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I've used Android tablets for nearly ten years, starting with the Motorola Xoom way back in 2011. I then adopted the Google Nexus series with the Nexus 10, 7 and 9 tablets over a couple of years. After those, I jumped ship to a Huawei M5 10" before getting a previously-enjoyed Samsung Tab S6, which is a very capable piece
At today's Galaxy Unpacked 2020 online event, the South Korean firm unveiled updates to Samsung Mobile's tech product line. Broadcasting live from Korea, the event showcased new Samsung smartphones, tablets, earbuds and smartwatch devices. The Galaxy Note devices have always been big and the new phones don't disappoint. With 4G and 5G variants, the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 has a
This is a salutary warning to all geeks out there....even with all the year's of experience, it's still possible to make a rookie mistake and forget that all microUSB cables are not the same. Last week at work, I needed to present an Android tablet screen via a data projector. The tablet only had a microUSB port, so connecting up
Android smartphone and tablet manufacturers are notoriously bad at providing OS updates to their hardware, leaving owners without new features and vulnerable to security flaws. While several OEMs now guarantee updates for two years, most devices are still very capable well beyond this artificial obsolesence. LineageOS, a flavour of Android built from Google's AOSP, continues to support devices that have been
Geeks over a certain age will recall that smartphones and PDAs didn't originally have finger touch interfaces and instead of using a digit to control the device, a stylus was used to tap and poke the buttons on the screen. Partly this was a limitation of the screen size - the original Palm Pilot 1000 only had 160 x 160
The RCA Mercury 7L Pro tablet is a 7″ Android tablet with budget specs and a price to match, at just GB£49. That’s about US$65 and it's right in there as an impulse purchase. But is it a case of buying in haste, repent at leisure? Let’s take a look. Sold by Asda in the UK, the Mercury 7L is the little
The RCA Saturn 10 Pro tablet is a 10" Android tablet that marries budget specs with high-end features at an astonishingly low price, GB£109. That's about US$140. Amazingly, that price includes a detachable keyboard, but have they cut the corners in the right places, or is this true value for money? Let's take a look. Sold by Asda in the