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Back at Computex 2024, AMD unveiled their highly anticipated Zen 5 CPU microarchitecture during AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su's opening keynote. AMD announced not one but two new client platforms that will utilize the latest Zen 5 cores. This includes AMD's latest AI PC-focused chip family for the laptop market, the Ryzen AI 300 series. In comparison, the Ryzen 9000 series caters to the desktop market, which uses the preexisting AM5 platform. Built around the new Zen 5 CPU microarchitecture with some fundamental improvements to both graphics and AI performance, the Ryzen AI 300 series, code-named Strix Point, is set to deliver improvements in several areas. The Ryzen AI 300 series looks set to add another footnote in the march towards the AI PC with...
Samsung's Galaxy Tab S 10.5 & 8.4: Hands On with Samsung's 6.6mm Thin Tablets
I remember sitting in a briefing with Samsung last year when the company first started talking about translating its success in the Android smartphone space into the tablet market...
83 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/12/2014
Huawei Ascend Mate 2 Review: Incredible Battery Life & Value
The commoditization of the smartphone segment has been predicted for more than a while now. It's almost obvious in a way though, especially when one looks at the progression...
50 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Joshua Ho on 6/12/2014
Google Announces Project Tango Tablet Dev Kit with Tegra K1 and 3D Capture/Tracking
Google recently announced their new Project Tango Development Kit, a 7" tablet with a unique twist. At present this is a device for developers, scientists, and other research-oriented groups...
33 by Jarred Walton on 6/5/2014
Best Smartphones: Spring 2014
The major product launches for this spring are now behind us. This gives us the opportunity to evaluate the current smartphone market and identify the best smartphones in that...
46 by Brett Howse on 6/5/2014
Liveblogging with the Surface Pro 3
While we don’t have the full Surface Pro 3 review up yet, I’d figure that it’s worth posting some thoughts on it. For those that didn’t follow our WWDC...
35 by Joshua Ho on 6/4/2014
HTC Hits a Lower Price with the One (E8)
Today, HTC announced the HTC One (E8), a phone that is effectively aimed at providing the One (M8) spec at a lower price point. While the phone doesn’t keep...
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Computex 2014: More Intel Tablets, the Dell Venue 7 and Venue 8
More releases of Intel based tablets this week at Computex, this time from Dell launching its updated Dell Venue 7 and Venue 8 models. The Venue 7 features...
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Smartphone Audio Testing - HTC One M8 and Samsung Galaxy S5
Since our initial testing of smartphone audio, I’ve had a lot more time to play with the APx582 from Audio Precision. I’ve also received far more feedback than I...
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Computex 2014: All new Intel Atom based Fonepad 8, MeMO Pad 7, MeMO Pad 8
Alongside the smartphone element inside the Transformer Book V announced today, it would seem that the Silvermont-based Intel Atom series is pushing more in to the mass market via...
15 by Ian Cutress on 6/2/2014
Computex 2014: Transformer Book T300 Chi from ASUS
In the myriad of eight announcements from ASUS in the space of 45 minutes at their press conference, one of the new products is the Transformer Book T300 Chi...
17 by Ian Cutress on 6/2/2014
Computex 2014: New Transformer Book V from ASUS
One of the interesting dynamics in the mobile device industry is the integration of several form-factors in the same device. ASUS has been a major proponent in this...
14 by Ian Cutress on 6/2/2014
Toshiba Launches Six New Intel Tablets and Laptops, Including $110 Android Tablet
Today Toshiba announced a suite of six new Intel powered tablets and laptops, ranging from an ultra-affordable Android Tablet to a Yoga like Ultrabook. Excite Go Starting with the first tablet...
17 by Brett Howse on 5/27/2014
A Closer Look at the G3's IR Laser Auto Focus System
Earlier today LG announced its 2014 flagship: the G3. Based on Qualcomm's Snapdragon 801, the G3 features a 5.5" 2560 x 1440 display and a host of other improvements...
16 by Joshua Ho on 5/27/2014
LG G3: Launch and Hands On
Today LG announced the LG G3, the successor to their 2013 flagship smartphone the LG G2. Like other OEMs, LG is emphasizing that the device is going back to...
55 by Brandon Chester & Ian Cutress on 5/27/2014
HTC One mini 2 Review
Last year around this time, HTC had yet to release a mini version of their flagship phones. As OEMs continued to push bigger and bigger displays into bigger phones...
76 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Joshua Ho on 5/26/2014
SIM Card Adapters Reviewed
A few weeks ago, I was genuinely questioning what SIM adapter I should buy. After all, while a SIM adapter is generally cheap and also a relatively simple product...
24 by Joshua Ho on 5/24/2014
Some Thoughts on Half-Life 2 and Portal on Shield
If you talked to me seven years ago, the concept of phone games beyond Snake and basic flash games would've been beyond me. That wasn’t really on my mind...
40 by Joshua Ho on 5/22/2014
Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 Performance Preview
Last year Qualcomm announced a new tier in its high end SoC roadmap with the Snapdragon 805. Priced somewhat above the current Snapdragon 800/801, the 805 would be the...
149 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/21/2014
Windows 8.1 x64 Connected Standby Support
With the mobile world, people have come to expect instant-on, always connected devices. First it was smartphones, and then tablets based off of mobile operating systems which offered the...
27 by Brett Howse on 5/20/2014
Microsoft Surface Pro 3: Hands On, Display & Performance Preview
Earlier today Microsoft announced its 3rd generation Surface Pro device, aptly named the Surface Pro 3. This is the first Surface model to deviate from the 10.6" 16:9 form...
296 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/20/2014
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