Latest Tablets Opinion

23 April 2012
Opinion: Google Android: freephone toll

Google is a benevolent provider of free goodies, but it pays to keep up your defences when using its products - particularly Android.
30 March 2012
Opinion: Why can't you give a Kindle book as a gift?

The Kindle has revolutionised the humble book, so it's odd that such a basic facility as sending an eBook as a gift remains unavailable.
22 March 2012
Opinion: Portable computing: Welcome to the future

Tablets, ultrabooks, Windows 8... the portable connected computer of the future is here. And it's brilliant for watching the telly.
16 March 2012
Opinion: It's true: iPads are starting to replace business PCs

Business interest in the iPad is increasing, as Android slips and Dell, HP, and RIM are irrelevant.
13 March 2012
Opinion: Windows 8 is no fun without a touchscreen

Most people don't have a touchscreen, so is it worth upgrading when Windows 8 launches?
17 February 2012
Opinion: Replicants like any other machine

Everyone likes a bargain, and we hate to pay over the odds for a product or service that’s available cheaper elsewhere. Take Samsung and Apple…
16 February 2012
Opinion: Windows 8: ARMed & ready for Apple & Google

Windows 8 may be something of a point upgrade for existing Windows PC users, but it could herald the birth of PCs in all shapes and sizes.
17 January 2012
Opinion: CES: a hundred devices to rule them all

What struck me most about this year's CES was the sheer variety of products on show. Far from consolidating, personal tech grows ever more diverse. And that's a good thing.
12 December 2011
Opinion: Why 2012 will be the year of Windows 8

In 2011 Apple and its iPad continued to dominate, but Android Honeycomb was the big mover. In 2012 Windows 8 is coming, and there's going to be a three-way battle for your money.
08 December 2011
Opinion: Channel your negative thoughts

Being connected allows us to take advantage of all sorts of things: above all else, the web is an exceptional source of information. But it also lets us channel our negative thoughts.
29 November 2011
Opinion: Back to the desktop

Times have changed since the mid-90s when PC Advisor launched, and no more so than in the field of the personal computer.
11 November 2011
Opinion: A good, cheap laptop? Make it a tablet

A 'good, budget laptop' is the device we're most often asked to recommend. But what's cheap for one person is out of the reach of another. And anyway, the best cheap laptops are... tablets.
27 October 2011
Opinion: Windows tablets: doomed to fail?

Microsoft has been pushing tablets since the early 1990s, with little or no success. So will Windows tablets ever succeed?
03 October 2011
Opinion: Long live the PC

When you feel the need for a new PC, and have less than £500 to spare, there are now some challenging choices to make.
Opinion: Microsoft reaches maturity with Windows 8

Windows 8 is here, at least in its Developer Preview guise. It’s slick, smooth and primed for use on the tablets many of us would like to be able to use for ‘proper’ computing tasks
29 September 2011
Opinion: Amazon Kindle Fire: some good, some bad, some to be seen

Did you hear about the Amazon Kindle Fire? An Android tablet from Amazon that costs HALF THE PRICE OF THE iPAD!
27 September 2011
Opinion: Windows 8 and why Android is the new Windows

Windows 8 is the most exciting Microsoft operating system since Windows 95. But to see off the challenge of Google Android, it needs to be.
Opinion: Amazon Fire tablet vs Apple iPad - no contest

The Amazon Kindle tablet is no iPad killer. By all accounts it's not even a proper Android tablet.
26 September 2011
Opinion: Amazon Kindle Tablet set to revolutionise tablet market

The Amazon Kindle Tablet is expected to launch this week. Amazon's tablet is set to shake up the tablet wars: here's how.
30 August 2011
Opinion: Performance art

Performance is a rather intangible concept. When we look at computing technology, it’s seen as a worthy goal – but how do you quantify it?