Over the past few years we’ve seen a few different dual-screen phones with color displays on one side and E Ink screens on the other. But a Chinese manufacturer called Shenzhen Hexiang Electronics (or 8SMobile) is showing off the most powerful model I’ve seen so far. The 4G LTE 8S105 smartphone features a 5.2 inch, […]
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Hands-on with the Samsung Galaxy TabPro S Windows tablet
The Samsung Galaxy TabPro S is a 12 inch Windows tablet with a 2160 x 1440 pixel AMOLED display, an Intel Core M Skylake processor, and support for a Bluetooth digital pen. Samsung is showing off the tablet and a companion keyboard cover at CES 2016, but the company hasn’t announced a price yet. The […]
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Hands-on with HP’s 2016 Spectre x360 convertible laptops
HP launched two new Spectre x360 premium convertible notebooks this week, including one with a 13.3 inch OLED display and a 15.6 inch model with… well, a big display. When HP announced the Spectre x360 earlier this week, I was rather impressed that the company managed to produce a notebook with a 15.6 inch display that measures just […]
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BLU launches Vivo 5 and Vivo XL octa-core phones for $149 and up
Budget phone maker BLU is launching two new phones with 5.5 inch, 720p AMOLED display, MediaTek MT6753 octa-core processors, and fast charging features. The BLU Vivo 5 features 3GB of RAM, 32GB of storage, and a microSD card slot it should be available in February for $199. The BLU Vivo XL has 2GB of RAM, 16GB […]
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BlackBerry will launch more Android phones in 2016, no BB10 phones
BlackBerry launched its first smartphone running Android in 2015. This year the company plans to launch another one, or possibly two. But there’s one thing you shouldn’t expect to see from BlackBerry in 2016: any new phones running the company’s own BlackBerry 10 operating system. In an interview with CNET, BlackBerry CEO John Chen said […]
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Hands-on with the HP Elitebook Folio ultrabook
The HP Elitebook Folio is a 2 pound notebook with a 12.5 inch display, an Intel Core M processor, a fanless design, and an estimated 10 hours of battery life. It’s coming in March for $999 and up, and HP is targeting it at business customers that want a notebook that’s as sleek as consumer ultrabook. […]
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E Ink showcases digital signage, luggage tags, and more at CES 2016
E Ink: it’s not just for eBook readers. The company that makes the screens used in Amazon Kindle and B&N NOOK eReaders is showing off some different applications for the low-power, high-contrast, sunlight readable displays. For example, there’s a large, four-panel E Ink display at the company’s CES booth showing different digital signage applications. For instance […]
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Saygus V² smartphone should finally ship in early 2016 (2 microSD cards, removable battery, and more)
Comments Off on Saygus V² smartphone should finally ship in early 2016 (2 microSD cards, removable battery, and more)Last year Saygus showed up at the Consumer Electronics Show with an Android phone prototype featuring some pretty impressive specs, including 3GB of RAM, 64GB of storage, high-quality front and rear cameras, and dual micro SDXC card slots, for up to 400GB of removable storage. A year later, the Saygus V² still hasn’t shipped. But Saygus says […]
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Hisense Vidaa Mirror is an Android tablet for bezel-haters
The Hisense Vidaa Mirror is a tablet with an 8.4 inch, 2560 x 1600 pixel display and a Rockchip RK3288 processor. But it’s what the tablet doesn’t have that really makes it stand out: thick bezels. While this tablet isn’t exactly bezel-free, it has a higher screen-to-bezel ratio than just about any other tablet I’ve […]
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Hands-on with Samsung’s Notebook 9 thin-and-light laptops
Samsung has been offering a line of super-thin, super-light laptops for a number of years. But weighing just 1.85 pounds, the 2016 Samsung Notebook 9 is the company’s lightest 13.3 inch laptop to date. There’s also a 15 inch model called that weighs 2.85 pounds, offers longer battery life, and has a few extra ports. […]