Top 10 Tablets Available Right Now
December 13th, 2011 by LAPTOP Editors The iPad is far from the only tablet in town. The slate market has exploded with big players from Lenovo, Acer, Sony, and ASUS bringing their unique take on slates to the table. There’s the Eee Pad Slider, which features an innovative slide-out keyboard, making it ideal for work and play. Then there’s the ThinkPad Tablet, which is compatible with a stylus for drawing and taking notes on the fly. Whether you’re a fan of Apple or Android, these are the top 10 tablets to buy now.
Apple iPad 2
With its ultra-slim design, faster dual-core performance, FaceTime camera, and gobs of compelling apps, the iPad 2 is the tablet to beat.
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November 30th, 2011 at 9:00 pm
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December 10th, 2011 at 7:54 am
I have nothing against Apple but I had the new ipad and coming from Ginderbread on my phone, thhis was a disaster!
Yoou need an app to copy text? I never heard of such a thing. Then once I emailed all my documents to myself, of course I needed a $15 pay app to actually use them.
NO THANKS Apple, I’m not able to give up the amount of free apps (or apps free to try) and be limited by what Apple says I should do with a tablet.
Once you go Android, you never go any place else. In my opinion of course.
December 24th, 2011 at 1:07 pm
I’m with Chris on this…… I use my apple air all the time and love it …but the ipad is not a business tablet. For kids who want to play games and watch tv ..ok but grown ups with business needs will find that this tablet is far from a top performers! I’m not even interested in what the Ipad 3 has to offer …I know it will not serve my business needs!
December 26th, 2011 at 10:02 am
Chris you are a woefully inexperience user… their are over 500,000 apps for the iOS (that’s what runs the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch) many of them are free versions or lite versions. You absolutely don’t need to pay $15 to copy and paste text. It’s inherent in just about every app. You could also download one of about 5 free apps (Including registering for iCloud) that would allow you to access files from a variety of places. i.e. Drop Box which is free.
Meredith – what kind of business are you in?? Probably low level… I’ll grant that you are not going to be able to do accounting work using the spreadsheet apps available but you are able to review documents that are very sophisticated. There engineers using the iPad to preview and comment on industrial design work. Once back in their offices they can use their primary computer to make their changes. Part of understanding the iPad is knowing what it does extremely well (better than all other tablets) and when it’s time to use computer.
December 26th, 2011 at 11:14 am
I have to say I’m a little surprised the Blackberry Playbook didn’t make the list. Yes it lacks apps right now. But the second version of the OS will have Android support. It has hi def graphics, Flash support, true multi-tasking, even great sounding built in speakers. Blackberry has it’s problems but they make a heck of a tablet.
December 26th, 2011 at 12:41 pm
Ummmm what about the Toshiba Thrive????????????? Full HDMI slot AND a full size usb input. Yes $400 is alot but it runs as good if not better than any of these on the top 10 list. So how did the BN nook tab make it on the list? A company who has been shutting down its paperback stores in bulk and may go down forever. No future support makes this one a hard one to swallow.
December 26th, 2011 at 1:58 pm
Toshiba THRIVE ?? It was voted “BEST BUY” by Smart PC magazine. The ONLY tablet with a replaceable battery + USB, Micro USB and SSD input ports. WHY no report on THRIVE
December 26th, 2011 at 7:43 pm
@Meredith, for grown ups who have grown up with computers ( AKA old folks) it is wonderful. I really tend to ignore my iMac the inbox is is unread because I read them on my iPad. RSS feeds are wonderful on the iPad so no need again. I even have a Twit.tv app! DirecTV allows me to even watch TV on it!
I don’t think anyone suggested they were read to “serve my business needs”. If you don’t care for tablets, ignore them.
December 26th, 2011 at 10:50 pm
iphone and ipad are old school and irrevelant by the month. galaxy is the new product to beat. so smooth and customizable.
December 26th, 2011 at 11:58 pm
Yet Apple’s iPad is #1…
December 27th, 2011 at 3:06 am
Where’s the Cisco Cius? It’s the only android tablet that is a true HD video endpoint as well as a centrally managed enterprise business tool.
December 27th, 2011 at 6:49 am
Whattttt? Need to buy an app to copy, sounds like someone who never learned how or a shill for android products.
I have both, Ipad is infinately easier to use.
December 27th, 2011 at 9:18 am
You don’t need an app to copy text, that’s just an absurd thing to say. You also don’t need 15 dollar paid apps to open and edit. That’s the truth……
December 27th, 2011 at 9:23 am
Meridith,
I am glad you speak for all business users, you must not be a very senior person with your closed mind and shallow responses. I guess doctors, librarians, musicians, editors, photographers, electronic maintainers, soldiers, sales associates are all just kids watching tv and playing games.
December 27th, 2011 at 9:43 am
You don’t need to buy an app to copy on an iPad. You either don’t know what you are writing about or are deliberately lying. I do serious work for business every day on my ipad2. It has completely replaced my lugging around a laptop.
December 27th, 2011 at 7:33 pm
I can’t help but think that Steve Jobs would be rolling on the floor laughing if he saw the Lenova Thinkpad with a stylus tied to it by a string!! If Steve thought the iPad needed a stylus, there is no way it would leave the design room like that. The stylus would be Bluetooth, and if it was out of range (lost), it would alert you.
January 5th, 2012 at 10:11 am
What happened here? Was an INTERN told “hey we need to publish something about tablets” so he/she picked the first 10 they came across and published it. Had they did a little homework the THRIVE would have made top review. Sad, Sad, Sad…..
January 8th, 2012 at 4:22 pm
Yes, I concur with Darcey above, the RIM PlayBook is a great piece of equipment and should have been in this list. And more apps are coming by the day. I am a business user and this tablet is perfect for me, of course has to be paired with a BB smartphone to maximise its potential. I am anxious to see the version 2 of the OS.