Polaroid’s latest camera may not print your pictures instantly onto tiny photo paper sheets, but the Polaroid iM1836 does have a few other tricks up its sleeve. The $399 mirrorless camera features changeable lenses, an 18.1MP image sensor, and runs Google Android 4.1, so you can use Android photo apps with your camera, upload your […]
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Closer look at the Intel North Cape ultrabook reference design
Intel is showing off a reference design for a 4th generation ultrabook. It’s code-named North Cape, and it features all of the goodies you’d expect from a next-generation ultrabook including a touchscreen and wireless display… plus a few other features that make it stand out from the crowd. First, while Intel is calling North Cape […]
Intel unveils low-power 7W Ivy Bridge processors
When Intel introduced its Ivy Bridge (3rd generation Core) chips in 2012, the lowest power chip sin the family featured a TDP of about 17 watts. The company has promised that 4th-gen “Haswell” chips would use even less power, with TDPs of 10W. But today the company confirmed what we’ve been hearing for a while […]
Next-gen ultrabooks will require touch, wireless display, Intel reveals North Cape ultrabook reference design
Intel is setting new guidelines for next-generation ultrabooks featuring 4th generation Core (Haswell) processors. In order to qualify as an ultrabook, laptops won’t just have to be thin computers with solid state disks and Intel chips anymore. They’ll also need to feature touchscreen displays, Intel wireless display technology, and built-in anti-theft technology. The company is […]
Intel Atom Bay Trail tablets coming by holiday season, 2013
Intel plans to launch its next-generation of Atom chips for tablets later this year. Code-name Bay trail, the new 22nm chips are quad-core processor that should offer a significant performance boost over the Clover Trail chips that are already available. The chip maker says the first tablets featuring Bay Trail chips should be ready to […]
Intel introduces low-end Atom chip for “value smartphones”
Intel is expanding its smartphone chip lineup with the Intel Atom Z2420 Lexington processor. It’s designed for emerging markets and it’s a cheaper alternative to the Medfield chips available in select phones now. The Atom Z2420 is a 1.2 GHz chip with support for hyperthreading, 1080p HD video playback and encoding, and support for  dual […]
Hands-on with the Velocity Micro Cruz D610, Q610 dual, quad-core tablets
Velocity Micro is showing off its first Android tablets featuring dual and quad core processors. The Velocity Micro Cruz D610 and Cruz Q610 should be available in the coming months for $199 and $249 respectively. Both feature 9.7 inch, 1024 x 768 pixel displays, but the cheaper model has a dual core Allwinner A-20 CPU […]
Vizio unveils new 7 inch Android tablet with Tegra 3
While Vizio’s upcoming 10 inch tablet looks like a top tier device with a bleeding edge processor, the company also has something new for folks interested in something a little smaller (and cheaper). The new Vizio 7 inch Android tablet looks a lot like a Google Nexus 7 clone, featuring the same NVIDIA Tegra 3 […]
PaperTab concept tablet is a 10.7 inch, flexible ePaper tablet
Plastic Logic, Intel, and Queen’s University in the UK are showing off a prototype of a new tablet concept with a flexible ePaper screen. It’s called the PaperTab, and while it’s a 10.7 inch plastic screen, it’s designed to look and feel like paper. You can hold it in your hands like a piece of […]
Asus introduces the Qube, its first Google TV box
Asus is introducing a Google TV set-top-box called the Qube, which oddly enough, is shaped like a cube. It’s a small square box which you can plug into your TV to stream videos, run apps, and generally get your Google on… on your TV. But like some other Google TV boxes, Asus is skinning the […]