Samsung’s lineup of current and upcoming tablets reads like a modern-day Goldilocks story. The manufacturer seems to trying every conceivable tablet screen size in an effort to find one that will be just right for consumers. Samsung tablet announcements seem to be coming fast and furious these days. To keep track of them all, we’ve …

Now playing: Watch this: Lenovo IdeaPad A1 0:50 Lenovo’s A1 Android tablet isn’t setting out to change the world, but it is hoping to raise your expectations of budget-priced Android tablets. The A1 is a $250 7-inch Android 2.3 tablet in the same vein as 2010’s Samsung Galaxy Tab. Unlike most Android tablets in this price range, the A1 is …

Now playing: Watch this: Sony Tablet S 2:05 Sony is one of the last major manufacturers to jump into the tablet wars, but at least it’s arriving in style. Today, Sony published all the details surrounding its two planned Android 3.1 tablets, originally codenamed S1 and S2. For the first bit of business, the official names have been figured out. …

Now playing: Watch this: Lenovo IdeaPad K1 2:02 I now understand why girls are attracted to “bad boy” types. They’re just more interesting. Sure, they can be erratic, impractical, self-absorbed, or just plain broken–but at least there’s a story to tell your friends. This insight hit me after finishing CNET’s review of the Lenovo IdeaPad K1 Android 3.1 tablet ($499, …

The Logitech keyboard case for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. Donald Bell/CNET Logitech is putting a new spin on its Zagg wireless keyboard case by offering a version made specifically for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. The handy case/keyboard combo is currently available for preorder, and is due out in September for $99. I’ve had some hands-on time with the …

Samsung’s latest TouchWiz user interface for Android 3.1 offers some useful enhancements to the Galaxy Tab 10.1, along with some unwelcome redundancy. Screenshot by Donald Bell/CNET Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet owners are poised to receive a free software update tomorrow, bringing new apps, new features, and a new user interface. The over-the-air update comes by way of Samsung’s TouchWiz …

Now playing: Watch this: Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2:08 You can now officially add Lenovo to the list of computer manufacturers pushing out Android tablets this year. In fact, put the company down for two. Meet the Tango & Cash of tablets. The ThinkPad Tablet is the business-minded one of the pair, with its optional digital pen and suite of DocsToGo …

Does the iPad’s unprecedented success reflect a change in what we want from technology? CNET I’m not here to tell you how great the iPad is. With more than 25 million sold, it’s not like Apple needs my help. If all the iPad owners of the world came together and made their own country, its population would rival Texas. At …

Now playing: Watch this: Sony S1 1:24 Sony has taken some heat for being late to the tablet party, but we cut it some slack the minute we glimpsed the S1 and S2 tablet prototypes back in April 2011. Both tablets promise a unique spin on what has so far been a series of cookie-cutter 10-inch Android tablets. Sony may …

Now playing: Watch this: Vizio VIA 1:37 We first spied Vizio’s VIA Android tablet in the gadget-blur of CES 2011. It held the unfortunate distinction of being one of the last tablets we wrote about before Google and Motorola stole the show. Still, we’ve been wondering what became of Vizio’s 8-inch VIA tablet, and we jumped at the chance to …