Budget Android tablets are usually a hit or miss proposition and the Dragon Touch Y88X Plus missed on several levels. Read on for the full review of the Dragon Touch Y88X Plus. Dragon Touch Y88X Plus Specifications Google Android 4.4.4 (KitKat) 7” IPS Screen 1024×600 Quad Core 4 x 1.3 Ghz 8 GB storage, 512MB RAM Dual Camera, 2.0MP rear Wireless N (802.11b/g/n), Bluetooth G-sensor What’s In The Box Tablet AC Adapter USB Cable User Manual Design The Dragon Touch Y88X Plus is about as basic as it gets when it comes to design. There’s absolutely nothing thrilling about how this…

Both the Slate 8 and Slate 12 are running KitKat and include a handful of pre-installed HP apps. Though HP is marketing them as business-ready tablets, that s primarily because HP is ready to sell you an entire ecosystem of business accessories if you want them — otherwise, they re fairly standard tablets. The other standout feature of these tablets is that they re bundled with HP s new Duet Pen, which allows you to write on any surface and have that writing automatically appear on your tablet. The two tablets are fairly expensive for the Android world, with the Slate 8 selling…

I ve been salivating at the thought of getting a Nexus 7 for quite some time, as I really just wanted to test out Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. Do you remember when the 3DFX Voodoo Banshee video card came out, and it arrived with Half-Life: Day One? I was one of those people that literally rang every single retailer in my state (this was really pre-Internet) to get my hands on it. When I want something, I want it bad. This is how I felt with the Nexus 7. I didn t want a review sample of the Nexus 7, I wanted my own, so I purchased one last week and I have been having the time of my…

Amazon s new Fire HD 8 looks a lot like last year s Fire HD 8, but there are a few key differences, the biggest of which is the new lower price tag. Much lower, in fact: $90 or £90. (It s not available in Australia so far, but the US price converts to about AU$115.) By comparison, the similarly sized costs $399, £379 or AU$569 and the costs $269, £239 or AU$369. Both now start at 32GB capacities, but you could literally buy three or four Fire HD 8s for the price of once Mini. The previous generation Fire HD 8 started at $150 (£130 or AU$215). That model came with only 8GB of…

Android Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) marks a major change for Android smartphone owners lucky enough to receive the upgrade. As Google has outlined and demoed on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, ICS is a major leap for Android design and navigation, and just short of a major overhaul. The good news for tablet owners is that just about every major dual-core Honeycomb tablet released in 2011 and early 2012 will also receive the update, which was designed to unify Google’s tablet operating system, Honeycomb (3.x), with its smartphone offering, Gingerbread (2.3). At the time of this review…

As a Guy Who Reviews Android Devices™, I ve been faced with a strange sort of conundrum lately: When someone asks me to recommend a 10-in. Android tablet, I haven t had a good answer. Sure, there are plenty of options out there. But it s been quite a while since there s been one that s stood out for being really great . Most of the contenders come with at least one serious caveat, be it chintzy construction, less-than-perfect performance, or software that makes you want to strike yourself with the nearest blunt object. And suffice it to say, those kinds of things take significant…

The Little Monoprice Graphics Tablet that Could They have a reputation for making good stuff, cheap, including graphics tablets. But, on those, I never bit. When reviewing the Yiynova Cintiq alternative, I researched all of Wacom’s competition, learning that those 1st gen Yiynovas used a Waltop digitizer (digitizers being the flat hardware panel that interprets pen movement and translates it onscreen). I decided to buy a Monoprice stylus to see if it would work on a Waltop digitizer. It didn’t. This roused my curiosity. If the Monoprice wasn’t a Waltop based tablet, what was…

Remember the HP Touchpad and the that sent the otherwise middling tablet flying off of shelves? Now nearly two years later, quality tablets are beginning to approach that sweet-spot price for impulse shoppers. The Hisense Sero 7 Pro is, by most standards, a merely average small-screen tablet. Some may lament its now aging Nvidia Tegra 3 processor or modest build, but its $129 (list, 8GB) price cannot be denied. That s less than the already-solid value offered by the Asus MeMO Pad HD 7 , and if you re not willing to shell out $200 for a cutting-edge Google Nexus 7 , the Sero…

Earlier this year, I reviewed an inexpensive Android-based tablet PC (LY-706 Tablet Pad Netbook) for the 2011 Geek Gift Guide. If you read the review, you will see that I was not impressed by that device. Well a representative of the distributor (Focalprice) responsible for importing the device to the United States, suggested I try a more expensive and full-featured tablet PC. Specifications Distributor: Focalprice Product: RAMOS MID W9 Android Tablet Operating System: Google Android OS V2.1 Max RAM Support: 32GB, 8GB tested Graphics: Integrated Graphics Display: LCD at 800…

Such is the huge growth in popularity of tablets over the past few years that there are now vast swathes of possibilities for a would-be buyer. In this article we’ll try to make things a bit simpler by taking many of the top models in different size categories and exploring what makes them worth your hard earned cash. The test is broken down into three sections which focus on large, around 10in, small, 7in, and dedicated children’s tablets. Before we begin though here are a few helpful tips that could make deciding on your tablet a little easier. We have reviews of the best…

Security always starts with a solid foundation – for tablets, this means each mobile device and operating system’s security architecture. The Apple iPad employs various system security measures to ensure tablet integrity, including a secure boot chain (verifies bootloader, OS kernel, and firmware authenticity), system software personalization (prevents OS downgrade), application code signing (prevents execution of code not reviewed and signed by Apple), an encrypted file system that maintains strict separation between user and OS partitions, and application sandboxing (stops…

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. 2015 march 4. Sony presents its new devides, the Xperia Z4 tablet at the MWC2015. The Mobile World Congress, world s biggest event in the mobile sector, will take place between 2-5 March 2015. ( Photo by NurPhoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images ) Three of the tablets reportedly are the best among all tablets are the Samsung Galaxy TabPro S, Apple iPad Pro, and Sony Xperia Z4. If these are the leading tablets, then which is the best among the best? Although some reports say that the tablets have similarities, all three are working on different operating…

Lenovo s ThinkPad brand is best known for professional-grade laptops, but it also includes hybrids and even tablets. The latest is the high-end ThinkPad X1 Tablet, which stands out by offering not only a standard keyboard cover, but also a series of modular add-ons (some available now, some coming later), making this potentially a very flexible system. The X1 Tablet starts at $1, 029 in the US, which gets you an Intel Core m3 processor and the keyboard cover. Similar configurations start at £1, 049 in the UK and AU$1, 899 in Australia. Upgrades are available for the processor…

The Acer Iconia Tab 10 is the Taiwanese company’s 10.1-inch entertainment-focused tablet. It s in the same size bracket as the excellent iPad Air 2 and Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5, though it’s significantly cheaper at just £179.99. “See the difference and feel the beat” is the Iconia’s tagline. We disagree, since both the screen and speakers have a few problems. It’s a perfectly functional tablet, with battery life and value being its biggest strengths. However, the funky-looking Lenovo Yoga Tablet 10 HD+, now available for £169.99, is better overall. Acer Iconia Tab 10 – Design…