"Tablets will replace PCs and everything will be great!" Don’t count on it. The dark side of tablet computing is its overreliance on the cloud to do basically everything. The cold bitter fact is that Google, Microsoft, Apple, Yahoo!, AOL and anyone else that offers cloud services (mail, storage, docs, etc.) absolutely do not care about your data...

Imagine your smartphone or tablet screen as a flexible, elastic material. As it turns out, you might not have to wait long. Researchers from Osaka University have developed what they are coining the “Flex” interface and it will likely be reaching cellphones and tablets before we know it. These researches identified a key problem with standard swipe...

Many people liken modern-day tablets to Star Trek PADDs because, well, they’re the same shape and both are used by touch, even if one is fictionally functional and the other literally functional. PADDs in Star Trek are tools and rarely do you see them used for entertainment purposes. The major of the time they are used documentation and...

When Apple came out with the Ipad, it set an entirely new standard for tablets. In fact, the tablet has never taken off with any meaningful drive – until the Ipad.For some time, Apple enjoyed being the only real option out there if one wants a tablet. We knew that Android models were coming, but they were taking some time. Well, now, the Samsung Galaxy...

If you pay attention to what the corporate mucky-mucks say, they feel that people want and need tablet computers. The one you see in the video above is the Samsung Galaxy which uses Android (watch for the little green Android character at the end). I have two questions for you guys and girls out there. 1. Do you plan on buying a tablet, and if so, which one? 2....

You may have heard rumors of India being able to product an ultra-cheap tablet computer for $35. Everyone dismissed this as nothing but fantasy, but it may actually turn out to be real. Per the video in this article, you actually get to see it in use. The tablet does use the Android OS, and gets along with basic functions with what can best be described as OK at...

Per my last article on the subject, I said in a comment that I would eat my words if the Apple tablet was priced right. It is, so consider words eaten. It comes in $599, $699, and $799 configurations. This is far below the $1,000 to $1,500 people were expecting. It is well above the price of entry level laptops and all netbooks, but considering it is full...

Planned obsolescence is, in a nutshell, any product that is purposely designed to break and/or be non-functional within a specified period of time. This is done so that the manufacturer can sell you more products over time. Apple, unfortunately, proved to the world that people would be willing to buy a smartphone without a removable battery, that being the...

You might have heard that Apple is going to be introducing a tablet this year. When? Probably in the third quarter. How much will it cost? Too much, obviously. Before continuing, let me define tablet in the context of this article: I’m talking about a one-piece device with a screen of at least 14 inches in size, which is a complete computer, and no tactile...

Tablets can be a cool addition to your input/output for your computer. It will allow you to hand-write into your computer (useful for signatures, etc) or draw into an image-editing program. Adesso and Wacom are two companies in this space. Adesso sent us their entry-level Cybertablet 6400 to check out. Adesso’s CyberTablet comes provided with the tablet...

There are some laptops that are worth their $3000 price tag and some that are not. This one definitely is. The W700 ThinkPad from Lenovo has a built-in Wacom tablet directly next to the trackpad and said honestly, this kicks ass. Big 17-inch screen, fast processor and a must-have for anyone that does any type of graphic design work. As I’ve stated several...