Intel was the first to coin the term ‘Ultrabook’ for high-end subnotebook computers. Spending millions of dollars into a marketing strategy aimed for the industry’s latest most powerful laptops that were less bulky without compromising on battery life overall. Project Athena as announced by Intel seeks to revisit this old definition and make true on certain promises left undelivered.
The Ultrabook laptops had unintentionally brought with them an industry standard demanding lightweight, thinner dimensions, effective performance and battery life. The Industry had, on the contrary, thrived with these new set of restrictive parameters that gave birth to [...]
Lenovo along with other tech giants has made great strides in technological development that has been showcased at Computex 2019. Lenovo and Qualcomm have yet to divulge finer details regarding their Project Limitless other than the fact that the driving technology leading to this innovation is Qualcomm’s very own Snapdragon 8cx chipset that supports 5G connectivity.
Unveiled last December, the Snapdragon 8cx claims great performance with amazing battery life for Windows on ARM devices. Designed specifically to tackle issues and concerns surrounding Snapdragon’s previous iterations on PCs. The octa-core Kyro 495 CPU on the chipset features an increased [...]
With the arrival of the Quadro RTX 5000 GPU for laptops, Razer soon followed suit and announced its Blade series laptop. Razer has updated their line of Blade 15 and Blade Pro 17 to support the new gear. The RTX 5000 is available on both the laptops alongside 32GB of RAM and 1TB NVMe SSD Storage all encased in a Mercury White finish.
The 15-inch Razer model laptop sports 4K OLED touchscreen and it will be kitted with the Intel Core i7-9750H CPU. The larger version (17-inch) will instead receive a 120Hz 4k panel to go along with the Intel Core i9-9880H CPU. Both laptops are also compatible with Razer Core X, an external GPU for users that require more power. Both Razer [...]
On April 11 2019, Acer unveiled its new lineup of desktops and laptops, which is directed towards content creators. Labelled as the ConceptD, the machines claim to lay their entire focus on performance, silence, design and precision. Furthermore, the ConceptD desktops and laptops are as aesthetically pleasing as the performance they claim to provide. Notably, at the same event, Acer also launched its powerful Predator Helios 700 gaming laptop with Core i9-9980HK processor.
Acer ConceptD 9 LaptopsFor portability, Acer announced the ConceptD 9 laptop. The laptop features a 17.3-inch 4K UHD screen on top of a chassis with an Ezel Aero Hinge, which enables users to draw [...]
Xiaomi has been on a roll, launching products that are affordable, yet have great quality. In an event in China, Xiaomi recently launched two new products. A wireless Apple-styled white earbud and a new notebook powered by the intel i3 processor. Xiaomi is known to take their design cues from Apple, previously having launched products that look very similar to iPhones and MacBooks and the earbuds are no different. Even the name of the product AirDots sound eerily similar to AirPods by Apple.
AirDotsThe AirDots have tappable controls and a compact charging case just like the AirPods from Apple. They costs around 199 yuan which is about $29 and they look quite good too. They [...]
Lenovo has officially launched a series of laptops under the ThinkPad Branding In India. These laptops have an ultra-slim design with the latest 8th Gen Intel processors. Some of these devices have a ruggedness of ThinkPad series with the flexibility of Yoga series of laptops. The main product that was launched in the event is the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon and the ThinkPad X1 Yoga, which retails for Rs 1,21,000 and Rs 1,26,000 respectively. These laptops will be available in April on both online and offline retail stores across the country.
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon and the ThinkPad X1 Yoga SpecsAccording to Lenovo, these are the first set of laptops to offer a display with [...]
We’re bang in the middle of the golden age of smartphones it seems. Almost like a ritual, phone makers every couple of months offer to eager audiences for their consumption new mobile devices with vastly improved tech.
Over the past couple of years, we have been witness to the industry churning out new processors, RAM, cameras and more used for making these marvels of modern day technology, each smaller in size than its predecessors, and yet gaining in power with every upgrade. End product being thinner, faster phones and laptops for the end consumer year after year.
But one thing that the tech industry has still to find a good enough answer to is the lust [...]
Has the festive Diwali air gotten to you yet? It is, afterall, the season to be a shopoholic. There are plenty of great offers and discounts available these days, if you know where to look. Today, if you happen to pass by online retailers, you can avail some great discounts on laptops.
The offers have a time period so if you’ve been thinking about getting a new laptop, you may want to head over to one of these websites and add a laptop to your cart soon. However, before you do so, you might need a better idea of what’s on sale. We’ve broken it down in terms of price range. Have a look and decide the right one for you.
Laptops Under Rs. 20,000It’s a little frightening when you start looking at how many electronic gadgets you own. Today, our most precious personal possession has got to be our phones. And the more expensive the phone, the more precious (in Gollum’s voice) it gets.
We all take that extra bit of care when it comes to our laptops and smartphones, or at least we try. But sometimes we tend to do things that have been subject to so many paranoid and not-so paranoid theories. We have decided to take a look at some of them and bust those that have worried you for a long time.
1. Charging Your Phone Overnight Can Damage Battery LifeNot everyone remembers to remove the phone from [...]
Hewlett-Packard promised fall would be the season of new, affordable Windows laptops. Keeping their word, the company announced the HP Stream 14-inch Notebook. The Stream series is HP’s version of the low cost Windows laptop, meant to compete head to head with Chromebooks on price, but still offer the powerful operating system.
This Intel Celeron-powered Stream will have an 11.6-inch HD non-touch display and 32GB of eMMC flash memory for storage. The company also unveiled a 13.3-inch touch-optional SKU that goes for $230, and 7 and 8-inch Stream tablets priced at $100 and $150, respectively.
Lenovo, Chinese multinational computer technology company, has launched a Full HD (FHD) range of laptops in India. The company claims is it the first company to offer such a range in our country and that it will be in the market by mid-October, right in time for Diwali.
The company said that the new FHD range comes loaded with best in class multi-media features that add to the visual experience. Commenting on the launch, Shailendra Katyal, Director- Home and Small Business (HSB), Lenovo India, said, “Lenovo has been ahead of the curve owing to its consumer focused design philosophy. [...]
The Chrome OS users have been enjoying the latest OS features and the touchscreen benefits since September. The latest update of the chrome OS, brings up touchscreen text selection and drag and drop support.
The platform’s latest version also brings up a number of other changes including the ability to choose audio sources from the tray menu and the addition of on-by-default Quickoffice editor for Word and Excel. Users can now also check their connection using a diagnostics tool and share folders and files direct from the File app. If you’re using any Chrome OS device, you can expect to get the OS 30 update [...]
