2011′s tablet line-up is more or less complete, and the rumour mill is already speculating about what Apple and others have lined up for 2012. But where is all of this heading? What technologies will power the tablets of 2013?

If you’ve been dying to get your hands on an HP TouchPad, your wait is nearly over: pre-orders start on the 19th of June and the tablet goes on sale in July.

In 2010, processor firm Nvidia couldn’t get enough of tablets. “Without question, 2010 is going to be the year of the tablet,” creative strategies president Tim Bajarin said. Fast-forward a year, though, and the firm is more pessimistic. Tablets are rubbish!

On paper, Notion Ink’s Adam is one of the most exciting bits of kit the world of tablets have ever seen. Unfortunately in the real world the picture isn’t quite so sunny.

HTC makes some of the world’s most popular Android smartphones, so the news that it’s making the HTC Flyer tablet is going to make lots of people happy. With the iPad 2 imminent, is it too late to the party?

The much-rumoured Galaxy Tab successor has been unveiled, and it’s bigger and better than the iPad-battling original. Does the Galaxy Tab 2 have enough oomph to stay ahead of the rest of the Android pack?

Tablets, we’re told, are the future: desktops and laptops have had their day in the sun and it’s time for tablets to take over. Here’s the questions you should be asking before you buy one.

It looks amazing in the promo videos, but does the BlackBerry PlayBook have the horsepower to justify the hype? Manufacturer RIM claims it’s the fastest tablet ever, which is bound to annoy rivals whose tablets pack more processing power.

Dell has two tablets to choose from: the 5-inch Streak 5 and the forthcoming seven-inch Streak 7. A third tablet, the Streak 10, is due later this year, although that one’s aimed at business users and will run Windows. So what do Dell’s current tablets have to offer?

The Viewpad promises the best of both worlds: all the horsepower of a Windows tablet for work, and the fun of Android for touch-related tomfoolery. When it’s good it’s very, very good, but it has a couple of serious flaws – not least that you can’t actually buy it yet.

The tablet that kick-started the tablet revolution is about to be replaced, but it’s still comfortably ahead of many rivals – and Apple’s ongoing software updates mean it’ll stay fresh for some considerable time to come.