With a starting price of $399, the Microsoft Surface Go is the cheapest tablet in the Surface lineup. But that price is just for an entry-level tablet. A keyboard cover will set you back at least $130 more, and a Surface Pen adds another $100 to the price. Now Microsoft has introduced a cheaper option… at […]
Microsoft unveils 7 new cheap laptops for classroom use
Chromebooks have made inroads in the education field in recent years partly because they’re simple, easy-to-manage solutions for teachers, IT administrators and students. They also tend to be pretty cheap… at least if you opt for entry-level models. But Windows devices can be pretty cheap too… and Microsoft is driving the point home by introducing […]
Daily Deals (1-22-2019)
Amazon’s Fire HD 8 continues to be one of the best tablets you can buy for under $100 thanks to a combination of decent specs and… well, a pretty low price tag. Sure, it doesn’t ship with full access to the Google Play Store, but it’s not hard to add it on your own if […]
Steam Play for Linux update supports more games (including non-Steam games)
Valve is making it a little easier to be a gamer with a Linux computer. A few years ago the company started encouraging game developers to port their titles to run on Linux… but the vast majority of PC games are still Windows-only. So last year Valve introduce Proton, a new tool for Steam Play, a […]
Orange Pi 3 single-board computer sells for $30 and up
Shenzhen Xunlong Software has been selling single-board computers under the Orange Pi brand for years. The name is obviously inspired by the most famous low-cost, low-power SBC, the Raspberry Pi. But while Orange Pi devices don’t have the same level of community support as their Raspberry Pi rivals, they often make up for it by […]
Button-free, hole-free phones on the way?
Smartphones used to have physical keyboards, scroll wheels, and lots of buttons. Then along came phones with capacitive touchscreen displays and small bezels. These days most phones still have power and volume buttons, but that’s about it. And soon they could be gone too. Chinese phone makers Vivo and Meizu are both expected to unveil […]
Daily Deals (1-21-2019)
Didn’t get a chance to pick up the Oregon Trail handheld game when it went on sale at Target for $25 last year? Now you can grab one for $10. Target and Amazon are both selling the single-game handheld system for $15 off the usual price. Or if you’re looking for more of a multi-purpose […]
This could be what the new Moto Razr folding phone looks like
Smartphones with folding displays are all the rage these days, but it looks like different phone makers may be different approaches. Royole’s FlexPai smartphone folds in half so that part of the phone’s 7.8 inch display becomes a 4.5 inch screen. Samsung’s upcoming foldable will bend the other way… so that the tablet-sized screen is […]
HP launches two new Chromebooks for the education market
HP is updating its line of Chromebooks for students with two new Education Edition models. The HP Chromebook 11 G7 EE is an entry-level Chrome OS laptop with an 11.6 inch display, while the HP Chromebook x360 11 G2 EE is a convertible tablet-style model with a touchscreen display and optional support for a Wacom EMR […]
F(x) Technology is making an Android phone with a slide-out keyboard
Modern smartphones with physical QWERTY keyboards are rare, but not unheard of these days. But you know what you don’t see much anymore? Phones with QWERTY keyboards that slide out from behind the display when you want to type and hide away behind the screen when you don’t need them. Last year a team called […]
MobiScribe 6.8 inch E Ink slate + stylus hits Indiegogo for $199 and up
It looks like there’s a new E Ink slate with support for handwritten notes and drawings. It’s called the MobiScribe and it’s a device with a 6.8 inch E Ink display and support for both finger and pen input. You can use your fingers to flip pages while reading eBooks or to navigate the user […]
Microsoft’s new Cortana strategy: Embrace, extend, and if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em
Voice assistants were everywhere at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, where hundreds of new products featuring Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant technology made their debut. You know what you didn’t hear much about? Microsoft’s Cortana voice assistant. There’s only a single smart speaker that ever shipped with Cortana baked in (and it’s currently selling for […]