Apple’s AirDrop offers a simple way to share photos, documents, and other files from an iPhone to another nearby iOS device. Just hit the share icon, select the user you want to send to, and Apple will set up a device-to-device transfer. Google attempted to launch something similar called Android Beam way back in 2011 […]
Liliputing Chuwi MiniBook 8 inch laptop giveaway
Chuwi is the latest company to jump on the mini-laptop train, and the Chinese PC maker’s first model offers a pretty good mix of price and performance. The Chuwi MiniBook features an 8 inch, 1920 x 1080 pixel touchscreen display, a 360-degree hinge that lets you use the computer in tablet mode, at least 8GB […]
Motorola brings 5G support to a 2-year-old phone (when you buy a $349 add-on)
Motorola is the only smartphone maker that’s really made use of a modular system that lets you add new features to existing phones by swapping out modules. Moto Mods let you add a big battery, a better speaker, a new camera, or even a projector to supported phones. This year Motorola and Verizon also began […]
Daily Deals (8-16-2019)
Best Buy is running a 3-day sale from today through Sunday, with discounts on tablets, laptops, storage, speakers, and more. I’ve included a few deals that stand out to me in today’s daily deals roundup, but you can find a whole bunch of other products on sale at the Best Buy website. Here are some […]
BLOCKS modular smartwatch platform is dead, liquidation process begins
The folks at BLOCKS unveiled a concept for a modular smartwatch in 2014, launched a crowdfunding campaign a year and a half later, and eventually raised more than $1.6 million from more than 5-thousand backers. But according to the latest update on the BLOCKS Kickstarter campaign, the team’s dream of a modular smartwatch platform is […]
Motorola One Action is a smartphone designed to replace an action camera
Smartphones have largely replaced point-and-shoot cameras for most folks, and with the addition of wide-angle, telephoto, and depth-sensing cameras, they can even replace a DSLR in some situations. Now Motorola is taking aim at one category of standalone cameras that hasn’t really been challenged by smartphones yet: GoPro-style action cameras. The Motorola One Action has […]
Leaked Samsung Galaxy A roadmap shows 108MP cameras in 2020
Samsung introduced a 64MP smartphone camera sensor earlier this year, and a 108MP version earlier this week. Chinese smartphone makers Xiaomi and Oppo have already announced plans to release phones with Samsung’s new 64MP camera sensor. But you know who hasn’t announced one yet? Samsung. But according to a leaked roadmap, Samsung plans to get […]
Plex launches new desktop app, exits the Windows Store and kills HTPC support
Plex began its life more than a decade ago as media center software for folks that wanted to plug their PC or Mac into a TV. Since then, Plex has evolved into tool that you can use to organize and play your personal media or online video whether you’re using a computer, smartphone, tablet, game […]
Daily Deals (8-15-2019)
The GPD MicroPC is one of the strangest computer I’ve had a chance to use in recent years. It basically has the guts of an inexpensive, low-power laptop… but they’ve been stuffed into handheld computer with a 6 inch display, a thumb keyboard, and full-sized Ethernet, HDMI, and USB ports… along with an RS-232 serial […]
HMD’s first Nokia phones will get three years of updates (an extra year)
When HMD revived the Nokia smartphone brand and started selling Android phones in 2017, the company promised to offer at least two years of major operating system and security updates. That was two years ago… which means that the clock should be running out. But now HMD says it’s adding another year of support, which […]
Asus adds AMD Ryzen models to its ZenBook 14 laptop family
Asus was one of the first companies to launch an “ultrabook” after Intel introduced the new product category in 2011. And while the ultrabook label has fallen out of fashion, every Asus ZenBook laptop released since then has been powered by an Intel chip… until recently. In May, Asus unveiled a ZenBook Flip 14 convertible […]
All the Ice Lake laptops so far (announced and unannounced)
Intel’s 10th-gen Core “Ice Lake” processors are now shipping, but so far only one laptop powered by the chips is available for purchase. The new Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 convertible notebook went on sale last week for $1000 and up. So where are the other 34 laptops and 2-in-1 tablets Intel said are on the […]