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 ...

Apple's newest iPad Pro features the powerful M5 chip and upgraded wireless connectivity, but otherwise remains largely unchanged from the previous model. We break down the key differences to help you ...

I started using the original Apple iPad the day it launched in 2010. Same for the iPad 2 in 2011. For most of the other high-profile tablets that have arrived during the past year -- Samsung Galaxy ...

When it comes to laptop-tablet hybrids, there are a number of choices in the market today. But which ones are better suited for you? To ascertain that, you will have to narrow down your requirements.

Amazon’s Fire tablets are some of the cheapest tablets worth buying thanks to a combination of decent screens, acceptable performance (for some tasks) and really low starting prices. Normally you can ...

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 ...

BEIJING--It looks and acts like a cross between a clipboard and a computer and comes loaded with expectations of single-handedly sparking some life into the slumping PC market. Microsoft's Tablet PC ...

As one new tablet PC announcement after another surfaces these days, you may be asking yourself, “What does a tablet give me that I don’t already get out of my computer or smartphone?” At first, I ...

Tablets, with their large, beautiful displays, can make certain tasks easier to perform than on smartphones. Controlling a PC remotely is one such task. We'll show you how connect to a remote PC using ...

In an attempt to draw interest away from Apple's iPad, Microsoft has set up a tablet comparison page that falsely presents the iPad as having a smaller screen than a Windows tablet with less screen ...