The team behind the discontinued Fuduntu Linux distribution are shifting their focus yet again. Earlier this year the team announced plans to stop developing Fuduntu due to declining support for GNOME 2 and GTK2. Instead they had hoped to build a new operating system called Cloverleaf that would be based on OpenSUSE. Now it looks like that won't be happening...
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Former Fuduntu team now developing Cloverleaf add-on for OpenSuSE Linux is a post from: Liliputing
Physical buttons on smartphone seem to be an endangered species. But sometimes it's easier to control your phone with the press of a button than an on-screen gesture. Enter Pressy. The developers are raising funds on Kickstarter in the hopes of bringing a customizable, physical button to Android smartphones. It's a little device that you connect to your phone simply...
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Pressy is a $17 button that controls your phone through the headphone jack is a post from: Liliputing
Archos is set to roll out a whole slew of new Android devices at the IFA trade show in Berlin next week. That includes new tablets with quad-core processors, high-resolution displays, and keyboard covers and a new flagship smartphone The company also says that future plans include other connected objects, "including a unique Smart Watch concept." More details should be...
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Archos updates its tablet, smartphone lineup ahead of IFA 2013 is a post from: Liliputing
Acer has released a few low-cost Android tablets with 7 and 8 inch screens this year, but it's been a while since we've seen a new 10 inch model from Acer. It looks like that could soon change. A new tablet called the Acer Iconia A3 showed up the GFXBench website recently, and it appears to be a budget 10...
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Acer Iconia A3 budget tablet with MediaTek CPU on the way? is a post from: Liliputing
Ever since Barnes & Noble dropped the price of its NOOK HD+ tablet to $149, it's been one of the best bargains in the Android tablet world. That's a pretty great price for a tablet featuring a 9 inch, 1920 x 1280 pixel display, an ARM Cortex-A9 dual-core processor, full access to the Google Play Store, and a microSD card...
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Deals of the Day (8-29-2013) is a post from: Liliputing
Kobo's new tablets are on the way. Amazon's flagship eReader is out of stock (suggesting a new model could be on the way). Google's flagship smartphone gets a price cut. And a solution for turning your smartphone into a tablet emerges. Here's a look back at some of the top stories from the week that was. Kobo Arc 10HD tablet...
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Most popular Liliputing articles from 8/24 – 8/30 is a post from: Liliputing
The Samsung Galaxy NX is a pro-level 20MP DSLR camera with support for interchangeable lenses, a 1/6000 of a second shutter speed, and the ability to shoot 8.6 frames per second. It also happens to run Google Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, has a 4.8 inch touchscreen display, and connects to the internet over WiFi, 3G, or 4G LTE. Those features...
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Samsung Galaxy NX coming in October for $1700 (Android-powered DSLR) is a post from: Liliputing
There are basically two ways to offer a 3G-capable tablet. You can offer hardware that has built-in cellular data capabilities, or you can offer a WiFi-only tablet and an optional 3G adapter. Huawei has a slightly different approach. The company is starting to push its new UltraStick solution which is a tiny 3G module that device makers can easily add...
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Huawei UltraStick could bring 3G to low-cost tablets is a post from: Liliputing
The Dell XPS 12 ultrabook is both a tablet and laptop. The screen is held in place by a frame which allows you to rotate the display so it's either facing toward the keyboard or away from it. When it's facing away, you can simply close the lid to turn the laptop into a tablet. Typically the XPS 12 sells...
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Deals of the Day (8-30-2013) is a post from: Liliputing
It's been nearly two years since Amazon released the original Kindle Fire and Barnes & Noble launched its NOOK Tablet (which was technically the company's second tablet). While each company offers limited updates and support for those aging devices, the hardware's still pretty useful -- especially thanks to independent developers who continue to bring Google's latest versions of Android to...
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CyanogenMod 10.2 brings Android 4.3 to aging Kindle Fire, NOOK Tablet is a post from: Liliputing
Companies including Dropbox, Box, Google, Amazon, and Microsoft have been offering users anywhere from 2GB to 25GB of free cloud storage for the past few years. You can use that space to store your music, movies, documents, or other files and access them on any PC or mobile device -- and if you happen to need more storage space, most...
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Chinese companies offer up to 10TB of free cloud storage, laugh at Dropbox, Google Drive is a post from: Liliputing
Want a 9.7 inch tablet with a 2048 x 1536 pixel display and a quad-core processor, but don't want to pay for it? Well, it might just be your lucky weekend, because we're giving one away. The Nextway F9X tablet features an Allwinner A31 processor, a high-resolution display, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of storage, and Android 4.1 Jelly Bean software....
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Nextway F9X tablet giveaway is a post from: Liliputing
A few years ago a company called WIMM Labs started showing a smartwatch with a 1 inch screen and an Android-based operating system. It might have been a bit ahead of its time -- in the next year Samsung, Apple, and many other companies are expected to launch their own smartwatches, while WIMM's device has sort of faded out of...
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WIMM Labs acquisition brings smartwatch expertise to Google is a post from: Liliputing
Lenovo may be preparing to expand its line of Yoga convertible tablets. The Yoga line of devices look like laptops at first glance, and you can use them as laptops. But you can also push the screen back 360 degrees until it rests below the keyboard and allows you to use the device as a tablet. Right now Lenovo offers...
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Is Lenovo working on a 10 inch Yoga tablet? is a post from: Liliputing
Folks have been running Ubuntu, Fedora, and other GNU/Linux operating systems on devices like the MK802 mini PC for well over a year. While the Allwinner A10 processor that powers those devices isn't the most powerful ARM-based chip around (not by a long shot), it's inexpensive and provides enough power for basic tasks such as web browsing or editing documents....
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Open source HD video drivers for Allwinner A10 chips on the way is a post from: Liliputing
Sony has been offering Google TV boxes for a few years, and up until now they've all looked like small set-top-boxes. But Sony's next model is a small stick that you can plug right into your TV's HDMI port so it hides behind or to the side of your television. Like earlier models, the new Sony NSZ-GU1 is designed to...
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Sony’s next Google TV box is a stick that plugs directly into your TV is a post from: Liliputing
Up until recently, Hugo Barra was one of the most visible faces behind Google Android. As vice president of Android Product Management, Barra was a regular at Google's press and developer events, often showing off new devices and features. Now he's showing off a new job: Barra is leaving Google after more than 5 years with the company. He's moving...
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Xiaomi hires Google’s Hugo Barra, signals international ambitions is a post from: Liliputing
You may not be able to buy a MeCam flying camera for $49 just yet (it's expected to hit the streets in 2014). But $49 is enough to buy you a tiny quad-coptor that you can control with your smartphone. Hex is a nanocoptor kit that's based on open source designs, and which is expected to ship in December. The...
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Hex: A $49 open source, smartphone-controller nanocopter hits Kickstarter is a post from: Liliputing
Steve Job's Apple Inc has maintained a tradition since its inception of releasing a new iPhone per year as compared with its competitors. We all know that these competitors have released many models and versions in any given year whereas iPhone has released 5 models only since it was first introduced in the year 2007. […]
Apple Set to Deliver iPhone 5S: The Best Smartphone Ever Build is a post from: Eee PC
Microsoft has put the finishing touches on Windows 8.1, and the software's ready to hit the streets. But it won't actually do that for another month and a half. What Microsoft is doing right now is releasing Windows 8.1 to its hardware partners, which means that on October 18th you'll be able to buy a new PC with the software...
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Windows 8.1 is ready to go, won’t launch until October 17th is a post from: Liliputing
It's been a few months since Google acquired mobile mapping service Waze and promised to bring crowd-sourced data about traffic accidents and other conditions on the roads to Google Maps. Now it's available. Waze incident reports about construction, road closures, and other conditions will start showing up in Google Maps for Mobile in the US, UK, France, Germany, and other parts...
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Lilbits (8-20-2013): Google Maps gets crowd-source traffic updates is a post from: Liliputing
Google has finished rolling out Google Play Services 3.2 to most Android phones and tablets around the world. What that means is that folks running Android just received updates that should save battery life when using location services, enable support for a few new key features in third party apps, and you can remotely locate or wipe your device using...
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Google Play Services 3.2 brings remote wiping to most Android phones, tablets is a post from: Liliputing
Barnes & Noble appears to be reversing a decision to stop making color NOOK tablets like the NOOK HD and NOOK HD+. The company has been offering affordable tablets with an Android-based operating system and a focus on apps for reading digital content from the B&N store for the past few years -- but the NOOK lineup hasn't had the...
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B&N plans to continue developing NOOK tablets after all is a post from: Liliputing
A growing number of smartphones are shipping with NFC, or Near Field Communication technology. This lets you send information between devices by tapping them together. For example you can share a photo with a friend or make a mobile payment from a digital wallet app. But a team of researchers is showing off a way you can transmit more than...
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E Ink screen draws images, power from NFC-enabled smartphone is a post from: Liliputing
The Asus FonePad is a 7 inch Android tablet that also functions as an unusually large smartphone. Introduced earlier this year, the FonePad is available in select markets -- but an unannounced Asus FonePad HD 7 also appears to be on the way. Details about the new model have been leaking for a few weeks, and now retail listings are...
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Asus FonePad HD 7 hits Europe for about $300 is a post from: Liliputing
Barnes & Noble's NOOK Simple Touch is a 6 inch eReader with an E Ink screen. For a little more money you can also get the NOOK Simple Touch with GlowLight, which offers a side-light for reading in dim or dark environments. Up until recently the GlowLight model sold for $119, but this weekend Barnes & Noble slashed $20 off...
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Deals of the Day (8-19-2013) is a post from: Liliputing
One of Google Android's strong suits has always been it's support for multi-tasking. When you leave an app to do something else on your phone, most apps will continue to run in a low-power state in the background, letting you stream music while you surf the web or pick up right where you left off in a game. But multi-tasking...
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ParanoidAndroid Halo 2.0: Multi-tasking reimagined is a post from: Liliputing
At a time when 1920 x 1080 pixel displays are becoming the norm for high-end Android smartphones, it's not surprising that device makers are starting to cram full HD screens into 7 inch tablets as well. Asus and Google put a 1920 x 1200 pixel screen into the 2013 model Nexus 7 tablet, and it looks like Amazon's about to...
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Next-gen Kindle Fire HD 7 to have a full HD display (probably) is a post from: Liliputing
Samsung is reportedly working on a 12 inch tablet which could launch as soon as October. The Korea Economic Daily says Samsung's first 12 inch tablet will probably have a high-resolution Samsung display, but the publication's report is light on other details. The report follows a story last month suggesting Samsung would launch a 12.2 inch tablet with a speedy...
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Samsung’s 12 inch tablet could come in October is a post from: Liliputing
The Asus MeMO Pad FHD 10 is a WiFi-only Android tablet with a 10 inch, 1920 x 1200 pixel display and an Intel Atom Z2560 Clover Trail+ processor. So you'd be forgiven for thinking Asus would keep the basic specs the same when releasing a new model with 4G LTE wireless capabilities. But it turns out Asus had other ideas...
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Asus MeMO Pad FHD 10 LTE to pack a Qualcomm Snapdragon chip is a post from: Liliputing
Developer Koushik Dutta has been busy developing a series of apps that lets you stream all sorts of content from an Android phone to a Google Chromecast. Now he's released a test version of an app called AirCast which lets you stream videos from the Android gallery app, Dropbox, or Google Drive to your TV using a Chromecast. There's a...
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AirCast: Stream videos from Android Gallery, Drive, or Dropbox to Chromecast is a post from: Liliputing
The Acer C7 Chromebook is one of the cheapest laptops money can buy. It's an 11.6 inch notebook with an Intel Celeron processor and Google's Chrome operating system. It may not be the most powerful computer or the most versatile operating system around, but at $200 and up, it's a pretty good bargain for folks who already think the web...
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Deals of the Day (8-14-2013) is a post from: Liliputing
Mozilla is finally preparing to launch a version of the Firefox web browser designed to run in the Windows 8 full-screen "Modern" or "Metro" user interface. While Mozilla's been working on the software for well over a year, it won't launch until more than a year after Windows 8 hit the streets. In fact, the new version of Firefox won't...
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Firefox for Windows Windows 8 Metro finally coming… in December is a post from: Liliputing
Microsoft will release Windows 8.1 starting October 17th. It's a free update for Windows 8.1 users, and you'll be able to download and install it through the Windows Store utility. Starting October 18th, Windows 8.1 will also be available for purchase at retail stores, and it'll come pre-loaded on new PCs. Interestingly, October 17th is also the launch date for...
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Windows 8.1 launches October 17th, 2013 is a post from: Liliputing
Debian has been around for 20 years, and we're only on version 7.1 of the open source, community-supported operating system. That's because the folks behind this operating system like to take their time. Whereas Ubuntu launches a new version of its Linux-based operating system every six months, rain or shine, Debian releases are ready when they're ready... and when they...
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Lilbits (8-16-2013): Debian turns 20 is a post from: Liliputing
Over the past year dozens of companies have released tiny stick-sized devices that you can plug into a TV to run Android apps or stream internet video. Now there's a new model on the way, but it run a version of Aliyun OS instead of Android. It's called the TianXianPei K2, and it's due to hit China later in August....
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TianXianPei K2 TV stick runs Aliyun OS is a post from: Liliputing
Tired of waiting for an affordable 8 inch Android tablet and don't feel like buying a model from a Chinese company you've never heard of? It looks like Archos is about to launch an iPad mini-sized tablet with a relatively speedy processor and reasonably low price tag. The Archos 80b Platinum is up for pre-order for about $200. Sure, French...
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Archos 80b Platinum tablet with RK3188 quad-core chip coming soon is a post from: Liliputing
The new 2013 model Google Nexus 7 is probably one of the best Android tablets you can buy these days, thanks to an excellent display, a speedy processor, and the latest verison of Google's Android operating system. Normally the new Nexus 7 sells for $230 and up. But right now you can pick one up for just $200. Here are...
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Deals of the Day (8-16-2013) is a post from: Liliputing
Asus is one of the few major PC companies that still makes inexpensive laptops with 10 inch screens. Earlier this year the company released the Asus 1015E Windows 8 laptop with a 10 inch display and Intel Celeron dual-core processor. Now it looks like the company may be preparing a new model with an AMD Temash processor. Swedish site SweClockers...
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Asus VivoBook X102BA: 10 inch mini-laptop with AMD Temash is a post from: Liliputing
Samsung will probably introduce the Galaxy Note III in the next month or so, but Samsung isn't the only company offering big phones with support for handwritten notes or doodles. Alcatel's upcoming OneTouch Scribe Pro is a phone with a huge screen and a stylus. Eldar Murtazin leaked some details about the phone this week, and says it'll be available...
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Alcatel OneTouch Scribe Pro to rival Samsung’s Galaxy Note in size, note-taking ability is a post from: Liliputing
One of these days Apple will probably get around to introducing an iPad mini with a Retina display. But it looks like Apple may have competition in the 8 inch, high-resolution tablet space. HP appears to be working on a tablet called the HP Slate 8 Pro, and if leaked benchmark results are anything to go by, it has a...
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Most popular Liliputing articles from the week of 8/10 – 8/16 is a post from: Liliputing
The ZTE Open is one of the first phones to ship with Mozilla's Firefox OS. While it's not exactly an incredible piece of hardware, the phone does have a few things going for it: It's cheap, and it's now available in the US. You can order one from ZTE's eBay store for $80. The smartphone has a 3.5 inch, 320...
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Now you can buy a ZTE Open Firefox OS phone for $80 is a post from: Liliputing
Amazon's expected to launch a new line of Kindle Fire tablets this fall, and according to reports, we may be able to expect models with high-definition displays and blazing-fast processors. Now benchmark results from GFXBench would seem to confirm those reports. The benchmark website has been choc full of scores and specifications for unannounced devices in recent months, and now...
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Amazon tablet benchmarks hint at 2560 x 1600 pixel display, Snapdragon 800 PCU is a post from: Liliputing
Microsoft may not be having a lot of success selling its own Windows RT tablet, and other device makers may be pulling their support for the platform altogether. But that apparently hasn't deterred Nokia. The Finnish phone maker is reportedly preparing to launch its first Windows RT tablet in September. Lat month benchmark results for a Nokia tablet showed up...
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Mounting evidence of a Nokia Windows RT tablet (now with photos) is a post from: Liliputing
Before Lenovo acquired IBM's personal computer business in 2005, the company wasn't all that well known in the US. But in 2013 the Chinese device maker was named the largest PC vendor in the world. What's a bit surprising is that Lenovo actually sold more phones and tablets than PCs in the most recent fiscal quarter. Lenovo's mobile devices still...
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World’s largest PC vendor sells more phones, tablets than PCs (Lenovo) is a post from: Liliputing
Most smartphones on the market have widescreen displays, with aspect ratios of roughly 16:9 or 3:2. But LG's Vu line of phones takes its cue from old-fashioned televisions and PC monitors, using a 4:3 display. Last year's LG Optimus Vu II, for instance, has a 5 inch, 1024 x 768 pixel display. Now the company is reportedly working on a...
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LG Vu III smartphone with 5.2 inch, 4:3 display on the way is a post from: Liliputing
A few days ago we featured a deal on a refurbished Asus Zenbook ultrabook selling for less than $600 and featuring an Intel Ivy Bridge processor, a 1600 x 900 pixel display, and weighing less than three pounds. Now you can pick up an even better model with a 1920 x 1080 pixel touchscreen display for close to the same...
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Deals of the Day (8-15-2013) is a post from: Liliputing
Bookseller Kobo offers a line of eReaders and tablets. And unlike Barnes & Noble, there's good reason to believe that Kobo has no plans to stop selling Android tablets anytime soon. A few weeks ago details about an unannounced product called the Kobo Arc 10 HD started making the rounds. It's expected to feature a 10 inch, 2560 x 1600...
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Lilbits (8-15-2013): Kobo Arc HD tablets on the way? is a post from: Liliputing
At first glance, the EPICT EPP-100 looks like just another pico projector. It's a tiny device that can project an image onto a screen or wall. But inside the 2.7" x 2.4" x 2.2" case are the guts of an Android smartphone or tablet. In other words, once you connect a mouse, keyboard, or other peripheral you can use the...
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EPICT EPP-100 is an Android PC with a pico projector is a post from: Liliputing
Skype is fast becoming the official communication tool of Microsoft Windows. Microsoft acquired Skype in 2011, last year Microsoft announced plans to retire Windows Live Messenger and replace it with Skype, and soon the app will come pre-loaded in Windows. When Windows 8.1 rolls out starting October 17th, 2013, there will be a Skype icon on the Start Screen. Skype...
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Skype comes pre-loaded on Windows 8.1 is a post from: Liliputing
Samsung is introducing a new smartphone with a somewhat old name. The Samsung Galaxy S II TV is a phone with a 4 inch display and an extendable antenna that you can use to pick up broadcast television signals in Brazil and other parts of South America. The original Galaxy S II was released in 2011 with specs that were...
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Samsung Galaxy S II TV is a Brazilian smartphone with broadcast TV support is a post from: Liliputing
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