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The OnePlus Pad is a OnePlus Tab, Coming February 7

Kellen January 26, 2023 4

When the OnePlus 11 goes official on a global scale on February 7 alongside the OnePlus Buds Pro 2, a third device will join the party in select regions. Now confirmed to be the OnePlus Pad, folks who have been hoping that someone outside of Samsung would make...

Google Plans Tablet Makeovers for 20+ Apps

Kellen May 12, 2022 23

The tech world was quite surprised to see Google announce a new tablet yesterday after having seemingly given up on the space several years back. I guess you could argue that we should have seen this coming, though, since they have shown a new interest in...

Google Messages Going Split-View for Tablet Users

Tim May 13, 2021 27

Android tablets receive hardly any love from Google it seems, so little that I didn't even realize the company wasn't offering a split-view experience for its dedicated Messages app already on Android-powered slates. That seems crazy lazy to me, but hey, this...

Google Admits Android Tablets are Perfect for Entertainment, Not Much Else

Kellen May 5, 2021 30

Android tablets still aren't really that popular, few companies you care about make them, and they are terrible as productivity devices. Like, Android tablets do almost nothing well because the platform hasn't given them the opportunity to. But one area they...

Question: What Would It Take to Get You to Buy an Android Tablet?

Kellen April 23, 2021 101

I couldn't tell you the last time we had any meaningful tablet discussions around here, mostly because outside of Samsung, no one makes Android tablets worth having a meaningful discussion about. But then yesterday, Tim created quite the conversation around...

Google Creates Kids Space to Help Our Kids Discover and Learn

Kellen August 31, 2020 2

My kid starts 1st grade on Wednesday in a virtual setting and I can tell you that the stress level in this household is steadily climbing as each hour passes. I know that we'll get through this frustrating time, that my wife and I will do our best to act as at...

Samsung’s New Budget Tablet Offers an S Pen, Starts at $350

Tim April 16, 2020

Samsung has a new budget-friendly tablet headed to market, scheduled for release in Q2. The Galaxy Tab S6 Lite is affordable, starting at just $350, but it does offer a few sweet features to make it a great productivity device and content consumption machine....

Chrome Devices With Tablet Mode Getting Android-Like Gesture Navigation

Kellen April 7, 2020

An update rolling out to Chrome OS brings a big change to navigation when in tablet mode. Now, users with a Chrome OS tablet or device that converts into one, you'll be able to breeze around the operating system with Android-like gestures. The latest build of...