Tablet PC

Nokia has been teasing its own Windows RT based tablet as early as March when Nokia's lead designer, Marko Ahtisaari, was said to be spending up to a third of his time working on a tablet design. No results have come of this week just yet but reports are now …

An executive at Dell warned Microsoft that their planned ‘RT' branding for the tablet operating system would confuse consumers, especially as it doesn't run traditional Windows applications. Jefferey Clarke, vice chairman at Dell and the president of its PC business said at the Dell World conference last week that he …

We reported a few days ago that Microsoft were aiming to get their Surface RT tablet stocked in retail stores, in the efforts to generate more sales. According to The Register the deal is close to being signed, but the fine details are holding it back. Microsoft are pushing the …

I am a very happy owner of the Surface tablet, although sales figures don't seem to be going quite as well as Microsoft would have wanted. In the efforts to drive more, they are expanding their US operation to include Staples and Best Buy. The company announced this move and …

Bloomberg have reported that the joint Intel-Microsoft attack on the tablet market is off to a slow start. Both companies initially announced a dozen tablets which would run Windows 8. Only five of these can be purchased for immediately delivery. Craig Berger, an analyst at FBR Capital Markets has said …

Microsoft have a lot riding on the success of their Surface tablet. They have spent more than $1.5 billion in marketing the Windows 8 operating system, which plays an integral part of the Surface experience. My colleague Carl seems in love with the Surface so they are clearly doing something …

One of the major complaints I have about Android is the general lack of accessories available for even top tier devices. Walk into any store and there will be a plethora of iPhone and iPad related accessories. Try and find the same thing for any Android device and the range …

Yes, I am currently the very happy owner of the new Microsoft Surface. I decided to buy the 64gb version last week and have really warmed to it in the last 5 days of testing and experimentation. Windows 8 has been a hot topic of conversation for enthusiast users since …

There are some products that are easy to push to students and others that are a lot harder. Intel seems to be finding out the hard way that supplying the wrong kind of tablets leads to reduced sales. KitGuru hides in the bush with night vision goggles. A story reached …

Samsung have announced proudly that they have sold over 5 million Galaxy Note II products. The device was only launched 2 months ago – September 26th. In the space of a single month, the company had sold three million units and sales grew as it hit the States on October …

With Christmas coming up many families will be on the look out for an inexpensive, yet versatile tablet for the family. ARCHOS may just have the product you want. The FamilyPad is released under the ARNOVA brand, and is a 13.3 inch 1280×800 resolution, 10 point capactive touchscreen panel which …

Microsoft are on the receiving end of a lawsuit over the advertised 32GB storage space in the Surface tablet – as the device only ships with 16GB ‘free'. The software giant are being sued over misleading advertising regarding the amount of storage space in the 32GB Surface tablet. The lawsuit …

There are always victims of new Android updates; the countless handsets that will never be updated to the latest version by their manufacturers but past Nexus devices aren't exclusions either. As Android 4.2 Jelly Bean starts to roll out, lead Android developer Jean-Baptiste Quéru has confirmed that the Samsung Nexus …

After receiving the minor Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean update barely a month ago, the latest Android 4.2 Jelly Bean update is now rolling out to the Google Nexus 7. A new feature in this version of Android include multiple user support. Multiple user accounts can be added (each with a separate Google …

Apple may rule the tablet roost right now, but analyst Sameer Singh predicts that Android based tablets will out sell iPads in Q2 or Q3 2013. This year, sales of Android powered tablets have grown faster than iPad sales in six out of the last eight quarters. Android is a …

Today the Indian President, Pranab Mukherjee, launched a new tablet aimed at students and low income families. Costing just Rs 1,130 (£13) for those still in further education. The “Aakash 2″ comes with 512MB of RAM, a 1Ghz, processor and a 7” capacitive touch screen. The little device is being manufactured by …

The Surface RT tablet from Microsoft launched just over two weeks ago and since getting word that four million Windows 8 upgrades had been sold, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has given some insight into sales of their in-house tablet. In an interview with Le Parisien Ballmer said that sales for …

The cover surrounding the touch panel of Microsoft's Surface tablet, appears to be far from durable, as users are reporting that within mere days of receiving their version, it began to split and come away from the frame. The problem is being experienced by multiple users, each of them reporting …

Steve Jobs is well known for completely disregarding the 7 inch tablet form factor in the past. Jobs was quote as saying that “7-inch tablets are tweeners: too big to compete with a smartphone and too small to compete with the iPad. 7-Inch tablets are dead on arrival.” Now, it appears that Microsoft …

Obviously new mobile devices are becoming forever harder to prevent leaks of. We've seen it recently with the Nexus 4 and iPad mini and now Samsung and Google's  Nexus 10 tablet has been leaked. The tablet itself has been rumoured for a long time but this is the first time we've …

That's according to Apple. We checked. Going to Apple's site, you find a lot of PR spin about Samsung not being as cool as Apple, but – in the end – the conclusion is very clear and simple. KitGuru dons a barrister's wig and prances around the office with a …

Last night London time Apple unveiled the iPad mini, the same device that we have all known about for quite some time. The biggest difference being that most of the leaks I saw claimed a display size of 7.85 inches where Apple is now officially claiming 7.9 inches. However pointless …

Around a year ago, the magic glue holding Samsung and Apple together as technology partners, was called into question time and time again – as both sides were investing million in suits and counter suits. In most normal walks of life, the two would have parted company a long time …

In just a couple of days at a press event on October 23rd Apple is now expected to unveil not only the iPad mini and a 13.3 inch Retina Macbook but also an updated iPad. The current “Retina” class iPad was unveiled in March and the most likely new feature …

Acer has just announced retail availbility and pricing for their own attempt at a 7 inch tablet running Android Jelly Bean, the A110. The Nexus 7 competitor will be available for $229 from October 30th. What you get for this price is a 7 inch, 1024×600 display, a NVIDIA Tegra …

The growing demand for tablets and smartphones is still hitting global laptop sales hard this year. Intel's financial report for Q3 this year indicates that the notebook sector sales are still not picking up. According to sources close to Digitimes the demand for notebooks will not pick up until 2013. …

Alongside the news that over 1,000 jobs would be lost to redundancy, last night's Q3 earnings call gave AMD the opportunity to discuss the changes it sees happening in the market – and how it sees itself ten years down the line. One thing was loud and clear, it won't …

With just over a week before the next generation of Windows is officially launched the marketing campaign is starting to get under way. No one can doubt the importance of the next few months for Microsoft with launches of Windows 8, RT and Phone 8 in place, so I guess you …

Microsoft have enjoyed huge success over the years with their software, including Windows operating systems and Office. Earlier this month however we reported that they wanted to be ‘revinvented as a Devices & Services‘ company. This is a challenging move for the Microsoft Corporation as they have yet to experience …

Yesterday from both Milan and Taipei, ASUS has made the PadFone 2 official. The smartphone/tablet hybrid has been improved significantly from the first stab at this rather niche product type and includes a healthy array of specifications. The phone itself has a 1.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor, 2 GB of …