The tablet, slate and pad, or Apple iPad, category is barely hatched, but the operating system wars are well worth noting. Let's consider the moving parts: Apple powers the iPad with its iPhone ...

Five years ago, on November 7 2002, Microsoft launched Windows XP Tablet PC Edition. Bill Gates himself was on-hand to launch the new platform at a large press event. “The launch of the Tablet PC ...

Tablet PCs for nearly a decade ran almost exclusively with a Windows operating system. Enterprising users could install various forms of Linux and occasionally a third party would try their hand at ...

Apple’s iPadOS 26.1 reintroduces the beloved Slide Over multitasking feature, bringing improved window control, smoother ...

UPDATE: Oct. 28, 2025, 5:00 a.m. EDT We're in the midst of retesting our favorite tablets. For now, we've updated this guide ...

Remember the Freescale Smart Tablet from CES earlier this year? Well, it’s returned with a range of compatible operating systems which now includes Android, Chromium OS, or Linux. Freescale says that ...

China's Huawei has begun talks with Russia about installing Russian operating system (OS) Aurora on 360,000 of its tablets to conduct Russia's population census next year, two sources told Reuters. By ...

[timecom-gdgt url=”http://gdgt.com/hp/slate/” style=”full” float=”right”] On a company earnings call yesterday, Hewlett Packard’s Todd Bradley made ...

But it’s the only tablet operating system that lets you run both big applications and smaller apps. As for Windows 8 as an operating system for traditional computers, it’s not a winner, because its ...