Tablet guide for the new school year

There are certain back to school purchases we could never talk you out of. A laptop? Vital. A smartphone? Highly recommended. A printer? Necessary — if you’re the kind of person who finishes papers minutes with minutes to spare, leaving no time to swing by the computer lab on the way to class, Engadget reports. But a tablet? We’ll be honest: we can’t think of a good reason why you need one, but we can more than sympathize if you’re dead-set. We’ve picked a few noteworthy choices for each budget, though if you’re really lucky you’ll win one of 15 Samsung Galaxy Tabs and won’t have to pay a dime…

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Toshiba to launch a 10.1-inch Android tablet

Toshiba will announce a new, yet unnamed 10.1-inch Android tablet this week at CES, Engadget reports. The device is not yet ready for production as it awaits the new version of Android (Honeycomb) which is believed to be optimized for tablets. However, it has a really interesting set of features: a dual-core Tegra 2 chip, a capacitive, 1280×800 resolution display, and a 5-megapixel back camera as well as a 2-megapixel front camera for video calls…

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