Lenovo Flex 11 Chromebook Lenovo has expanded its lineup of Chromebooks with the introduction of the Flex 11, a 2-in-1 laptop that may have a slightly higher price tag than competing models, but brings plenty of extras to justify the added cost. As with other Flex convertibles, this Chromebook version features a 360-degree hinged design […]
The Mirabook is the latest crowdfunded attempt at a laptop dock for smartphones. As the processing prowess of smartphones continues to increase, a commercially viable dock to turn them into full-fledged computers has become a bit of a Holy Grail for a number of companies. HP is trying its hand at such a device with […]
A teardown shows the new iPad looks a lot like the original iPad Air. iFixit With its tablet sales on a sustained decline, Apple made a surprise move last month by introducing a new 9.7-inch iPad with a lower price point of $329. This new model replaces the iPad Air 2 in the company’s tablet […]
SSD prices are expected to rise in the first half of 2017. The growth in the solid-state storage market has followed the usual path of progress for new technologies — high prices and limited specs of the first products increasingly give way to more and more for less and less as companies gain manufacturing efficiencies […]
Google may not be willing to produce its own Chromebooks anymore, but that doesn’t mean it can’t bask in the glory of its platform, which has dominated the education market for some time. Case in point: The company just blogged about Chromebooks being the top computing device in Swedish schools, giving it the opportunity to […]
Litebook’s $249 Linux laptop The market for Linux-equipped laptops continues to expand, whether crowd-funded or DIY or just replacing Windows on an existing notebook on your own. Another entrant has emerged that’s more powerful than the Kickstarter-backed Pinebook but less expensive than the KDE Slimbook. A company called Litebook has released a new Linux laptop […]
LG Gram laptop LG has largely scaled back its global PC ambitions — its U.S. website shows a single Chromebase desktop for sale — except for its Gram family of ultra-light laptops. It rolled them out late in 2015 — 13-inch and 14-inch notebooks that each weighed a little over 2 pounds, then added a […]
The Chuwi Hi13 looks like the Microsoft Surface Book on the outside, but its insides and price say otherwise. Many Chinese manufacturers produce devices that will never reach North American shores, save through online importers, but Chuwi is an exception that sells its offerings directly through Amazon. So when the company preps a new system […]
Barnes & Noble’s latest Nook tablet has been pulled from sale. Barnes & Noble released its latest Nook tablet, the Nook Tablet 7-inch, on Black Friday in its latest attempt to battle the success of Amazon’s popular Fire tablets. With a low price of just $50, the new Nook was supposed to compete with the […]
Intel Compute Card First there was the Compute Stick, Intel’s mini-computer that resembles a pack of gum. Now the chip giant is releasing a PC that’s even more diminutive than that device. The new Compute Card is even thinner than the Compute Stick, looking more like a slightly bigger, thicker credit card. It’s a mere […]