by Rory Cellan-Jones of the BBC
I didn’t quite believe it until I saw it in the catalogue. Next, the UK fashion retailer, is selling a tablet computer, and at £180 it looks like an attractive alternative to Apple’s iPad, which starts at more than twice the price. The pictures in the Next Directory made it look just like, well, an iPad, with a 10-inch touchscreen, wireless networking and plenty of applications. It runs on Google’s Android operating system, has all sorts of connectivity options – something you won’t find on Apple’s tablet – and all in all looks like it could be a hot new gadget from an unlikely source.
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