It has a more dynamic interface. It has Office inside. It can run two apps on the same screen. And it has a USB port and a built-in kickstand. The iPad has none of these things, and the Microsoft Surf...
On nearly every front, 2012 was a great year for Apple. The company's No. 1 selling tablet got a hot-selling little brother in the iPad mini, and the iPhone 5 is a smash hit.
You don't need a crystal ball to know that tablets are going to be the hottest gift item this year. Between the new iPad mini, a plethora of Android slates under $200 and exciting new Windows 8 de...
It's not often that Apple singles out a competitor during one of its launch events. But there was Phil Schiller, the company's senior vice president of worldwide marketing, whaling away on the Google ...
The Windows 8 launch is finally upon us, and I guarantee you there are a lot of nervous people in Redmond right now. How could they not be? You're about to launch a new version of your operating sys...
It has a breakthrough camera, wireless charging and a gorgeous screen. And it's headed to AT&T--and only AT&T. When I heard the news that the Lumia 920, Nokia's flagship Windows Phone 8 de...
Editor-in-chief Mark Spoonauer directs LAPTOP's online and print editorial content and has been covering mobile and wireless technology for over a decade. Each week Mark's SpoonFed column provid...
This week served as an interesting study on how to launch a new mobile product -- including what not to do. First, Nokia kicked things off with the unveiling of its make-or-break Lumia 920 Windows Ph...
I can't believe the doom-and-gloom predictions being spewed by pundits as a result of Apple's patent infringement victory over Samsung in court. If you do, then right now designers are paralyzed w...