Lenovo is preparing the release of a new version of Yoga 11 Ultrabook, the contortionist Ultrabook which can be converted into a tablet. The new machine is called Yoga 11S. Physically, the only real difference from it’s 13″ big brother is that the 11s will have an impressive 1600×900 11.6″ screen and a slightly different casing. The Yoga 11S is pretty sleek too, with dimensi... »
Canonical has had a successful 2012 with the releases of Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10 and recently Ubuntu for Google’s Nexus 7. Now with the new year, Canonical has unveiled it’s new product; Ubuntu for Phones. The Software Ubuntu for Phones defines itself to be used more with gestures rather than relying on buttons and taps to accomplish tasks in a way that is fast and easy. An example of th... »
Up until this year, PC buyers had very little choice for what kind of primary storage they got with their laptop, nettop, notebook, or desktop. With the price of SSD (Solid State Drive) storage coming down, they are now a regular feature on many machines. But which is best to get, an SSD or HDD (Hard Disk Drive)? What is an SSD? SSD stands for Solid State Drive. You're probably familiar with USB... »
French equipments manufacturer Archos has expanded its range of tablets with the new Titanium HD 97. Strangely this device bears a very close resemblance to the iPad 3, and goes even further! It features a screen similar to the Apple retina display. Specifications The Archos Titanium 97HD features a dual core ARM Cortex-A9 CPU clocked at 1.6 Ghz, and 1GB of RAM. The device al sports a Quadc... »
Liam McLoughlin (most famously known as Hexxeh) managed to successfully port Chromium OS (the 100% Open-Source version of Chrome OS) last week on the ever-so-popular Nexus 7 tablet from Google. The build itself is not necessarily stable, but it’s still good news alongside Canonical’s release of the Ubuntu Installer for the Nexus 7 a few days back. Today, Hexxeh uploaded a video show... »
So I decided about two weeks ago that I wanted to begin using an Android tablet for work. Why would I do such a thing? Two reasons: 1) I really like Android. I’ve only really been using Android for about a year and a half. My first taste was a Barnes and Noble Nook Color that I rooted and flashed to CyanogenMod 7. From there, I got my first smartphone, A Samsung Galaxy S (was a long-time hol... »
After many, many leaks and rumors, HTC has finally revealed its newest Android handset as the One X+. While the general look of the device is quite similar to the original One X, it has received a few cosmetic and decent internal changes. The phone itself looks a lot sleeker (and better looking than Samsung’s Galaxy S III in my opinion) with the three capacitive keys in red and a more ble... »
HP announced yesterday their second attempt at conquering the tablet market with the HP ElitePad 900. With there first attempt, the HP TouchPad was a failure to say the least running HP’s proprietary WebOS software. This time around HP may have learnt from their mistakes with the TouchPad. The new ElitePad 900 will be running the new Windows 8 operating system and with a whole host of ga... »