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News, reviews, how-to, apps and accessories to help you use Android tablets for business and productivity.

What a year it’s been for tablets. The iPad saw some of its first real competition from Android tablets (Kindle Fire and Nexus 7 among others) and, late in year, Windows 8 models including Microsoft’s own Surface line. Apple didn’t stand still, introducing new models of the Retina Display iPad and the iPad’s first kid brother, the iPad mini.

Think smaller tablets are just for Angry Birds and updating your Facebook? Then you’d be wrong, says Creative Strategies analyst Ben Bajarin.

It’s nice to see Samsung and Apple begin the reconciliation process, even if it’s only tentative at this point.

It's a safe bet that more tablets than ever will be given as gifts this Christmas, but that doesn't mean all tablet makers will benefit equally.

What do tablet users want? Apple famously didn’t ask (the company doesn’t believe in focus groups), but delivered what it believed users needed with the iPad and the results have been staggeringly good.

A recent seminar on the future of business apps yielded not only an interesting discussion, but also some great tips on how to develop and design internal mobile apps for your business.