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Think Apple’s iPad and iPad mini are the only go-to tablets for educators? Well, think again, because here are several good iPad alternatives offering great specs, pricing and school-friendly features.

Growing demand for smaller, sub 8-inch tablets is widely seen as a good thing for Amazon, Google, the Android operating system and the tablet market as a whole. But one analyst now contests that these models could even help notebook makers.

The first wave of $99 tablets are coming, but could well materialize as the tablet equivalent of fast food -- pretty tasty, but ultimately not that good for you.

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.

How will the iPad Mini affect the rest of the tablet market? Market researchers tell TabTimes that the tablet will lock new tablet owners into the Apple ecosystem, challenge the Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire and give a surprising boost to Windows 8 tablets.

With better specs, a worldwide availability and dirt cheap price, Amazon’s 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD has the hallmarks of an iPad contender.

With Amazon set to announce the next Kindle Fire later today, TabTimes looks at how the tablet could affect the market and heat up competition with rivals like Apple and Google.

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.