review CES 2012 Week
Over the years, Archos has pitched much of its kit at the impecunious rather than the technically demanding. However, some of its Android devices like the 43 media player have appealed to both camps. Now it’s trying to repeat the trick with the G9 series of Android 3.2 Honeycomb tablets.
Archos G9 Android …
WHSmith Kobo Vox e-reader
Review So you’ve been tempted by an e-book reader but the brouhaha surrounding the Amazon Kindle Fire launch in the States has confused you. A colour screen must be better, right? But will it ever come to the UK? If you really can’t wait, rival e-book reader manufacturer has stolen a march on Amazon and released a gadget that looks …
Sony Tablet P split-screen Android fondleslab
Review Now here’s an odd one. Sony has created what looks like a monster Nintendo 3DS but is actually an Android Honeycomb tablet computer. So you get a sort of flattened tube that folds out to reveal two screens. Will it work? Should it work? Read on…
Sony Tablet P Android fondlecrab: Sony's Tablet S
This is actually one of two new …
Motorola Xoom 2 10in Android tablet
Review Motorola’s Xoom was the first Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet to hit the shelves, and now little more than six months after its April 2011 debut, a second-generation machine called - you guessed it - the Xoom 2 is upon us.
The new Xoom is available in two forms: one with a 10.1in screen, like its predecessor, and one with a 8.2in …
Samsung Galaxy Note
Review With Android tablets starting at seven inches and phones now reaching just under five, something was bound to come along to occupy what little middle ground remains and blur the distinction between phone and tablet irrecoverably. That something is the Galaxy Note.
The Note is a fair bit taller and wider than your average mobile …
Amazon Kindle Fire
Review You might think it odd for a UK-based publication to review a product only available in the US, but such is Amazon's global reach that it's only a matter of time before the Kindle Fire is officially released over here.
Amazon Kindle Fire e-book tablet Less a tablet more an Amazon content reader
In the meantime, if you have a …
Asus Eee Pad Slider SL101
Review I first laid hands on the Asus Eee Pad Slider back in March and now, after eight long months, it has finally made it onto the shelves of Blighty’s gadget wallahs. Has it been worth the wait though?
Asus Eee Pad Slider SL101 Android tablet Tucked away: Asus' Eee Pad Slider SL101
Let’s start with the reason the Slider is so …
Belkin Chef Stand and Stylus for tablets
Accessory of the Week I’ve been experimenting with Jamie Oliver’s Recipes app recently, and it occurred to me that an iPad stand would come in handy when I’m fondling his dumplings in the kitchen - they go very well with his beef and Guinness stew.
So imagine how positively "pukka" I felt when Belkin’s Chef Stand and Stylus turned up in the post. …
Sony Tablet S
Review Sony may be late to the Android tablet party but it has turned up with something rather unusual and hopefully different enough from the iPad to not suffer the attentions of Apple’s hyperactive legal department.
Sony Tablet S A slice of Honeycomb: Sony's Tablet S
Called the Tablet S, the Nvidia Tegra 2 bits and pieces inside …
WHSmith Kobo Touch wireless e-book reader
Review The joys of the e-book reader are considerable. You can carry a thousand books in your pocket and download more in a matter of seconds while you’re sitting in the garden – assuming the Wi-Fi stretches or you have a 3G model. If there are words you don’t recognise, you can look them up with one touch too. And in the case of …
Amazon Kindle 4
Review Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet was always going to grab the headlines when the retailer revamped its e-book reader line-up last month. But for many book buffs, its low-cost E Ink devices were more interesting.
Amazon has been aggressively driving down reader prices, and its entry level Kindle 4 - aka the 'Kindle Touchless', a nod …
Logitech AV Stand
Accessory of the Week It's well known that the iPad's speaker is, well, a bit weedy. While there are a million and one low cost stands out there, if you really want to use your iPad as a movie screen, you need one that incorporates a decent speaker too.
Enter the Logitech AV Stand, a tubular stereo speaker with an arm-mounted iPad holder.
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Acer Iconia A100 7in Android tablet
Review Hey, tablet geeks out there, do you remember what you hated most about Samsung’s original 7in Galaxy Tab? The grainy display, the glitchy software, the lack of memory, the poorly located buttons that you kept pressing by mistake?
Acer Iconia A100 7in Android tablet Designed for portrait usage
I suspect Acer drew up the same …
Fujitsu Stylistic Q550 Windows 7 tablet
Review Fujitsu is pitching its latest Windows 7 tablet directly at the enterprise and business markets. That’s a wise move because Windows in its current form is never going to hold a candle to iOS and Android Honeycomb in terms of consumer usability. It also means Fujitsu can load the Q550 down with tricks and treats and not worry too …
Vogel's RingO iPad mounting system
Accessory of the Week Desktop stands for iPads and other tablets there are a-plenty, but wall-mounting systems are rare. Vogel's, a Dutch specialist in such kit, is one of only two I've tried.
Vogel's RingO tablet wall-mount kit Attach your tablet to the wall
RingO, as it's called, is the pricier of the two, but not by so very much. The £80 …
appToyz appWheel
iGamer “For fuck's sake, Mum. I asked for the appBlaster; not the fucking appWheel. You've totally fucked Christmas. No wonder dad's shacked up with that 26-year-old stunner. I fucking hate you!”
I can picture it now. Christmas morning 2011 – surly, ungrateful teenager versus distraught, nonplussed mum. Not that I've even tried the …
iLuv iPad 2 case and Bluetooth keyboard
Accessory of the Week If you have an Apple iPad, the chances are you'll have some kind of accessory to protect it. While a Jiffy bag would do, you'll probably be inclined to consider something more enduring. Typing on a piece of glass has a few shortcomings too – not only the lack of tactile responsiveness but the fact that the virtual keyboard …
Octovo Solis e-book reader lamp
Accessory of the Week No question, the Octovo Solis is the snazziest clip-on e-book reader light I've seen, and possibly the one that's the most practical to use too.
Octovo Solis Strike a light
All it is is an oblong unit cut from aluminium with a plastic doobry on the bottom so it will sti neatly atop your reader. There's a rubber pad inside the …
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
Review 10.1? The impression I get with the naming of this much-anticipated grown-up version of last year’s Galaxy Tab is that it has psychological hangups about (ahem) ‘size’. I imagine it loitering down the pub, boasting of its prowess: “It’s not just TEN inches, Al, it’s TEN-point-ONE!” It wants to be the Spinal Tap of Android …
Exogear Exomount universal gadget mount
Accessory of the Week I’ve been after an affordable and reliable way to stick an HTC Desire HD to a windscreen or desk for some time. Yes, there are plenty of options out there, but they have all been too expensive - HTC’s own car mount will set you back £50 - too fragile, too wobbly or just too cheap and nasty.
Exogear Exomount The Exomount clasps …
Dell Streak 7 Android tablet
Review Despite the original Streak being one of the first devices of its type on the market, Dell’s Android tablet didn’t really set the word alight. A less than fresh version of Android, a high price tag and a distance between the screen corners too close to many a smartphone, all counted against it.
Dell Streak 7 Clean slate? Dell's …
HP TouchPad 32GB WebOS tablet
Review What a difference a year makes. Had HP's TouchPad - which went on sale in the UK this past Friday - debuted 12 months ago, maybe even as few as seven, it would have stood tall alongside the competition.
But coming six months or so after the iPad 2, let alone the iPad 1, HP's offering in many ways feels distinctly behind the …
M-Edge e-Luminator Touch
Accessory of the Week The Kindle may have a screen that works well in bright light, but the quid pro quo is poor visibility in the dark. No backlight, you see.
Enter M-Edge's e-Luminator Touch, a tiny angle-poise lamp for e-book readers - and paper books too.
M-Edge e-Luminator Touch
The bottom end of the accessory is built like one of those clip- …
Lenovo Thinkpad X220T 12.5in tablet PC
Review A recent business profile of Lenovo in a national newspaper made an interesting assertion. "Anyone you spot on the Tube using a ThinkPad has almost certainly obtained it from their employer," claimed the reporter.
Lenovo ThinkPad X220T Tablet with a twist: Lenovo's ThinkPad X220T
Well, discerning readers know this isn’t true …
Asus Eee Pad Transformer Android tablet
Review Billed as the year of the fondleslab, 2011 has so far failed to deliver on the hype. With sales of Motorola's Xoom sluggish at best, the BlackBerry Playbook too idiosyncratic for most and the Samsung Galaxy 10.1 tantalisingly conspicuous by its absence, Asus looks to steal a march on the competition with its Eee Pad Transformer …
Belkin FlipBlade mobile tablet stand
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HTC Flyer 7in Android tablet
Review The arrival of a tablet from HTC, the company that has run the furthest and fastest since picking up the Android ball was always going to be something of a Big Deal but in some ways the new Flyer is a surprisingly odd fish.
HTC Flyer In-flight entertainment: HTC's Flyer
To start with it doesn’t run Honeycomb but Gingerbread. …
Belkin Pleat Sleeve for Kindle
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Hannspree Hannspad 10.1in Android tablet
Review Hannspree is primarily known for its somewhat gimmicky range of TVs and monitors – if you ever need a TV embedded in the stomach of a cuddly toy then Hannspree has just the thing for you. Its move into the tablet PC market was therefore rather unexpected. However the new Hannspad actually turns out to be quite a pleasant …
Griffin Cabinet Mount for iPad
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Belkin eBook Light
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Acer Iconia Tab A500 10in Android tablet
Review PC manufacturers clearly haven’t been reading the script. They were supposed to over-hype their forthcoming Android 3.0 tablets as iPad-killers (check!), miss their initial launch dates (check!) and then let us all down by delivering a hunk of poorly designed, obsolete tat (er…).
Acer Iconia A500 Acer's Iconia Tab A500: lighter …
Archos 70 Android 7in tablet
Review Whenever I ask people what they want in a tablet, I usually get the following answers in descending order of importance: a price tag south of £200, a 7in screen to keep things compact and the ability to play any video or music files you care to mention out of the box plus the option to play them out from HDMI. The Archos 70 fits …
RIM BlackBerry PlayBook 7in tablet
Review The PlayBook is described by makers RIM as the first professional-grade tablet. RIM, of course, is best known for its e-mail handset, the BlackBerry. A good deal larger and minus the distinctive keyboard, RIM’s Playbook is a handsome machine, well-designed and with great build quality.
RIM BlackBerry PlayBook Building bridges: …
Motorola Xoom
Review You will be aware that 2011 is supposed to be the year that Android tablets hit the big-time. In case you missed it, the explosion of new devices was supposed to happen at Easter. In the event, many launches have since been put back to later in the year, while other products have been launched but are plainly impossible to buy …
Acer Iconia Tab W500
Review Aimed squarely at those of us who simply don’t see the point of Android or iOS, Acer’s Iconia Tab W500 is a Windows 7 Home Premium slate complete with decent graphics, a handy detachable keyboard, a sizeable chunk of storage and a realistic, if not cheap, price tag of £520.
Acer Iconia W500 Acer's Iconia W500: use it as a …
Apple Digital AV Adapter
Review It’s not often that a mere cable merits a review of its own, but the Digital AV Adapter that Apple recently launched along with the new iPad 2 is worth a closer look.
Apple Digital AV Adapter HDMI ready: Apple's Digital AV Adapter
The cable plugs into the dock connector on the base of the iPad 2, and is also compatible with …
Apple iPad 2
Review What can I say? Yes, the iPad 2 is better than the iPad one. Yes, it's superior to the current crop of competitors. Apple has ticked the empty boxes on the features list that, left unchecked, would have left its tablet in the lee of this year's other new models.
There, review done, move on to the next one...
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Dell Inspiron Duo
Review Devices that try to reconcile the essentially irreconcilable often come a cropper. As the Good Book says, “Because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.” Trying to combine the best of the netbook with the best of the tablet is what Dell’s new Inspiron Duo is all about, but does it work as …
