The big draw of 2-in-1 laptops is that they can be used as both a laptop and a tablet. While in laptop mode, they’re generally comparable to any other clamshell laptop you’ll find. However, Windows and ChromeOS aren’t exactly the best touch-oriented operating systems out there, so you may find …
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Your iPhone and iPad will look significantly different when iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 roll out this fall. And no, you haven’t missed seven operating system upgrades since iOS 18 last year. Apple has changed the naming structure of its OS updates and made them all consistent—visionOS 26, watchOS 26, …
Read More »The iPad Is a Full-On Computer Now
But Apple has been heading in this direction for a while. In 2020, the Magic Keyboard brought an extra port and a full trackpad to the iPad. Then in 2022, the company introduced external display support, and finally, in the 2024 update to iPad Pros, the webcam was moved in …
Read More »Samsung Teases Z Fold Ultra, Bing Gets AI Video, and Nothing Sets A Date—Your Gear News of the Week
We have a few details so far. The phone may not have the Glyph light interface on the back anymore, though it seems like Nothing has cooked up a new dot matrix light pattern instead. The company says it’ll be its first true flagship phone with premium materials, and it’ll …
Read More »OnePlus Pad 3 Review: Killer Tablet, High Price
Photograph: Julian Chokkattu Mind you, I still would never be able to completely replace my laptop or desktop PC with a tablet, OnePlus Pad 3 or not. There are just some things that don’t work so well in specific apps, or just take a little longer in the tablet interface. …
Read More »Best iPad Accessories (2025), Tested and Reviewed
More Great Hubs Twelve South StayGo Mini Photograph: Twelve South Ports are a problem on the iPad. With just one USB-C port on most of them, you can’t charge and use other accessories at the same time. We like the Satechi hub mentioned above a lot, but here are a …
Read More »The Best E-Readers, Tested and Reviewed (2025)
Other Good Ebook Readers Below, you’ll find a few more e-readers we like but don’t necessarily love as much as our top picks. Kindle Scribe Photograph: Brenda Stolyar Kindle Scribe 2024 for $400: The Scribe (8/10, WIRED Review) is a great option if you want an e-reader that doubles as …
Read More »Fujifilm’s X Half, a New OnePlus Tablet, and Fender’s GarageBand Rival—Your Gear News of the Week
This week, Fujifilm announced a new digital half-frame compact camera called the X Half. Like half-frame film cameras, the X Half shoots vertical frames, but records to an 18-megapixel sensor instead. The lens is a 32mm (35mm equivalent) f/2.8 aperture, which is close to the lenses of the X100 series …
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