Now that NVIDIA’s handheld gaming console is available, you might be wondering whether it’s worth paying $299 for. After reading more than a dozen reviews of the NVIDIA Shield, it doesn’t look like there’s a simple answer. If there’s a consensus, it seems to be that the Shield is a fast, well-built device that sets […]
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NVIDIA SHIELD handheld Android game console hits the streets today
NVIDA’s first gaming console is now available for purchase in the US and Canada. The NVIDIA SHIELD goes on sale today for $299 at stores including GameStop, Newegg, and NVIDIA.com. The game console features a 5 inch, 720p touchscreen display connected to what looks a lot like an Xbox controller. Under the hood it has […]
HP SlateBook x2 convertible tablet now available for $479
The HP SlateBook x2 is an Android tablet that you can use as a laptop when you connect a keyboard dock. Despite the Android operating system, HP is positioning the SlateBook as a PC rather than a mobile device. But it’s priced like a budget laptop. HP is now selling the SlateBook X2 for $479. […]
Wacom’s upcoming mobile tablet could sport an NVIDIA Tegra 4 chip
Over the past few years “tablet” has come to mean a mobile device you can use to surf the web, play games, and run other apps. But Wacom’s been making a different kind of tablet for years. The company’s “graphics tablets” can be hooked up to a computer and used by digital artists to draw […]
Nuvola NP-1 is a $299 Android media player with a Tegra 4 chip
Digital entertainment company NanoTech plans to launch an Android-powered device that you can use to stream 4K Ultra HD movies to your TV. It’s called the Nuvola NP-1, and it’s expected to ship in August. NanoTech is taking pre-orders for $299, but your card won’t be charged until the box ships. The Nuvola NP-1 is […]
ZTE to launch a Tegra 4-powered smartphone in China
A few months ago ZTE introduced a smartphone called the Geek, sporting a 5 inch screen and an Intel Atom Clover Trail+ processor. But it looks like some folks will have a chance to pick up a ZTE Geek with an NVIDIA Tegra 4 processor and a higher-resolution display. Engadget reports that the ZTE Geek […]
Acer working on a tablet with Tegra 4 CPU, WQHD display?
Acer appears to be working on a new tablet featuring an NVIDIA Tegra 4 processor and a high resolution display. Notebook Italia uncovered benchmark results for an unannounced tablet called the Acer TA272HUL which apparently has a 1.8 GHz Tegra 4 CPU, Android 4.2.2 software, and a display that’s probably about 2560 x 1440 pixels. […]
Kalos Android tablet with Tegra 4 CPU, WQHD display (video)
Tawainese device maker and app developer BungBungame is showing off a new 10 inch Android tablet with a high resolution display and an NVIDIA Tegra 4 ARM Cortex-A15 quad-core processor. It’s called the Kalos tablet, and the folks at Mobile Geeks got a chance to check out a demo unit at Computex. The tablet features a […]
Asus Transformer Pad Infinity gets a Tegra 4 CPU, WQHD display
Asus is updating its Transformer Pad Infinity tablet with a faster processor and higher-resolution display. It will ship with an NVIDIA Tegra 4 processor and a 10.1 inch, 2560 x 1600 pixel display. The model that launched last year was one of the speediest tablets around, and had one of the sharpest screens available. But […]
NVIDIA starts taking pre-orders for SHIELD handheld game console
NVIDIA’s SHIELD handheld game console is a portable gaming system which looks like a 5 inch display tacked onto an Xbox-style controller. It’s powered by a Tegra 4 processor, runs Google Android, and has a 720p display. While NVIDIA had planned to open general pre-orders for the SHIELD next week, the company’s moved the date […]