Latest Tablets Opinion
- 23 April 2012
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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?
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