High-resolution screens are becoming common on smartphones, tablets, and laptops. But what about desktop displays? There are a handful of desktop monitors with screen resolutions higher than 1920 x 1080 pixels, but they tend to have high price tags that are easily mistaken for their pixel counts. Dell’s new 28 inch Ultra HD monitor isn’t […]
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NVIDIA Tegra K1 reference tablet has 4GB RAM, full HD display
NVIDIA’s first foray into the Android tablet space left a bit to be desired. Sure, the Tegra Note 7 has a speedy processor, support for digital pen input, and a low starting price of $199. But it also has a 7 inch, 1280 x 800 pixel display, which feels so 2012. It looks like that […]
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NVIDIA Tegra K1 graphics demo (video)
NVIDIA describes its next-generation mobile processor as a 192-core chip. But only 2 to 4 cores in an NVIDIA Tegra K1 chip are actually ARM CPU cores. Most of the cores NVIDIA is talking about deal with graphics processing, borrowing technology from the Kepler graphics architecture NVIDIA had already developer for desktop and laptop computers. […]
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Garmin introduces Vivofit fitness tracker with 1-year battery life
GPS device maker Garmin has been offering GPS watches for runners for a while, but now the company is jumping on the wearable fitness tracker bandwagon. The company’s new Vivofit straps to your wrist and monitors and displays your activity stats including how many steps you take in a day and how much sleep you […]
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Hands-on with the LG Ultra PC (13 inch notebook weighs 2.2 pounds)
There are a lot of thin and light notebooks on the market these days, but the LG Ultra PC might just be one of the thinnest and lightest. It measures 0.54 inches thick and weighs 2.2 pounds. And while the LG Ultra PC has a 13.3 inch full HD display, it’s closer to the size […]
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BlueWatch is ZTE’s first wearable device
Smartphone and tablet maker ZTE is getting into the wearable space with its first smartwatch. The ZTE BlueWatch features an ePaper display, sensors that allow it to act as a pedometer and activity tracker, and support for third party apps through an API that ZTE plans to open in the future. All told, the device […]
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Closer look at the 7 and 10 inch XO tablets (and accessories)
OLPC and Vivitar are getting ready to launch their second-generation XO tablets for students. Last year the companies introduced their first Android-powered tablet with a custom user interface emphasizing educational software. The new models feature similar software, but it’s now based on Android 4.4 KitKat. The bigger changes are in the hardware. XO tablets now […]
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ZTE Projector Hotspot is just as crazy (and cool) as it sounds
Chocolate and peanut butter. Rice and beans. Some things just go together. ZTE seems to think that a mobile hotspot and projector fall into that category. And surprisingly enough, the company might actually be right. ZTE is showing off its Projector Hotspot at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show and while I was first drawn to […]
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Hands-on with LG’s Tab Book2 slider PC
The LG Tab Book2 is a Windows tablet with an 11.6 inch full HD display and a built-in QWERTY keyboard that hides behind the screen when it’s not in use. When you need the keyboard all you have to do is press a button on the side of the tablet, and the screen will slide […]
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Rockchip wearable concepts include a smartwatch, smart glasses
Chip maker Rockchip is showing off a few concepts for wearable devices featuring its low-power ARM-based chips. Unsurprisingly, one device is a smartwatch — just about every electronics company on earth is showing one at CES this year. The other is a bit more unexpected: a smart glass product that looks like a Google Glass […]