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Barnes & Noble Nook HD+ review
Barnes & Noble picked a tough time to revamp its lineup of tablets. On the one hand, the 7-inch market is both more crowded and more mature than ever thanks to the Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD, and iPad mini.... Read Full Review
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Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 review
In September, inside an airplane hangar in Los Angeles, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos made a series of bold statements about the company's two brand-new Kindle Fire HD tablets. The Kindle Fire HD 7, he said, was the best tablet at a certain... Read Full Review
Priced At $299.00
Released Nov. 20, 2012
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Google Nexus 7 with mobile data review
I've owned too many tablets over the last three years, and not a single one has had cellular connectivity. I've always bought the Wi-Fi model because I don't want to pay for extra data, I don't want to be beholden to yet another... Read Full Review
Priced At $299.00
Released Nov. 13, 2012
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Google Nexus 10 review
Tablets are in a funny phase. For years, Google and Microsoft were content to sit back while hardware partners used their software to make tablets. But as the iPad gobbled up the market, it became clear that the strategy that worked... Read Full Review
Priced At $399.00
Released Nov. 13, 2012
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iPad mini review
The iPad mini has arrived — and so has our review. Just last week, Apple introduced the world to the newest member of its wildly successful tablet line, an adorable, diminutive slate with a 7.9-inch display. It even had an... Read Full Review
Priced At $329.00
Released Nov. 2, 2012
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iPad review (4th generation, late 2012)
Last week at an event in San Jose, Apple CEO Tim Cook introduced two new iPads. One, the iPad mini, is a legitimately new product. The other was a small upgrade to the 9.7-inch iPad, bringing a new processor and new Lightning port... Read Full Review
Priced At $499.00
Released Nov. 2, 2012
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Barnes & Noble Nook HD review
Barnes & Noble's Nook tablets may not have the brand cachet of the iPad or the Kindle Fire, but the bookseller's done an impressive job of turning itself into a consumer electronics company. While it's done so, though, the company's... Read Full Review
Priced At $199.00
Released October 2012
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Microsoft Surface review
The Microsoft Surface is no minor thing to review, especially when you consider the stakes for this product. The tablet / laptop hybrid — which was announced at a surprise event in Los Angeles back in June — is not just a unique... Read Full Review
Priced At $499.00
Released Oct. 26, 2012
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Asus Vivo Tab RT review
When I reviewed the Asus Transformer Pad Infinity, one of the best Android tablets available, I ended with this: "If you want one device that's both a tablet and a laptop, I'd wait a few weeks to see what Windows 8 has in store." I... Read Full Review
Priced At $599.00
Released Nov. 16, 2012
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Asus Transformer Pad Infinity review
In every tablet review I've written in the last couple of months, I've said the same thing over and over: "it's good, but the Nexus 7 is only $199 and Android 4.1 is a huge leap improvement over Ice Cream Sandwich, so you really... Read Full Review
Released July 2012
