A Chinese PC maker is selling a small form-factor desktop computer that’s about the size of two Intel NUC mini PCs stacked on top of one another. The reason for the added height? There’s a LCD display on the front of the computer. It’s a small, non-touch display designed to show information like the CPU […]
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Waveshare’s Raspberry Pi 400 kits bundle a touchscreen display with the computer-in-a-keyboard
The Raspberry Pi 400 is a computer stuffed inside a keyboard, featuring a quad-core ARM Cortex-A72 processor, 4GB of RAM, WiFi, Bluetooth, and a starting price of $70 for the computer alone or $100 for a computer + mouse, power supply, and microSD card with Raspberry Pi’s Linux-based operating system pre-installed. One thing that’s not […]
Lilbits: Apple Watch, Apple One, and the PinePhone Manjaro Community Edition
Apple announced two new iPads today, including a faster entry-level iPad and the new 4th-gen iPad Air, which is the first device to ship with a 5nm Apple A14 processor. But the company also unveiled the new Apple Watch Series 6 and Apple Watch SE as well as a new Apple One subscription bundle that […]
TCL NXTPAPER is a paper-like color displays for tablets
Color E Ink devices are starting to arrive, bringing many of the benefits of ePaper displays to eReaders that can display color graphics for digital magazines, comics, books, and other apps. But they tend to have a limited color palette, slow screen refresh rate, and reduced pixel density when displaying color. TCL has an alternate […]
These e-Paper displays are powered by NFC
Electronic paper displays are often found in devices like eReaders (or some tablets). But these low-power, high-contrast displays can also be useful for digital signage, price tags, name badges, or other situations where you want to display a static image indefinitely… but be able to change it from time to time. But you know what […]
14.1 inch MacBook Pro may replace the 13.3 inch model
A few months ago, Apple replaced its 15.6 inch MacBook Pro with a new MacBook Pro with a 16 inch display. Now it looks like the company could be preparing a similar screen size spec bump for its smaller MacBook Pro models. According to an investor note from Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple is planning […]
BlitzWolf BW-PCM1 is a portable 11.6 inch display for $105
Some portable monitors stand out due to their ultra-thin designs, high refresh rates, or versatility. The BlitzWolf BW-PC1 isn’t the thinnest or lightest portable display. It doesn’t have a battery, so it needs to be plugged into a power source. But here’s what the BW-PC1 has going for it: the 11.6 inch full HD display […]
Sharp Aquos zero2 is the first phone with a 240 Hz display*
Most smartphones feature 60Hz displays, which means the screen refreshes 60 times per second. But gaming company Razer shook things up a few years ago with the launch of the first smartphone featuring a 120Hz display. Since then a few other companies have jumped on the high-refresh-rate bandwagon. The Asus Rog Phone 2 has a […]
The first laptops with 300Hz displays are coming
The pixel density wars are so last year. Now laptop (and smartphone) makers are pushing high screen refresh rates… particularly for gaming devices. Most laptops ship with 60 Hz displays, but there are already some 144 Hz and 240 Hz models. Now gaming laptops with 300 Hz displays are on the way. Acer’s new Predator […]
Oppo’s “Waterfall Screen” wraps around the sides of a smartphone
A few days after Ice Universe teased an upcoming Vivo smartphone with a curved glass display and a screen-to-body ratio of “over 100%,” Oppo has begun showing images and photos of a phone that appears to have a similar design. That’s not surprising, since Oppo and Vivo are both subsidiaries of Chinese tech company BBK. […]