Motorola’s next flagship phones are coming soon, and if leaks are to be believed, there will be at least two Moto Z models, including one with a slim design and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor, and another with a bigger battery but a less powerful Snapdragon 625 chip.
Leaks also suggest another interesting feature: a connector on the back of the phone that lets you attach “MotoMods,” which are optional back covers with additional hardware.
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Motorola’s next flagship phones are coming soon, and if leaks are to be believed, there will be at least two Moto Z models, including one with a slim design and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor, and another with a bigger battery but a less powerful Snapdragon 625 chip.
Leaks also suggest another interesting feature: a connector on the back of the phone that lets you attach “MotoMods,” which are optional back covers with additional hardware.
Continue reading Moto Z smartphone said to support MotoMods expansion plates at Liliputing.
ZTE is updating its flagship Axon line of smartphones with the ZTE Axon 7. It certainly has the kind of features you’d expect from a 2016 flagship: it has a 5.5 inch, 2560 x 1440 pixel AMOLED display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor, 4GB of RAM, and 64GB of storage. There’s also a higher priced model with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage.
The Axon 7 will initially launch in China, but it will eventually be available in the US and Europe as well.
Continue reading ZTE introduces Axon 7 smartphone with Snapdragon 820, Google Daydream support at Liliputing.
ZTE is updating its flagship Axon line of smartphones with the ZTE Axon 7. It certainly has the kind of features you’d expect from a 2016 flagship: it has a 5.5 inch, 2560 x 1440 pixel AMOLED display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor, 4GB of RAM, and 64GB of storage. There’s also a higher priced model with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage.
The Axon 7 will initially launch in China, but it will eventually be available in the US and Europe as well.
Continue reading ZTE introduces Axon 7 smartphone with Snapdragon 820, Google Daydream support at Liliputing.
It looks like the reports of Jolla’s demise have been somewhat exaggerated. After running into financial troubles last year and announcing it’d be unable to ship tablets to everyone who had placed orders, the company recently announced it had raised new funding for its efforts to continue developing the Sailfish operating system in hopes of licensing it to other manufacturers.
Now Jolla has introduced a new program for developers and enthusiasts called the Sailfish OS Community… along with a limited-edition Sailfish OS smartphone called the Jolla C.
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It looks like the reports of Jolla’s demise have been somewhat exaggerated. After running into financial troubles last year and announcing it’d be unable to ship tablets to everyone who had placed orders, the company recently announced it had raised new funding for its efforts to continue developing the Sailfish operating system in hopes of licensing it to other manufacturers.
Now Jolla has introduced a new program for developers and enthusiasts called the Sailfish OS Community… along with a limited-edition Sailfish OS smartphone called the Jolla C.
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MSI plans to show off a new line of portable gaming machines at the Computex trade show in Taiwan next week. The lineup includes at least three new gaming laptops, a few desktops, and one rather odd system: a VR-capable gaming PC in a backpack.
We’ll have more details soon, but here’s what we know so far.
MSI Backpack PC
Want desktop-class computing power for your virtual reality system, but don’t want to actually have to lug a desktop tower around with you?
Continue reading MSI’s new gaming PCs: 4.2 pound laptop, VR system-in-a-backpack at Liliputing.
MSI plans to show off a new line of portable gaming machines at the Computex trade show in Taiwan next week. The lineup includes at least three new gaming laptops, a few desktops, and one rather odd system: a VR-capable gaming PC in a backpack.
We’ll have more details soon, but here’s what we know so far.
MSI Backpack PC
Want desktop-class computing power for your virtual reality system, but don’t want to actually have to lug a desktop tower around with you?
Continue reading MSI’s new gaming PCs: 4.2 pound laptop, VR system-in-a-backpack at Liliputing.
Asus has added a new 13 inch Chromebook to its line of laptops featuring Google’s Chrome operating system.
The new Asus C301 Chromebook features 4GB of RAM, 16GB of storage, a 1920 x 1080 pixel display, and an Intel Celeron N3160 quad-core processor. It’s listed on the Asus Store website as “coming soon” for $279.
Other features include 802.11ac WiFi, Bluetooth 4.2, two USb 3.0 ports, an HDMI port, and an SD card reader.
Continue reading Asus C301 Chromebook with 1080p screen coming soon at Liliputing.
Asus has added a new 13 inch Chromebook to its line of laptops featuring Google’s Chrome operating system.
The new Asus C301 Chromebook features 4GB of RAM, 16GB of storage, a 1920 x 1080 pixel display, and an Intel Celeron N3160 quad-core processor. It’s listed on the Asus Store website as “coming soon” for $279.
Other features include 802.11ac WiFi, Bluetooth 4.2, two USb 3.0 ports, an HDMI port, and an SD card reader.
Continue reading Asus C301 Chromebook with 1080p screen coming soon at Liliputing.
It’s hard to make a truly compact gaming laptop, because serious gamers want speedy, energy-hungry processors and graphics cards, among other things. But over the past few years we’ve seen a few companies do their best to offer gaming notebooks with reasonably thin and light bodies.
Gigabyte’s latest is called the Aero 14, and it’s a notebook with a 14 inch high-resolution display, an Intel Skylake processor, NVIDIA graphics, support for up to 32GB of RAM, and a compact design: the laptop measures about 0.78 inches thick and weighs about 4.2 pounds.
Continue reading Gigabyte Aero 14: a reasonably small gaming laptop with a huge battery at Liliputing.
It’s hard to make a truly compact gaming laptop, because serious gamers want speedy, energy-hungry processors and graphics cards, among other things. But over the past few years we’ve seen a few companies do their best to offer gaming notebooks with reasonably thin and light bodies.
Gigabyte’s latest is called the Aero 14, and it’s a notebook with a 14 inch high-resolution display, an Intel Skylake processor, NVIDIA graphics, support for up to 32GB of RAM, and a compact design: the laptop measures about 0.78 inches thick and weighs about 4.2 pounds.
Continue reading Gigabyte Aero 14: a reasonably small gaming laptop with a huge battery at Liliputing.
Zotac is introducing a whole bunch of new small form-factor computers ahead of the next week’s Computex trade show in Taiwan. Most appear to be updated versions of tiny computers we first saw at CES in January, but the updates are pretty welcome.
Here’s a brief run-down of Zotac’s latest mini PCs.
Zotac P Series
While Zotac recently introduced its smallest computers to date, in the form of two new PC sticks, the company’s P Series systems are also pretty small, measuring about the size of a smartphone.
Continue reading Zotac’s latest mini-desktops are Skylake powered, some are fanless at Liliputing.
Zotac is introducing a whole bunch of new small form-factor computers ahead of the next week’s Computex trade show in Taiwan. Most appear to be updated versions of tiny computers we first saw at CES in January, but the updates are pretty welcome.
Here’s a brief run-down of Zotac’s latest mini PCs.
Zotac P Series
While Zotac recently introduced its smallest computers to date, in the form of two new PC sticks, the company’s P Series systems are also pretty small, measuring about the size of a smartphone.
Continue reading Zotac’s latest mini-desktops are Skylake powered, some are fanless at Liliputing.
Best Buy is running a sale on HP products… and while most of the items on sale aren’t exactly cheap, they are cheaper than they would otherwise be.
For example, $1000 buys you an HP Spectre x360 13″ convertible notebook with a Core i7 processor, 8GB of RAM, 256GB of storage, and a case that measures 0.6 inches thick and weighs 3.2 pounds. Normally it sells for $1150.
If you’re looking for something a lot cheaper, the Microsoft Store is selling a much less powerful Pavilion x360 11.6″ convertible for $249, which is about $50 off the list price.
Continue reading Deals of the Day (5-25-2016) at Liliputing.
Best Buy is running a sale on HP products… and while most of the items on sale aren’t exactly cheap, they are cheaper than they would otherwise be.
For example, $1000 buys you an HP Spectre x360 13″ convertible notebook with a Core i7 processor, 8GB of RAM, 256GB of storage, and a case that measures 0.6 inches thick and weighs 3.2 pounds. Normally it sells for $1150.
If you’re looking for something a lot cheaper, the Microsoft Store is selling a much less powerful Pavilion x360 11.6″ convertible for $249, which is about $50 off the list price.
Continue reading Deals of the Day (5-25-2016) at Liliputing.
Apple has a media streaming box called the Apple TV. Amazon has the Fire TV. Google has the Chromecast (and the Android TV platform for third-party hardware). And Microsoft? The company has the Xbox platform… which is basically an expensive video game console that costs about 10 times as much as a Chromecast.
But soon the company might have another option. Blogger and Microsoft watcher Brad Sams says the company will probably introduce at least two new “Xbox TV” media streaming devices soon.
Continue reading Report: Microsoft to launch Xbox TV media streamers at Liliputing.
Apple has a media streaming box called the Apple TV. Amazon has the Fire TV. Google has the Chromecast (and the Android TV platform for third-party hardware). And Microsoft? The company has the Xbox platform… which is basically an expensive video game console that costs about 10 times as much as a Chromecast.
But soon the company might have another option. Blogger and Microsoft watcher Brad Sams says the company will probably introduce at least two new “Xbox TV” media streaming devices soon.
Continue reading Report: Microsoft to launch Xbox TV media streamers at Liliputing.
Tablets are a thing largely because some folks want to run smartphone apps on bigger screens, but don’t want to carry around 7 inch or larger phones. One day flexible screens and modular devices may offer a solution: imaging a 4 inch phone that becomes a 7 inch tablet when unfolded or attached to a secondary display.
While Chinese smartphone Oppo isn’t quite ready to launch that kind of phone, the company has revealed a concept device with a 7 inch display that folds in half.
Continue reading Oppo’s tablet prototype can fold in half at Liliputing.
Tablets are a thing largely because some folks want to run smartphone apps on bigger screens, but don’t want to carry around 7 inch or larger phones. One day flexible screens and modular devices may offer a solution: imaging a 4 inch phone that becomes a 7 inch tablet when unfolded or attached to a secondary display.
While Chinese smartphone Oppo isn’t quite ready to launch that kind of phone, the company has revealed a concept device with a 7 inch display that folds in half.
Continue reading Oppo’s tablet prototype can fold in half at Liliputing.