Deciding between an iPad or notebook this school year? If might come as a surprise, but an e-reader could by a better option. If you’re trying to decide between the Google Pixel Tablet or the 10th ...

Tablets are different from what came before. But CNET's Stephen Shankland thinks they're still fundamentally a facet of personal computing. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote ...

Have you, like me, ever bought a cheap iPad and keyboard cover to use it like a faux-MacBook? With the MacBook Neo, those days are over. Here's why I wish I had bought a Neo instead of an iPad this ...

The Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet 7 (8GB) was easy to use for a wide variety of functions. Movement from screen to screen using finger swipes was not always smooth, and to move app icons among screens.

Apple’s latest iPad spot demonstrates that tablets have general purpose computing strengths that have never been exhibited by laptops. Laptops have had decades in the spotlight as our portable ...

1. Windows, Mac, Linux or Tablet? The first decision is the platform. As of 2025, a rough estimate of desktop/laptop market share is Windows 78%; Mac 16%; Linux 6%. It has been a Windows versus Mac ...

PERFORMANCE. We evaluate how fast a tablet can perform calculations and see how long it takes to complete different tasks. The Apple iPad Pro 11" (2025) Wifi is faster than most other tested tablets ...