Buying a tablet in 2026 is harder than it should be, and not because the hardware is bad. Cheap tablets are better than they used to be. Premium models can handle workloads that once demanded a laptop. Apple, Samsung, OnePlus, Lenovo, Amazon, and others sell devices that can look remarkably similar until you start asking […]
Buying a tablet for a young child sounds simple until you start thinking like a parent instead of a gadget shopper. That matters even more during back-to-school season, when a tablet may suddenly need to handle reading apps, homework portals, video calls, long car rides, and carefully managed downtime after class. A benchmark score won’t
5 Tablets for Young Kids That Make Screen Time Easier to Manage Read More
Choosing a tablet for school or lecture prep comes down to one question: are you buying a digital notebook or a laptop replacement? Most slates claim to do both, but the gap between writing notes and grading thirty essays shows up fast once classes begin. The right pick depends on keyboard ergonomics, stylus precision, and
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College tech gets expensive surprisingly fast, especially when every accessory promises to make studying easier. Most of them don’t deserve space in your backpack. The gear worth buying solves a problem you will repeatedly encounter: carrying a laptop all day, finding somewhere to charge, blocking out a noisy dorm, backing up coursework, or turning a
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Prime Day 2026 runs June 23 through June 26, and Apple gear is sitting at some of its lowest prices of the year. The timing matters more than usual this round. Tim Cook said this month that price increases are unavoidable as memory and storage costs surge, though he didn’t say when they’ll hit or
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WWDC 2026 starts June 8, and anyone holding out for new iPad Pro hardware should stop waiting. Apple has no iPad Pro refresh planned for 2026, which leaves the M5 model from last October as the current flagship. Here’s what that means for pricing, configurations, and whether now is the right time to buy. Price:
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Apple turns 50 tomorrow, April 1, 2026. Half a century since Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne signed a partnership agreement in a Los Altos garage and accidentally started one of the most consequential companies in modern history. Fifty years of Apple history written in products that made people line up around the block,
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Apple didn’t book a venue. It didn’t queue up a livestream or put Tim Cook on a stage. Instead, the company rolled out six major product announcements across three days and three cities, calling the whole thing a “special Apple experience.” Press releases landed in waves between March 2 and March 4 from New York,
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NEWS – On June 1st, 2022, Pitaka will launch its new MagEZ line of magnetically/wirelessly charged iPad mini charging accessories. The MagEZ case system adds wireless charging to the iPad mini. When it comes to attention from case designers, the basic iPad (the 9th Generation) and the iPad Pros hog all the limelight, (just do
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NEWS – If you have an iPad Pro and the Apple Magic Keyboard, then you need to take a look at the oriGrid from tinyRigs. This amazing looking gear pouch/organizer slides over the back of the Apple Magic Keyboard and provides storage for all your important on-the-go gear. The oriGrid is available for the iPad
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REVIEW – Question: when is a tablet not a tablet? When it becomes a workstation. That’s the goal of the Satechi Aluminum Stand Hub for iPad Pro (more on the post “for” in a moment). The first question inevitably leads to the next questions – why would you want to do that and is it
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REVIEW – Many moons ago I owned an original Saddleback Leather iPad case. It was a beautiful, beefy piece of leather. The new Simple iPad Case is a completely different animal. Simple and streamlined, it’s made for portability and optimal day-to-day usability. Fear not, however: you still get that gorgeous full-grain leather. To the review!
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CTA Digital has Dora the Explorer and SpongeBob SquarePants inflatable cars designed for children. (Although it’s for kids, it’s sturdy enough to support up to 230 pounds.) The iPad fits into a cradle in the steering wheel, so your child can enjoy hours of pretend racing while playing iPad motion-controlled apps and games. The car
You won’t worry about your child wrecking this car because they are playing with the iPad Read More
Protecting the slabs of glass we carry around has become a focus of concern for the modern Gadgeteer. We have these devices – tablets, phones, phablets, whatever – and they only want to succumb to gravity and destroy themselves in a crash of broken glass and shattered dreams. So we find cases to protect these
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Have you ever fallen asleep with your tablet in your hands and woken up when the tablet falls out of your hands and smacks you on the nose? I have, more than I care to admit. With the LazePad case, you can sleep easy without fear of a bruised nose or a bloody lip
Feeling too lazy to hold your tablet? Let the LazePad hold it for you. Read More
Two of my favorite things about the iPad Air and iPad mini are their size and style. Even though I’m more drawn to Android devices these days, I still really prefer the way Apple products look and feel. No one does product design like Apple. That’s why I never can figure out why you would ever want
Drop protection for your iPad minus the case Read More
The warmth of real leather pairs so well with the clean, metallic sheen of today’s electronics. I never tire of feeling and smelling this old-world material while using cutting edge technology. The folks at BUKcase have added a very simple series to their product line for iPhones and iPads, which they call Cote. I was
BUKcase Cote for iPad and iPhone 5/5s review Read More
Gadgeteers, today is your lucky day to enter our contest to win your choice of one of three rugged leather iPad cases from Saddleback Leather Company. If you win, you’ll be able to protect your iPad, iPad mini or iPad Air with a leather case that has been constructed to last longer than your iPad or even you
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If you have an iPad chances are you go to some lengths to protect your investment. But, if you are like me you don’t want a run of the mill, everyday, everyone else has one type of case. You want something a little different as well as something that is quality made. The Heming a
Would this be what Dr Jones uses for his iPad, the Heming leather iPad case? Read More
Anyone who has used an iPad or other tablet while standing, walking around, or speaking to a group, without the ability to rest it on something solid, has known the pain that juggling these tools can bring. Since it is a two-handed device, holding with one and manipulating with the other means you’ve got to
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