Tablet industry

News, stats and trends about iPad, other tablet and accessories manufacturers.

There are many rugged gadget accessories promising 'military-grade' or 'serious' protection. But as TabTimes painfully discovers, sometimes even the best of devices fail to live up to their billing.

Last Wednesday Lenovo announced plans to release a new ThinkPad in conjunction with the rollout of Windows 8 later this October. Lenovo’s ThinkPad Tablet 2 sounds pretty cool, but what I found surprising was the timing of the announcement.

Former Apple exec and Silicon Valley venture capitalist Jean-Louis Gassée talks Apple, the iPad market and how he contemplated making tablets over twenty years ago.

Also inside: Every tablet manufacturer puts up record sales figures in Q2 2012

What’s the long-term impact of Microsoft’s Surface tablet? Will the Olympics impact tablet viewing and the live streaming of pro sports? And more!

It’s shaping up to be a very interesting fall in tablet land with a slew of new models in the works.

Excite 7.7 represents the small end of Toshiba's tablet lineup, but the bright, crisp screen makes this little brother stand out. (Rating 3 out of 5)