A new French company called iodĂ© is selling smartphones that ship with a custom Android-based operating system that offers some of the benefits of Android (like ease-of-use) while offering more privacy. The company says its software blocks advertisements, spyware, and other apps and services from tracking your personal data. One trade-off is that the phones […]
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Lenovo Screen Jacket is a projector screen… and a jacket
Lenovo now sells tablets with built-in projectors, allowing you to shine movies, photos, or other content on a screen. Don’t have a screen handy? Now Lenovo has a rather unusual solution: a designer jacket that serves double duty as a portable projector screen. The Lenovo Screen Jacket has a colorful exterior and a white interior, […]
Freebox mini 4K Android TV box launches in France
French internet and TV provider Free has launched a new set-top-box with Android TV software and support for 4K Ultra HD video. It’s called the Freebox mini 4K and it features a 1.5 GHz Broadcom BCM7252 ARM Cortex-A15 dual-core processor and support for terrestrial, streaming, on-demand, and recorded video content. The Freebox mini 4K is […]
HP’s next-gen 7 and 8 inch tablets arrive (in France)
Hewlett Packard has launched two new Android tablets… in France. I suspect it won’t be long before we see the new HP 8 G2 and HP Tablet 7 G2 in other countries, although the names might differ from region to region. Update: The HP 8 G2 is now available in the US for $150. A tablet […]
Acer Iconia A1-810 tablet with 7.9 inch, 1024 x 768 pixel screen shows up in France
French retailer Rue du Commerce is taking orders for a new Acer tablet called the Iconia A1-810. It’s a previously unannounced tablet featuring a quad-core processor, Android 4.2 software, and a 7.9 inch, 1024 x 768 pixel IPS display. In other words, it’s an Android tablet about the same size and shape as an iPad […]
Google Nexus 7 launches in Germany, France, and Spain
Google is now selling the Nexus 7 tablet in 3 more European nations. German, French, and Spanish folks can now order the 7 inch Android tablet from the Google Play Store in their respective countries. In Europe the Nexus 7 runs €199 for an 8GB model or €249 for a model with 16GB of storage. That’s about […]
Evigroup ships dual-boot Windows 7, Windows 8 preview tablet
French tablet maker Evigroup is officially one of the first companies to ship a tablet running Windows 8. Actually, the Evigroup SmartPaddle Pro is available with Windows 8 Release Preview and Windows 7 in a dual-boot configuration. That lets users decide which operating system they prefer — and when Windows 8 is released this fall, […]
Asus Eee Pad Transformer TF300T up for pre-order in France
The Asus Eee Pad Transformer TF300T is a 10 inch Android tablet with an NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor. On paper it looks like a cheaper alternative to the Transformer Prime TF200T, since the new model has a slower processor, less battery life, and a thicker case. But while Asus hasn’t officially launched the tablet, […]
French retailer LDLC ships netbook sans OS, recommends Joli OS
There was a time when it looked like the rise of low cost netbooks would finally lead to the rise of Linux as a consumer operating system. Then Microsoft slashed Windows prices for PC makers building netbooks and the rest is history. But there’s still a niche market for netbooks that ship with Linux, or […]
MSI Wind U250 with AMD processor makes an appearance in France
Remember that MSI Wind U250 notebook that we spotted on the US Energy Star web site a few months ago? No? That’s OK, I’d kind of forgotten about it myself — until it showed up at an AMD event in Cannes yesterday. The folks at NewGadgets.de got a chance to snap a few photos of […]