As iPad displays have grown, they have mastered displaying more information and more simultaneous apps. But throw the wrong iPhone app into the mix and the iPad still takes the same hands-off approach it offered at its debut, offering no way to rotate such apps without rotating the device. It’s not a pretty portrait.
They don't offer face-scanning authentication, integrated pens or USB-C, but basic Android 2-in-1s from retro brands such as Packard Bell and Walmart's house brand Onn can competently address many people's needs.
The seventh generation of Apple's pioneering tablet brings its size and input options in line with its more expensive alternatives. Its optimized operating system makes it more competitive with both low-cost Windows laptops and Microsoft's Surface Go.
Once seen as a way for a wide range of tech companies to answer the iPad, Android tablets are now offered by only a handful of brands. But even as Google has walked away from them, they still have a home in retail.
Google hasn't shown much interest in making Chrome for Android tablets a desktop-class experience, but Google's browser is poised to come along for the ride as Apple improves Safari.
A startup thinks it has found the answer for waning tablet demand by creating a tablet-like device that relies on the processing and connectivity of the smartphone.