Tablets
The e-Paper market has enjoyed steady growth over the last decade, starting with the introduction of the Amazon Kindle back in 2007. While there are many vendors attempting to make a mark in the technology required in this space, E-Ink's offerings have ruled the roost. The most popular category of products using E-Ink's technology has undoubtedly been eBook readers. Recently, digital notebooks and notepads have also emerged as a significant driver in E-Ink's expansion. These products take the regular e-reader and add support for an electronic pen / stylus. These products were initially quite expensive and targeted business professionals dealing with huge amounts of paperwork and requiring note-taking support (such as lawyers). The Sony DPT lineup (review) became one of the leading products in this...
HP Announces Windows 10 Devices And Services
With Windows 10 coming in about two weeks, the amount of news from OEMs is ramping up as they prepare for the Windows 10 rollout. HP has some new...
18 by Brett Howse on 7/14/2015
SanDisk Announces iNAND 7232: eMMC 5.1, 128GB, and SLC/TLC
Today at MWC Shanghai, SanDisk announced a follow-up to their iNAND 7132 eMMC solution, the iNAND 7232. For those that are unfamiliar with the iNAND 7132, I would refer...
25 by Joshua Ho on 7/13/2015
Apple Launches iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan Public Betas
At this year's WWDC Apple announced that like OS X Yosemite, OS X El Capitan would go through a period where public betas were available to a certain group...
15 by Brandon Chester on 7/9/2015
The Dell Venue 10 7040 Review
When the first modern tablets were introduced to the market they were primary focused on facilitating content consumption. During the keynote where Steve Jobs unveiled the original iPad, he...
49 by Brandon Chester on 6/30/2015
Google Updates Hangouts For iOS With A New Interface
Today Google shipped an update for their Hangouts application on iOS. The update brings the version number to 4.0, and rightfully so as it comes with a new design...
16 by Brandon Chester on 6/29/2015
Microsoft Introduces A 128GB Version Of The Core i7 Surface Pro 3
This weekend Microsoft introduced a new model of the Surface Pro 3. Like the existing two Core i7 models, this new version uses Intel's Core i7-4650U CPU. At $1299...
43 by Brandon Chester on 6/29/2015
Comparing Snapdragon 810 v2 and v2.1: More Memory Bandwidth, Higher Clocks
Around a few weeks before the launch of the Xiaomi Mi Note Pro, I was digging through kernel source to understand Snapdragon 810 and some other Qualcomm SoCs. We...
84 by Joshua Ho on 6/18/2015
Amazon Updates The Kindle Paperwhite
The venerable Kindle is one of my favorite tech devices. I owned the Kindle 3, but the obvious shortcoming was the lack of lighting, forcing me to use a...
55 by Brett Howse on 6/18/2015
Comparing OpenGL ES To Metal On iOS Devices With GFXBench Metal
In the past couple of years we've seen the creation of a number of new low level graphics APIs. Arguably the first major initiative was AMD's Mantle API, which...
34 by Brandon Chester on 6/15/2015
Apple Unveils Apple Music; Coming to Mac, iOS, Windows, and Android
At the end of Apple's WWDC keynote the company revealed their brand new music streaming service, Apple Music. Apple Music is the successor to Apple's existing streaming music service...
26 by Brandon Chester on 6/8/2015
Apple Announces iOS 9 at WWDC
Today Apple has made a number of announcements relating to their three major operating systems. We've seen the announcement of WatchOS 2 for the Apple Watch, OS X El...
37 by Brandon Chester on 6/8/2015
FinalWire Releases AIDA64 For iOS and Windows Phone
To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of their AIDA64 software, FinalWire has released versions of the app for iOS and Windows Phone. AIDA64 has existed on Android for some time...
8 by Brandon Chester on 6/8/2015
Connexant Launches New HD Audio CODEC For Mobile
Conexant today announces a new high-end HD audio codec for notebooks, ultrabooks and tablets. The CX8200 features a fully-integrated Class-D smart amplifier with real-time speaker sensing and protection. The...
6 by Andrei Frumusanu on 6/2/2015
ASUS Announces Two New 8 Inch ZenPad Tablets
ASUS is no stranger to the Android tablet market. They've been around since the earliest days of Android tablets with their ASUS Transformer TF101 which launched with Android Honeycomb...
15 by Brandon Chester on 6/1/2015
NVIDIA Introduces AndroidWorks For Android Game Developers
Today NVIDIA is expanding their GameWorks developer program to the realm of Android devices. GameWorks encompasses a range of NVIDIA technologies and tools like PhysX, VisualFX, OptiX, and the...
25 by Brandon Chester on 5/29/2015
A Look At The Changes In The Android M Preview
Today during Google I/O 2015's opening keynote Google announced the latest release of their Android operating system. The new version of Android is using the code name Android M...
88 by Brandon Chester on 5/29/2015
Avago Acquires Broadcom Corporation For $37 Billion
Today Avago Technologies announced their acquisition of Broadcom for 17 billion dollars in cash and 20 billion dollars worth of Avago shares. This will leave Broadcom shareholders with 32%...
33 by Brandon Chester on 5/28/2015
Google Introduces Google Photos
Today during their I/O 2015 Keynote Google announced Google Photos, a new service that will allow users to easily upload, edit, and share photographs from all of their devices...
28 by Brandon Chester on 5/28/2015
Google Announces Android M At Google I/O 2015
Today Google formally announced the next version of their Android operating system at their Google I/O developer conference. Much like how Android Lollipop was originally previewed under the name...
32 by Brandon Chester on 5/28/2015
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