I love reading e-books. I’ve done it for years, even way before the boom came with e-ink e-readers like Sony’s Reader or Amazon’s Kindle. They’re so much more convenient than paper books for several reasons. You can carry several at once without breaking your back.…
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XBMC (1080p HD Output) Makes Raspberry Pi Look Even Tastier [video]
Hot on the heels of the AirPlay demo on the diminutive Raspberry Pi single-board computer, we now have a glimpse of the good old XBMC media software on the Raspberry Pi. Is there anything this tiny $25/$35 system can’t do?
The Raspberry Pi team recently…
Samsung Galaxy SIII Shown in Samsung Official CES video?
Samsung has held back a few products for Mobile World Congress next month, so it’s not surprising that we’ve caught an unintentional glimpse of what look like the Galaxy SIII on Samsung’s YouTube channel. The phone in question look like a high end Galaxy SII…
Motorola Smart Controller – $99 Bluetooth Remote for Android Smartphones and Tablets [video]
Tons of Android smartphones and tablets now have HDMI out ports to connect to HDTVs for media playback. But it’s rather annoying to have that set up since you’re on the couch, but have to control playback from your device connected to the TV. Motorola…
Qualcomm AllJoyn and Skifta Platform Demo at CES 2012 [video]
Qualcomm developed the AllJoyn framework to more easily enable peer-to-peer device connections without needing to first connect to a cellular network. They also created the Skifta platform that takes advantage of AllJoyn to provide easy media streaming from device to device, as well as interactive…
Qualcomm GameCommander App Demo Running on Snapdragon S4 Reference Tablet [video]
At PEPCOM Digital Experience, Sascha was able to catch a quick look at the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 reference tablet running the Qualcomm GameCommand app available starting today, Jan. 10, in the Android Market.
GameCommand is a free app that features games optimized specifically for Snapdragon…
Lenovo Medfield Z2460 Reference Design Tablet at CES 2012 [video]
It’s day one of CES 2012! We are at the Intel booth and just saw a quick demo of the Lenovo Medfield Reference Design Tablet.
It’s a prototype showing off Android Ice Cream Sandwich running on the new Intel Atom Z2460 processor. Finally, Android running…
Ultrabook DX11 Demo at Intel CES 2012 [video]
Apparently Intel has gotten some criticism regarding the first wave of Ultrabooks not supporting DX11. But at Intel’s CES 2012 press conference this morning, Mooly Eden assured the crowd that DX11 will be supported on upcoming Ultrabooks with Ivy Bridge processors.
Below is a short…
OLPC XO-3 Tablet Hands-On at CES Unveiled [video]
One Laptop Per Child is showing their latest product, the OLPC XO-3 tablet at CES Unveiled, and we have a hands-on video.
It has an 8-inch, 4:3 aspect ratio display, which is actually looks like larger or wider screen size than most 7-inch, 16:9 ratio…
ASUS Transformer Prime 1080p Youtube Playback [video]
In the video below, Sascha’s showing off a quick demo of the ASUS Transformer Prime playing back YouTube videos via the Adobe Flash player that’s pre-installed. Running Flash 11.1, it looks like the Transformer Prime has no issues playing back HD content, even up to…
Windows 8 Picture Password Set up & Test [Video]
Securing you devices should be something every user should make sure they do. On our mobile devices we’ve got some interesting innovations such as Face Unlock or the pattern from Android. The old school method of typing in a password seems so Windows 7. On…
HTC Flyer with Android 3.2 Honeycomb Review [Video]
Great news if you’re an HTC Flyer user: the Taiwanese smartphone giant has released the Android 3.2 update for its 7-inch tablet. The update weighs in at 210MB and bumps the version of Android from 2.3 Gingerbread up to the proper 3.2 Honeycomb for tablets.…
Flex Lighting LED Film Lets You Use Your eReader in the Dark
Flex Lighting has developed a new front light LED film that is part of a new lighting system that promises to bring nighttime reading to E Ink displays everywhere. Flex Lighting’s setup is rather simple, consisting of nothing more than a single LED and a…
Notion Ink Adam Tablet Running Android 4.0 [Video]
Notion Ink and TabletROMs are working on bringing Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to the Notion Ink Adam Tablet. If you’re trying to remember why you know the name, this India company was the first tablet to market with the sunlight viewable Pixel Qi display.…
China’s Alibaba’s Aliyun O/S Optimized for Qualcomm CPU [Video]
Chinese e-commerce conglomerate Alibaba launched its mobile operating system, Aliyun, in China in this past July and at UpLinq 2011 showed off a reference design handset running on a Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset. The exact model of the CPU is unknown but Alibaba is working hard…
