The Nokia 8.3 5G is a flagship phone with a relatively affordable price tag. Launched in Europe earlier this year, the smartphone packs a 6.81 inch display, quad cameras, and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G processor with an integrated 5G modem. It goes on sale in the United States September 23 for $700, with that price […]
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YinLvMei W1 is a portable HiFi music player with Windows 10
The world of portable HiFi music players can be a bit baffling at times. But there are enough folks willing to spend more than the price of a flagship phone on portable gadgets that have high quality amplifiers, digital to analog converters, and other features. The YinLvMei W1 though? I have a hard time figuring […]
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HP Chromebox G3 with Comet Lake coming soon for $254 and up
The HP Chromebox G3 is a small desktop computer with a 15 watt., 10th-gen Intel Comet Lake U-series processor support for up to 16GB of RAM, up to 128GB of PCIe NVMe solid state storage, and Google’s Chrome OS software. Basically HP has stuffed the guts of a decent laptop into a case that measures about […]
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AMD introduces Ryzen and Athlon chips for Chromebooks
Last year AMD introduced its first chips designed for Chromebooks, and within a few months a handful of PC makers began selling Chrome OS laptops powered by the inexpensive, low-power processors. Now AMD is taking aim at higher-performance Chromebooks. The company has introduced a new line of Ryzen and Athlon chips for Chromebooks. And unlike […]
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AMD-powered HP Pro c645 Chromebook coming in December
Now that AMD is making Ryzen chips available for Chromebooks, HP has introduced its first Chrome OS laptop to feature support for up to an AMD Ryzen 7 3700C processor. The HP Pro c645 should be available in December. It’s a 14 inch notebook with support for up to a 1080p touchscreen display, up to […]
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Royole FlexPai 2 is a 5G foldable phone for under $1500 (in China)
The first company to launch a smartphone with a foldable AMOLED display… did an underwhelming job of it the first time around. But Chinese company Royole is giving foldable phones another try. The Royole FlexPai 2 is now available for purchase in China for about $1470 and up. While that’s not exactly cheap, it does […]
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Lilbits: Amazon Sidewalk, Microsoft buys Bethesda, and game streaming on Linux
Amazon is diving deeper into the connected home space… by preparing to move just outside your home. Amazon Sidewalk will use a combination of wireless technologies to let your security cameras keep sending alerts even if your WiFi is out, or let your connected lights or other sensors work even if they’re beyond the range […]
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Daily Deals (9-21-2020)
Amazon is running a sale on select Echo smart speakers and displays, as well as some Amazon Fire tablets. The current-gen (and partially hackable) Amazon Fire HD 8 is on sale for $70, which is $20 below the list price. But QVC has Amazon beat. Customers who are new to QVC can pick up an […]
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Onyx launches two new E Ink tablets with 13.3 inch and 10.3 inch displays
Amazon may not make eReaders with screens larger than 7 inches, but a handful of other companies continue to do so – they just tend to be expensive, especially when they also pack features like pen support and lights with adjustable color temperature. The latest examples? Onyx has two new eReaders with large E Ink […]
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MaaxBoard Mini is an i.MX8M powered single-board PC
NXP’s i.MX8M line of processors are popular with open source hardware makers thanks to NXP’s ample documentation for these ARM-based chips. While they’re not as powerful as the latest processors from Qualcomm, Samsung, MediaTek, or Apple, they’ve shown up in devices like Purism’s Librem 5 Linux smartphone and single-board computers like the PICO-PI-IMX8M. Now there’s […]