Patents are filed for many reasons. Sometimes because a company plans to actually manufacture something looking like the patented device, other times patents are filed to keep competitors from doing the same, or to force them to pay royalties, or similar business strategies. We’ll see what could come out of the next patent, but as…
The days just ahead of the Easter holiday next week is proving to be a time of a lot of tablet deals this year. We mentioned that the time corresponds with the Gearbest 4th anniversary sales, but actually there are several other stores that are having tablet sales right now. These includes Amazon today who’s…
The large international electronics store Gearbest is celebrating it’s 4th anniversary for 2 weeks with some sales I’m following on tablets, 2-in-1’s, computers, and related electronics. The first sales round lasts until March 26: gearbest.com/promotion-intel-special-627.html 2-in-1 tablets on sale are Alldocube KNote 8, Chuwi Hi10 Pro, Chuwi Hi13, Chuwi SurBook, Chuwi SurBook Mini, Asus Transformer…
The coming existence of Chuwi Hi9 Air was revealed in January, but right now Chuwi is in the middle of the process of a gradual unveiling, little by little. This is a pretty interesting 10.1-inch Android 8.0 with worldwide 4G LTE support. Chuwi Hi9 Air is powered by a deca-core MediaTek HelioX20 with A72/A53 processor,…
The rugged 8-inch Android 7.1 tablet Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 2 was imported by a few stores in the US last month, but it took until today for Samsung to officially announce the release of the Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 2 in the US: https://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/tablets/galaxy-tab-active2/ The price is $419 for the Wi-Fi only version SM-T390,…
It was leaked in early February that Samsung had started working on the Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 Android 8.0 update, and today that leak was confirmed when as much as 8 specific versions of Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 were all certified with Android 8.0. The certification came from the official Wi-Fi certification body, so the…
Looking for a cheap 10.1-inch stock Android alternative to the pretty good Fire HD 10? Then here’s an alternative in the $139 category. It’s called Chupad A10 Pro, and it’s a 10.1-inch Full HD tablet with Android 7.0 and 4G LTE: https://www.geekbuying.com/item/Chupad-A10-Pro-4G With a bit more power under the hood, it could have been very…
One of the things you’ve got to love about some of the Chinese tablet brands is that with some models they are not afraid to experiment with new technologies or unusual combinations of technologies and features. And here’s just such a tablet, the Voyo Vbook i3: https://www.geekbuying.com/item/VOYO-Vbook-i3-Tablet What’s unusual about it is that while Intel…
A rumor started circulating on Monday that Apple will launch an 11-inch iPad this year, even though no analyst or insider source have mentioned this possibility before. Of course it could still be true. Another possibility is that imprecise reporting multiplied with poor translations have resulted in a rumor with little credibility, since the source…
Today’s date is 3.14, or Pi Day to a lot of people who celebrate the significance of this number in our world. And Microsoft has had an annual Pi Day sale for years now, with 2018 being no exception of course, as Windows 10 tablets, laptops, and desktops are on sale right now, with up…
The latest addition to Lenovo’s tablet family were listed as approved by the FCC today, as the latest of at least two upcoming Lenovo tablets for 2018. But they are only coming tablets, and not necessarily all that new, as both of these 7-inch and 8-inch Android tablets appear to be really low range tablets,…
In case you missed it, Microsoft’s Windows chief Joel Belfiore announced this week that the Windows 10 S will soon be introduced as a mode in future updates of Windows 10 and Windows 10 Pro, in a move that Microsoft believes will help adaptation and also ease the stress and confusion around Windows 10 S….
Microsoft Surface Pro LTE Advanced for consumers has finally started taking pre-orders in an announcement from Microsoft, who says that the Microsoft Surface Pro LTE Advanced release date is May 1, 2018 in USA: microsoft.com/en-us/store/d/surface-pro/ProLTEpreorder As many of you will recall, Microsoft Surface Pro LTE Advanced first became available for the enterprise sector at the…
Fujitsu has just passed the FCC approval on a new 2018 model of a North America version of Fujitsu Stylistic Q508. This tablet is generally similar to the newly launched Asian market version, but the Fujitsu Stylistic Q508 has made some alterations for USA. This Windows Pro dual digitizer enterprise and education tablet may not…
The five main problems with foldable tablet displays are blisters on the flexible display, cracking display folds, the death of pixels on the screen in the fold in particular, discolorization, and displays that starts altering their size after fold and wear through many different temperatures. With the current technologies available there are several ways of…
Not all new tablet projects materialize after a quick crowdfunding campaign, but here is one that looks very likely to materialize after the Raspberry Pi Tablet Raspad was fully funded first past its first goal, and then immediately after, funded past its second goal as well. The estimated launch date is May for the RasPad,…
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