Tech & Co.

The year 2012 has finally wrapped up with the releases of many fantastic smartphones and tablets. 2012 surprised us with many groundbreaking releases, such as Apple's first Retina iPad, Google's first tablet, and the introduction of quad-core processors. With the release of many devices, there are some that stand out above the crowd and rise to become our favorites. Here's our favorite devices of 2012. Best Device   AT&T HTC One X   The HTC One X is the closest you can get to a perfect device. It had the best display on the market at the time (bested by only the HTC Droid DNA today), the super fast Snapdragon S4 processor, a fantastic eight megapixel f/2.0 camera paired with HTC's great Imagesense chip, a beautiful polycarbonate unibody design, and a great skin on top of Android Ice Cream Sandwich. Sense was one of the first Ice Cream Sandwich skins that actually improved  Android, and it was a great refresh of Sense. The international version was plagued...

Just a month ago, Apple released their brand-new iPad Mini. This was the smaller, less expensive version of the iPad with its 7.9 inch screen and its $329 price tag. How does the iPad Mini stack up to the Nexus 7 and the Kindle Fire HD? Is this the portable tablet to buy? To answer these questions, read on for our first impressions on the iPad Mini. Look and Feel The iPad Mini is an incredible piece of hardware. It feels very nice in the hand with the aluminum back and the glass front, and it is very light and thin at 308 grams and 7.2 millimeters thin. The iPad Mini feels like a very premium device, as it should feel, and feels extremely solid. We would definitely say that the iPad Mini is one of the best feeling devices we have ever felt. The iPad Mini comes in two colors: black & slate and white & silver. The unit we tested was the black and slate version and it looks fantastic. The black version has this dark, ominous feel to it. The white version is nice, but it do...