2011 was the first year that the iPad finally had some competition. The top competition came from fire-sale pricing, cool factors and innovation.
Although the iPad 2 was the most popular review for the entire year, the following tablets received honors for trying, pricing and other factors:
Wireless and Mobile News' Hottest Tablet of 2011
We called the HP TouchPad the "tablet that would not die." It's fire-sale pricing was so hot that after HP blew out the 16GB models for $99 and the 32GB models for $149, the tablets showed up on eBay for higher prices. Employees then depleted the TouchPad stock and retailers used the low-priced tablets as promotions to HP computer buyers.
