More evidence of the ongoing tablet takeover: a new study by Gartner has found that tablet users are increasingly using them for everyday traditional-PC tasks such as checking email and playing games

Here’s an interesting coincidence: just days after Google’s Nexus 7 tablet gets a warm reception, the iPad mini rumour factory kicks into overdrive. Apple’s making an iPad mini, the rumours say, and it’s going into production in September. It’ll have a seven-inch, 1024×768 touchscreen, it’ll run all your favourite apps, and it’ll sell squillions

It doesn’t shoot webs or enable you to swing from tall buildings, but the Spiderpodium Tablet is pretty amazing nevertheless: it’s a tablet stand whose spidery appearance is just the right side of creepy

Microsoft has been fairly dismissive of tablets in the past, but now it’s getting into the tablet game with Windows 8 and its own Surface devices, it appears to be singing a different tune

Good news for comic fans: DC Comics has teamed up with Barnes & Noble to bring some of the world’s favourite graphic novels to the tablet, following in the footsteps of its arch-rival Marvel

Bad news for games console manufacturers: gaming is now the number one moneymaker on tablets and smartphones, and the numbers are going up

The long-rumoured Nexus tablet has finally been released, and it comes with an incredibly low price tag: just £159 for the 8GB model, or £199 for the 16GB one. Don’t let the price tag fool you: the Nexus 7 is a very powerful and very attractive tablet

We’re just days away from Google’s annual conference, and details of its forthcoming Nexus tablet are beginning to leak – although the most recent leak merely shows ceiling tiles

Microsoft has unveiled two brand new, Microsoft-branded tablets: the Surface RT and the Surface Pro. They look very similar, but they’re very different beasts. So what’s the difference?

The tablet market isn’t a two-horse race between Apple and Google any more: Microsoft’s getting into the act too. In addition to the Windows 8 tablets we’re expecting to see later this year, Microsoft has announced its own tablet: the Surface

Say hello to the Lamborghini L2800, an Android-powered tablet that’ll set you back a truly ridiculous £1,500

Apple unveiled the latest version of its mobile operating system, iOS 6, this week, and it brings some cool new features to your iPad – unless you’ve got a first generation one

Windows 8 is nearly here, and hardware manufacturers are beginning to show off their Windows 8 tablets. One of the first to break cover is Acer, whose Iconia W700 and W510 show that Windows 8 tablets could be very interesting indeed.

Acer unveiled two new tablets this week: the Iconia W700 and the Iconia W510. The “W” stands for Windows, as both devices will be running the Windows 8 operating system