When I reviewed the original Zotac ZBOX Pico mini PC in 2014, it was one of the smallest fully-functional Windows computers money could buy. These days there are plenty of smaller options. But the Pico line may be a better option if you’re looking for a tiny computer that’s still small enough to hold in […]
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Zotac PC Stick is a Cherry Trail computer-on-a-stick
Zotac has been offering tiny desktop computers for several years, but now this year the company is launching its smallest model to date. The Zotac PC Stick is a PC-on-a-stick that looks a bit like a variation of Intel’s Compute Stick. But this model has a few features that set it apart from Intel’s PC […]
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Chuwi Hi12 dual OS tablet with a 1440p screen coming soon
Chuwi is developing a new tablet with a 12 inch, 2160 x 1440 pixel display, an Intel Cherry Trail processor and 4GB of RAM. The Chuwi Hi12 should be available in January. Update: The Chuwi Hi12 is up for pre-order from Gearbest and Geekbuying for $250 and up. The tablet is powered by an Intel Atom x5-Z8300 […]
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Intel’s cheapest Atom x5 chip supports 4GB of RAM after all
Most low-cost tablets and TV boxes that feature Intel’s Atom x5-Z8300 processor have just 2GB of RAM. That makes sense since this is the cheapest, least powerful member of Intel’s Cherry Trail line of chips, so you’d expect it to show up in budget devices. It also makes sense because Intel’s spec sheet for the […]
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Xiaomi’s Mi Pad 2 tablet runs Android or Windows, starts at $156
Xiaomi’s second tablet looks a bit like its first: both models have 7.9 inch, 2048 x 1536 pixel displays and a more than passing resemblance to an iPad mini. But while last year’s model was powered by an NVIDIA Tegra K1 processor and had a plastic body, the new Xiaomi Mi Pad 2 features an Intel […]
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Tronsmart Ara X5 mini PC review: It’s a real desktop PC… but not a super speedy one
Tronsmart is a Chinese company that first showed up on my radar a few years ago when the company began offering small Android-powered TV boxes and sticks. But like many Chinese manufacturers, Tronsmart isn’t just making products with ARM-based chips and Android software anymore. While the Tronsmart Ara x5Â looks a lot like a small Roku-like […]
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Intel’s new Cherry Trail and Braswell chips are (a little) faster
Intel is making a small update to its low-power Atom chip lineup. The new Intel Atom x5-Z8350, Atom x5-Z8550, and x7-Z8750Â will replace the current Cherry Trail lineup soon. So what’s new? Not a whole lot… but the new chips should be a little faster and a little more reliable. The updated processors have the same […]
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Teclast X16 dual OS tablet has 8GB RAM, Atom x7 CPU
Chinese tablet maker Teclast has a new tablet on the way, and it’s a doozy. The Teclast X16 Power has an 11.6 inch full HD display, an Intel Atom x7-Z8700 Cherry Trail processor, and 64GB of storage. It also has 8GB of RAM, making it one of the first Cherry Trail products I’ve seen to take […]
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Giada F210 is a tiny, fanless Cherry Trail desktop PC
Just a few months after introducing a small, fanless desktop computer with a Bay Trail processor, Giada is unveiling a Cherry Trail version. The new Giada F210 looks just like the F200 we saw in August. But the new model has a quad-core Cherry Trail processor. Giada doesn’t say which Cherry Trail processor the F210 has, so it could […]
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UP is a Raspberry Pi-style board with an Atom x5 Cherry Trail chip
The Raspberry may be the most popular credit card-sized, low-power, single-board computer, but over the past few years we’ve seen plenty of imitators including the Orange Pi, Lemon Pi, ODROID family, and many others. Now there’s a Kickstarter campaign to build one of the first models to features an Intel Atom x5-Z8300 Cherry Trail processor as well as Raspberry […]