Tablets

News, reviews and how-to advice for iPad and other tablet devices.

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Move over Angry Birds and Words with Friends; business and productivity apps are ready to share, if not take center stage, says one app developer who reckons that 2013 could be the year when business apps become all the rage.

Last year, when Amazon released its 7-inch Kindle Fire tablet, people were skeptical about the form-factor. What are we wrong about now?

Tomorrow’s electorate will be Internet experts, and accustomed to using smartphones and tablets on a daily basis. So could this see a gradual move towards voting via mobile devices?

We’re hitting uncharted territory as tablets offer us a new option for doing our work.

Also inside: Whither the iPad Mini?

Apple’s much-anticipated 7.9-inch iPad mini has finally been unveiled and goes on sale Friday. But the iPad mini is far from the first smaller tablet and for several reasons, including the $329 starting price, it may not be right choice for everyone. Here are seven excellent iPad mini alternatives.

I just have one problem with the Note II …I don’t know what the hell it is.

Also inside: Are tablets going to replace the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in two years?

Also inside: MS Office for Android and iOS in March? And is RIM working on a second-generation BlackBerry PlayBook?

Also inside: If the rumors about the iPad Mini are true, the timing couldn't be worse for Microsoft's Surface tablet.

Also inside: Intel's dive into mobile CPUs puts the squeeze on Texas Instruments.

Also inside: A look back at the state of the tablet market one year ago

Tablets may be the talk of this week’s World Newspaper Congress and World Editors Forum, but problems remain when it comes to digital ad revenues.

Do convertible tablets - all the rage at IFA this year - undermine the very essence of tablet computing?

My belief is that tablets represent nothing short of the reinvention of the personal computer.

With Surface, a new Kindle Fire and a possible 7-inch iPad, is there any room for competition?

Sometimes quotes can tell a story in their own right. Here are eight of the best tablet-related ones TabTimes spotted over the past few weeks.

Print publishers have embraced tablet magazines, but as the Association of Magazine Media (MPA) and Adobe explain, ad metrics are just the start for making tablet publishing a serious business.

When companies file ridiculous patent lawsuits you get ridiculous trials.