In the past two years Chinese handheld PC maker AYA has launched a handful of devices including the AYA Neo and AYA Neo Next. This year the company is expanding its lineup in a big way with a bunch of small computers including the upcoming AYA Neo 2, AYA Neo Air, AYA Neo Air Plus, […]
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Huawei P50 Pocket is a flip phone with a foldable display and an unusual cover display
Comments Off on Huawei P50 Pocket is a flip phone with a foldable display and an unusual cover displayAs expected, Huawei has introduced its answer to the Samsung Galaxy Flip line of smartphones. The new Huawei P50 Pocket is a modern flip-phone with a 6.9 inch, 120 Hz OLED display that can fold in half to make the phone easy to slide into a pocket. Want to use the camera or check your notifications […]
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Cosmo Communicator’s Linux OS gains new cover screen features
The Cosmo Communicator is what you’d get if you crossed a smartphone with a pocket-sized laptop computer. Unfolded it looks like a tiny laptop with a keyboard inspired by the design of the classic Psion Revo PDA. Fold it and you’ve got a smaller cover screen that you can use for phone calls, notifications, or […]
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This might be Samsung’s next foldable smartphone (and it folds the *other* way)
The Samsung Galaxy Fold is a premium smartphone that works as a small tablet when the flexible OLED display is unfolded, and as a pocket-sized phone when it’s folded in half. The company has sold fewer than a million units so far, but Samsung is reportedly already working on its next foldable phone — a clamshell-style […]
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Samsung launches a premium Android flip phone in China
The Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 Edge+ aren’t the only Android phones Samsung is introducing this week. The company is also launching a new phone for the Chinese market. It features an HD display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 hexa-core processor, and a 16MP rear camera. Oh yeah, it’s also a flip phone. The Samsung […]
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LG Wine Smart is an Android-powered flip phone
Flip phones may have fallen out of fashion in the West, but they still pop up from time to time in Asia. LG recently unveiled an Android-powered flip phone for Korea… but now the company says the phone will be available internationally as well. It’s called the LG Wine Smart, and at first glance it […]
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Samsung clamshell phone with Snapdragon 808 chip on the way
There aren’t many smartphones on the market with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 808 processor with 6 CPU cores. But you know what else there aren’t many of? Smartphones with clamshell designs. It looks like Samsung is taking aim at both shortages. The Samsung SM-G9198 features Qualcomm’s hexa-core chip and a numeric keypad and a 3.9 inch display […]
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Clamshell computers turn 30 this year, continue to fend off tablet threat
It’s been 30 years since the first popular, portable computer with a clamshell case was released. That means the Grid Compass had a built-in keyboard and display, and you could fold the screen over the keys to close the computer up like a book. Time Techland’s Harry McCracken takes a walk down memory lane, looking […]