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• The Future of the $200 Tablet

  By JR Raphael | 27 April, 2012 00:24

  Spending $150 to $200 on a tablet won't get you much these days: In most cases, you're looking at an off-brand Android product with a single-core processor, barely any RAM and a low-resolution, low-quality display. Depending on the device, you might not even have access to Google's app market or other basic services -- and while that approach may work with retailer-backed, limited-use products like Amazon's Kindle Fire, when it comes to more traditional Android tablets, it doesn't usually lead to the best user experience.

• Acer launches latest Android tablet

  By Hafizah Osman | 21 December, 2011 10:35

  Iconia Tab A200 Ice Cream Sandwich ready

• Internet TV advertising market set to grow 476 per cent in five years: analyst

  By Hafizah Osman | 23 September, 2011 12:00

  Analyst Frost & Sullivan claims the Australian Internet TV advertising industry will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 42 per cent from 2011 to 2016, increasing in value from $54 million to $311 million.

• Samsung tries to ban iPhone 5 sales

  By AAP | 21 September, 2011 09:32

  South Korea's Samsung Electronics will file lawsuits to try to block the sale of Apple's iPhone 5 as part of its global legal tussle with the US technology giant, a report says.

• What's next for Apple?

  By Agam Shah | 26 August, 2011 02:43

  Apple for years rallied around its charismatic co-founder, Steve Jobs, so it's only natural now to question whether the company can retain its market dominance and magic with a new leader.

• IN PICTURES: 15 Ways iPad goes to work

  By Tom Kaneshige | 17 June, 2011 10:07

  Apple's iconic iPad reports for work in all sorts of strange places, from archaeological digs in Pompeii to movie sets in Hollywood to cockpits in the sky.

• Apple's iPad owns tablet market, but competitors abound

  By Ian Paul | 27 June, 2011 23:56

  Apple's iPad owns the tablet market, according to a new study of Internet traffic in the U.S., but that doesn't mean the competition is going away.

• Can HP's webOS and TouchPad slow down the iPad?

  By Ryan Faas | 25 June, 2011 00:50

  More than a year after its introduction, Apple's iPad continues to dominate a tablet market that has grown crowded with a variety of would-be rivals. Most of these are Android tablets like Samsung's Galaxy Tab and Motorola's Xoom. (The Xoom became the launch vehicle for the tablet-optimized version of Android, better known as Honeycomb.)

• Tablet or netbook? How to choose the right mobile tech

  By Patrick Miller | 24 June, 2011 02:16

  Tablets, netbooks, smartphones--these days, you can't buy a microwave without being upsold on the touchscreen, app-store model. But when you're picking out your preferred mobile tech for work (or even for play), you can't rely on a features chart or a list of specs to tell you what you should buy.

• Four reasons why you don't really need a tablet PC

  By Al Sacco | 14 June, 2011 07:38

  Tablet PCs are the in thing right now. In fact, you'd be hard put to walk into any sort of electronics store today and not be bombarded with displays for the latest and greatest tablet. But are tablets all they're cracked up to be? Or has Apple and its uber popular iPad duped consumers into tablet envy, and its competitors into a mad scramble to develop their own "iPad rivals?"

• Apple iOS: Why it's the most secure OS, period

  By Robert Lemos | 06 June, 2011 20:04

  In June 2007, Apple released the iPhone, and the device quickly took off to become a major brand in the smartphone market. Yet when the iPhone shipped, security on the mobile operating system was nearly nonexistent. Missing from the initial iOS (then called iPhone OS) were many of the security features that modern-day desktop software has as a matter of course, such as data-execution protection (DEP) and address-space layout randomization (ASLR). Apple's cachet lured security researchers to test the platform, and in less than a month, a trio had released details on the first vulnerability: an exploitable flaw in the mobile Safari browser.

• Why BlackBerry PlayBook is an ideal tablet for business

  By Tony Bradley | 30 March, 2011 06:05

  The BlackBerry PlayBook is available for pre-order, and will be on the street in a matter of weeks. I am not sure the RIM tablet will see much consumer success, but then consumers have never been RIM's primary market. Consumer tablets aside, the PlayBook has some unique features that make it an ideal tablet from a business or IT admin perspective.

• The tablet is here to stay

  By Nick Mediati | 25 March, 2011 06:23

  Tablets are hot. At the CTIA tradeshow in Orlando, FL, it seems like everyone and their mother is announcing a tablet.

• Tablet cameras: iPad 2 vs. Xoom vs. Galaxy Tab

  By Tim Moynihan and Tony Leung | 15 March, 2011 05:08

  Odds are, if you ask anyone waiting in line for an iPad 2, they'll list plenty of reasons why they're lusting after Apple's latest camera(s)-equipped tablet.

• Tablet deathmatch: Apple iPad 2 vs. Motorola Xoom

  By Galen Gruman | 15 March, 2011 08:54

  Let's cut to the chase -- the iPad 2 that Apple just released pulls further ahead in the battle with the only real competitor on the market: the Android OS 3.0 "Honeycomb" Xoom tablet from Motorola Mobility. In our previous comparison of the first-gen iPad and the Xoom, the Xoom showed its mettle as a serious contender, beating the iPad in areas such as its inclusion of cameras and ability to mirror its video display.

• iPad 2 v BlackBerry PlayBook: 7 enterprise considerations

  By Al Sacco | 04 March, 2011 08:58

  Steve Jobs tried to dismiss iPad's tablet rivals as "copycats" at Wednesday's iPad 2 launch. But whether Steve likes it or not, the tablet wars are officially on. And this battle will be decided not only by consumers and gadget lovers seeking the latest and greatest slates, but also by businesses and corporate workers looking for the next game-changing productivity tool.