The Toshiba Encore is an 8 inch Windows 8 tablet with an Intel Atom Bay Trail processor. When it launched in late 2013 it had a starting price of $330. Today you can pick one up for just over $200. Here are some of the day’s best deals. Windows tablets Toshiba Encore 8″ Windows 8 […]
May 2014
PC classics Portal, Half Life 2 get new life on the NVIDIA Shield
There are two more reasons to pick up an NVIDIA Shield handheld game console. Valve is now offering two of its classic PC games for $10 each. Portal and Half-Life 2 are now both available for NVDIA’s $199 game system. You can purchase and download the games from the Google Play Store, but that doesn’t mean […]
Meet the Asus ME176C Bay Trail Android tablet
Asus is preparing to launch a new low-cost Android tablet with an Intel Atom Z3745 Bay Trail processor. It’s called the Asus MeMO Pad ME176C, and detailed about the new tablet started to pop up in April. Now the folks at German site Mobile Geeks have obtained pictures, detailed specs, and benchmark results (thanks to Ukrainan […]
LG unveils 7, 8 and 10 inch G Pad tablets
LG is following up last year’s G Pad 8.3 tablet with 3 new models featuring screen sizes ranging from 7 to 10 inches. The company’s been making Android tablets for years, but the G Pad 8.3 has been one of the most well received models to date, which probably explains while the new G Pad […]
Micromax X352 is a little phone with a big battery (to charge your tablet)
Have a smartphone that’s always running out of juice? You could carry around a spare battery (if your phone can use one), or an external battery pack. Or you could carry a second phone… the Micromax X352 is a small phone with basic functions and a big, 3000mAh battery. Not only does that provide long […]
Android TV boxes: Tronsmart Vega S89 vs. Rikomagic MK902
A new crop of Android TV boxes featuring Amlogic S802 processors are starting to hit the streets. Like earlier TV boxes, they’re designed to let you run Android apps ranging from Netflix to XBMC to Asphalt 8: Airborne and other games. But Amlogic’s new chip is said to be faster, offer better 3D graphics, and add […]
Motorola Moto E is an entry-level Android phone (leaks)
Motorola shook up the smartphone space a bit last year by introducing an entry-level smartphone with a low price tag and decent specs. The Moto G has an HD display, a relatively zippy processor, and a starting price of $179 for an unlocked phone. Now Motorola is preparing to do it again… this time with […]
HP TouchPad lives on with unofficial Android 4.4.2 KitKat builds
HP’s tablet that was officially discontinued months after it launched in 2011 continues to live on thanks to unofficial software updates from a devoted community of developers. The HP TouchPad is a 9.7 inch tablet with a dual-core CPU, a 1024 x 768 pixel display, and a version of the webOS operating system that’s no […]
ECS motherboard features Intel’s fastest Bay Trail CPU
Intel’s Bay Trail platform includes low-power chips for tablets and notebooks as well as more powerful chips designed for desktop computers. The most powerful of the bunch (so far) is the Intel Pentium J2900 CPU, and while up until now it’s been tough to get your hands on a device featuring the processor, Newegg is now […]
Pick up a Snapdragon 600 dev board for $75 (by May 18th)
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 600 processor made quite a splash in 2013, when it was chosen to power a number of popular smartphones including the Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One (M7). Now you can get a single-board computer with a Snapdragon 600 chip for just $75. InForce Computing is running a sale on its IFC6410 Pico-ITX board. […]