Tablet PC Review | Buying Guide

Again, here is the 7-inch tablet computer. Creative ZiiO is a 7-inch tablet PC with 480 x 800 pixels resolution offers a sharp display for viewing movies, video clips, and photos, as well as web-browsing. Creative ZiiO tablets utilize Creative's in-house ZMS-08 processor, which is engineered to deliver the high-performance, media-rich processing required of next-generation devices and it runs on the Android 2.1 operating system. This Creative's entertainment tablet also contains a number of built-in features, including a front-facing camera, high-definition video out, an accelerometer, a microphone, a stereo speaker, Wi-Fi capability, and a microSD card slot for up to 32 GB of additional memory. Simply connect the Creative ZiiO via the HDMI port to enjoy video playback on a larger screen with up to 720p resolution. The Creative ZiiO computer tablet is compatible with PCs that run Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7. As a company renowned in the field of audio devices, Creative equipped the ZiiO tablet PC with Pure Android Audio and X-Fi Technology. Pure Android Audio lets you experience wireless audio playback while X-Fi Technology enhances your digital audio content and brings games and movie soundtracks to life with immersive surround sound. Creative ZiiO tablet comes with 8GB and 16GB storage options. Interested with Creative ZiiO entertainment white tablet PC? You can buy this computer tablet at Amazon.com for only $219.99 and $239.99.

Labels: $200-$299, Creative

HTC has taken a different approach to its first tablet. Like the BlackBerry Playbook, the screen is seven inches makes this tablet can easily fit into a pocket. HTC has included a single, rather than dual-core processor makes you won’t be able to access the range of games available for tablets. Like BlackBerry Playbook tablet, HTC Flyer tablet computer has 1024 x 600-pixel resolution. What makes the HTC Flyer tablet unique is its pen, which with practice certainly adds a new dimension to tablet use. You can either scribe notes or take a screen shot. HTC’s equipped the Flyer with a 5-megapixel primary camera with a good selection of tweakable features, including: ISO, White Balance and Exposure Compensation, along with HTC filters: Distortion, Vignette and Vintage. Priced only $867.00, you can buy HTC Flyer 3G Tablet PC at Amazon.com.

Labels: $800-$899, HTC

Unlike ‘W’ series of Windows 7 Tablet PC like Iconia W500, Acer Iconia A500-10S16u tablet computer shipped with Android Honeycomb as its operating system. At first glance, Acer Iconia A500-10S16u tablet looks very similar to the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer with useful connectivity option like a USB 2.0 port, HDMI (no cable is supplied), micro USB and a connection along the bottom for docking. Powered by a dual core 1Ghz nVidia Tegra 2 processor with 1GB RAM, you can access games especially designed for the chip, choice is limited at the moment though. Other features of the Acer Iconia A500-10S16u tablet PC include 10.1-inch screen with 1280x800 multi-touch, 16GB on board storage, microSD port, Bluetooth 2.1, N WiFi, A-GPS, USB 2.0 and microUSB port. The tablet computer is equipped with two cameras. There's a 2-megapixel front-facing and a primary 5-megapixel camera for stills and videos. There are very useful applications installed in the Acer Iconia A500-10S16u tablet such as Social Jogger to syncs your Twitter and Facebook accounts, Documents To Go to read Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF documents and LumiRead, the Iconia’s ebook portal. If you are interested with Acer Iconia Tab A500-10S16u 10.1-Inch Tablet Computer (Aluminum Metallic), you can buy this tablet PC at Amazon.com for only $449.99.

Labels: $400-$499, Acer

Acer try to bridges the gap between the aesthetics of a tablet and functionality of a netbook by releasing Acer Iconia Tab W500-BZ467 tablet. This 10.1-inch tablet computer not only ships with a keyboard dock, but it also comes with Windows 7 Home Premium, which means you can use all the applications that you use on a normal desktop on the Acer Iconia Tab W500 without any more fuss. The specification of Acer Iconia Tab W500-BZ467 tablet PC includes AMD 1GHz C-50 processor, 2GB DDR3 memory, 32GB SSD, AMD Radeon HD 6250 graphic, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n 3-cells battery to gives up to 6 hours of battery life. In term of connectivity, HDMI, RJ-45 LAN, SD card slot and two USB 2.0 Ports to make it easier when moving files to and from the Iconia W500 tablet. Acer Iconia Tab W500-BZ467 tablet is offered only $525.60, you can buy this Acer's tablet PC at Amazon.com.

Labels: $500-$599, Acer

BlackBerry Playbook tablet PC is an attractive piece of technology. Weighing 408g, the BlackBerry Playbook tablet feels far more solid that the 7-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab. Instead of Android, Windows or even Blackberry operating system, the Playbook runs the new QNX operating system. This OS is designed to be exceptionally powerful and one of the highlights is the way it can handle multitasking. The interface is incredibly clean, underneath the open applications are five categories: All, Internet, Media, Blackberry and Games. Running a 1 GHz processor, BlackBerry Playbook tablet computer features 1 GB of RAM, Stereo speakers, GPS and 7-inch screen with a resolution of 1280×800. The 7-inch display makes video looks great and in its browser you can view thumbnails of multiple tabs too. The unusual thing of BlackBerry Playbook tablet is both the 5-megapixel primary and 3-megapixel secondary camera can shoot in full 1080p HD footage. Other features of this tablet computer includes HDMI, Micro USB and a secondary magnetic port for quick charges. BlackBerry Playbook computer tablet comes with 3 storage options: 16GB, 32GB and 64GB. Interested with BlackBerry Playbook Tablet Computer? You can buy this tablet PC at Amazon.com for only $494.87, $598.00 and $699.00.

Labels: $700-$799, BlackBerry

The slim and light design of the ARCHOS 70 internet tablet makes it both portable and generous for sharing your best moments with your family and friends. ARCHOS 70 internet tablet has Android 2.2, 1GHz ARM Cortex A8 processor, and capacitive screen. Its 7-inch display is sufficiently bright, crisp and vivid. On the right back side there is an integrated plastic kickstands. It is really nice to have it integrated into the design, and it certainly saves you from having to pick up an extra accessory. ARCHOS 70 Internet Tablet PC has a very well-rounded array of ports, including mini-HDMI, mini-USB, 3.5mm headphone jacks as well as a microSD card slot. As you'd expect from a company with deep PMP roots, ARCHOS 70 Internet Tablet Computer supports AVI, MP4, MKV, MOV, WMV, MPG, PS, TS, VOB, FLV, and loads of others. Priced only $335.02, you can buy ARCHOS 70 Internet Tablet PC (Black) at Amazon.com.

Labels: $300-$399, ARCHOS

ViewSonic envisioned the ViewPad 10 as a tablet computer for those who want to work in Windows 7 and play in Android. As its name suggests, it features a 10 inch screen, making it slightly bigger than the 9.7 inch display of Apple's famous tablet. ViewSonic ViewPad 10 tablet has the heart of a netbook, with an Intel Atom N455 processor powering Windows 7 Professional and Android 1.6 operating system. The 10-inch LCD LED backlit display of ViewSonic ViewPad 10 tablet PC features a netbook-esque 1024 x 600 resolution and an inbuilt G-sensor automatically orients the display to landscape or portrait. As mentioned earlier, ViewSonic ViewPad 10 tablet comes with two operating systems, Windows 7 and Android 1.6. If you want to switch between operating systems you'll need to reboot the tablet. Unfortunately, you're restricted to Android version 1.6, which is truly ancient by now. If you are interested with ViewSonic ViewPad 10 tablet PC (black), you can buy it at Amazon.com for only $675.00.

Labels: $600-$699, ViewSonic