Acer is introducing a new notebook with a small screen and a relatively low price. The Acer Aspire V5-122 is a Windows 8 notebook with an 11.6 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display and an AMD Temash processor. It’s expected to have a starting price of $450, which makes it one of the most affordable […]
April 2013
Deals of the Day (4-29-2013)
The Samsung Galaxy note II is a smartphone with a 5.5 inch 720p display, a Samsung Exynos 4412 quad-core processor, 2GB of RAM, and a large battery, and a digital pen which you can use to write or draw on the screen. If you want an unlocked version of this phone you typically have to […]
Fuduntu Linux is dead, bulk of team moves to Cloverleaf Linux project
It was just a few weeks ago that the developers of the Fuduntu Linux operating system announced plans to cease development and move on to other things by the end of the year. Now the team has moved up the schedule, and Fuduntu is effectively dead. Much of the team behind the operating system has […]
Google Now arrives for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch (but it’s more useful on Android)
Google Now is a service that examines your search history and daily routines to try to present you with information you want before you even ask for it. For instance, it can show you cards with weather or traffic updates before you leave for work in the morning, or sports scores from last night’s game, […]
Leak: Samsung Nexus 11 tablet with octa-core CPU on the way?
Samsung and Google have been pretty chummy lately, with Samsung manufacturing a few of Google’s flagship Nexus phones over the past few years, as well as the Google Nexus 10 tablet with a high-resolution screen and ARM Cortex-A15 dual-core processor. Now SamMobile reports that relationship is going to new places with a new Nexus tablet […]
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 coming in May (7 inch budget tablet)
Samsung may have just released an 8 inch Android tablet, but the company’s already moving on to its next 7 inch model. The new Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 is due out in May, and while pricing hasn’t yet been unveiled, it’s probably a safe bet that the new tablet will be considerably cheaper than the […]
HP TouchPad could eventually run Android apps without leaving webOS (Kickstarter)
HP discontinued the HP TouchPad tablet nearly two years ago — just a few months after launching the 9.7 inch tablet running webOS software. The company also stopped making webOS hardware and started the process of converting webOS to an open source project and eventually selling it to LG for use on televisions. While that […]
TP-Link introduces TPmini Android TV box with a camera
When the Archos TV Connect was unveiled earlier this year, I hadn’t seen anything else quite like it. The Archos TV Connect is an Android-powered device that sits on top of your TV, lets you run Android apps on a big screen, and which features a camera that you can use for shooting photos or […]
AMLogic AML8276-M8 quad-core processor coming this summer
Chip maker AMLogic is getting ready to launch its first quad-core processor. The AMLogic AML8726-M8 is due out in the second half of 2013, and it’s a quad-core chip based on an ARM Cortex-A9 design. It’ll likely be used in upcoming Android tablets, and at least one company has announced plans to launch an Android-powered […]
Epson Endeavor S 11.6 inch slider-style Windows 8 tablet hits Japan
Epson may be better known for making printers than computers in the US. But if you happen to live in Japan, you can pick up the company’s latest Windows 8 portable. It’s called the Epson Endeavor S NY10S, and it’s an 11.6 inch slider-style tablet with a pull-out keyboard that hides behind the display when […]