In the market for a cheap tablet? Amazon is selling last year’s Kindle Fire HD for just $89 today. It’s a refurbished model with 16GBm but it includes a full 1-year warranty, just like a new model. Looking for something a bit cheaper and more E Inky? If you act by 1:00PM Eastern, you might […]
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Welcome to the new Liliputing (is anything broken?)
Mobile computing has changed a lot since Liliputing started in April, 2008. Netbooks are out. Tablets, ultrabooks, and smartphones are in. And more than 12,000 articles and 67 million page views later, I decided it was about time to give the website a fresh coat of paint. If you’ve visited Liliputing recently, you may have […]
Come join the discussion in the Liliputing community on Google+
Liliputing may be a great place for the latest news, reviews, and tips related to mobile devices, if I do say so myself. And we’ve got a great community of readers who help keep the discussion going in the comments. But now there’s a way you can help get the conversation started. We just launched a […]
What would you like to see more of on Liliputing?
Earlier this year Liliputing quietly celebrated its third birthday. Mobile technology has changed a lot since we started writing about affordable portable computers in 2008. The cost of personal computing devices has come down, netbooks have started to share the spotlight with tablets (to put it kindly), and the line between smartphones, tablets and laptop […]
Motorola XOOM rooted, dissected, discounted in first 24 hours
The Motorola XOOM Android tablet went on sale in the US yesterday. Since it started to hit the shelves, hackers have figured out how to unlock the bootloader to install custom software, enable root access, buy the tablet for $200 off the list price, and oh yeah, take it apart to look at the insides. […]
What is a Liliputer? A brief introduction to Liliputing
Defining characteristics of a liliputer: Low cost (typically under $600) Tiny (10.2 inch or smaller display) Unlike many UMPCs (Ultra Mobile PCs), all liliputers have keyboards Most liliputers feature cheaper, slower components than contemporary laptops. But with the introduction of the Intel Atom and VIA Nano CPUs, this is changing. Introduction to Liliputing: Over the […]