Lenovo’s 13 inch Yoga has proved one of the best options for a full touchscreen Windows 8 laptop/tablet hybrid. But here’s now also an 11 inch model, featuring a Tegra 3 processor and Windows RT. The news came today out of CES, even though the event doesn’t officially open until tomorrow. The 11 inch Yoga is getting an upgrade offering...
The 5-inch 1080p Ascend 2 was unveiled in China last October, but now Huawei is bringing their flagship phone to America. And what a better way to introduce the device than to showcase it at one of the world’s biggest tech shows? So, CES 2013 public will be delighted to see it at Huawei’s stand alongside other 5-inchers from competing...
webOS was acquired by HP and was supposed to become a potential contender against the first-gen iPhone’s iOS. Yet, the platform did not see much of development, hence Android became fast the dominant platform in the smartphone industry. Indeed, some developers are still trying to port webOS on a variety of Android devices, including the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and the...
Tablets may be indeed hugely popular, but aren’t they expensive! No wonder that deals offering cheap tablets are most sought after. Google’s Nexus 7 price of $199 surprised many, but as the deal turned very successful, many rushed to match it. So, there came a 10-inch dual-core Android 4.1 Jelly Bean tablet for just $205, released by Videocon. Yummyeee! Moreover,...
LG and Samsung have had their “battles” over patents. First, Samsung brought forward allegations on OLED patent infringements and corporate theft, and of course, LG returned the “favor” by a counter lawsuit. Then Samsung broadened the list of patent complaints, and forced LG to use the skills of their layers again who filed an injunction against the “sale, manufacture and...
Fans of Huawei phones must have already heard that the Chinese producer will show off at the 2013 CES with a number of new Windows and Android – based phones, the Ascend D2 being one of them. We were lucky to come across some pictures (above) which claim to show the five-inch Ascend D2. These images come to complement earlier...
As we’ve heard it from Digitimes and then confirmed via our sources, Nokia is once again “talking” to hardware partners Qualcomm and Compal about developing a Windows RT device. This is expected to be a 10-inch product that will be done and dusted in time for MWC. Nothing clear, yet at least one thing does seem likely: Surface may not...
Accessories / Google / Tablets / Video
by Phones Review · Published 12/14/2012 · Last modified 12/30/2013
Though not giving up too much information, still here’s a look at the elusive Nexus 7 docking station, live and in color on Youtube. It looks to be the same dock that we saw in late November, with pogo pons for charging and audio. Even though the poster of the video has been lucky to buy it, the dock is...
It looks like the Nexus 10 is about to get a new, more convenient, and more magnetic charger. On the Android Central forums an image was posted of what is claimed to be a Pogo charger for Samsung’s 10-inch tablet. Unlike a traditional microUSB getup, this pogo charger would be held in contact with the tablet’s pogo pins magnetically, similar...
Palm Touchstone has indeed been already used as a charger for a number of Android phones. Now Rod Whitby of webOS Internals is working on a method to use the charger with the Nexus 7. It looks like Rod has the charging circuit figured out, and the rest is a matter of assembly – a “piece of cake” for him,...
