Prices for Windows tablets have been falling quickly… but things are just starting to get silly. US retailer Micro Center is now selling a Windows tablet for just $60. Sure, that’s a sale price, but even at full price the WinBook TW70CA-17 only sells for $90. That makes this 7 inch Windows 8.1 tablet cheaper […]
November 2014
Karbonn’s Android One smartphone hits the UK
Google’s Android One initiative is a program designed to help device makers offer low-cost Android phones with decent performance and software updates that come straight from Google. The program is initially targeting developing markets, which is why up until recently you could only buy Android One devices in India. But now one of the Indian […]
Deals of the Day (11-25-2014)
The Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 is an Android tablet with a 12.2 inch, 2560 x 1600 pixel display, 3GB of RAM, 32GB of storage, and support for pressure-sensitive input from a digital pen. Samsung’s biggest Android tablet normally sells for $600, but you can often find it on sale for less… and right now […]
Meizu’s first Ubuntu phones coming in early 2015
Chinese phone maker Meizu had already announced plans to launch a smartphone running a version of the Ubuntu Linux operating system. Now Meizu and Canonical have signed an agreement to launch the first of those phones in early 2015. While Meizu’s phones will run software based on Ubuntu, the company is developing its own custom […]
Amazon Fire Phone on sale for $199 (unlocked, includes 1-year Prime membership)
Amazon launched its first smartphone this summer, charging $199 for an Amazon Fire Phone with a 2-year contract or $649 for a contract-free model. The phone didn’t sell well, and Amazon dropped the price by about $200 in September. Now the company’s offering an even better deal: You can pick up an unlocked Amazon Fire […]
Microsoft’s holiday Music Deals promotion is crazy good
Microsoft launched Music Deals last month, offering a new crop of deeply discounted MP3 albums every week. Normally that means you can score one DRM-free album of music for $0.99 and about 100 more for $1.99 each. But Microsoft is shaking things up a bit in time for the holidays: For the next 20 days […]
Dell’s Venue 8 7000 ultra-thin tablet hits the FCC
The Dell Venue 8 7000 Series is an Android tablet with an Intel Atom Moorefield processor, a high-resolution display, an Intel RealSense Snapshot camera, and a super-slim case: the tablet measure just 6mm, or about 0.24 inches thick. Dell’s expected to start selling the tablet for around $499 in the next few weeks, and this […]
CuBoxTV: Tiny $100 Linux-based XBMC media center
SolidRun’s CuBox line of tiny desktop computers are cubes that measure just 2 inches across. But the little boxes sport Ethernet jacks, optical audio output, 2 USB ports and a micro USB port. They also feature microSD cards for storage, dual or quad-core ARM-based processors, and up to 2GB of RAM. You can use them […]
Deals of the Day (11-25-2014)
Black Friday is still a few days away, but there are a ton of deals on laptops, tablets, desktops, media players, and all sorts of other goodies in today’s daily deals roundup. For instance you can pick up an Acer Chromebook with an Intel Haswell processor for as little as $180, an 8 inch Windows […]
Chromecast gains Comedy Central, TuneIn, Nickelodeon
The Google Chromecast may not be the only cheap, pocket sized device that lets you stream content from the internet to your TV anymore. But more than a year after launch, the $35 streaming device continues to get more useful as a growing number of developers add support for Google Cast. Now Google has announced […]