Is the iPod Touch just a 3G connection and iOS 5 upgrade away from reshaping how we think about smartphones? Josh P. Miller/CNET The iPod Touch has always played second fiddle to the iPhone. Most people can’t even get the name right. More often than not I hear it referred to as the “iTouch.” When …

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Keyboard dock offers the advantages of a laptop-style keyboard for your tablet. Donald Bell/CNET For those of you considering a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Honeycomb tablet over an Apple iPad 2, we have some good news and bad news. The good news is that Samsung is offering accessories for the Galaxy Tab 10.1 that match …

The Panasonic Toughbook Android tablet Panasonic Panasonic is creating a 10-inch Android tablet under the Toughbook brand, due out in the fourth quarter of 2011. Panasonic’s aim is to create a tablet for commercial and government use that is both secure and durable. Pricing has yet to be announced. The exact specs detailed in Panasonic’s press release are a little …

Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 goes on sale tomorrow running Android Honeycomb 3.1. Samsung I’m a little disappointed in you guys. Here we are, on the eve of the Samsung’s nationwide rollout of the Galaxy Tab 10.1, and you aren’t even lining up for it yet. What gives? If there’s a tablet out there right now that’s worthy of Apple-level hysterics, …

Steve Jobs talks iTunes and iCloud at WWDC. Donald Bell/CNET At WWDC 2011, Apple finally revealed its plans for taking the pain out of using its bloated iTunes desktop software. Apple’s solution: let it rot. Maybe that’s an indelicate way to phrase it, but in essence, Apple is carving out multiple ways users can sync their precious iTunes content (photos, …

The year started out with only one Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet on the horizon (the Motorola Xoom). Today, nearly halfway through the year, we have so many Honeycomb tablets flying around CNET that it’s hard to keep them all straight. More importantly, the prices on these things are steadily creeping downward, making them a more compelling alternative to Apple’s lowest-priced …

Now playing: Watch this: Music Beta by Google 1:50 Google’s long-awaited cloud music service has arrived. It’s called Music Beta; it’s free (for now, and currently invite-only); and after giving it a test-drive, I’m happy to report that the whole system is fairly smooth. From the perspective of the end-user, the payoff of Music Beta is to have your entire …

Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Galaxy Tab Wi-Fi 1:55 If you want a sense of how fast the tablet market is moving, take a look at the Samsung Galaxy Tab. Our review of the first Galaxy Tab went up at the end of October 2010, and we hailed it as the best iPad alternative money could buy. In the six …

It’s open season on Android Honeycomb tablets. LG This week, Google quietly added three new Android 3.0 tablets to the ranks. The Acer Iconia Tab A500, LG G-Slate, and Asus Eee Pad Transformer all made their appearance and we wore our touch-screen-jabbing fingers to the bone. In addition to providing some companions for the Motorola Xoom (the first tablet to …

The Acer Iconia Tab delivers the specs of the Motorola Xoom tablet, but at a significant savings. Donald Bell/CNET Update: CNET’s full, rated review of the Acer Iconia Tab is now available. Google’s tablet-friendly Android 3.0 OS (aka Honeycomb) is arguably the biggest advancement for tablet computers since the introduction of the iPad. It delivers souped-up versions of Google’s celebrated …