Kensington has bought the rights from Mead to sell a series of universal tablet cases that have the distinctive Trapper Keeper design that was popular for school folders in the 1970s and 80s. The cases are designed to hold most 8-inch and 10-inch tablets, and while in terms of construction and features they are pretty basic the main attraction are the colorful Trapper Keeper designs...
Xplore Technologies has announced, and is now selling, the Bobcat, a Windows 8.1 rugged tablet that it claims can take a lot of abuse inside a case that's thin for this kind of product. The 2.4 pound 10.1 inch Bobcat is .86 inches thick. While Xplore is promoting the tablet mostly as a Windows 8.1 device, the company can install Windows 7 Pro instead if a customer wants it. The...
The Microsoft Surface Pro 3 commercial has been lauded for hitting all the right spots and now Microsoft is giving us a behind the scenes look at how it is making the commercial. The video, which was posted on to YouTube, shows how the actors move around from scene to scene with the tablet to get the most out of the Surface Pro 3, a tablet that Microsoft is promoting as good enough to...
To avoid the risk of electrocution, Microsoft Mobile, formerly Nokia's devices group, has issued a recall of the travel charging kit for the Lumia 2520 tablet. The kit has charging prongs for the U.S., U.K., EU, and Australia. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission in the U.S., "the plastic cover on the charger's exchangeable plugs can come loose and separate, exposing...
With the Surface Pro 3 shipping by the end of the week, it looks like Microsoft engineers are readying some fixes that will improve the experience of using the tablet . Asking for user feedback, a digital artist suggests that the home button was too easily activated when in use and that there is a little bit of pen lag. Microsoft listened and it looks like fixes are incoming for both...
And finally it’s here! XOLO Win, the maiden Windows 8.1 tablet from XOLO, the premium devices brand from LAVA International, was first showcased at the CES 2014 in January and has just gone on sale. The tablet is now available exclusively on Flipkart.com, one of India’s largest online retailer, for INR 19,990 ($350). You could also exchange your old smartphone or tablet to get up to...
In a press conference in New Delhi, HP announced a couple of new Windows tablets for businesses that should meet employees’ needs for a work and life blend. According to the company, the workplace is no longer necessarily a physical place and these new Windows 8.1 devices that fit individual personal styles allow the employees to be more productive and secure. HP ElitePad 1000 G2...
At Computex, Toshiba and Microsoft jointly introduced the first 7-inch consumer tablet to run Windows 8.1, making it the smallest size Windows slate to date. This follows on the heels of Toshiba's 8-inch Encore 2 tablet announcement. In its blog, Microsoft states that the tablet is "co-developed by Microsoft and Toshiba and in close collaboration with Intel, Goodix and AMI;" the...
Bummed we didn't get a Surface Mini last week? Then it's probably time you get a Venue 8 Pro from Dell instead. The Venue 8 Pro is by far our favorite Windows 8.1 tablet in the 8-inch range. And starting today, you can order a new red version of the tablet from Dell. Head to the Dell website and you'll see the option to get a new Dell Venue 8 Pro with 32GB or 64GB of storage in red...
Toshiba has launched two new tablets in the Encore series - the 10-inch and 8-inch Encore 2. While both tablets share the same specs as last year's 8-inch Encore, they feature a slimmer design and a greatly reduced price. If you weren't paying attention when Toshiba launched the original Encore, here's a quick look at the specs: the tablets feature a screen resolution of 1280 x 800,...
If you're anxious to get your Surface Pro 3 pre-order in, you can now do so at Best Buy — with an added bonus. While you can pre-order direct from Microsoft as well, Best Buy is also offering up an exclusive blue Type Cover* as well for $130 with a ship date of June 20th. Best Buy has the same options as Microsoft, so no real benefit of one over the other at this point. Here's the...
While many of us expected that we would be seeing a Surface Mini at yesterday's "small" event from Microsoft, we didn't get that — but that's not to say that there isn't a Surface Mini in Microsoft's research and development labs somewhere. In fact, there was very much one, but Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and former Nokia CEO and now Microsoft EVP of Devices & Services Stephen Elop...
Come next week, Microsoft is expected to reveal a Surface Mini device in New York City. I’ll be there to cover the event along with Mark Guim, but if there were one other ‘mini’ tablet to challenge a smaller Surface it’d be the ThinkPad 8 from Lenovo. Packed with an 8.3 inch Full HD IPS (1200 x 1920) display, Intel Atom processor up to 2.4 GHz and 64 GB of storage, the ThinkPad 8 runs...
The Surface Mini that we're expecting to see on May 20th. is likely to have a stylus, ARM processor (and therefor run Windows RT), and be announced by the new CEO, Satya Nadella, at the launch event. Though a stand won't be built in according to anonymous sources, we should see a snap-on keyboard that can double as a stand. The stylus in question is expected to have tight integration...
Acer today announced the Aspire Switch 10 tablet/notebook/thing. The Windows 8.1-powered 10-inch tablet comes with a magnetically-attached optional "Acer Snap Hinge" dock that lets the user switch (ohhhhh...) between using the device as a standalone tablet or a more traditional laptop. Normally this kind of device might cost a pretty penny, but Acer is pricing the entire kit at $379.99...
Sony's latest Windows 8 convertible, VAIO Flip , is a premium device that brings a unique form factor design to the VAIO portfolio. It features a unique hinge that makes it capable of converting between laptop, tablet, and viewer modes by flipping the display over the hinge. The Sony VAIO Flip is available in 13-inch, 14-inch, and 15-inch sizes, and I spent a couple of weeks with the...
Nokia is temporarily halting sales of its Lumia 2520 tablet in several countries due to a risk of electric shock when using the chargers. An issue with the plastic exchangeable plug could cause the plug to come loose and separate on the European and U.K. version of the Lumia's AC-300 charger, which poses a risk of electric shock. Nokia notes that there haven't been any confirmed...
Yesterday T-Mobile introduced a new Simple Starter plan that could get you in the cellular door at $40/month, and today they're shaking things up again by reducing the price of their cellular-enabled tablets to match that of their Wi-Fi-only siblings. Additionally, T-Mobile customers that activate a new tablet will get 1.2GB of free LTE data through the end of 2014. Traditionally,...
Dell Venue 8 Pro is one of the better 8-inch Windows 8.1 tablets available in the market right now. If you are in India, there’s a sweet deal available if you plan to buy the tablet right now. There are limited stocks available, mind you. One, you get a free folio case for the Dell Venue 8 Pro with the purchase. The purchase also includes 1-Year Next Business Day Advanced Exchange...
Our forums here at Windows Phone Central is the place to hit if you are seeking advice, support, or friendly chat for anything Microsoft related. This week, within our Microsoft Surface 2 forum, reader, ThoughtHalo, wanted to know if he should keep his Nokia Lumia 2520 or trade it for one of Microsoft’s brand new Surface 2 units with LTE. Let us see if we can help him out....