The Taihe Gemini portable monitor has made quite a splash since going up for pre-order on Kickstarter in January, having raised over $1 million from more than 3,200 backers so far — despite the project’s modest goal of just $10,000. Update 2/19/2019:Â The Kickstarter campaign has ended, but you can now pre-order a Gemini through an […]
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Chuwi UBook Kickstarter campaign begins, 2-in-1 tablet ships in April
The Chuwi UBook is a Windows tablet with an 11.6 inch, 1920 x 1080 pixel touchscreen display, an Intel Core m3-6Y30 processor, 8GB of RAM, a detachable keyboard, and a pressure-sensitive pen. Chuwi unveiled the tablet earlier this month and the company says the retail price will be $469 and up, but the company is […]
Meizu Zero button-free, port-free phone hits Indiegogo
Two Chinese companies unveiled smartphones with no ports or buttons last week, and now you can put down some money to buy one. The Meizu Zero is up for pre-order through a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo. Before you pull out your wallet though, there are a few things you should know. First, this phone is […]
MobiScribe 6.8 inch E Ink slate + stylus hits Indiegogo for $199 and up
It looks like there’s a new E Ink slate with support for handwritten notes and drawings. It’s called the MobiScribe and it’s a device with a 6.8 inch E Ink display and support for both finger and pen input. You can use your fingers to flip pages while reading eBooks or to navigate the user […]
Gemini portable displays hit Kickstarter, ship in May
As promised, the Gemini portable 15.6 inch displays with built-in batteries are now up for pre-order through a Kickstarter campaign. While these are hardly the first portable displays designed to connect to a laptop, tablet, or other mobile device to give you a dual-screen setup on the go, the Gemini Displays are interesting for a […]
Chuwi Ubook 2-in-1 tablet coming soon for $400 and up (with up to 1TB SSD)
Chinese PC maker Chuwi’s latest computer is a 2-in-1 tablet with an 11.6 inch full HD display, a built-in, U-shaped kickstand, an Intel Core m3-6Y30 processor, and 8GB of RAM. It’s called the Chuwi Ubook and it goes up for pre-order through a Kickstarter campaign set to begin on January 31st. There are two things […]
Intel Cherry Trail dev board hits Kickstarter for just $34
Makers looking to build a project with a low-cost dev board have tons of options. Thanks to a new Kickstarter project, one of those options now features an Intel Cherry Trail Atom processor. The Atomic Pi is a new dev board that is powered by an Atom x5-Z8350 quad core with a top speed of […]
PGS is still working on a dual-screen handheld gaming PC
More than two years after launching and then cancelling a dubious Kickstarter campaign for a dual-screen handheld computer designed for gaming, the folks at PGS still seem to be hoping to bring the gadget to market some day. PGS has been posting occasional progress updates to the company blog for the past few years, and […]
Indiegogo’s will only charge crowdfunding backers when an item ships (for some campaigns)
Crowdfunding site Indiegogo plans to roll out a new option for some campaigns next year that means if you back a project that fails to ship a product, you’ll get a refund for any money you paid. It’s called “guaranteed shipping,” and it’s not something you’ll see for every campaign. After all, the whole point of […]
Khadas Edge is a hacker-friendly single-board PC… and ecosystem (crowdfunding)
The single-board computer space has sort of blown up in the six years since Raspberry Pi released its first credit card-sized computer. Over the past year, we’ve seen a number of models powered by Rockchip’s RK3399 hexa-core processor. But the latest isn’t so much a single-board PC as an entire ecosystem of products designed around […]