Two new products from NVIDIA showed up at the FCC this week. One appears to be a tablet-shaped device which suggests it could be a next-gen NVIDA Tegra Note 7 tablet, while the other looks like a next-gen NVIDIA Shield handheld game console. Since there are no specs in the FCC listings it’s hard to […]
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NVIDIA Tegra Note LTE hits the FCC
The Tegra Note 7 is an Android tablet with NVIDIA’s Tegra 4 processor, a starting price of $199, support for finger or stylus input, and an emphasis on gaming. Chip maker NVIDIA developed the tablet’s reference dsign, and partners with hardware companies including EVGA and ZOTAC to sell the tablets. In April, NVIDIA unveiled a new […]
NVIDIA Tegra K1 reference tablet has 4GB RAM, full HD display
NVIDIA’s first foray into the Android tablet space left a bit to be desired. Sure, the Tegra Note 7 has a speedy processor, support for digital pen input, and a low starting price of $199. But it also has a 7 inch, 1280 x 800 pixel display, which feels so 2012. It looks like that […]
NVIDIA Tegra Note update brings Android 4.3 plus stylus, camera improvements
NVIDIA may be partnering with companies like EVGA, Gigabyte, and Zotac to distribute and sell Tegra Note 7 tablets. But software updates come straight from NVIDIA — and now the company is rolling out one of the first major updates. The over-the-air update brings new camera and stylus features, and updates the software from Android […]
Lilbits (12-13-2013): Emulating an Amiga 500 in your browser
Google’s Portable Native Client is software that lets a web app use your computer’s hardware much the way that a native app would do — and this allows you to develop web games, services, and even more complex software that acts like something that would normally run straight from your PC, not a web browser. […]
Lilbits (12-06-2013): Cheapest. Samsung. Tablet. Ever.
Samsung offers phones and tablets in all sorts of shapes and sizes, and soon the company may also expand its horizons by extending its price range to cover “dirt cheap.” The folks at SamMobile report that Samsung may be working on cheaper versions of its phones including a Galaxy Note 3 Lite and Galaxy Grant […]
EVGA Tegra Note tablet is now available for $200
The NVIDIA Tegra Note is a 7 inch Android tablet with an NVIDIA Tegra 4 processor, a 1280 x 800 pixel display, and a special passive stylus that supports pressure-sensitive input. NVIDIA is partnering with a number of hardware companies to produce and sell Tegra Note tablets around the globe, and now one of the […]
Lilbits (11-12-2013): In defense of Chromebooks
Chromebooks continue to be a tough sell for some folks: Why buy a computer that does less than similarly priced Windows machines? You can always run the Chrome web browser on another computer to get much of the experience you’d get with a Chromebook after all. But Chrome OS is a case study of less-can-be-more. The […]
EVGA Tegra Note $200 tablet ships November 19th
The first tablet based on NVIDIA’s Tegra Note platform is now available for pre-order from Newegg for $200, and it’s expected to ship on November 19th, 2013. It’s called the EVGA Tegra Note, and it’s just the first of a group of tablets that are basically re-branded versions of a 7 inch tablet designed by […]
Lilbits (9-26-2013): Portable wireless battery for your phone
Some of the top smartphones on the market today have speedy processors, big screens, and batteries which you can’t replace yourself. So if you run out of juice, you’ll need to either find a place to plug in — or an external battery which you can use to charge on the go. Mugen Power Batteries […]