For the first few years of the global COVID-19 pandemic, there had been a chip shortage due to decreased supply and increased demand. Factories shut down toward the start of the pandemic, but demand for computers and other gadgets went up as people were told to stay at home for work and school. Now the […]
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LG Velvet is getting Android 13 next year (two years after LG stopped making phones)
When LG announced it was shutting down its smartphone business in 2021 the company did promise to continue supporting existing phones for a few years. And LG has followed through on that promise. Updates will probably end sometime next year, but not before LG rolls out a few last updates. One of those is an […]
LG’s new 12 inch display can be stretched up to 14 inch screen when you pull on it
Flexible and rollable screens move over. LG’s showing off a new stretchable display that… well honestly it’s probably best to think of it as a more durable version of a flexible display. It’s a 12 inch screen that can be stretched until it’s up for 14 inches without breaking. Of course, the imagery on the display […]
LG UltraPC laptop family gets two more big-screen models for the US market
The new LG UltraPC 16 (16U90Q) is a 3.6 pound notebook with a 16 inch, 1920 x 1200 pixel display, an AMD Ryzen 7 5825U processor, and 16GB of LPDDR4 RAM. Weighing 3.6 pounds, it’s not LG’s lightest laptop, but it’s pretty compact for a model with a 16 inch display. It’s also just one of […]
LG Ultra 14 and 16 inch laptops launch in Europe with Ryzen 5000U processors
The new LG Ultra PC 14 (14U70Q) is a 2.8 pound laptop with a 14 inch, 1920 x 1200 pixel display, a 72 Wh battery, and support for up to an AMD Ryzen 7 5825U processor. And the LG Ultra PC 16 (16U70Q) is a 3.6 pound notebook with similar specs, but a larger 16 inch display. […]
This handheld game console was made from an LG Wing smartphone
Before pulling out of the smartphone space, LG released one of the strangest phones to date. The LG Wing is a dual-screen phone from 20220 that features two displays with a primary screen that twists to reveal a second screen in a T-shaped design. It wasn’t popular enough to save the company’s phone business, but […]
LG Ultra Tab is a mid-range Android tablet for South Korea
LG doesn’t make Android phones anymore. But apparently the company isn’t done with Android tablets yet, because LG just launched a new model in South Korea called the LG Ultra Tab. The tablet has a 10.35 inch, FHD+ display and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 processor and sells for around $300 in South Korea. There’s no […]
Lilbits: Linux laptops and handhelds, iOS 16 beta, and Microsoft Store policy change blocks sales of some open source apps
The thing about free and open source apps is that anyone can take the source code and make their own version of an app with few (or no) changes. Many open source licenses even allow you to redistribute your version of an app. So it’s unsurprising that app stores are sometimes litters with unofficial versions […]
LG Gram 2022 lightweight laptops now available for $1299 and up
The LG Gram line of laptops are known for their slim and incredibly lightweight designs, but that doesn’t mean they sacrifice horsepower. This year LG introduced 6 new models that are powered by 12th Intel Core-P processors with up to 12 cores, 16-threads, and Intel Iris Xe graphics. Available with screen sizes ranging from 14 […]
Lilbits: Raspberry Pi OS, a tiny computer module with a 16-core CPU, and a Quick Look clone for Windows
The developers of Raspberry Pi OS have released a new build that eliminates the default “pi” user account, which means that in the interest of security you’ll need to create a new account when setting up the operating system for Raspberry Pi computers. Meanwhile SolidRun has introduced a new system on a module that it […]