tablets

Hisense Sero 7 Pro Hands On: A Fantastic Nexus 7 Clone

Contrary to some rumours, Google didn’t announce a refreshed Nexus 7 at I/O a little while back, but up-and-comers HiSense just announced a pretty good alternative. Its new Sero 7 Pro — the companies first foray into the tablet space — is basically a Nexus 7, but at only $US150.


Microsoft Is Using Siri Like A Hand Puppet Now

What better way to make a competitor’s product look ridiculous than to have it say stupid things, right? Microsoft has decided to use Siri as its own personal hand-puppet to advertise Windows RT tablets.


NFL Will Use Microsoft Surface On The Sideline

If you’re a fan of the NFL, you’d know that players and coaches stare at printed pictures of replays and call plays from laminated sheets of paper. Yes, even now. No more though — the NFL just announced a partnership with Microsoft that will let coaches and officials use Microsoft Surface on the sidelines instead.


HP SlateBook X2: An Android Notebook With Sweet Tegra 4 Guts

On the heels of its very first Android tablet after a long affair with webOS, HP’s just announced its second device running the Google operating system, and it’s ushering in that Android notebook fad we’ve all heard whispers about. Enter the SlateBook x2, the first Tegra 4-powered, 10-inch Android convertible.


Amazon Leaks The World’s First Small-Screen Windows 8 Tablet

Rumours have swirled recently suggesting that a new breed of small Windows 8 tablets would soon appear in the wild. Now, Amazon has managed to accidentally leak the first tablet of its kind.


Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Australian Review: Expensively Excellent

Samsung’s not done inventing new form factors for its best devices yet. Not by a long shot. Meet the Galaxy Note 8: an 8-inch version of the Galaxy Note we loved from last year. Can it pull off the same trick in this new form factor?


Nooks Just Turned Into Real Android Tablets

When it comes to skinned, forked, mainly-for-media-consumption Android tablets, Barnes & Noble’s Nook HD and Nook HD+ offerings have always played second fiddle to Amazon’s Kindle Fires, and a shortage of apps was a big part of that. Now, Nooks are taking a step into real full-fledged tabletdom with a big big update: the Google.


Adobe Is Testing RAW Photo Processing On Tablets

Adobe Lightroom product manager Tom Hogarty just showed off a preview for how Adobe’s most powerful photo retouching tool might one day show up on your tablet. Oh please, please make this happen.


The World’s First Tablet Projector Promises A 30m Display

A built-in projector isn’t quite at the top of anyone’s wish list for tablet improvements. But that didn’t stop Promate from putting one into its new LumiTab and declaring it the world’s first tablet projector. The average consumer might not be interested yet, but corporate honchos who live and die by PowerPoint presentations are surely smiling from ear-to-ear now.


HP ENVY x2 Gizmodo Reader Review: Melissa Lawton, Not-For-Profit Sector Executive Officer

Melissa Lawton is a Queensland professional working with The Fitzroy Basin Elders Committee Inc., a voluntary coalition of Aboriginal Elders and Traditional Owners collectively committed to improving the natural and cultural environment of Central Queensland. She’s one of three winners in our recent HP ENVY x2 competition and has enjoyed her new HP Windows 8 convertible for a week now. This is her road test experience…


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