Gadgetory

the iPad or new iPad well third iPad whatever you want to call it is the top-selling single tablet model out there you know that it's ahead by a big margin but you might be surprised to know that some estimates are that Apple could be down to less than 70 percent of the market by the end of this year so who's got that other 30% or so I'm Brian Cooley here to show you the top five tablets you should consider instead of an iPad or new iPad or iPad 3 uh come on let's just go number five the asou iPad memo goofy name but that's okay it's cheap two hundred and fifty bucks for a seven-inch tablet that one our best of CES Award for that category just a few months ago not out just yet so we can't slot it by its review score but it makes the list on price alone and the fact that it's a cousin of the transformer prime which we'll meet later this guy has a Tegra 3 CPU 12 megapixel rear camera and the latest Android Ice Cream Sandwich makes us wonder if the price is a typo number four the Amazon Kindle Fire that's right number four it's missing a lot of stuff no cameras no GPS no microphone doesn't make it a bad tablet because hello 200 bucks and it's the only tablet that is wired into Amazon's DNA and that keeps it real interesting but I can't wait for fire to point out number three the Sony Tablet S that's right Sony actually makes something interesting aside from the ps3 great design on this guy a little goofy at first but then you get your hands on it and oh yeah nice ergonomics it's also tied in to Sony's burgeoning content ecosystem and it's got an integrated infrared remote now think about that most of us sit in front of the TV with a tablet these days uh-huh makes a little bit of sense 400 bucks for a 16 gig model number - this was a tough fight up against the Sony but we gave the runner-up nod here to the Samsung Galaxy Tab family the 10 one the eight nine the seven seven there's one for every pocket and purse great screens across the board on the whole model line they excel at being thin and light and say seung-ah's steadily building real market share against Apple so you can feel like you're buying more than just a future collectible prices vary a lot by size and whether you buy one on carrier contract or not okay our number 1 slot goes to the tablet that geeks asked me about the most the assist transformer prime but in this case the new one the TF 700 T you know the one that just came out about a month after the original transformer prime ah well get your ass onto eBay so the one you have and get this TF 700 T because it's got a much improved screen 1900 by 1200 res on that 10 inch display HD front camera for hi-def video chat and a new back panel that a soos says will improve the Wi-Fi Bluetooth and GPS performance rolls out q2 of 2012 with Ice Cream Sandwich for 600 bucks for 32 gig it goes without saying the tablet market is cuckoo we probably just reviewed three more models since I've been standing here so you got to go check out cnet.com click on the tablets link on the left to get the latest i'm brian Cooley thanks for watching