Google unveiled its latest tablet built with the Tegra X1 SoC: the Pixel C. Unlike previous tablets made by Google, which were co-developed and manufactured by other companies such as Asus and Samsung, the Pixel C will be the first tablet designed and built exclusively by Google in house. In the heart of the Pixel […]
Amazon has revealed a new lineup of Fire tablets that will be available later this month. The new devices include Amazon’s latest version of the Fire OS, Fire OS 5 “Bellini,” which Amazon said includes hundreds of improvements and additional features over the previous version. Amazon said Fire OS has been built with Android Lollipop […]
Intel has revealed more details about the capabilities of its upcoming Skylake processor line, though stopped short of giving specific information for processors it will be releasing in the future. Explained to developers and hardware vendors at the Intel Developer Forum, Skylake will feature not only performance and power management improvements, but also bring in […]
Qualcomm has announced its Adreno 5xx GPU architecture as well as a 14-bit “Spectra” image signal processor that promises to create DSLR-quality and blur-free photography. Adreno 5xx The company announced two first GPUs for this new architecture — the Adreno 530, which will come with the Snapdragon 820 chip, and the Adreno 510, which will […]
Qualcomm has unveiled two new mobile application processors, the Snapdragon 412 and the Snapdragon 212. Both chips are updates to previous designs, the Snapdragon 410 and Snapdragon 210, respectively. New features include higher CPU clock speeds and improved GPU performance. The 412, paired with an Adreno 306 GPU, is 64-bit capable, supports 1080p HD video playback […]
Nvidia says it’s voluntarily recalling certain Shield tablets, pitched as “the ultimate tablet for gamers,” over concerns that the device’s battery can overheat, potentially posing a fire hazard. The company says its recall affects 8-inch Shield tablets sold between July 2014 and July 2015. The recall does not affect any other Nvidia products, the company […]
In a competitive landscape that has been obsessed with thinner, sleeker and prettier, there has emerged a need for computing devices that can be taken “out there” where things can sometimes happen. Things like spills, and bumps, and drops, and dirt, and dust, and maybe some water, are the price you pay for taking your […]
A few weeks ago, Microsoft announced that its Wi-Fi-only Surface 3 tablet was going to get a buddy in the form of a 4G LTE version. Initially, it would be available first to business-related customers before it would be sold to the rest of the public. It seemed like it would take a long time […]
Samsung is seemingly trying to take on Apple’s iPad Air 2, by launching a similar-looking Android tablet. The Galaxy Tab S2 follows on from last year’s Tab S in being a high-resolution tablet, but while Samsung manages to put in a similar-sized 9.7-inch AMOLED display to the iPad Air 2 with a 2048×1536 resolution, along […]
Lenovo has introduced an upgraded version of its ThinkPad 10 from last year, one which takes aim at the Microsoft Surface Pro 3. The new ThinkPad 10 retains many of the characteristics of the original, including a 10.1-inch 1920×1200-resolution display, but this time it includes the ThinkPad Pen Pro stylus and an increased focus on […]
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