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GPD Win 2 handheld gaming PC to sell for $699 (or $599 during Indiegogo campaign)

by Brad Linder 44 Comments on GPD Win 2 handheld gaming PC to sell for $699 (or $599 during Indiegogo campaign)

GPD’s second handheld PC designed for gaming is coming in 2018, and the GPD Win 2 is expected to have a bigger screen, faster memory and storage, and a more powerful processor than the original GPD Win. It’s also expected to cost more. GPD has announced that the GPD Win 2 will sell for $599 […]

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GPD Pocket (7 inch Windows laptop) is now available for $500 (no crowdfunding required)

by Brad Linder 33 Comments on GPD Pocket (7 inch Windows laptop) is now available for $500 (no crowdfunding required)

The GPD Pocket is a tiny Windows laptop (or maybe it’s a palmtop) with a  7 inch, 1920 x 1200 pixel touchscreen display, an Intel Atom x7-Z8750 processor, 8GB of RAM, and 128GB of eMMC storage. GPD ran a crowdfunding campaign for the tiny computer earlier this year, but if you didn’t get a chance to […]

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Crowdfunding campaign shows what a Windows 10 UMPC with an ARM chip could look like

by Brad Linder 9 Comments on Crowdfunding campaign shows what a Windows 10 UMPC with an ARM chip could look like

Microsoft and Qualcomm are working on a version of Windows 10 that will run on devices with Snapdragon 835 processors. But what kind of devices? Smart money is on tablets and compact laptops, to start. But the folks behind the KS-PRO and KS-PROID Indiegogo campaign have a vision for a device that brings back the concept […]

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GPD Pocket will be a 7 inch touchscreen laptop with Windows & Ubuntu support

by Brad Linder 43 Comments on GPD Pocket will be a 7 inch touchscreen laptop with Windows & Ubuntu support

The company behind the GPD Win handheld gaming device have been making Android handhelds for years. But GPD’s Win got a lot of attention because it’s a Windows-powered handheld that can run PC games. Now the company is planning to launch something new: a 7 inch laptop that’s small enough to slide into your pocket. […]

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Lilbits (10-02-2013): More bad news for BlackBerry

by Brad Linder 1 Comment on Lilbits (10-02-2013): More bad news for BlackBerry

Canadian smartphone company BlackBerry could go private soon, which means the company may not have to report its financial health to the public anymore. But for now, the company is continuing to provide updates on its current situation… and the state of the BlackBerry is not good. Here’s a roundup of tech news from around […]

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Tainell U-Touch 500: Windows 7 handheld PC with a 5 inch screen

by Brad Linder 5 Comments on Tainell U-Touch 500: Windows 7 handheld PC with a 5 inch screen

Remember UMPCs? Long before iPads and Android tablets were all the rage, Ultra Mobile PCs with Windows were supposed to be the next big thing. While these tiny computers did manage to collect a small but devoted following, they were typically underpowered, had awful battery life, and tended to carry high price tags. These days […]

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Modder continues to try to create the Ultimate UMPC with a Sony VAIO UX

by James Diaz Comments Off on Modder continues to try to create the Ultimate UMPC with a Sony VAIO UX

The Sony VAIO UX is a hand held computer that’s so small it makes a 10 inch netbook look like Godzilla.  Unfortunately the VAIO UX series, which was first introduced about 3 years ago, didn’t do well enough to keep the product category alive and Sony eventually pulled it from the consumer market less than […]