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Although Toshiba has made various types of 'tablet' computer for years, it has finally release a pure 'slate' version of a Windows 7 tablet, and as you'd expect, it's ready for Windows 8, with the only question being how powerful it is given it's powered by an Atom processor.

Although Microsoft is now extremely belatedly bringing in a clone of Apple's Magic Mouse, where the heck is Microsoft's photocopied Magic Trackpad?

Boldy going where other telcos will likely follow, the new touch-enabled BlackBerry Bold 9900 and Torch 9860 will be lighting up Optus stores 'from early September'.

Ok, so Fujitsu actually calls this a 'slate' rather than a tablet, and has aimed it squarely at the enterprise/business user rather than the larger consumer market that 'modern' tablets target, but if you need a Windows 7 tablet to run Windows 7 apps, this is one tab you might take a stab at.

Microsoft's newly unveiled Windows 8 demo has showcased the company's ability to, after a bazillion previous tablet attempts, finally come up with an OS and UI that looks like it might finally marry the tablet and desktop PC worlds into one harmonious union - despite some Apple-like behaviour.

With Apple's Mac OS X 10.7 promising the power of Mac OS X and the magic of iPad, it looks like Redmond's photocopiers have been running so hot, they've finally managed to blend the desktop power of Windows 7 with the magic of the Windows Phone 7 experience, with 7 plus 7 clearly equalling 8!

N-Trig, the company behind capacitive multitouch screen technology that works with fingers and also a stylus, has released two videos which show the practical applications of how its technology 'enhances the multi-touch experience by giving people more options and ways of connecting with their computers'.

In the quest to be 'different' from Apple, it looks like N-Trig's 'Pen and Multi-Touch' technology will see Android OS tablets able to work with finger tips through its capacitive screen, while also letting users have the accuracy that only a stylus can truly bring - will the iPad 2 offer the same?

The first Android phone with Telstra's Blue Tick for better rural and regional coverage, and the first to be water, dust and scratch resistant, Moto's defiant DEFY sports a 3.7-inch multi-touch screen yet is still smaller than an iPhone while blending a more polished version of Android 2.1 enhanced with MotoBlur 1.5 for a more pleasurable Android experience.

With AT&T's iPhone exclusivity under threat, and plenty of multi-touch high-end smartphones now available from the iNvincble iPhone through to wonderous new WP7 phones, Android 2.2 achievers and Nokia's notables is BlackBerry's shining light: the multi-touch, multi-input Torch 9800.