The HTC Jetstream with its smooth, minimalist design, is one of the better tablet designs we’ve seen recently. James Martin/CNET Price matters to everyone to some extent. If you’re a prospective vendor planning to sell a tablet that, at its cheapest, is $700, you had better offer something uniquely compelling. Too many tablets are out …
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The “S” in iPhone 4S can stand for anything you want it to, be it Siri or Steve or super. However, after finally spending some time with the iPhone 4S this week, I’m choosing to believe that the S does in fact stand for speed, but you probably already knew that, given the title of this piece. The iPhone 4S’ …
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When I first saw the 44-page reviewer’s guide that shipped with Fusion Garage’s Grid10 review unit, I knew at the very least that I was in for an interesting experience. Now, I love new and innovative technology. Well, I’m supposed to love it at least. Truth is, I only love new and innovative when it’s executed well. New and innovative …
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The tablet business is pretty cutthroat (just ask HP), and with the release of the Amazon Kindle Fire just weeks away, it’s only going to get scarier out there for would-be iPad competitors. The timing of a tablet release is crucial, but does rushing a tablet to market to beat the wave of upcoming competition do more harm than good? …
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The Slider includes a QWERTY keyboard that snaps out from under the tablet. Josh Miller/CNET Thanks to their slim designs, touch screens, and light weights, tablets have taken off in the last few years as a popular alternative to Netbooks and, in some cases, even laptops. Unfortunately, a tablet screen isn’t the most ideal environment for typing. By including a …
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Don’t be confused. The Iconia Tab A501 is not the A500, it just looks exactly like it. Josh Miller/CNET The Acer Iconia Tab A501 is the Acer Iconia Tab A500 with 4G and a no-commitment price of $480 (16GB) and $550 (32GB); about $100 or so more than the A500. For the price of a two-year contract, AT&T offers the …
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Each G9 tablet includes 250GB of storage. The 10.1-inch 101 G9 is pictured here. Archos Editors’ note: This post was updated with new pricing information. Last month we briefly covered Archos’ two new tablets, and now the company has seen fit to provide us with more details. Some of them are quite juicy. Today, Archos officially announced its new Honeycomb …
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The Acer Iconia Tab A501 as it was shown at CTIA back in March 2011. Bonnie Cha/CNET AT&T will begin begin selling the Acer Iconia Tab A501 on September 18, the carrier announced today. The tablet comes with Honeycomb 3.0 and will run on AT&T’s HSPA+ network. That’s about the only difference between it and the Iconia Tab A500 released …
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It looks a lot like a Wi-Fi-only Galaxy Tab 10.1, but its ability to access the Internet from virtually anywhere is what separates it. Josh Miller/CNET The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 4G LTE (Verizon) has the same thin, iPad 2-like design as the Wi-Fi-only version of the tablet. So the question is, are blazingly fast 4G speeds worth being stuck …
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The Acer Iconia Tab A100 runs the full version of Honeycomb flawlessly. Josh Miller/CNET As one of the first 7-inch Honeycomb tablets, the Acer Iconia Tab A100 attempts to make a case for the viability of 7-inchers, but does the fact that larger tablet alternatives are less than a hundred bucks away diminish its appeal? That depends. There are quite …
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