Pixelbook: a high-end Chrome OS device

Pixelbook: a high-end Chrome OS device

Tablets
October 4 will be a busy day for Google. The company is unveiling its new smartphones: Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL ... but that's not all. The company has a surprise in its sleeve that should amaze its fans. And this surprise is ... a new Chromebook. Attention, we are not talking about any Chromebook. Pixelbook will respect its glorious elders in the Pixel range. Before being a brand of smartphones, Pixel was all about high-end laptops. This year, it will return with Pixelbook: a high-end Chrome OS device. We still know little about the Pixelbook, except that it will be a laptop that's capable of transforming itself into a tablet. Therefore, we are talking about a hybrid that can be used with a specific stylus pen. It will…
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Cube iwork1x 2 in 1 – a cheap Tablet PC from China

Cube iwork1x 2 in 1 – a cheap Tablet PC from China

Tablets
Are you looking for a tablet with incredible specs that's really cheap? Cube iwork1x might just be what you are looking for. It is a 2 in 1 tablet PC device that features 11.6 inch IPS display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. Under the hood we find Intel Atom X5-Z8350 64 bit and Gen 8 Intel HD graphics, 4GB of RAM, 64 GB of storage, HDMI output, 2MP front camera, Bluetooth 4.0. Cube iwork1x 2 in 1 This cheap tablet from China weights 0.74 KG and its size are of 29.96 x 18.06 x 1.02 cm / 11.8 x 7.11 x 0.4 inches. The Li-ion battery has a capacity of 8500 mAh and according to the manufacturer it will last up to 5 hours of video playback.…
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Kobo Aura One is a water resistant eBook reader

Kobo Aura One is a water resistant eBook reader

Tablets
Amazon's Kindle has been dominating the eBook Reader market for years now, even if other companies have created new and interesting readers with features that surpass the famous Kindle. The new Kobo Aura One might just be the player that could change the game, since it is a 7.8-inch screen eBook reader resistant to water. The global tablet sales have dropped significantly. While the eBook readers have a loyal audience that continues to invest in this type of equipment and even purchase new models when they are available. If these new models incorporate new features that will make the reading experience better, customers might just switch to the newer devices. Kobo Aura One could be the perfect example in this regard. The new Kobo has a 7.8-inch Carta screen with…
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Archos unveils 3 new Oxygen tablets

Archos unveils 3 new Oxygen tablets

Tablets
Archos has announced the launch of three new tablets in the Oxygen series, which will happen in May 2016. Most likely, the tablets' price will be between 100 and 150 Euros. The ARCHOS 70 Oxygen, Archos 80 Oxygen and ARCHOS 101b Oxygen, offer 7-inch screens @ 1920 x 1200 (FHD) / IPS), 8-inch @ 1920 x 1200 (FHD) / IPS) and 10.1 inches @ 1920 x 1280 (FHD) / IPS). All these tablets have common characteristics, namely: a MTK 8163A Quad-Core processor clocked at 1.3 GHz, 2GB of RAM, Mali 720 MP2 GPU, a storage capacity of 16GB, a microSD slot, a main camera of 5MP having AF + LED flash, a secondary camera of 2 MP. As expected, there is also Bluetooth, WiFi and GPS on board. The Oxygen…
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HTC’s Nexus 9 review

HTC’s Nexus 9 review

Tablets
Nexus 9 was officially announced in mid-October and today you can actually buy it from specialized stores. After Asus and Samsung, Google decided to partnership with HTC in order to create a tablet that can compete with the best from this market. The big change is probably the screen which has a format of 4:3, just like the Apple's iPad. Another cool feature is the new Android installment, Android 5.0 Lollipop, an operating system that promises so much more compared to its former versions. You may wonder why the title of the article is not Google's Nexus 9 review... well, while I was scouting for information about this tablet, I learned that its actual name is HTC Nexus 9. In terms of specs and features, the tablet has an 8.9-inch…
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Samsung Galaxy Tabs 3: The Replacement for Traditional Browsing?

Samsung Galaxy Tabs 3: The Replacement for Traditional Browsing?

Tablets
Once seen as being in the shadow of Apple’s iPad, the Galaxy Tab series has just welcomed the third generation of this influential tablet, the Galaxy Tab 3.7.0, and has unleashed it onto the market. But while consumers may have lots of different compact tablets to choose from, such as the iPad Mini, the Kindle Fire HD, and the new Kindle Fire HDX, the race to find and buy the best compact tablet on the market is starting to open up to the latest generation of Samsung tablet. (more…)
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Adobe elevates digital drawing to a new level with Mighty Pen and Napoleon Ruler

Adobe elevates digital drawing to a new level with Mighty Pen and Napoleon Ruler

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Ever since the early 90's, Adobe has focused all their attention on creating apps for the visual component of digital world. Now, they are offering outstanding products that are definitely paving the way towards future digital photography, image manipulation, web design, digital arts and video editing. I'm talking about software products like Photoshop Elements, Photoshop Lightroom®, Dreamweaver®, Illustrator®, Creative Cloud™ , Acrobat®, Photoshop®, Creative Cloud™ for teams. But, just like every major innovator before them, Adobe learned from traditional ways of doing things. Regarding one of their strong assets, the digital manipulation software, they have acknowledged that people need a better way to connect to their digital drawings. Using common digital pens or the obsolete mouse is too artificial and holds back the process of creation. This is why Adobe…
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Archos Arnova 97 G4

Archos Arnova 97 G4

Tablets
Archos has entered the dual-SIM phone market recently, but they are still found of their Archos range of tablets. The new tablet in the series is called Archos Arnova 97 G4. (more…)
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Sony Xperia Tablet Z

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Once, Sony was the ultimate leader of high-end electronic devices. Today, their products are still praised, but they seem to lack innovation in the cell phone and tablet department, where Apple and Samsung have established their position pretty well. This could change, because Sony is developing better devices every year. I guess they are trying to attack that first place everyone is fighting for. We have seen such changes before in the world of gadgets, where top manufacturers lost their favorable position, and new companies emerged from the dust.  Change is a probable thing, and it's good for everyone, especially for us, the customers. Sony is already preparing two great Sony Xperia smartphones for 2013, and they just announced the tablet counterpart for them, the Sony Xperia Tablet Z.  …
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5 Viable Alternatives to Kindle Fire

Tablets
Is Amazon Kindle Fire the most affordable tablet on the market? I am trying to answer this question so stay with me while I go through the list of the main price/features competitors. Although Kindle Fire is currently the most brilliant diamont available for tablet fans, there are a lot of tablets out there at a similar price or less that can successfully replace it. Below I will present six alternatives for Kindle Fire: Asus Transformer Asus Transformer is a real bargain. Asus is fighting for top positions in the Android tablets for some time. Transformer is offering an amazing screen and many ISP ports and is a safe tablet with a low price that runs Android Honeycomb. And, like all other Android tablets on the market, it can run…
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