The Playdate is an unusual and ambitious handheld game console. The $199 console has a 1-bit display and a set of simple controls that includes a hand crank. Instead of enabling support for existing games, the folks behind the Playdate partnered with indie game developers to create a bunch of new games for the console, […]
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BP2 aims to be another BoringPhone (not to be confused with Heinekin’s Boring Phone)
This week Heineken and HMD announced a brand new phone that does… far less than most modern phones. The Boring Phone is 4G flip phone that’s designed to be a distraction-free device for phone calls and text messages, but not much else. And it’s a limited edition device that will only be available through giveaways […]
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Short Stack mod shrinks the Nintendo Wii down to the size of a deck of cards
The Nintendo Wii is relatively small by game console standards, measuring 157 x 60 x 197mm (6.2″ x 2.4″ x 7.8″). But that doesn’t mean it couldn’t be smaller. Hardware modder James Smith took the guts of a Nintendo Wii and put them into a new custom case that’s about the same size as a […]
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Daily Deals (4-18-2024)
The Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ is an Android tablet with an 11 inch, 1920 x 1200 pixel display featuring a 90 Hz refresh rate, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 processor, quad speakers, and optional support for 4G LTE networks. When the tablet first came to the United States earlier this year it sold for $220 and […]
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This mini PC with an Intel U300 processor offers Raptor Lake performance on a budget
The Intel Processor U300 is a 15-watt, 5-core, 6-thread chip based on Intel’s 13th-gen “Raptor Lake” architecture. It’s basically the lowest-performance Raptor Lake chip available, but it should deliver substantially better single-performance than Intel’s Alder Lake-N chips for budget devices. Intel launched the U300 processor last year, but up until recently the only Intel U300/U300E-powered computer I’ve […]
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Acer’s new Chromebook Plus 514 is a $400 Chromebook with Intel Core i3-N305
Acer launched its first Chromebook Plus-branded laptops last fall, with a 14 inch model powered by AMD Mendocino processor options and a 15 inch version featuring 12th-gen or 13th-gen Intel Core processors. Now the company is expanding its Chromebook Plus family with a new 14 inch model powered by an Intel Core i3-N305 octa-core processor. […]
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AltStore PAL is the first “Apple-approved” third-party app store for iOS (in Europe-only)
Comments Off on AltStore PAL is the first “Apple-approved” third-party app store for iOS (in Europe-only)After years of blocking third-party app stores from iPhones and iPads, Apple has changed its rules regarding installation of apps from sources other than its own App Store… at least in Europe. The changes come in response to the European Union’s Digital Markets Acts, and Apple’s not particularly happy about them. But now that the […]
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Volla Tablet is a Google-free Android tablet that also supports Ubuntu Touch (crowdfunding)
7 Comments on Volla Tablet is a Google-free Android tablet that also supports Ubuntu Touch (crowdfunding)The Volla Tablet is a 12.3 inch tablet with a 2560 x 1600 pixel display, a MediaTek Helio G99 processor, 12GB of RAM, 256GB of storage, and support for optional accessories including a backlit keyboard cover and a digital pen. But what really makes it stand out from most tablets is the software: Volla will offer […]
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Heineken and HMD’s Boring Phone is a retro-style flip phone with speed dial, Snake, and not much else
1 Comment on Heineken and HMD’s Boring Phone is a retro-style flip phone with speed dial, Snake, and not much elseThe Boring Phone is a modern cellphone that’s designed to do less than most. You can use it to make calls and maybe send text messages if you remember how to do T9 texting. But this 4G flip phone doesn’t support mobile data and doesn’t run apps or games (except for Snake). It’s designed to offer […]
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Say hello to the first OneWrt One prototype (Router board from OpenWrt and Banana Pi)
14 Comments on Say hello to the first OneWrt One prototype (Router board from OpenWrt and Banana Pi)The developers behind OpenWrt have been offering an open source, Linux-based operating system for routers and other embedded devices for two decades. So far the team has primarily focused on making software that can be installed on existing hardware. But earlier this year developer John Crispin announced that the team was considering releasing the first […]