Asus is preparing to launch a new 12.5 inch tablet with a detachable keyboard and Windows 10 software. The upcoming Asus Transformer Book T302 is a follow-up to last year’s T300 Chi. but instead of a Core M Broadwell processor, the new model will be available with low-power Skylake chip options.
Other new features include options for up to 512GB of solid state storage and an option for a backlit keyboard.
Asus hasn’t announced when the new 2-in-1 tablet will be available, but Tablet Monkeys says the Transformer Book T302 should be available in June or July… which suggests Asus will officially launch the notebook at the Computex trade show in June.
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Asus is preparing to launch a new 12.5 inch tablet with a detachable keyboard and Windows 10 software. The upcoming Asus Transformer Book T302 is a follow-up to last year’s T300 Chi. but instead of a Core M Broadwell processor, the new model will be available with low-power Skylake chip options.
Other new features include options for up to 512GB of solid state storage and an option for a backlit keyboard.
Asus hasn’t announced when the new 2-in-1 tablet will be available, but Tablet Monkeys says the Transformer Book T302 should be available in June or July… which suggests Asus will officially launch the notebook at the Computex trade show in June.
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Intel recently announced plans eliminate 12,000 jobs, or about 11 percent of its entire workforce as the company shifts some of its focus from personal computers to cloud services including data centers and the Internet of Things.
Now Intel CEO Brian Kraznich is offering a little more explanation of what that means.
The company isn’t giving up on PC chips, but Kraznich says the focus is now on a wide range of cloud-connected products, which includes personal computers like laptops, tablets, and desktops.
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Intel recently announced plans eliminate 12,000 jobs, or about 11 percent of its entire workforce as the company shifts some of its focus from personal computers to cloud services including data centers and the Internet of Things.
Now Intel CEO Brian Kraznich is offering a little more explanation of what that means.
The company isn’t giving up on PC chips, but Kraznich says the focus is now on a wide range of cloud-connected products, which includes personal computers like laptops, tablets, and desktops.
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It’s not uncommon got find Windows tablets selling for under $100 these days… but it is still a little unusual to find a model in that price range with a full HD display. That’s exactly what the Microsoft Store is currently offering, though.
The NuVision TM800W56L Signature Edition tablet features an 8 inch, 1920 x 1080 pixel display, 2GB of RAM, 32GB of storage, and an Intel Atom Z3735F Bay Tril processor.
Sure, it’s not exactly a tablet that can replace your laptop… but it’s a cheap device that you could use to surf the web, play some games, or watch some movies, among other things.
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It’s not uncommon got find Windows tablets selling for under $100 these days… but it is still a little unusual to find a model in that price range with a full HD display. That’s exactly what the Microsoft Store is currently offering, though.
The NuVision TM800W56L Signature Edition tablet features an 8 inch, 1920 x 1080 pixel display, 2GB of RAM, 32GB of storage, and an Intel Atom Z3735F Bay Tril processor.
Sure, it’s not exactly a tablet that can replace your laptop… but it’s a cheap device that you could use to surf the web, play some games, or watch some movies, among other things.
Continue reading Deals of the Day (4-27-2016) at Liliputing.
LeEco recently introduced a new line of smartphones with no 3.5mm headphone jack. Instead, you can plug headphones into the LeEco Le 2, Le 2 Pro, and Le 2 Max using the phones’ USB-C ports. Or you can just use Bluetooth headsets.
But LeEco isn’t the only company that thinks 3.5mm ports are on the way out. Apple is said to be working on upcoming iPhones that use Lightning ports for headphones. And AnandTech notes that Intel introduced its own proposal for using USB Type-C connectors for digital audio output.
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LeEco recently introduced a new line of smartphones with no 3.5mm headphone jack. Instead, you can plug headphones into the LeEco Le 2, Le 2 Pro, and Le 2 Max using the phones’ USB-C ports. Or you can just use Bluetooth headsets.
But LeEco isn’t the only company that thinks 3.5mm ports are on the way out. Apple is said to be working on upcoming iPhones that use Lightning ports for headphones. And AnandTech notes that Intel introduced its own proposal for using USB Type-C connectors for digital audio output.
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Amazon’s Kindle eReaders used to include support for text-to-speech, allowing you to plug in a pair of headphones or use a built-in speaker to listen to a computer voice read books out loud to you. But Amazon hasn’t released a Kindle with those features since 2011.
Now it looks like text-to-speech may be making a comeback. While Amazon hasn’t confirmed support for Bluetooth audio in the new Kindle Oasis eReader, FCC documents show that the device has a wireless chip that support Bluetooth.
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Amazon’s Kindle eReaders used to include support for text-to-speech, allowing you to plug in a pair of headphones or use a built-in speaker to listen to a computer voice read books out loud to you. But Amazon hasn’t released a Kindle with those features since 2011.
Now it looks like text-to-speech may be making a comeback. While Amazon hasn’t confirmed support for Bluetooth audio in the new Kindle Oasis eReader, FCC documents show that the device has a wireless chip that support Bluetooth.
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Chinese computer maker Mele has been offering small Android and Windows computers for a few years. Now the company is selling a PC-on-a-stick that runs Ubuntu Linux.
The Mele PCG02U is a fanless PC stick with an Intel Atom Bay Trail processor and Ubuntu 14.04 software. It’s available from AliExpress for $70.
The tiny computer measures about 4.5″ x 1.9″ x 0.65″ and has the same basic specs as the first-generation Intel Compute Stick:
- Intel Atom Z3735F quad-core Bay Trail processor
- 2GB of RAM
- 32GB of eMMC storage
- 802.11b/g/n WiFi
- USB 2.0 and microUSB ports
- microSD card slot
- HDMI connector
But the stick does have a few distinguishing features.
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Chinese computer maker Mele has been offering small Android and Windows computers for a few years. Now the company is selling a PC-on-a-stick that runs Ubuntu Linux.
The Mele PCG02U is a fanless PC stick with an Intel Atom Bay Trail processor and Ubuntu 14.04 software. It’s available from AliExpress for $70.
The tiny computer measures about 4.5″ x 1.9″ x 0.65″ and has the same basic specs as the first-generation Intel Compute Stick:
- Intel Atom Z3735F quad-core Bay Trail processor
- 2GB of RAM
- 32GB of eMMC storage
- 802.11b/g/n WiFi
- USB 2.0 and microUSB ports
- microSD card slot
- HDMI connector
But the stick does have a few distinguishing features.
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Google’s Chrome OS operating system may not exactly be open source, but it’s based on the open source Chromium OS. And if you know what you’re doing, you can adapt Chromium OS into an operating system that can run on all sorts of devices.
If you don’t know what you’re doing, you can let other developers do the heavy lifting, and just download and install their pre-compiled builds. For example, want to turn a Raspberry Pi into a Chromebox?
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Google’s Chrome OS operating system may not exactly be open source, but it’s based on the open source Chromium OS. And if you know what you’re doing, you can adapt Chromium OS into an operating system that can run on all sorts of devices.
If you don’t know what you’re doing, you can let other developers do the heavy lifting, and just download and install their pre-compiled builds. For example, want to turn a Raspberry Pi into a Chromebox?
Continue reading Turn a $35 Raspberry Pi into a Chromebox with Chromium OS for SBC at Liliputing.
ZTE is expected to launch an update soon for its Axon smartphone with high-end specs and an upper mid-range price. We already have a good idea of what to expect from the ZTE Axon Pro 2 (or whatever it will be called), thanks to a leak from the GFXBench…
ZTE is expected to launch an update soon for its Axon smartphone with high-end specs and an upper mid-range price. We already have a good idea of what to expect from the ZTE Axon Pro 2 (or whatever it will be called), thanks to a leak from the GFXBench website.
Now we also have an idea of what the phone will look like, thanks to a listing at the website for Chinese wireless regulatory agency TENAA.
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Nokia may not be ready to re-enter the smartphone business (yet), but the company is apparently looking to make a play for consumer-oriented fitness, wearables, and internet-of-things products. The company has announced plans to acquire Withings for 17…
Nokia may not be ready to re-enter the smartphone business (yet), but the company is apparently looking to make a play for consumer-oriented fitness, wearables, and internet-of-things products. The company has announced plans to acquire Withings for 170 million Euros (about $192 million).
Withings is a French company that makes products including fitness trackers, watches with activity-tracking features, scales that sync you with phone, blood pressure monitors, and air quality analyzers.
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Facebook and Microsoft seem to believe that chatbots are the future… and that if you teach them well, you can let them lead the way. Or something like that.
Microsoft recently released a set of developer tools called the Microsoft Bot Framework that helps developers create chatbots for news, retail, weather, or other services. And Facebook has released its own Facebook Messenger Platform for creating chatbots that work on the company’s instant messaging service.
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Facebook and Microsoft seem to believe that chatbots are the future… and that if you teach them well, you can let them lead the way. Or something like that.
Microsoft recently released a set of developer tools called the Microsoft Bot Framework that helps developers create chatbots for news, retail, weather, or other services. And Facebook has released its own Facebook Messenger Platform for creating chatbots that work on the company’s instant messaging service.
Continue reading Chatting about chatbots on the LPX Show podcast at Liliputing.