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Samsung has expanded the Galaxy Note into a full tablet form factor after garnering unexpected success with the original Galaxy Note smartphone. Behold the Galaxy Note 10.1. It features a 10.1-inch display, a little under double that of the Galaxy Note handset, with a 1280×800 resolution, plus is packed with a 5MP camera on the…
Though its success is far from reaching the level of the likes of Samsung, ZTE is beginning to prove itself a worthy smartphone competitor. Up until recently, people didn’t really pay much attention to the company, but 2012 was a good year for ZTE. Judging by CES 2013 so far, it looks like the manufacturer…
Samsung made quite a stunning appearance at its CES presentation this year and its booth on the conference floor was equally impressive. Though most of its booth focused on TV and connected home technology, the company did have some of its flagship mobile devices on display . The star of the mobile section for Samsung was clearly…
NVIDIA may have announced the Tegra 4 to almost no surprise, but it definitely sideswiped us with Project Stealth. As you’d expect, with such surprises and new products, NVIDIA’s booth was filled to the brim here at CES. While there wasn’t a live unit available to handle, Project Sleath took center stage of the booth,…
Microsoft just couldn’t stay away from CES 2013 as planned. The company announced last year that 2012 would be its final year delivering the opening keynote for the Consumer Electronics Show, a tradition that started in 2003 with Bill Gates. That didn’t stop current Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to giddily run on stage during Qualcomm’s…
After announcing two new Android phones on Monday, Huawei added yet another handset to its growing lineup of phones. This time Huawei is trying its hand with Windows Phone 8 and introduced the Ascend W1. The W1 includes the following specs: 4-inch IPS LCD 480 x 800 pixel display Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 dual-core 1.2 GHz…
IOGEAR unveiled its Wireless Mobile and WiDi to HDTV at CES, making it one of the first devices to enable wireless streaming from a smartphone, tablet or laptop to the TV. The company was the first to bring to market wireless streaming from a laptop or PC to a TV in 2008, and this new…
Atmel and Corning are using CES to demonstrate Atmel XSense flexible sensor functionality on thin IT-sized and curved Corning Gorilla Glass form factors. This work promises to enable innovative and cost-effective capacitive touch modules, while ushering in a “new era of user interface designs.” Most notably, the flexible touch sensor allows capacitive touch to be…
Sprint is using CES to announce to the world that it will join Microsoft’s mobile plans. The Now Network will introduce two Windows Phone 8 devices this summer, one from Samsung and the other one from HTC. We don’t have all the details just yet, though we do know both phones will come with dual…
MIPS Technologies and China-based Ingenic Semiconductor introduced the JZ4780, a new highly integrated MIPS-Based SoC. The affordable, dual-core solution offers high performance, advanced graphics and other new functionality, along with ultra-low power consumption. Here are the JZ4780 SoC highlights: 1.3GHz+ SoC sets new performance point for power-efficient and affordable devices Ingenic’s MIPS-Based XBurst processor, with…