Mobile
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 Introduces Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) with 2560x1600 Display
Alongside the Galaxy Note 3, Samsung also updated its 10.1-inch Galaxy Note with a 2014 Edition of the tablet. The changes to the 10.1-inch Galaxy Note mirror those of...
31 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/4/2013Samsung's Galaxy Note 3: Snapdragon 800 in a Slimmer Galaxy Note
Samsung was among the first to discover the demand for very large smartphones and quickly addressed that market with its Galaxy Note lineup. The smartphone Notes combine a large...
60 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/4/2013ASUS Announces Transformer Book T300 - Windows 8 Detachable Tablet
Earlier today (sorry – I’m writing these up as fast as my fingers will go!), ASUS announced their new Transformer Book Trio, a hybrid Android + Windows 8 tablet/laptop...
24 by Jarred Walton on 9/4/2013ASUS Announces MeMO Pad 8 and MeMO Pad 10 Tablets
Joining the slew of IFA announcements as well as the MeMO Pad HD7, ASUS has two more MeMO Pad tablets on the way: the MeMO Pad 8 (ME180A) and...
5 by Jarred Walton on 9/4/2013ASUS Announces Fonepad Note 6E and Fonepad 7E
If you’re keeping track, I’m almost half-way through the ASUS IFA announcements from this morning. Up next we have two new Fonepad devices, the Fonepad Note 6E and the...
13 by Jarred Walton on 9/4/2013Qualcomm Announces its Smartwatch Platform - Qualcomm Toq (Update: Now With Specs)
We’re at Qualcomm’s Uplinq 2013 conference where Qualcomm’s CEO Paul Jacobs has announced Qualcomm Toq, a smartwatch with a Mirasol color screen that can still be viewed outdoors in...
21 by Brian Klug on 9/4/2013ASUS Announces Transformer Book Trio - Windows 8 and Android 4.2 Hybrid
Going along with their other IFA announcements and taking more than a few elements from the Transformer tablets, up next from ASUS is the Transformer Book Trio. The idea...
19 by Jarred Walton on 9/4/2013Intel Teases Baytrail Performance with Atom Z3770 Cinebench Score
Intel's lone ranger and Principal Engineer, Francois Piednoël, published one of the first semi-official Baytrail benchmarks on his Twitter feed earlier today. The score is for the unannounced Atom...
33 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/4/2013ASUS Officially Announces Transformer Pad TF701T with 2560x1600 Display
Today at IFA in Berlin, Germany, ASUS held a press conference to cover a variety of new products. One of the more exciting products is the new Transformer tablet...
13 by Jarred Walton on 9/4/2013Sony Announces Attachable Smartphone Camera - Cyber-Shot QX100 and QX10
The connected camera space is going through an interesting period, we’ve seen a few device makers take steps towards building cameras that run Android (Nikon’s S800C, Galaxy Camera, Galaxy...
12 by Brian Klug on 9/4/2013HTC Announces Desire 300, 601, Blue HTC One, and BoomBass Accessory
Just ahead of IFA in Berlin, HTC is dropping news of two new phones and a speaker accessory. The two new phones are the Desire 601 and 301, which...
13 by Brian Klug on 9/3/2013Moto X Review
It has been a long time since I’ve seen a smartphone so fervently rumored, discussed, hyped, and finally announced like the Moto X has been. The level of buzz...
106 by Brian Klug on 8/26/2013The Nexus 7 (2013) Review
Truth be told, Google has made (or at least directed the making of) some of the best tablets on the market today. The original Nexus 7 was groundbreaking in...
203 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/22/2013Nexus 7 (2013) JSS15Q OTA Update Rolling Out - Fixes GPS/GNSS and Multitouch Issues
We published the full Nexus 7 (2013) review today, and liked it so much we gave it our Editors Choice Silver award. I'm a huge fan of the updated...
18 by Brian Klug on 8/22/2013Intel Talks about Multimode LTE Modems - XMM7160 and Beyond
Since acquiring Infineon's wireless division and forming the Mobile Communications Group, Intel has been relatively quiet about its modem portfolio and roadmap. Pre-acquisition parts from Infineon have continued to...
39 by Brian Klug on 8/20/2013A Tour of Moto Maker: Customization Meets the Moto X
A key part of the Moto X's story is one of hardware customization. At launch, those users buying Moto Xes on AT&T will be given the option of selecting...
26 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Brian Klug on 8/16/2013Ask the Experts: Intel's Aicha Evans Talks Wireless and Answers Your Questions
We've followed Intel's CPU team's march towards mobile for years now, but we've seen very little from the wireless group. That's all beginning to change. Earlier this year at...
47 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/15/2013Acer R7 Review: Something Different
What happens when you rethink everything concerning the traditional notebook and try to come up with something newer and hopefully better? Earlier this year, Acer released the Aspire R7...
114 by Jarred Walton on 8/15/2013ASUS Reports Disappointing VivoTab RT Sales, Stops Making RT Tablets
In a move that’s likely to surprise…well, just about no one, the Wall Street Journal reports that ASUS will cease making Windows RT tablets. Windows RT is basically stuck...
85 by Jarred Walton on 8/9/2013Nokia Lumia 521: Quality Smartphone on an Extreme Budget
The Nokia Lumia 521 is very interesting. It’s the T-Mobile US version of the Lumia 520, and ships with AWS HSPA+ for just $129 sans contract or subsidy. It’s...
117 by Vivek Gowri on 8/8/2013