What Is a True Tablet and Why Should Students Care? Readers Respond

By Valerie Sarnataro | 9/17/2011

Most students have settled into class routines by now, although the controversy and discussion over what computer is best for academic excellence continues. While most students interviewed by TabletPCReview preferred notebooks to iPads, many forum members think tablet PCs should be a consideration.

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Students Grounded with Wired Internet Have New Hope for Connectivity

By Valerie Sarnataro | 9/13/2011

It's back to school time for colleges and universities, and Connectify is offering students the ability to turn their laptops into a secure Wi-Fi hotspot with its new Connectify Pro software.

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Making Sense of Tablet Specs: A Technology Cheat Sheet

By Jamison Cush | 8/8/2011

Pop quiz: What's the difference between a tablet running Android Gingerbread 2.3 with Sense and a tablet with Honeycomb 3.1 and TouchWiz? What's display ppi? What's a dual-core processor? Find out in this tablet cheat sheet, designed to help students decipher spec jargon.

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Toshiba Thrive Offers Students a Perfect Mix of Function and Fun

By Jamison Cush | 7/26/2011

A productive pupil gets good grades, but even the most studious of student needs a subtle distraction to keep awake during a boring lecture. For our money, no tablet offers a better combination of productive function and time-killing fun than the Toshiba Thrive Honeycomb tablet.

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