tablet

  • The $99 tablet could catapult Microsoft to the top of the tablet heap

    The $99 tablet could catapult Microsoft to the top of the tablet heap

    I don’t generally make my tech choices based solely on price, and I don’t recommend others use price as a primary factor in tech purchasing decisions, but at some point price is certainly a consideration. With a handful of $99 Windows 8.1 tablets coming soon, that magic, sub-$100 price point could make Microsoft a very…

  • Why you should get a Core i5 Surface Pro 3

    Why you should get a Core i5 Surface Pro 3

        The Surface Pro 3 is available today…sort of. Actually, only two of the five Surface Pro 3 models are available today. The other three won’t be available until August. The good news, though, is that the two models that offer the best overall value are the Core i5 models, and those are the…

  • Are you worried about someone stealing your mobile device?

    Are you worried about someone stealing your mobile device?

    If your smartphone or tablet were lost or stolen, which would concern you more: the cost of replacing the mobile device itself, or the value of the personal content–much of it irreplaceable–on the missing device? Most people still get smartphones on some sort of carrier-subsidized plan that makes them seem less expensive than they actually…

  • Does the Surface Pro 3 cost too much?

    Does the Surface Pro 3 cost too much?

    The Surface Pro 3 looks awesome, but it’s not cheap. It’s also not expensive, per se, compared against devices with similar features and functionality. Although the Surface Pro 3 is, in fact, a tablet, it has the form and function of an ultrabook–so Microsoft is attempting to re-position the device as a rival to the…

  • Surface Pro 3 really is ‘the tablet that can replace your laptop’

    Surface Pro 3 really is ‘the tablet that can replace your laptop’

    I called it. Vegas (and Wall Street) were probably taking odds on the pervasive rumors and speculation about a “Surface Mini”, but as a Surface Pro 2 user I couldn’t see any real value in a smaller model. A BIGGER model, though–now that is a device I want. Apparently Microsoft was listening to me…again. First…

  • How the Surface Pro 2 became my favorite computer

    How the Surface Pro 2 became my favorite computer

    A funny thing happened to me when I started playing around with a Surface Pro 2: It became my favorite computer. I’m not a Windows hater by any stretch of the imagination, but I also didn’t expect to come to rely on the Surface Pro 2 as much as I did. Normally I use an…