MSI unveiled an upcoming workstation PC called the Vortex W25 at the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this month, and if it looks familiar that’s because it has a case that’s nearly identical to last year’s Vortex G25. The difference is that the G stands for gaming and the W stands for workstation… and MSI has […]
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ECS unveils Liva One, Liva Q2 mini PCs with Gemini Lake chips
The ECS Liva Z2 isn’t the only new mini desktop from Elitegroup Computer Systems coming this year. AnandTech went hands-on with some of the company’s new computers at the Consumer Electronics Show this week, as did HardwareLuxx, and the sites reports that ECS is also updating last year’s Liva Q with a new model called […]
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Brad’s CES 2018 mobile reporting kit report card
My CES 2018 mobile reporting kit basically consisted of a 3 pound, 13.3 inch laptop, a camera, a smartphone, and a few accessories. So how did it hold up over the course of the week? Pretty well. I’m on my way back home after spending the last 5 days in Las Vegas covering news coming […]
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Onyx Boox Max 2 and Boox Note: Hands on with big screen E Ink slates
Onyx is one of only a handful of companies making devices with E Ink screens larger than 7 inches, and the company is bringing two new models to market next month. The Onyx Boox Note Pro features a 10.3 inch E Ink display, a quad-core processor, and a pressure-sensitive digital pen, while the Onyx Boox […]
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Closer look at BLOCKS modular smartwatch
It’s been almost three years since BLOCKS announced plans to create a modular smartwatch and ecosystem, and more than two years since the company raised over $1.6 million through a Kickstarter campaign. Now BLOCKS has finalized the hardware and started shipping devices to backers of the crowdfunding campaign. It’ll begin shipping for new customers this […]
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You can hear S-Ray portable directional speakers, your seatmate can’t
A group of Samsung employees is showing off a side-project called S-Ray at the Consumer Electronics Show. It’s a set of portable directional speakers that transmit audio so that you can only hear it from certain angles. Put on a neckband with speakers facing up and you’ll be able to hear music, podcasts, or other […]
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Moviphone is a $600 smartphone with a built-in projector
The Moviphone from Wireless Mobi Solutions is a smartphone with a 5.5 inch, 1920 x 1080 pixel display, a MediaTek 6750 octa-core processor, 128GB of storage, and a 4,000 mAh battery. It’s available for purchase from Moviphones.com for $600, which seems kind of steep for a phone with those specs… until you realize that this […]
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Gemini Lake laptops are coming
Smart speakers, home automation, robots, and wireless chargers abound at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show. But if you look hard enough you can also find vendors showing off their latest laptop, tablet, and desktop PC designs. Most of the models I’ve spotted so far are still equipped with Intel Atom Cherry Trail chips or Celeron […]
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ECS introduces Liva Z2 fanless mini PC
ECS is updating is Liva line of tiny desktop computers with a new passively-cooled (fanless) system called the Liva Z2. It’s powered by an Intel Pentium Silver Gemini Lake processor, has a 2.5 inch drive bay for an SSD or hard drive, and supports HDMI 2.0. FanlessTech notes that the heat sink has been redesigned […]
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Hands-on with the eOneBook’s new dual-screen E Ink manga reader
The eOneBook isn’t so much an electronic book reader as it is an electronic book. It opens and closes like a book. When it’s open there are dual E Ink displays, one on the left and another on the right. And it even comes with a book jacket. But that’s not where the similarities end, […]