Updated While Amazon's Kindle Fire showed what was possible from a £159/$199 tablet, Google and hardware partner Asus are ready to show consumers the real deal with the Nexus 7.

Has Samsung gone mad with so many different sized tablets and phones?

The Kobo Aura HD is supposedly the sophisticated choice of ereaders, but, with its high price, is it worth spending the extra money for the added 'class'?

Some mobile parental filter software puts Google off-limits on this throughly basic but speedy and nicely-priced 7-inch tablet for kids.

A USB 2.0 slot adds some unique flexibility to an already impressive budget-priced Android 10.1-inch tablet, though there's no HDMI output or hi-res screen.

Updated Microsoft heeds its competitors' lessons with this Windows RT tablet, but proves that making the perfect tablet is still hard

Gone are LED backlighting, an HDMI output and some megapixels, but is a cheaper outlay and the arrival of Android Jelly Bean enough to save this 10.1-inch tablet?

Windows 8 tablets haven't exactly set the world alight so far. Indeed things have been positively low key. But is that set to change?

Updated The $159 (£129) Amazon Kindle Fire was a game-changer and spawned a popular line of tablets that disrupted the hardware industry.

Updated The Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2 runs the full Windows 8, but lacks the grunt do all that it entails

With a Bluetooth dongle that plugs into the dock connector on your iPad, e-pen's Mobile Notes will capture your handwriting from a variety of apps.

Microsoft's long-awaited tablet PC is the perfect example of the strengths and weaknesses of Windows 8. So what are they?

Does the iPad Mini Smart Cover offer the flexibility of its bigger brother?

MWC 2013 HP's first Android tablet is somewhat underwhelming, but it's priced accordingly.

MWC 2013 Asus makes a second bid for strangest product of MWC, with the tablet that wants to get chatty.

MWC 2013 Meet the new Padfone, the phone-tablet combo that's no longer a joke. There's some serious tech inside.

MWC 2013 Sony is going all out with the bigger brother to the Xperia Z, offering a host of top end specs to convince iPad- and Nexus-lovers to look again.

A well-built Windows 8 tablet which is very close to being a viable laptop replacement. Shame then, that it lacks a bit of power.

Acer's tiny 10-incher overreaches. Too expensive for a tablet, too cramped for an ultrabook, and too frustrating to recommend.

Samsung and Intel attempt to bring long battery life to Windows 8 tablets. Can they produce the 'no compromise' machine we're after?

A dedicated gamepad for your iPhone, but does it offer better gaming than the default on-screen controls?

Samsung's Windows RT tablet is expensive, but can it justify the price tag?

CES 2013 Can the Archos 97 Titanium really be the iPad killer we've all been waiting for or will it fall by the wayside with the rest?

CES 2013 It may look familiar but the 80 Titanium is a new 8-inch tablet, although comparisons to a well known slate will be made.

CES 2013 The Nexus 7 no longer needs to stand on its own, as Asus debuted a new charging dock at CES.