Comments on: Which is the best tablet for you?

By: amy

amy — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 02:32:17 +0000

I have been waiting to buy something, just not sure what. I really need an electronic calendar schedule and saw my friend’s color coded schedule on her ipad. Able to color code herself, kids and husbands activities. Do I have to buy an ipad if that is what I really want? Not sure what else I would use it for.

By: Kjetil Kilhavn

Kjetil Kilhavn — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 08:47:45 +0000

@Paul: I wonder what I have been doing these past 17 years of not using MS Windows on my computers and telephones (and PDAs)… according to you I haven’t done any work. Luckily no-one has known, so they still see what I’ve done as work.
PS: I’m not a MacOS user either… but I did manage to get my ‘gaming’ done on OS/2 until 2001. Since then I ‘watch movies’ using SuSE and openSUSE.org.

Hopefully someone soon releases (for the public) a tablet which ships with the KDE Software Collection which to me is looking like the strongest contender in the long term.

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:54:03 +0000

Paul, I’m in general agreement with you, although your thought is skewed towards the enterprise more so than getting “work done” IMO. Neither you nor I can define “work” as it applies to all. In the corporate world “work” likely does require TPM security and enterprise-class apps / services. It always has. And yet by comparison, tablets over 10 years haven’t taken off in the enterprise with the velocity they are in the consumer and SMB space. That’s where I’m coming from. I’m not suggesting there isn’t a need for Windows-powered tablets; there likely always will be one. But it will always be limited if the tablet is just a Windows PC crammed into a slate or convertible form factor.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 19:42:50 +0000

Kevin, Windows is key to commercial use and provides compatibility and the ability to print, display, share, communicate, vary in design/style, etc… What is key is that SLates like the Fujitsu Q550 offer advanced security like TPM and swapable batteries. The challenge is the interface is not as “pizzazy” as the others, but not really an issue when you need compatibility and security. I agree, if movies and games are your thing, iOS or Android. If you need to get work done, Windows.

By: Aleena

Aleena — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 17:26:57 +0000

I read this post keenly. I think there is not a single tablet having all qualities. But i think apple’s tablets are pioneer.

By: sp

sp — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 22:47:48 +0000

Its amusing to find most articles that compare Apple products to competitors define the field of comparison to benefit the Apple product. As a corollary, it also testifies to Apple’s power to define the category and change the basis of comparison. It used to be about specs, but now, it is about user experience or ecosystem :) Tomorrow, it could be about social awareness (eg. the facebook key on a HTC phone). Just musing …

By: Romeo

Romeo — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:20:08 +0000

Great article. I like tablets a lot. Do most of my work on them and still tell people if they can buy only one thing for all around use, it probably won’t be a tablet but instead a small laptop. Other than that it is personal preference. Ipad has the edge in apps, but I tell people to look at what they’re going to be doing with the tablet. If the tablet you like has the apps your going to use it’s a fit.

By: PC Support

PC Support — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:44:13 +0000

There are new tablets coming these days, first came samsung, motorola now blacberry, sony, etc have launched world class tablets for users…Each one of them contain latest features, apps and a lot more to engage us all the time…The choice depends on the activities users are involved with and the network connectivity..and if my person choice to be asked..Samsung rocks.

By: JaY Cooper

JaY Cooper — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:58:27 +0000

I Think Apple iPad is one of the best of all of them.I have already used iPad,Samsung Galaxy (Android) and blackberry Playbook.and i Find Apple to be best one to offer.
Although HP TouchPad Looks promising too, but if you go through youtube you can find a comparison video of iPad v/s HP Touchpad and you will come to know what’s better.
Only Problem with iPad is that it doesn’t have Flash that’s it, Rest Everything is Value for money.

By: Ekendra

Ekendra — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 06:32:02 +0000

“there’s no “best” tablet” for all is surely true. Compromises in-terms of QoS, price value and the look, are always trade-off elements. Maybe we have to wait few more years to see some real all-in-one lablets.