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AYANEO AM01 retro mini PC now available with up to a Ryzen 7 5800U processor

The AYANEO AM01 is a tiny desktop computer designed to look like a classic Mac and positioned as a system for entry-level retro gaming. When it first launched in November through an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign the little computer was available with a choice of AMD Ryzen 3 3200U or Ryzen 7 5700U processors… neither of […]

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Volla Tablet will ship with Android, but supports Ubuntu Touch multi-boot (crowdfunding)

Volla makes smartphones that support both Android and Ubuntu Touch operating systems. The company launched a crowdfunding campaign for its first phone in 2019 and began shipping that phone a year later. Since then, the German company has expanded its product lineup and Volla currently offers a few different phones and a bunch of accessories. […]

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The Minimal Phone hits Indiegogo for $350 and up (E Ink phone with a QWERTY keyboard)

The Minimal Phone is an Android phone with a screen that bucks almost every trend in the modern smartphone space. Instead of a big screen with vibrant colors and a high refresh rate it has a small black and white E Ink display positioned above a physical keyboard, making the phone look a bit like a modern […]

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REDMAGIC DAO 150W Charger GaN can power a gaming laptop, show stats on a screen, and has a semi-transparent body

It’s not hard to find a USB-C wall charger capable of charging thin and light laptops. The number that can put out enough juice for power-hungry gaming laptops or mobile workstations is smaller, but there are some options. The REDMAGIC DAO 150W GaN Charger manages to stand out from the crowd for a few reasons […]

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MNT Pocket Reform mini-laptop should begin shipping by late March (open hardware)

The MNT Pocket Reform is a small laptop computer with a 7 inch display, a modular keyboard with RGB backlighting, and a modular design that allows you to swap out the processor or other key components. First unveiled nearly two years ago, it went up for pre-order through a crowdfunding campaign in 2023, and after […]

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Tangara is an open source, iPod-inspired portable music player (crowdfunding)

If you have a smartphone then you have a portable music player in your pocket, which is probably one of the reasons why the Apple iPod and similar devices have fallen by the wayside in recent years. But sometimes you don’t want the distractions of a modern, internet-connected device with a touchscreen color display, so there […]

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UGREEN’s NAS devices have 12th-gen Intel chips and M.2 SSD support (crowdfunding begins March 12 for $240 and up)

Earlier this month PC and mobile accessory maker UGREEN announced plans to enter the network-attached storage (NAS) space with an impressive looking line of products that look pretty competitive when it comes to processing power and storage capabilities. Now the company has revealed that a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for the UGREEN NASync line of devices will […]

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AYANEO Flip clamshell handheld gaming PC launches for $699 and up via crowdfunding, ships in March, 2024

The AYANEO Flip is a handheld gaming PC with a clamshell-style design that makes it look like a little laptop. While most recent handheld computers designed for gaming have screens in the middle and controllers on the sides, the AYA Neo Flip has a screen that flips open like a laptop and game controllers in the […]

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ONEXPLAYER X1 gaming tablet with detachable controllers and Intel Meteor Lake launches in China (global launch coming soon)

The ONEXPLAYER X1 is a 10.95 inch tablet with a 2560 x 1600 pixel, 120 Hz display, detachable game controllers that connect to the sides, and an Intel Meteor Lake processor. Designed both as One Netbook’s largest handheld gaming PC to date, and as a multi-purpose tablet that can be used with accessories like an optional keyboard. […]

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ReBoi is a DIY kit for turning a Game Boy Color into a Raspberry Pi-powered retro gaming PC (crowdfunding)

Folks have been stuffing Rasberry Pi computers into Game Boy-inspired cases for years, but the ReBoi kit is designed to make it as easy as possible to use an actual Game Boy Color case. Developer James Sargent designed a custom printed circuit board (PCB) that slips inside a Game Boy Color case as a replacement for the […]