Tablets
Minisforum has formally announced its V3, one of the industry's first AMD Ryzen 7 8840U-based hybrid PCs that can serve as a tablet, a laptop, and an external display, which is why the company positions it as a '3-in-1' system. As the machine packs an eight-core CPU, it may offer the performance of some mid-range laptops. Meanwhile, despite being a 'tablet,' it has two USB4 ports and an SD card reader, a rare feature for this class of devices. The Minisforum V3 is closer to a classic laptop than a tablet, but this happens often. The system features a 14-inch detachable multitouch display with a 2560×1600 resolution, a 500 nits brightness, a 165 Hz refresh rate (which will undoubtedly be appreciated by gamers), and a...
Apple's A5X SoC: Quad-Core Graphics
Apple just confirmed the new iPad uses an Apple A5X SoC. Its main improvement? What Apple is calling quad-core graphics. Our guess? Dual-core Cortex A9 plus a PowerVR SGX543MP4...
15 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/7/2012
Apple Announces the New iPad with 2048 x 1536 "Retina Display"
Apple just announced the new iPad with a "Retina Display". The screen size remains unchanged at 9.7-inches measured diagonally. The resolution is an expected 2048 x 1536, with 3.1...
14 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/7/2012
Apple: We Shipped More iPads Last Quarter than Any PC Maker Shipped PCs
Here's an interesting chart Apple just threw up at its iPad event today. Apple shipped 15.4M iPads last quarter, more than any PC vendor was able to ship PCs...
7 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/7/2012
New 1080p Apple TV, Available March 16th for $99
Apple just announced pricing on the new 1080p Apple TV. Pre-orders start today, devices will be available starting March 16th for the same $99 price tag as the previous model
14 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/7/2012
New Apple TV UI Demoed
Check out the gallery below for shots of the new UI that accompanies the new 1080p Apple TV. Previously purchased movies are synced to iCloud and are now accessible...
2 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/7/2012
New Apple TV Now Supports 1080p
Apple just announced a new version of the Apple TV with 1080p decode support. The Apple TV OS gets a UI update and will presumably work with Apple's new...
1 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/7/2012
Apple: iOS 5.1 Available Today, Japanese Siri Included
Apple just announced that the long awaited iOS 5.1 update will be available today. In it, Apple is enabling support for a Japanese version of Siri. More updates from...
2 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/7/2012
Live at Apple's iPad Event
We are live and in the audience at Apple's iPad event today. Check back for updates and analysis of its announcements as they're made.
2 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/7/2012
Toshiba Announces Excite 10 LE, Shipping March 6th
At CES this year, we got a chance to go hands on with the Excite, Toshiba's latest and greatest Android slate. To recap, it's an OMAP4 device that features...
12 by Vivek Gowri on 3/1/2012
TI Brings OMAP 5 to MWC
A month ago we saw weeks old OMAP 5 silicon running at CES. Earlier this week we got a chance to see TI's OMAP 5 reference platform playing back...
10 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/29/2012
Sonic 4: Episode II, Now Optimized for Tegra
We had a chance to get some hands on time with the Tegra Zone enhanced version of Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II, which was announced yesterday for NVIDIA's...
9 by Brian Klug on 2/28/2012
Apple iPad 3 Event Scheduled For March 7th In San Francisco
It's not like we weren't expecting it, but Apple's now made it official. The event is scheduled for March 7th at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in...
52 by Saumitra Bhagwat on 2/28/2012
ST-E Will Have FD-SOI Based U8540: 35% Lower Power, Much Higher Frequencies
There's a close relationship between process technology and performance/power consumption, and it's about to get even more important in mobile. We've already seen that with the transition to 40nm...
4 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/28/2012
ST-Ericsson's NovaThor L8540: 28nm Cortex A9 SoC with Integrated LTE
ST-E is currently laying out its strategy for the company going forward, having suffered a tremendous reduction in revenue as the mobile market has changed dramatically over the past...
5 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/28/2012
Intel Continues Its Smartphone March: Lava & ZTE Partnerships Announced
Intel had two more announcements yesterday about its Atom smartphone progress. The first was a partnership with Lava, an Indian mobile handset manufacturer. The Lava Xolo X900, a rebranded...
2 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/28/2012
Intel Goes Higher & Lower End With Atom SoCs: Z2580 & Z2000 Announced at MWC
Intel had a few updates about its Android SoC strategy for us at MWC this week. The first is a spec revision. The Atom Z2460 we talked about in...
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Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Revealed at MWC
The Galaxy Note, in 5.3" guise, has just hit the States after decent sales in Europe and Asia; and now we have a new member of the Note line...
10 by Jason Inofuentes on 2/27/2012
Hands On With the ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity
Earlier today we published the specs and a first look at ASUS' Transformer Pad Infinity, a 10.1-inch Android 4.0 tablet with a 1920 x 1200 Super IPS+ display. As...
12 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/27/2012
Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon S4 Pro: Krait with Adreno 320
Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon S4 Pro, a version of the MSM8960 with an Adreno 320 GPU instead of the Adreno 225 that is found in the initial shipping MSM8960...
14 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/27/2012
The ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity: 1920 x 1200 Display, Krait Optional
The Eee Pad brand is gone, ASUS has officially reduced it to just Transformer Pad. One of the first tablets to carry the new Transformer Pad brand is one...
20 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/27/2012
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