Tablets

Toshiba Crammed 5 Computers in Its Shape-Shifting Concept 5-in-1 PC

It’s a concept but it’s a super fun one. Toshiba’s shape-shifting concept 5-in-1 PC somehow manages to be a laptop, a tablet, a convertible tablet, a canvas, and a presentation TV-type device. A few of those five might be redundant (and/or useless), but it’s pretty freaking sweet to see one computer try to be everything…

Hands On Samsung’s New NotePRO Tablet: Like Surface for Android

We just got to feel up Samsung’s latest tablet offering in the 12.2-inch beast of the Galaxy NotePRO. Here’s what we thought. For starters that screen really woos your eyeballs. It’s big and beautiful. It’s plenty bright, colors really pop, and it’s super sharp. Text looked great, photos looked great. The screen: Great. The cost…

Samsung’s Galaxy NotePRO and Galaxy TabPRO Tablets are Big and Dreamy

Samsung’s tablet family is about get a few new professional members. The new Android tablets, dubbed the Galaxy NotePRO and Galaxy TabPRO (which includes three sizes) are definitely aimed at the business sector, but they certainly look like flagship products that anybody would want to get their hands on. The two stars of the show…

There’s Another Weird PadFone Coming Out For Some Reason

Well, if it were a human this thing would have borderline personality disorder. Asus is back with a second-gen version of the PadFone, the big ass smartphone that transforms into an even bigger tablet when docked, and it has yet to recover from this severe identity crisis. The KitKat-running PadFone X will be out later…

Panasonic’s Latest Toughpad Almost Looks Downright Dainty

Panasonic’s Toughpad line-up has always been durable, but not exactly full of lookers. The 7-inch FZ-M1 may not be winning any beauty pageants, but it’s at least a little more sleek than what you’re used to. Details right now are scarce on the FZ-M1, but Panny’s claiming that it’s the thinnest, lightest rugged tablet on…

This Magical Tech Could Make Mobile Keyboards Suck Way Less

It’s pretty much a given that laptops are going to get thinner and thinner. Take Microsoft Surface for example. It’s got that tablet keyboard-cover that’s alllmost but not really usable. The problem with it is that is there’s no haptic feedback. The raised keys help a little, but without any movement, you just can’t get…

DreamWorks Dreamtab: A $300 Android Tab for Kids Full of Cool Content

DreamWorks has teamed up with hardware manufacturer Fuhu to produce an Android tablet specifically for kids, which will be regularly updated with exclusive content from the animation studio. The announcement, made in the New York Times, reveals that an 8-inch tablet will cost “under $300” and be available in spring, with a 12-inch version “also…

LG G Pad 8.3 Google Play Edition Review: Android’s iPad Mini

Your pure-Android tablet options at present are a decidedly mixed bag; you’ve got the terrific seven-inch Nexus 7 2013 edition on one hand, and the aging 10-inch Nexus 10 from late 2012, just crying for an update. There’s a lot of room in between for something Goldilocks might like. https://gizmodo.com/nexus-7-2013-review-the-best-small-tablet-even-better-947533058 So, Google did the same…

Merry Christmas, Son. I Trampled a Man To Death To Buy You This LeapPad Ultra Tablet

I bought this for you weeks ago. Santa Claus got most of your presents, but this one is special from your mom and me. It was very hard keeping it a secret from you. Partly because you’re so curious, always getting into everything, and partly because after Daddy bought this present it was the top…

The Best Windows Tablet Display Doesn’t Come From Microsoft

A new generation of Windows tablets has arrived with the launch of the Microsoft Surface 2, their second generation tablet, and the Nokia Lumia 2520, Nokia’s first ever tablet. With virtually identical functionality and OS software, it is the quality and performance of their displays that really differentiates the tablets. Microsoft’s original Surface RT launched…

Thanks to an Amazon Gold Box deal, you can get the Kindle Fire HDX—a delightful little tablet—for just $184 instead of the normal $220. Today only! [Amazon]

The Future of News in the Dark Ages of 2003

Pull up a chair and let me tell you about a primitive era in media history: the world of 2003. People who were unfortunate enough to live—if you can call it living—through this backwards time had no YouTube, no iPhone, no tweets, and very few blogs to choose from. In fact, “blog” or “Web log”…

Lumia 2520 Review: Not Much More Than a Pretty Face

Up until now, pretty much your only option for a Windows RT tablet was the Surface 2. But now Nokia is giving you another choice, in the form of the Lumia 2520, a colorful line of tablets that look even larger versions of its rainbow phones. https://gizmodo.com/surface-2-review-one-step-forward-two-steps-behind-1448865506 What Is It? A colorful Nokia tablet running…

Wacom Cintiq Companion Review: A Dream for Drawing, Otherwise Awkward

If you’re a tablet user who likes to draw, you know that the experience offered by an iPad or other consumer-oriented tablet is pretty limited. Wacom, maker of drawing-specific digital interfaces, now has a portable and powerful solution in the Cintiq Companion. It’s great at one thing, but sometimes that’s just not enough. What Is…

The Best Small Tablet Display (Hint: It’s Not the iPad Mini)

A new generation of mini 7 to 8-inch tablets from three of the major manufacturers has just completed with the belated launch of the Apple iPad mini with retina display. While the Kindle Fire HDX, Nexus 7, and new iPad mini all have improved displays over their previous year counterparts, only one truly stands out—as…

Retina iPad Mini Review: A Sight for Sore Eyes

Last year’s iPad mini was very nearly perfect in every way, except the one you needed it to be. Its display was porridge next to the bright retina cornucopia of its bigger iPad brother and its tiny tablet competitors. This year? We feast. What Is It? It’s tempting—and not entirely inaccurate—to lump the iPad mini…

Retina ​iPad Mini First Impressions: That’s More Like It

The original iPad mini featured a flawless design undermined by an unforgivably subpar display, an antique frame wasted on fingerpaint. Good news. This year’s iPad mini is, after a short time playing with it, picture perfect. https://gizmodo.com/a-week-with-the-ipad-mini-5959068 The Look Let’s dispense first with the design, since it is the exact same as last year’s iPad…

Panasonic’s Ridiculous 20-Inch 4K Tablet Will Go on Sale for $6,000

Panasonic showed off a crazy concept device at CES earlier this year: a 20-inch, 4K tablet. But now, that device is going on sale—for a price. https://gizmodo.com/panasonic-4k-tablet-hands-on-unbelievable-tiny-details-5974219 When we first saw the gigantic slate we weren’t entirely convinced. At the time, we said: The 15:10 tablet in Panny’s booth at CES is relatively stacked: Windows…

Nook GlowLight Review: Pretty Screen, Silly Body

Back in 2012 Barnes and Noble introduced built-in frontlighting to the ereader world, beating Amazon at its own game—for a few months, anyway Since then, there have been not one but two Kindle Paperwhites, but now B&N is bringing out its follow-up Nook GlowLight. And it almost reclaims the top spot. https://gizmodo.com/nook-simple-touch-with-glowlight-lightning-review-this-5904701 What Is It…

Do Kids Use E-Readers?

Look around any gathering involving kids and, these days, it’s likely that there are plenty of tablets floating around, too. But have you ever seen kids hunched over an e-reader in the same way? Beth Callaghan raises this great point on Apartment Therapy. Maybe tablets are to e-readers as comic books are to books? Or…