Top rated tablets: August 2011
- — 25 August, 2011 11:36
Looking for a new tablet? Why not start with our top rated selections? These tablets are a rank of the top five products based on review scores by the PC World Australia editorial team.
Although the tablet market is dominated by Apple's iPad, there are plenty of alternatives. Perhaps the best at the moment is the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, which remains in the middle of an Apple-instigated lawsuit. Google's Android "Honeycomb" platform dominates our August top rated list. Along with the Galaxy Tab 10.1, our top five list for this month includes the Motorola Xoom, the Acer Iconia A500 and the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer.
We test all tablets accurately and to the highest standards, so that our readers are as informed as possible. Our review process is designed to ensure that tablets are assessed equally. The basic criteria used by our reviewers includes value, features, performance and design. We rate each product using a five-star scale, with one star being poor, and five stars being highly recommended.
3 / 5
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Apple iPad 2
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
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Motorola Xoom
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ASUS Eee Pad Transformer
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Acer Iconia A500
Motorola's long-awaited Xoom tablet has a sturdy design and plenty of features, but like all of the latest Android tablets, it is still very much a work in progress.
- Review Date:
- Reviewer:
- Manufacturer:
- 5th May, 2011
- Ross Catanzariti
- Motorola
- Rating:
- Price:
- $ 840.00
- Pros:
- Stylish, industrial design
- Large, vibrant touchscreen
- Flexibility of Android Honeycomb OS
- Cons:
- Poorly positioned buttons
- Doesn’t charge via microUSB
- Android Honeycomb still a work in progress
