Budget phone maker BLU’s phones are looking less and less like, well, budget phones. As expected, the company’s latest handset is a $300 model that features an octa-core processor, 4GB of RAM, 64GB of storage, and a fingerprint scanner.
The BLU Pure XR is now available for $300.
The phone has a 5.5 inch, curved 1920 x 1080 pixel Super AMOLED display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 and a MediaTek Helio P10 octa-core processor with Mali-T860 graphics.
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Budget phone maker BLU’s phones are looking less and less like, well, budget phones. As expected, the company’s latest handset is a $300 model that features an octa-core processor, 4GB of RAM, 64GB of storage, and a fingerprint scanner.
The BLU Pure XR is now available for $300.
The phone has a 5.5 inch, curved 1920 x 1080 pixel Super AMOLED display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 and a MediaTek Helio P10 octa-core processor with Mali-T860 graphics.
Continue reading $300 BLU Pure XR smartphone has 4GB RAM, 64GB storage, FHD display at Liliputing.
NVIDIA seems to be preparing to launch a 2nd-gen NVIDIA Shield TV game console.
An NVIDIA device described as the “Shield Android TV Game Console” showed up at the FCC website today. It has a model number of P2897, supports 802.11ac WiFi and has MIMO antennas.
At this point, that’s about all we know for certain about the new Shield console, other than the fact that is also seems to have passed through South Korea’s wireless regulatory agency recently as well.
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NVIDIA seems to be preparing to launch a 2nd-gen NVIDIA Shield TV game console.
An NVIDIA device described as the “Shield Android TV Game Console” showed up at the FCC website today. It has a model number of P2897, supports 802.11ac WiFi and has MIMO antennas.
At this point, that’s about all we know for certain about the new Shield console, other than the fact that is also seems to have passed through South Korea’s wireless regulatory agency recently as well.
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Fitbit is updating two of its most popular activity trackers with new models sporting additional features, improved software, and… the number 2 in their names.
The $150 Fitbit Charge 2 is an update to the company’s Charge and Charge HR. It features a 1.5 inch display and a heart rate monitor.
The $100 Fitbit Flex 2 is an updated wrist band with a thinner design and improved water resistance. Fitbit says it’s the first “swim proof” model in the company’s lineup, and it includes support for swim tracking.
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Fitbit is updating two of its most popular activity trackers with new models sporting additional features, improved software, and… the number 2 in their names.
The $150 Fitbit Charge 2 is an update to the company’s Charge and Charge HR. It features a 1.5 inch display and a heart rate monitor.
The $100 Fitbit Flex 2 is an updated wrist band with a thinner design and improved water resistance. Fitbit says it’s the first “swim proof” model in the company’s lineup, and it includes support for swim tracking.
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Google Android 7.0 is the first version of Google’s mobile operating system to feature native multi-window support. That means you can view more than one app at a time thanks to a split-screen mode that’s enabled by default.
But Android 7.0 also includes support for a freeform window mode that lets you view more than tow apps at a time in resizable windows that can be positioned anywhere on the screen. Basically freeform mode makes Android act a bit more like Windows, macOS, or other desktop operating systems.
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Google Android 7.0 is the first version of Google’s mobile operating system to feature native multi-window support. That means you can view more than one app at a time thanks to a split-screen mode that’s enabled by default.
But Android 7.0 also includes support for a freeform window mode that lets you view more than tow apps at a time in resizable windows that can be positioned anywhere on the screen. Basically freeform mode makes Android act a bit more like Windows, macOS, or other desktop operating systems.
Continue reading Enable freeform windows in Android 7.0 (without root or ADB) at Liliputing.
The Asus Vivobook line of laptops doesn’t grab headlines as often as the company’s flashier ZenBook thin-and-light notebooks. But these lower-priced machines can offer a lot of bang-for-the-buck, especially when they’re on sale at discount prices.
Case in point: right now Adorama is selling a 3.3 pound, 13.3 inch convertible VivoBook Flip with a full HD touchscreen display, a Core i5 Skylake processor, 6GB of RAM, and 256GB of storage for $580.
Here are some of the day’s best deals.
Continue reading Deals of the Day (8-26-2016) at Liliputing.
The Asus Vivobook line of laptops doesn’t grab headlines as often as the company’s flashier ZenBook thin-and-light notebooks. But these lower-priced machines can offer a lot of bang-for-the-buck, especially when they’re on sale at discount prices.
Case in point: right now Adorama is selling a 3.3 pound, 13.3 inch convertible VivoBook Flip with a full HD touchscreen display, a Core i5 Skylake processor, 6GB of RAM, and 256GB of storage for $580.
Here are some of the day’s best deals.
Continue reading Deals of the Day (8-26-2016) at Liliputing.
There are a lot of things you can do with a Chromebook. While Google’s Chrome OS is an operating system based on a web browser, there are plenty of web-based games, office suites, email services, and other apps. And now that Google is bringing support for Android apps, there are more than a million app that you can download and install on a Chromebook.
Now you can also run some Windows programs and games on a Chromebook.
Continue reading Run Windows apps on a Chromebook (with CrossOver for Android) at Liliputing.
There are a lot of things you can do with a Chromebook. While Google’s Chrome OS is an operating system based on a web browser, there are plenty of web-based games, office suites, email services, and other apps. And now that Google is bringing support for Android apps, there are more than a million app that you can download and install on a Chromebook.
Now you can also run some Windows programs and games on a Chromebook.
Continue reading Run Windows apps on a Chromebook (with CrossOver for Android) at Liliputing.
The EOMA68 project is an effort to design a system of modular computing devices that use interchangeable PC cards. The processor, memory, storage, and operating system are all on a card that you can pop out of a laptop or desktop and replace with a different card.
Theoretically any type of processor and operating system can run from an EOMA68 card, but the project is also designed to support free and open source software, which restricts some of the hardware that can be used… so the when founder Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton took to Crowd Supply to raise money to begin production of the first PC cards and laptop and desktop shells, the focus is on first-gen cards with low-power Allwinner A20 processors, 2GB of RAM, and 8GB of storage.
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The EOMA68 project is an effort to design a system of modular computing devices that use interchangeable PC cards. The processor, memory, storage, and operating system are all on a card that you can pop out of a laptop or desktop and replace with a different card.
Theoretically any type of processor and operating system can run from an EOMA68 card, but the project is also designed to support free and open source software, which restricts some of the hardware that can be used… so the when founder Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton took to Crowd Supply to raise money to begin production of the first PC cards and laptop and desktop shells, the focus is on first-gen cards with low-power Allwinner A20 processors, 2GB of RAM, and 8GB of storage.
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Maru OS is a software project that lets you plug an Android phone into an external display to run desktop Linux software. First unveiled earlier this year, the software is very much a work-in-progress. Initially it only supported one phone: the Google Nexus 5.
But things could get a lot more interesting soon, because the developer behind Maru OS has finished open sourcing the project and a group of developers are planning to start porting the software to run on additional devices.
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Maru OS is a software project that lets you plug an Android phone into an external display to run desktop Linux software. First unveiled earlier this year, the software is very much a work-in-progress. Initially it only supported one phone: the Google Nexus 5.
But things could get a lot more interesting soon, because the developer behind Maru OS has finished open sourcing the project and a group of developers are planning to start porting the software to run on additional devices.
Continue reading Maru OS is now open source (Turns Android phones into Linux desktops) at Liliputing.
Asus unveiled several new 2-in-1 Windows tablets in May, including the high-end Transformer 3 Pro and the budget Transformer Mini. Now it looks like the company is ready to start selling some of those tablets in select markets.
The Transformer 3 Pro recently launched in India. Now it’s getting a Japanese launch along with the Transformer Mini, which is also coming soon to Europe.
Asus Transformer Mini T1002HA
This entry-level tablet features a 10.1 inch, 1280 x 800 pixel glossy touchscreen display, a detachable keyboard cover, and an Intel Atom x5-Z8350 Cherry Trail processor.
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Asus unveiled several new 2-in-1 Windows tablets in May, including the high-end Transformer 3 Pro and the budget Transformer Mini. Now it looks like the company is ready to start selling some of those tablets in select markets.
The Transformer 3 Pro recently launched in India. Now it’s getting a Japanese launch along with the Transformer Mini, which is also coming soon to Europe.
Asus Transformer Mini T1002HA
This entry-level tablet features a 10.1 inch, 1280 x 800 pixel glossy touchscreen display, a detachable keyboard cover, and an Intel Atom x5-Z8350 Cherry Trail processor.
Continue reading Asus Transformer Mini, Transformer 3 Pro launch in Japan, Europe at Liliputing.
The Linux kernel is at the heart of the software that powers most of the world’s smartphones and most of the servers that hold the internet together. But when founder Linus Torvalds first announced the Linux project on August 25th, 1991, it was just one person’s attempt to create free and open source alternative to Unix (or more precisely, MINIX).
A lot has changed in the past 25 years.
The Year of the Linux Desktop may have never really arrived, but today millions of people use GNU/Linux-based operating systems on notebook and desktop PCs.
Continue reading Linux turns 25, kind of runs (part of) the world at Liliputing.
The Linux kernel is at the heart of the software that powers most of the world’s smartphones and most of the servers that hold the internet together. But when founder Linus Torvalds first announced the Linux project on August 25th, 1991, it was just one person’s attempt to create free and open source alternative to Unix (or more precisely, MINIX).
A lot has changed in the past 25 years.
The Year of the Linux Desktop may have never really arrived, but today millions of people use GNU/Linux-based operating systems on notebook and desktop PCs.
Continue reading Linux turns 25, kind of runs (part of) the world at Liliputing.