Every tablet Amazon Fire tablet released in the past few years has featured a microSD card slot, which is a nice thing to have if you’re using a tablet that may have as little as 8GB of built-in storage. You can pick up just about any Class 10 or UHS microSD card to add up […]
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Lenovo Yoga X leaks suggest an Android tablet that’s also a monitor
Lenovo has been one of the more adventurous companies in the Android tablet space in recent years, with tablets designed to serve double duty as smart speakers/displays, tablets with built-in projectors, and dual-screen models with E Ink and color screens. Now it looks like Lenovo may be preparing to try something new. Again. Leaked documents […]
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NanoPi NEO3 is a cheap, tiny single board computer for headless applications
July 11, 2020 update: The NanoPi NEO3 is now available for purchase for $20 and up. The upcoming NanoPi NEO3 is a tiny PC that measures just about 1.9″ x 1.9″ and which features a 1.5 GHz Rockchip RK3328 ARM Cortex-A53 quad-core processor, support for up to 2GB of RAM, and a microSD card for storage. With Gigabit […]
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Lilbits 7-10-2020: More OneGx1 mini laptop performance notes
It’s been nearly two weeks since I published a preview of the upcoming One Netbook OneGx1 mini laptop with the design of a gaming PC and optional support for 4G and/or 5G networks. But I’ve continued running tests since that article was published, and so now I’ve upgraded the article from “preview” to “review” status. […]
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Linuxfx: an Ubuntu-based operating system that looks like Windows 10
One of the things that keeps GNU/Linux-based distributions interesting is the fact that you can often customize the look and feel of the operating system by changing desktop environments or themes. You can even make a Linux distribution that looks like Windows. And I don’t think I’ve seen one that does that quite as well […]
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Check Google’s Auto Update policy before buying older Chromebooks
It’s been nine years since the first Chromebook went on sale. And it’s been four years since Google released any software updates for that device. When Chrome OS was brand new, Google promised to deliver operating systems for at least 4 years from the release date of each Chromebook. Eventually the company extended that to […]
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Daily Deals (7-10-2020)
Best Buy is selling a set of Sony true wireless earbuds with active noise cancellation for $80, which is one of the best prices I’ve seen for a set of earbuds with those features. And if you’re looking for some videos to watch on your phone while testing out those earbuds, the Microsoft Store is […]
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Google’s 2020 smartphone lineup: Pixel 4a, Pixel 4a 5G, and Pixel 5
It’s been clear for months that Google plans to launch a Google Pixel 4a smartphone this year. After a series of leaks, the only question is when the Pixel 4a will be released. But we haven’t heard as much about Google’s other phones coming this year. Now the folks at 9to5Google have uncovered evidence suggesting at least […]
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PC shipments are up thanks to work and school from home trends
Smartphone shipments may have tanked due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, but it looks like PC makers have seen an uptick. IDC, Gartner, and Canalys all released reports this week that shows PC shipments were up during the second quarter of 2020 when compared with the same period a year ago. Each of the research […]
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Chinese CPU maker Zhaoxin is adding discrete GPUs to its lineup
Chinese chip maker Zhaoxin has been producing x86 computer processors for the past few years, and now the company is looking to expand into the graphics processor space. As noted by CnTechPost, Zhaoxin released a video recently that included a peek at the company’s product roadmap, which includes a “standalone GPU.” The upcoming graphics processor […]
