Tablets

Kodak Is Making Android Phones Now Because Sure, Why Not I Guess? 

Kodak’s about to have its own line of Android phones now, because sure. The company—now little more than a name to be slapped on products from all kinds of no-name manufacturers— will be showing off its first Android devices at CES in just over a week. The announcement comes by way of a press release…

If you’re still in the market for a Christmas gift, you’re in luck. Amazon has the Kindle Fire HDXon sale for $300. Merry Christmas, ya filthy animals. [Amazon]

Apple Patents Method to Make iPhones Fall Like a Cat

Apple can’t stop dreaming up with ways to keep its glass screens from cracking. The latest attempt comes in the form of a pretty bombastic patent which was just approved by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Basically, it would make your iPhone fall like a cat. Cats are famous for their righting reflex, an…

“iPad Air Plus” Leak Supposedly Details Apple’s Upcoming Mega Tab

This weekend, a leak from Japanese magazine Mac Fan (subsequently picked up by Macotakara) reveals what they believe to be schematics and specs surrounding Apple’s rumored 12.2-inch tablet, the same mega tablet that Bloomberg reported was coming back in August. However, this leak shaves about 0.7 inches off the 12.9-inch tablet that Bloomberg was expecting.…

Cheap Tablets Aren’t Just Crap, They’re Dangerous

As you head to your local Walmart today for America’s annual reenactment of The Hunger Games, here’s a reminder that sucker-punching someone to get the last $50 tablet might not be the wisest course of action. For several reasons. The main complaint that you hear against the kinds of cheap, Chinese no-brand tablets filling the…

Tablets Are Broken. Here’s How to Fix Them.

What happened to tablets? The harbingers of the post-PC era, the iPad and its ilk were supposed to be a bridge between our smartphones and laptops, an entirely new breed of device. Nearly four years later, they’re still not living up to their potential. Increasingly lighter and thinner, with better batteries than laptops and roomier…

Google Searches Now Come With Interactive Gadget Porn

We spend a lot of time on our tablets and smartphones. You probably also spend a lot of time thinking about buying new ones. You know it. I know it. And of course, Google knows it. That’s why they’re augmenting your gadget searches with 3D renders of the stuff you’re lusting over. When you use…

Nokia N1: A $250 Android Tablet That Looks Like an iPad Mini

Nokia may have relinquished control of the Lumia brand, but it’s far from giving up on hardware. It’s just announced the new N1: a $250 Android tablet. The 7.9-inch tablet has a frame, milled from a single lump of aluminum. Measuring 6.9 millimeters thick it weighs 318 grams. If you think it looks rather a…

Google’s 3-D Sensing Tango Tablet Up On The Play Store

Google’s Project Tango is a prototype tablet that can see in 3-D. Although it’s mostly aimed at developers, that’s not stopping Google from putting the tablet on the Play Store, along with a $1,024 price tag (although it’s not actually for sale quite yet). When it was launched, Google’s stated objective for Project Tangowas “to…

Microsoft Office Just Got Way Better on the iPhone

Do you like using work and productivity apps on your mobile device? Yeah, me neither, but Microsoft wants to change our minds with its new—free—apps for iPhone and for Android tablets. Until now, if you wanted to use Office apps on your iPhone you were ushered into the sad existence known as “Microsoft Office Mobile,”…

Acer’s 12-Inch Switch Turns Into a Very Small Desktop PC

Acer’s new tablet, the Aspire Switch 12, claims to be five devices in one—though you may find some of them rather more useful than others. Like most convertibles, the Switch 12—the bigger brother to Acer’s previous Switch 10—works as a tablet and a laptop. It also flexes a little more, folding into a display (with…

​Nexus 9 Review: Google’s Flagship Tablet Is Nothing Special

A fleet of new Nexii are here; a phone, a tablet, and a set-top-box. The first to touch down is the Nexus 9, Google’s second attempt to make a big Nexus tablet that can hang with the iPad. It’s not a total whiff, but it’s no home run either. What Is It It’s Android’s iPad…

Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 Review: Bigger Is Still Beautiful (Updated)

We loved the Kindle Fire HDX. It’s faux-Android wrapped up in a budget body so beautiful you’ll learn to stop worrying and love the forked OS. Now its big brother, the HDX 8.9, is here with the same flavor of lovely in a stretched-out package. https://gizmodo.com/kindle-fire-hdx-review-third-times-a-charmer-1427201835 Update: In October 2014, Amazon released a new version…

The New iPad and iPad Mini Displays: One Step Forward, One Full Stop

A key element for a great tablet has always been a truly innovative and top performing display, and the best leading edge tablets have always flaunted their beautiful high tech displays. Apple iPads (and iPhones) were up until recently at the leading edge of mobile displays: they were early adopters of high performance IPS LCDs,…

The iPad Mini 3 Is a Terrible Deal and You Shouldn’t Buy It

The iPad mini 3 is a pretty good small tablet. I know this because it is almost the exact same device as last year’s retina iPad mini, a device that I reviewed and enjoyed. If you’re going to buy an iPad mini, buy that one. It costs $100 less. The only reason to buy an…

The iPad Mini 3 Is Just the iPad Mini 2 With Touch ID

Last year’s update turned the iPad Mini into the tablet we deserved. And this time around they’ve given us—er, pretty much the exact same thing as last year. But hey—Touch ID! And goldpagne. Don’t forget goldpagne. Design It’s official—goldpagne has finally come to iPad land. But besides taking its color cues directly from the new…

The Nexus 9 Is Android’s iPad Air

It’s been nearly two years since we’ve seen a new Nexus tablet, but the wait is over. Alongside a new Nexus 6 phone, the Nexus Player, and a new version of Android, the Nexus 9 is finally official. It’s like the iPad Air, but Android. https://gizmodo.com/googles-nexus-6-superphone-is-here-and-its-a-monster-1646581919 Just as the rumors indicated, the new Nexus 9…

Nexus 9 Rumor Roundup: Everything We Think We Know

It’s been a long time since we’ve had a Nexus tablet. 2013’s Nexus 7 was a wonderful if underpowered little device, and there hasn’t been a bigger version since 2012’s Nexus 10. But a newcomer is almost certainly on the way soon—probably this afternoon! And it’s a 9-inch tab that could be the best of…

Amazon Fire HD 6 Review: The Penny Pinching Tablet Buyer’s Dream

Recently, Amazon made some quiet updates to the Kindle line, including two tiny HD tablets. There’s no need to whisper about the Amazon Fire HD 6, though. This colorful little marvel is damned impressive. And at just $100, it’s confusingly cheap. Yell it from a mountaintop! What Is It? The Fire HD 6 is exactly…

Smartphones Turn These Masks Into Incredible Animated Halloween Costumes

Proving that sometimes all it takes is a popular YouTube video to kickstart a successful business, Mark Rober, the guy who made the gaping hole in your gut costume using two iPads a few years ago, is back with even more easy but impressive costume ideas. And that includes a line of Halloween masks that…