While most Android phones, tablets, and other devices are powered by ARM-based processors, there are a growing number of Android devices with Intel inside. After reviewing a few recent tablets with Intel Atom Bay Trail chips, I’m convinced that Intel has largely caught up with ARM in the mobile space: tablets like the Asus MeMO […]
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Humble Bundle Android app now supports eBooks, audio (as well as games)
Humble Bundle is a site known for letting you buy a bundle of video games for less than the price of one game. Sometimes the games are Windows-only, but a growing number of bundles include support for Linux and/or Android and the team offers a Humble Bundle Android app that you can use to download […]
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Lilbits (5-13-2014): Asus Padfone X inches closer to launch
The Asus Padfone X is a 5 inch smartphone that comes with a 9 inch tablet dock, letting you turn your phone into a tablet simply by sliding it into a dock. The phone is the brains of the operation, which means you don’t need to sync your data (it’s all on your phone), or […]
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Lilbits (4-29-2014): Cheap(er) Kindles
Been holding off on picking up a Kindle eReader because the $69 starting price seems a bit steep? Amazon’s selling the latest Kindle for just $49. The Kindle Paperwhite is also $20 off this week, with a starting price of $99. Sure, it’s twice as expensive, but that’s still a pretty good deal for a […]
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Lilbits (2-18-2014): Pack your media PC in a lunchbox
A home theater PC is, by definition, a computer designed to hang out near your TV so you can send videos, music, or photos to the big screen. But just because the natural habitat of an HTPC is the living room doesn’t mean you can’t move it from place to place. Hackaday found one hacker […]
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Lilbits (1-21-2014): Humble Audiobook Bundle
While eBooks are generally cheaper than their printed counterparts, audiobooks can still be rather pricey. Take Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses, for instance. Amazon charger $10 for the Kindle eBook, $12.64 for the paperback edition, $21.21 for a hardcover copy, and $29.95 for the Audible audio edition. Or you can name your price and get […]
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Lilbits (12-17-2013): Attack of the 2K phones
Apparently 2K is the new 1080p. This week we heard that Samsung could launch its first phone with a 2560 x 1440 pixel display in February, and a couple different display makers have announced plans to offer phone-sized screens with that display resolution. Chinese device maker Vivo has already introduced a phone with a 2560 […]
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Humble Mobile Bundle 2 brings new games to Android (for cheap)
The folks behind Humble Bundle have launched a new bundle of Android games. You can name your price and pick up 4 games from independent developers. Or pay more than the average price and get two bonus games. Since the average price in these deals tends to be pretty low, you can easily grab  half […]
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Lilbits (6-18-2013): Google Readerpocalypse approaches
On July 1st, Google will shut down its web-based RSS reader. For the past half decade, Google Reader has pretty much dominated the RSS reader space, but since Google announced plans to kill the service a few months ago, a number of companies have been promising to step up to the plate. We’ve had a […]
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Deals of the Day (11-08-2012)
Humble Bundle is a website that occasionally offers pay-what-you-want pricing on a package of software, games, eBooks, or other content. The latest bundle is the 4th Humble Bundle for Android, and it includes 5 games, plus a 6th title that you can get if you pay more than the average price. That title is Machinarium, […]