The Cube U30GT2 is an amazing tablet that sells for a great price and has only one tragic flaw: poor WiFi range. If you can get around the limited WiFi performance, the tablet has an excellent display, a fast processor, and a pretty solid software experience. Geekbuying sells the tablet for $263, but the store sent me a Cube U30GT2…
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The developers of Pinguy Linux have released version 13.04, which is based on Ubuntu 13.04. But it includes a number of features that you don’t get from a standard Ubuntu installation. Meanwhile, a hacker has figured out a way to bypass the bootloader and install custom firmware on the AT&T and Verizon models of the Samsung Galaxy S4, and E…
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Tizen is a Linux-based operating system that’s backed by Samsung and which is expected to ship on Samsung smartphones this year. But the OS isn’t just for mobile devices like phones and tablets. The folks at Tizen Experts got a chance to check out an early demo of Tizen running on an ultrabook, and it looks like a pretty it offers…
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PC makers are expected to launch plenty of new laptops, tablets, and hybrid devices featuring Intel Haswell processors at the Computex trade show in Taiwan in June. But some Haswell-powered devices are starting to show up a bit early. The Asus VivoBook V551 is an ultrabook with a 15.6 inch display and an Intel Core i7-4500U Haswell chip and an…
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Google’s annual developer conference came and went this month without the launch of a new version of the Android operating system. But web publishers (including this one) have noticed a growing number of visits from folks using mobile devices identified as running Android 4.3 in recent weeks… and now a member of the xda-developers forum has published a few pictures…
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As expected, Walmart is now selling two new low-cost Android tablets from Hisense. And while they’re selling for the list prices of $99 and $149, respectively, they’re still among the best tablets you can get for those prices, so I figured I’d highlight them one more time. The $99 tablet is notable mostly for its low price. But the $149…
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Chinese device maker VOYO plans to launch an Android tablet with a 2 GHz Samsung Exynos 5250 dual-core processor. It joins the growing ranks of tablets featuring the speedy ARM Cortex-A15 processor. But it’s one of the first to sport a large 11.6 inch display. Padhz reports the VOYO A15 has an 11.6 inch, 1920 x 1080 pixel IPS display,…
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Intel’s 4th generation Core processors are designed to use less electricity while providing better performance than their predecessors. In fact, Computer World reports Intel is now saying that laptops with the upcoming “Haswell” chips could offer up to 50 percent more battery life than models with 3rd-gen “Ivy Bridge” processors. That’s a bold claim, since the processor is only one…
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Google has released a new beta version of the Chrome web browser for Android. Among other things, Chrome 28 Beta includes built-in support for Google Translate. When you visit a website in a language other than the default language on your device, a note will pop up asking if you’d like to translate the page. Up until now, that was…
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Eventually Google hopes that its Google Glass wearable computer will be an affordable device consumers can use to get directions, snap photos, and run apps without pulling a phone from their pockets. For now, Glass is an expensive, hacker-friendly device with short battery life. But folks who spent $1500 to get their hands on a Google Glass Explorer Edition device…
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Chinese device makers have been putting out tiny devices that you can plug into a TV to run Android apps for over a year. And while I have a habit of referring to them as slightly larger than a USB flash drive, they’re actually pretty chunky by modern flash drive standards. But SmartCandy’s new Android TV stick really does look…
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Fedora was one of the first Linux-based operating systems ported to run on the Raspberry Pi $35 computer. Now there’s a remix of Fedora dedicated exclusively tot he Raspberry Pi platform. It’s called Pidora, and you can find download links and instructions at the Pidora website. Update: Unfortunately, the name appears to have a negative connotation in Russian. Pidora 18…
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It’s official. Chinese electronics maker Hisense has introduced its first Android tablets for the US market. They’re available exclusively from Walmart, and they’re some of the cheapest tablets around. They’re also surprisingly good devices for the price. Walmart will officially offer a $99 model and a $149 model starting May 24th. The move isn’t exactly a surprise. A Hisense tablet…
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The Asus Q200E is one of the cheapest notebooks available with a touchscreen. Not only does this 11.6 inch Windows 8 notebook normally sell for around $400 and up, but it’s often available for much less — especially if you’re willing to buy a refurbished model. Today Newegg is selling a refurbished version of the Asus Q200E with a Core…
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To nobody’s surprise, the Samsung Galaxy S4 has turned out to be a big hit for the Korean electronics company. Samsung says it’s now shipped 10 million units of the 5 inch handset around the world since it launched on April 27th. While rival HTC’s latest flagship phone isn’t moving quite as quickly, an HTC official tells the Wall Street…
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