Monday, September 30, 2013

Is Lenovo working on a 0.4 inch thick ThinkPad ultrabook?

Lenovo may be working on a new ultrabook that’s just less than 10mm, or about 0.4 inches thick. That would make it one of the thinnest laptops on the market, and it’s also expected to be very light, at about 2.2 pounds. Japanese site Yesky has pictures of the ridiculously thin laptop, and if Yesky’s […]

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PicUntu 4.4.3 brings Ubuntu Linux to devices with RK3188 quad-core chips

Have an Android tablet or TV box with a Rockchip RK3188 processor, and wish it ran a desktop operating system rather than a mobile OS? A new build of PicUntu is available, bringing the full Ubuntu Linux experience to devices with RK3188 processors. The Rockchip RK3188 processor is a quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 chip with Mali […]

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Ads coming to Gmail app for Android

Google Android may be installed on more smartphones than any other mobile operating system, but since Google offers the software for free, the company doesn’t actually make money from Android. Instead, Google figures that the more time people spend interacting with its services such as Google Search, Gmail, and Google Maps, the more money the […]

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Allwinner unveils Allwinner A80 Octa processor

Chinese chip maker Allwinner plans to launch its first octa-core chip. The Allwinner A80 Octa features 8 processor cores and uses ARM’s big.LITTLE technology to pair a set of high-performance cores with lower-power cores in order to balance performance and battery life in phones, tablets, and other mobile devices. Allwinner tells us the chip design […]

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Sunday, September 29, 2013

Amazon launches Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 with 2560 x 1600px display

Amazon’s new 8.9 inch tablet features a higher-resolution display, a faster processor, and longer battery life than last year’s model. The new Kindle HDX 8.9 is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 quad-core processor, features a 2560 x 1600 pixel display, and offers up to 12 hours of battery life with mixed-use, or 18 hours […]

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Acer C720 Chromebook may have optional touchscreen

More details about Acer’s new Chromebook are emerging. The 11.6 inch Chrome OS laptop is expected to have an Intel Celeron 2955U Haswell processor for better performance and longer battery life than earlier models. Now it looks like Acer will also offer a range of options, including support for up to 4GB of RAM and […]

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Unannounced (but longer rumored) Nokia Tablet hits the FCC

Nokia’s upcoming tablet made its way through the FCC this weekend. While the phone maker has yet to actually announce that it’s building a tablet, a dig through the Dipole Validation Kit Reports shows a few diagrams which show that the device is a tablet. There aren’t any details about the processor, operating system, or […]

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Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 7 tablet offers full-HD experience for $229

Now that Amazon’s cheapest 7 inch tablet features an HD display, Amazon is going a step further for its top-tier model. The Kindle Fire HDX 7 features a full HD, 1920 x 1200 pixel display, matching the new Google Nexus 7 pixel-for-pixel. But that’s not the only new feature you get with Amazon’s new $229 […]

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Acer Iconia W4 8 inch Windows 8.1 tablet with Bay Trail on the way?

Acer has already announced plans to launch an 8 inch Android tablet with an Intel Atom Bay Trail processor. Now it looks like a new Windows 8.1 model is also in the works. The Android model will likely be called the Acer Iconia A1, and it’s expected to feature a Bay Trail chip and a […]

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Lilbits (9-26-2013): Portable wireless battery for your phone

Some of the top smartphones on the market today have speedy processors, big screens, and batteries which you can’t replace yourself. So if you run out of juice, you’ll need to either find a place to plug in — or an external battery which you can use to charge on the go. Mugen Power Batteries […]

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