Japanese electronics company Kyocera has announced it’s exiting the consumer smartphone space due to decreased demand for its products. In the company’s most recent financial report, Kyocera says it ended development of new consumer smartphone products this March, and it will stop selling phones to the general public by March, 2025. If you don’t live […]
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Lilbits: Digital Posters with 42 inch E Ink displays, Steam ends support for older Windows versions
No Comments on Lilbits: Digital Posters with 42 inch E Ink displays, Steam ends support for older Windows versionsDevice makers have been using E Ink displays for eBook readers for two decades. But in recent years E Ink has been pushing into other areas including wearables, signage, and even architectural applications. Now the company is partnering with Sharp to bring “Digital Posters” to Japan. Here’s a roundup of recent tech news from around […]
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Lilbits: Unbox Therapy’s hands-on with pre-release Pixel 7, Netflix could do cloud gaming, and RS Components no longer makes or sells Raspberry Pi hardware
2 Comments on Lilbits: Unbox Therapy’s hands-on with pre-release Pixel 7, Netflix could do cloud gaming, and RS Components no longer makes or sells Raspberry Pi hardwareGoogle’s Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro smartphones are expected to hit the streets this fall, and the company already gave us an idea of what they’d look like in May. But pre-release versions of the phone have been showing up in the wild for months, and now popular tech YouTuber Unbox Therapy has posted… an […]
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Steam Deck handheld gaming PC expands to Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong
When the Steam Deck first launched earlier this year, it was only available for purchase in the US, Canada, UK, and European Union. But now Valve has announced that the handheld gaming PC is coming to more regions, starting with Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Customers in those countries can now reserve a […]
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VAIO SX12 and SX14 laptops get an Alder Lake refresh
Japanese PC maker VAIO has announced that it’s bringing 12th-gen Intel “Alder Lake” chips to its laptop lineup. The new VAIO SX12 is a 12.5 inch thin and light notebook with a starting weight of less than 2 pounds and support for up to an Intel Core i7-1260P processor, while the VAIO SX14 is a 2.3 pound model […]
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Lilbits: Motorola’s rollable phone, artsy tablets from Asus, and Sharp’s phone with a 1 inch image sensor
Comments Off on Lilbits: Motorola’s rollable phone, artsy tablets from Asus, and Sharp’s phone with a 1 inch image sensorLG may have gotten out of the phone business before the company got a chance to launch the first phone with a rollable display, and Oppo’s rollable phone may be little more than a concept, but rumor has it that at least one other major phone maker does still plan to bring a rollable phone […]
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Nanote Next is a cheap 7 inch mini-laptop with slightly better specs than last year’s model (Japan)
7 Comments on Nanote Next is a cheap 7 inch mini-laptop with slightly better specs than last year’s model (Japan)Mini-laptops and handheld computers with small screens are niche devices that tend to carry high price tags these days. But for the past few years Japan’s Don Quixote has been bucking the trend with the Nanote line of mini-laptops featuring low prices… and modest specs. The latest model is a 7 inch mini-laptop with called […]
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Crazy Small Wheel is a tiny scroll wheel you can use with your feet (or hands)
Japanese company Cooyou has launched a tiny USB scroll wheel that can be used as a dedicated device for either vertical or horizontal scrolling on a PC. Appropriately called the Crazy Small Wheel, it’s little enough to easily hold in your fingers while scrolling through presentations or other content. But you can also place it […]
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The Balmuda Phone is a small, expensive, and unique phone from a Japanese company known for toasters
2 Comments on The Balmuda Phone is a small, expensive, and unique phone from a Japanese company known for toastersBalmuda is a Japanese design company that makes high-end products for the home including a toaster, kettle, and lantern. Now Balmuda is also a phone maker. The Balmuda Phone is an unusual phone with a unique design by 2021 standards: It has a 4.9 inch display and a curved back that the company says makes the […]
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Lenovo launches Tab6 5G mid-range Android tablet in Japan
The Lenovo Tab6 is a 10.3 inch Android tablet with a full HD display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 processor, 4GB of RAM, and 64GB of storage. Those are solidly mid-range specs, but the tablet does have at least one unusual thing going for it – Lenovo says the Tab6 is the first Android tablet available […]