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Wacom introduces its (expensive) graphics tablets running Android and Windows 8. Developer Paul O’Brien figured out how to bridge the gap between the TouchWiz and Google Play Edition software on the Samsung Galaxy S4. And Asus continues to keep 10 inch laptops in the world.
Here’s a roundup of some of the most popular Liliputin stories from the past 7 days.
- Wacom introduces Cintiq Companion Android and Windows 8 tablets for graphic artists
For years Wacom has been making graphics tablets that you can connect to a PC for some seriously high-precision input. Now the company offers tablets that you can use without a separate PC at all. But they don’t come cheap. Prices start at $1499. - Intel Celeron powered mini-PCs for under $200
While these little computers look like they’re probably designed for commercial or industrial applications (the serial port is kind of a giveaway), they could also make inexpensive desktop or even media center PCs. - Fling streams videos from PC to Chromecast (no browser required)
Google’s $35 Chromecast makes it easy to stream videos from Netflix or YouTube on your TV. But it can do much, much more. Fling is a 3rd-party app that lets you send any video from your PC to your Chromecast-connected TV. - MoDaCo.SWITCH for the Galaxy S4 arrives, toggle TouchWiz and stock Android
Can’t decide if you’d rather run Samsung’s TouchWiz software or Google’s stock Android software on the Galaxy S4? Now you can do both (if you’ve backed the crowd-funding campaign… if not, you’ll have to wait a little longer). - Asus VivoBook X102BA: 10 inch mini-laptop with AMD Temash
Asus is single-handedly keeping the 10 inch mini-laptop space alive. A few months ago the company released a netbook-like notebook with an Intel Celeron processor. Now it’s following up with an AMD Temash-powered model. - Ubuntu Edge fails to hit $32 million goal, Ubuntu OS for phones still on the way
Canonical may not have raised $32 million to build its own smartphone. But the campaign got a lot of people talking about Ubuntu for phones — and re-imagining what a smartphone can be. - E Ink screen draws images, power from NFC-enabled smartphone
Tired of your smartphone display running down your battery? Here’s a prototype of a system that lets you use an E Ink screen as a secondary display — and it uses so little power that it can actually draw juice from the same NFC connection you use to sync maps, directions, phone numbers, or other data.