Microsoft is finally ready – finally – to take on the big daddy of the tablet PC arena, Apple's iPad. At least, that's what it claims. Is there any truth to Microsoft's assertions? Let's find out.

Hardware

The Surface’s VaporMg casing feels silky smooth to the touch, and seems to be fairly excellent when it comes to avoiding fingerprints. It’s a solid device, weighing roughly the same as the iPad at 1.5 pounds. The display sits neatly flush with the surrounding bevel, which is an…

In taking a look at technology that is coming out in the future, there has been a lot of talk about 4k in televisions, Blu-ray players and consoles (The Playstation 4 is rumoured to have 4k support).  As Panasonic have been showing off their 4K technology I thought it would be interesting to take a look at something that they have been looking at that is slightly different.

The product that they have been showing off and touting for sale in 2013 is an actual tablet PC with a differ…

This has been the CES week for technology and I’ve looked at tablets and game systems that are coming out so it seems fitting to finish the week looking at the Razer Edge.  This is yet another tablet that is looking to provide gamers with an alternative to what we see as the more conventional gaming experience of consoles and the PC/MAC environment.

The Razer Edge was formally known as Project Fiona and is actually a Windows 8 tablet working off an Intel Core i5/i7 processor depend…

This year at CES one of the biggest things looks to be the changing face of game playing.  We aren’t seeing the new more mainstream consoles from Microsoft and Sony just yet, though rumours are rife when we’ll get to see that.  What we are seeing though are tablet and chipset makers looking to push their view that the new face of gaming will be through handheld tablet machines that can be extended in various different ways.  From NVIDIA with its Shield “console” if we can call it that,…

When looking at tablets Apple would want you to believe that the iPad is god, Google would want you to believe that anything that uses Android is better, it’s almost like Microsoft vs Apple all over again.  The fact is though when looking at tablet computers it’s hard to look past what Apple have achieved.

I’m not somebody who will automatically praise everything that Apple has done, and I will openly say that you can do everything you want with Android tablets that you can do with…

The tablet market at the moment is pretty manic, and with the lines between e-reader and powerful tablets such as the iPad and Nexus 7 blurring there is a middle ground growing with spots to fill.  Amazon have found quite a powerful spot for itself with its Kindle Fire, and Kindle Fire HD.  With the HD variety they are looking to provide the best service from their Kindle tablet with the ability to read e-books, watch movies and play some apps that they decide to provide.

With peop…

Apple would have you believe that their iPad is the best tablet that you’ll ever get, it can’t be surpassed, it’s the best you’ll ever get and that is final.  There is no denying that the iPad is one of the best and many will agree with Apple, it’s just easy that way.  With all the court cases and apologies going around at the moment though there is a chink in Apple’s armour, it appears they realise that there is competition out there that may just be as good as their tablet king, and …

As the Halloween night sets in and the ghouls and goblins are out in the streets what better way for the avid book reader to read but in a darkened room wrapped up in their blankets.  For e-reader fans who want a simple e-reader that has backlighting and offers a different option that Amazon’s range of readers Barnes & Noble have their Nook Simple Touch with Glowlight.

This is just Nook is designed for the people who want one thing from their e-readers and that is a lighted view th…

Yesterday was the day that all Apple fans and tech fans had been waiting for, Apple were finally going to let us into the “mini” secret that everybody knew about.  Along with the release of the next generation iPad using the A6 chip they showed us the iPad Mini.  Basically a 7.9-inch version of the iPad itself it promises to be able to do everything the bigger model does, and be a better mini tablet than any other on the market.

Of course this is quite a major claim and there is a lo…

There are so many e-readers right now that we are spoilt for choice, even Amazon themselves offer the normal reader, and more up to date versions like the Kindle Fire.  We have so many ways to read “e-books” now it’s a wonder why we need yet another version? The Amazon Kindle Paperwhite though may be something a little special, it may be the perfect choice for the people who don’t need all the bells and whistles of a full Android/iOS pad, they just want a reader from a trusted company.