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  • News: Hands on with the BlackBerry PlayBook

    The BlackBerry PlayBook is nearing its final build with fully working tablets on public show at Mobile World Congress and two new models announced. PC Advisor tries it out

  • News: RIM LTE, HSPA+ BlackBerry PlayBook tablets this year

    Research In Motion (RIM) announced plans for two new versions of its PlayBook tablet at the World Mobile Congress on Monday -- although it hasn't even begun selling the two models it has already announced. PlayBooks for LTE (Long-Term Evolution) and 3G HSPA+ networks and will go on sale by the end of year, joining the Wi-Fi and WiMax models that RIM plans to begin selling next month.

  • News: Samsung adds 10.1-inch Android Honeycomb tablet

    Samsung has added the Honeycomb-based Galaxy Tab 10.1 to its line-up of tablets.

  • News: HP TouchPad: Can HP compete with the iPad?

    I'll say this up front: Hewlett-Packard is no Apple. The company has neither the fanbase nor the reputation for creating lust-inducing products that appeal to the masses with the same polish and veneer of Apple's repertoire. And yet, with its newly unveiled WebOS strategy, HP is clearly on the path toward doing just that.

  • News: Will Carling, the Apple iPad detective

    How would you feel if you found an iPad on a train and took it home, only to find a near-six-foot tall rugby player hammering on your door, demanding it back?

  • News: Yahoo announces 'digital newstand' for tablets

    Yahoo has announced a "digital newstand" called Livestand for tablet devices and cell phones that has been designed to deliver content from the company's various sites and online publications.

  • News: HP TouchPad: specifications, images and details

    HP today announced its iPad rival - a 9.7in touchscreen tablet PC called the HP TouchPad. The TouchPad is the first tablet PC to run the Palm WebOS, comes with either 16GB or 32GB storage, and has a Qualcomm Snapdragon dual-CPU APQ8060 processor running at 1.2GHz. It will be available in 3G, 4G and Wi-Fi, and Wi-Fi-only versions, and will be available in the US and 'key selected markets' (which will almost certainly include the UK) in summer 2011. Here are the details:

  • News: In pictures: HP TouchPad

    HP has announced a tablet PC it hopes will rival the Apple iPad. The HP TouchPad will run the Palm WebOS, and feature a 9.7in touchscreen. Here we publish the first pictures of the HP TouchPad.

  • News: HP launches TouchPad tablet

    HP has rolled out its debut entrant into the tablet market, the HP Touchpad, as well as two new smartphones - all running the latest version of Palm's WebOS

  • News: Dell announces 10in Windows 7 tablet

    Dell will launch a 10-inch Windows 7-based tablet for business users later this year, aimed primarily at the education, financial and healthcare markets

  • News: BBC iPlayer iPad app 'to launch Thursday'

    iPad owners in the UK eagerly anticipating the launch of an iPlayer app will only have to wait until Thursday.

  • News: Tablet forecast bad news for netbooks

    Nearly 56 million tablets are expected to be produced in 2011. A new report from DisplaySearch uses information and trends from the display manufacturing industry to forecast an increase of more than 200 percent over 2010 tablet shipments.

  • News: HP aims to bridge gap between PCs & tablets

    With its new range of all-in-one Touchsmart desktop PCs, HP is trying to bridge the gap between desktops and mobile devices such as tablets - an effort that could help the company ease data flow and standardise the deployment of applications among devices.

  • News: RIM pushes WebWorks for PlayBook apps

    Research In Motion's BlackBerry WebWorks Application Platform lets developers use standard web tools to create applications that work like native programs on RIM's smartphones and PlayBook tablets, according to company officials.

  • News: Visual tour: Apple's greatest hits under Steve Jobs

    Under the reign of CEO Steve Jobs, Apple has certainly produced some great products.

  • Video: Google offers Android web store, in-app purchasing

    Plus more on Android 3.0 'Honeycomb'

  • News: Amazon Kindle 3 is PC Advisor's Gadget of the Year

    The Amazon Kindle 3 has won the PC Advisor Awards 2011 reader award for Gadget of the Year - voted for by the readers of PC Advisor.

  • News: Asus vows 'secret weapon' for iPad 2

    The chairman of Asustek Computer, Jonney Shih, noticed the growing thirst for mobile computing early on.

  • News: Apple iPad wins PC Advisor's Best Portable Entertainment Device

    The Apple iPad has won the PC Advisor Awards 2011 award for Best Portable Entertainment Device.

  • News: News Corp launches The Daily iPad news magazine

    News Corp has taken the wraps off The Daily, its national news publication built specifically for the iPad.