Every year at CES, we are used to seeing a new version of the Corning Gorilla Glass for protecting our smartphone displays, but this year Corning are introducing new. Corning has announced that the new generation of 3D Shaped Gorilla glass is ready for mass production in 2014.
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Pebble unveiled its first SmatWatch at the CES 2013 last year before it started shipping them to Kickstarter backers. This year Pebble has announced that it would show off Something special, in a blog post titled “Something Special This Way Comes to CES…”
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Google and LG partnered to launch the LG G Pad 8.3 Google Play Edition back in December last year. We already unboxed the tablet, here we have the benchmarks of the tablet. It is powered by a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor clocked at 1.7 GHz with Adreno 320 GPU and packs 2GB of LPDDR2 RAM, similar to the global variant of the LG G Pad 8.3. It has a 8.3-inch Full HD IPS WUXGA (1920 x 1200 pixels) display and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). Let’s see how it performs in various synthetic benchmark tests. Since Google has optimized the processor to use the minimal use of CPU cores when the phone is idle, some benchmark might not show the correct scores.
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Just a few minutes back, we covered the Acer DA223 HQL which was a 21inch portable Android AIO and now Acer has announced Acer TA272 HUL which is 27inch portable Android AIO.
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Just ahead of the CES, we see numerous manufacturers announce various products and the latest to announce a portable Android AIO is Acer. The Acer DA223 HQL AIO is a huge 21inch AIO that is powered by Android and comes with a built in battery so that it can be used as a big tablet(Yes. A 21inch tablet).
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Acer has announced Iconia B1-720 and B1-721, upgraded version of last year’s Iconia B1-A71 tablet. It ha a 7-inch capacitive touch screen 10-point multi-touch display based on One Glass Solution technology and is powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-core processor (Probably MediaTek MT6572, similar to the Liquid Z5. It runs on Android Jelly Bean OS, but the version is not available yet. It also comes with a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera for video chats. The Iconia B1-721 has 3G support and the Iconia B1-720 comes with WiFi. Both these have 1GB of RAM, 16GB of internal and an expansion slot. Continue reading “Acer Iconia B1-720 and Iconia B1-721 with 7-inch display, 1.3GHz dual-core processor announced”
Polaroid announced that it would unveil 50″ Smart TV and 50″ Ultra HD TV at the CES. It would also unveil new tablets in the Q Series at the event next week. The Q7 (7” tablet), Q8 (8” tablet) and Q10 (10.1” tablet) are Wi-Fi enabled tablets powered quad-core processors and runs on the latest Android 4.4 KitKat OS. Continue reading “Polaroid Q7, Q8 and Q10 tablets with quad-core processors and Android 4.4 announced, starts at $130”
Acer has unveiled the Liquid Z5, successor of the Liquid Z3 that was launched last year. It has a 5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) FWVGA capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-core MediaTek MT6572 processor with Mali 400 GPU and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It comes with a 5-megapixel rear camera with 5 elements f2.4 lens, LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support with dual standby. Continue reading “Acer Liquid Z5 with 5-inch display, 1.3 GHz dual-core processor announced”
Acer has just announced that Acer Iconia A1-830 tablet after teasing it for the past few days. It has a 7.9-inch (1024 x 768 pixels) LED-backlit IPS display with 178 degree viewing angle and 4:3 aspect ratio and is powered by a 1.6 GHz Intel Atom Z2560 processor with Hyper-Threading technology. It has a aluminum metal back cover and sturdy frame for enhanced durability and weighs 380 grams. Android version is not available yet, but it is likely to run on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). Continue reading “Acer Iconia A1-830 with 7.9-inch HD display, 1.6GHz dual-core Intel Z2560 processor announced, starts at 169 Euros”
Galaxy Note 3 Lite (SM-N7505) is rumored to be unveiled at the Mobile World Congress next month along with a range of Galaxy devices including the Galaxy Grand Neo smartphone, Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 tablet and more. Now User Agent profile of the Galaxy Note 3 Lite (SM-N7505) has been leaked on the official Samsung website that reveals that the Note 3 Lite would feature a (1280 x 720 pixels) HD display and run on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean). The UA Prof doesn’t reveal anything other than these two details. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Lite UA Profile shows up, reveals 720p display and Android 4.3”
Samsung is known to announce its flagships in a its own event, but looks like things are about to change for the South Korean electronics giant. Samsung’s VP has stated that the company’s new flagship – Samsung Galaxy S5 will be announced during MWC 2014 that is scheduled in February.
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Lava Iris 405+ that was spotted online earlier this week has been officially launched in India. It has a 4-inch (800 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It comes with a 5-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera, similar to the Iris 405. It also has dual SIM support with dual standby similar to other Iris smartphones. It has 3G support, 512MB RAM and packs a 1400 mAh battery. Continue reading “Lava Iris 405+ with 4-inch display, 1.3 GHz dual-core processor launched for Rs. 6999”
Last year Intel unveiled Quark X1000, a range of small SoCs aimed at wearables. CEO Brian Krzanich has revealed that Intel would unveil innovative wearables at CES, according to his interview with Recode. Intel would introduce new SoCs in the Quark chip family and a range third-party wearable devices powered by the Quark chip at CES in Las Vegas next week, says the CEO. These new wearable devices are likely to ship only later this year. Continue reading “Intel to show off innovative Wearable devices at CES”
ZTE has announced that it would unveil the Grand S II, the successor of Grand S that was unveiled at the CES 2013 last year. It would also launch BlueWatch, its first Smartwatch and its first phablet with a 5.7-inch HD display and dual screen functionality. It would also show off a mobile hotspot with a built-in projector and more at the event. Continue reading “ZTE to unveil Grand S II, BlueWatch Smartwatch and a Phablet with 5.7-inch HD display at CES 2014”
Last year this time, we were hearing leaked specifications and rumors about HTC’s then flagship – HTC One which was known in the rumor mill as HTC M7. Today, we find ourselves in a similar position as rumors about HTC’s next flagship start coming in and HTC’s next flagship is reportedly codenamed HTC M8.
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