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<h1 style="text-align: center;">the best tablets -&nbsp;2014-06</h1>
<h2>[WHAT]</h2>
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<li>] THE&nbsp;GOAL - to create a shortlist of the best tablets, currently available</li>
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<li>] to choose from before we buy</li>
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<li>] THE PLAN - </li>
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<li>] to see&nbsp;what 'the experts' have to say about&nbsp;which are the&nbsp;best tablets currently available (2014-06) and then use those 'experts selections'&nbsp;to create a 'short list' of 'best tablet contenders'. </li>
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<li>]&nbsp;THE PROCESS - </li>
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<li>]&nbsp;We started by google' ing the&nbsp;'best tablets of 2014' and then&nbsp;started to&nbsp;process the 740 Million results, sort of ...</li>
<li>] 740M results is a lot of processing, so we took&nbsp;what google has ranked as the top (5)&nbsp;articles in relation to the&nbsp;'best tablets 2014'&nbsp;query</li>
<li>] We <a href="/view/article?id=3222" target="_blank">reviewed each of these articles</a> and compiled a listing of all of their collective choices for the best tablets of 2014</li>
<li>] This gave us a listing of approximately&nbsp;50 of the 'best&nbsp;tablets' to start with.</li>
<li>] We&nbsp;then removed the 'duplicates', the tablets that had been 'chosen as a best tablet' by multiple reviewers.</li>
<li>]&nbsp;Consensus **</li>
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<li>] Consensus is generally good&nbsp;so we have denoted those tablets with&nbsp;that were chosen as 'best' by multiple reviewers with a double asterik(**) in the 1 line description that follows the tablet name below.</li>
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<li>] unanimous ***</li>
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<li>] unanimously selected - there were 2 tablets that made everyones 'best tablet' list. we have denoted these&nbsp;'unanamous selections' with a&nbsp;triple asterik(***) in the 1 line description.</li>
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<li>] Are we done, can we now make our short list, just these&nbsp;2 tablets? </li>
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<li>] Well, not necessarily, obviously these 2 are some great tablets, but before we place our order, there are some other 'key factors' we should take into consideration.</li>
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<li>]( ] the next question ] what are the&nbsp;'key factors' that are most important to you)<ol>
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<li>] This brought us down to the list of&nbsp;the 20 best tablets that you see LISTED below.</li>
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<li>] but having 20 tablets to choose from is still a&nbsp;fair bit&nbsp;of choices to make.</li>
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<li>] THE RESULTS </li>
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<li>] There were only (2) tablets that were unanimously selected as&nbsp;the 'best tablet' across all (5) of the 'best tablets of 2014&nbsp;review articles' that we reviewed. </li>
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<li>]&nbsp;This is a precursor article&nbsp;to 'choosing the best tablet for you'.</li>
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<li>] we break down what are the 'key factors' for choosing a tablet to meet your particular needs and then use those factors to assist in further narrowing down your tablet selection list to just those tablets that best meet your specific requirements.</li>
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<h2>[WHY]</h2>
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<li>]&nbsp;to create a 'short list' of&nbsp;the best&nbsp;tablets to choose from before you hit your shopping channel.</li>
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<li>aka we did the research, so you dont have to ...</li>
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<h2>[WHERE 'consensus' says these are currently some of the best tablets available ]</h2>
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<li>] <a href="/view/article?id=3230" target="_blank">amazon kindle fire hdx&nbsp;7</a></li>
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<li>x] 7", android*, &lt;400</li>
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<li>]<a href="/view/article?id=3218" target="_blank">&nbsp;apple&nbsp;ipad air </a></li>
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<li>x] 9.7", ios 7, &gt; 500, ***</li>
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<li>] <a href="/view/article?id=3228" target="_blank">apple ipad mini retina </a></li>
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<li>x] 7", ios 7, &lt;400, ***</li>
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<li>] <a href="/view/article?id=3229" target="_blank">google nexus 7 </a></li>
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<li>x] 7", android, &lt;300</li>
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<li>] <a href="/view/article?id=3231" target="_blank">lg g pad 8.3</a></li>
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<li>x] 8.3",&nbsp;android 4.2 jellybean, &lt;400</li>
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<li>] <a href="/view/article?id=3227" target="_blank">microsoft surface pro 2</a></li>
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<li>x] 11", win 8.x, &gt; 500</li>
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<li>] <a href="/view/article?id=3225" target="_blank">sony experia z, </a></li>
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<li>x] 10", android 4.x, &lt;500</li>
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<li>] <a href="/view/article?id=3226" target="_blank">sony experia z2</a></li>
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<li>x]&nbsp;10", android 4.x, &gt;500</li>
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<li>] <a href="/view/article?id=3224" target="_blank">tesco hudl 7</a></li>
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<li>x] 7", android&nbsp;4.x, &lt;200</li>
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<li>] apple ipad mini retina, ios, 3-500</li>
<li>] <a href="/view/article?id=3233" target="_blank">samsung galaxy note pro</a>, </li>
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<li>x] 12.2", android 4.4 kitkat&nbsp;&gt; 500</li>
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<li>] <a href="/view/article?id=3241" target="_blank">lenovo miix 2,</a> </li>
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<li>] 8",&nbsp;windows 8.x,&nbsp;&lt;300&nbsp;</li>
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<li>] <a href="/view/article?id=3246" target="_blank">asus memo pad hd 7</a> </li>
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<li>] 7", android 4.2, &lt; 200</li>
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<li>] <a href="/view/article?id=3248" target="_blank">samsung galaxy note 8</a></li>
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<li>] 8", android 4.1, &lt; 400</li>
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<li>] amazon kindle fire hdx 8.9</li>
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<li>] 8.9", android amazon, &lt;400</li>
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<li>] barnes&amp;noble nook hd +</li>
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<li>]</li>
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<li>] <a href="/view/article?id=3249" target="_blank">samsung galaxy tab pro 8.4</a></li>
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<li>] 8.4", android 4.4 kitkat, &lt;400</li>
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<li>] tegra note 7</li>
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<li>]</li>
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<li>] dell venue pro </li>
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<li>]</li>
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<li>] <a href="/view/article?id=3234" target="_blank">samsung galaxy note 10.1</a>,</li>
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<li>] 10.1", android 4.3 jellybeand, &lt;500</li>
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<h2>[WHEN]</h2>
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<li>] 2014-05-17</li>
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<h2>[EXAMPLE - of how some 'key factors' can shorten your 'short list' quickly]</h2>
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<li>] SMALL TABLETS &lt; $200 usd</li>
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<li>] <a href="/view/article?id=3246" target="_blank">asus memo pad hd 7, android</a></li>
<li>] <a href="/view/article?id=3224" target="_blank">tesco hudl, 7", android</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li>]</li>
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<li>] SMALL TABLETS &lt; $400 usd </li>
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<li>] <a href="/view/article?id=3230" target="_blank">amazon kindle fire hdx&nbsp;7", android*</a>,</li>
<li>] <a href="/view/article?id=3228" target="_blank">apple ipad mini retina, 7", ios</a>,</li>
<li>] <a href="/view/article?id=3229" target="_blank">google nexus 7, 7", android</a>,</li>
<li>] <a href="/view/article?id=3231" target="_blank">lg g pad 8.2, android</a></li>
<li>]&nbsp;<a href="/view/article?id=3248" target="_blank">samsung galaxy note 8, android 4.2</a></li>
<li>] <a href="/view/article?id=3249" target="_blank">samsung galaxy tab pro 8.4, android 4.4</a></li>
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<li>] LARGE TABLETS &lt; $600 usd</li>
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<li>] <a href="/view/article?id=3234" target="_blank">samsung galaxy note 10.1</a>,</li>
<li>] <a href="/view/article?id=3225" target="_blank">sony experia z, 10", android</a>,</li>
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<li>] LARGE TABLETS &gt; $600 usd</li>
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<li>] <a href="/view/article?id=3218" target="_blank">apple&nbsp;ipad air, 9.7", ios7</a></li>
<li>] <a href="/view/article?id=3227" target="_blank">microsoft surface pro 2, 11", win 8.x</a>,</li>
<li>] <a href="/view/article?id=3233" target="_blank">samsung galaxy note pro</a>,</li>
<li>] <a href="/view/article?id=3226" target="_blank">sony experia z2, 10", android</a>,</li>
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<h2>[HOW-TO -&nbsp;some more factors to consider in choosing the 'best tablet' for you]</h2>
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<li>] PRICE how much do you want to spend?<ol>
<li>]&nbsp;&gt; 600</li>
<li>] &lt; 600</li>
<li>]&nbsp;&lt; 500</li>
<li>] &lt; 400</li>
<li>] &lt; 300</li>
<li>] &lt; 200</li>
<li>] &lt; 100&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
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<li>]&nbsp;SIZE matters - what size do you prefer? small, medium or large</li>
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<li>SMALL] &lt; 7.9"</li>
<li>MEDIUM] &gt; 8" - 10"</li>
<li>LARGE] &gt; 10"</li>
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<li>] OS ios OR android OR windows 8.x OR other</li>
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<li>] ios&nbsp;-</li>
<li>] android -</li>
<li>] windows -&nbsp;</li>
<li>] other -</li>
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<li>] CONNECTIVITY - </li>
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<li>] LTE - internet is always available - requires a cell carrier and a data plan</li>
<li>] wifi - internet is only&nbsp;available when you&nbsp;are &nbsp;connected to a wifi network -</li>
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<li>] YOUR USE CASE(S)- What DO you plan to 'do with' your tablet - </li>
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<li>]&nbsp;consumption only - &nbsp;web browsing, email, ebooks, music playbook,</li>
<li>] production&nbsp;-&nbsp;audio, video, photos, , creating documents, editing documents, ???</li>
<li>] both -</li>
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<h2>[REFERENCE]</h2>
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<li>] <a href="/view/article?id=3222" target="_blank">the research</a></li>
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<li>] an article outlining the results that we reviewed to compile the above list&nbsp;of tablets&nbsp;</li>
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&nbsp;<a href="http://blog.laptopmag.com/tablet-buying-guide">http://blog.laptopmag.com/tablet-buying-guide</a>
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