Laptop / Mobile

KitGuru were the first to bring you videos and information on the upcoming flagship MSI GT80 Titan and today we are able to show you a few internal pictures of the pre-retail sample that we looked at way back in December. We hope to bring you a full indepth review …

MicroStar International (MSI) has introduced its new high-performance GS30 Shadow 13.3” laptop that comes with a special dock for external graphics cards. The dock can be equipped with its own power supply unit and will support all graphics cards possible, thus, wedding high-performance gaming with portable sizes of a notebook. …

Intel Corp. said it had begun to ship a new breed of system-on-chips for tablets. The new application processors promise to boost performance and cut-down power consumption of Intel’s chips for slates thanks to a new x86 micro-architecture, a new graphics processing unit as well as 14nm fabrication process. The …

At CES today Dell announced refreshes of it's XPS 13 and XPS 15 Ultrabooks, with the XPS 13 seemingly getting most of the attention. The reason for this is that Dell is claiming that the XPS 13 is the smallest 13-inch Ultrabook available today, along with the stunning virtually borderless “infinity display” that …

Lenovo Group this week said that it had sold its 100 millionth ThinkPad notebook. To celebrate the milestone for the legendary brand, Lenovo introduced its third-generation ThinkPad X1 Carbon laptop, the world’s lightest high-performance 14” laptop. “Since the original ThinkPad 700, ThinkPad engineers have continued to drive innovation by making …

Aorus, a maker of gaming notebooks, has revealed benchmark results of two Nvidia GeForce GTX 965M graphics processing units in SLI mode. Indirectly, this gives an idea about performance of the company’s forthcoming mobile graphics chip with moderate power consumption. According to Aorus, its new Aorus X5 laptop based on …

Aorus, a notebook gaming brand that belongs to Gigabyte Technology, introduced its most advanced gaming laptop computer yet at the Consumer Electronics Show 2015. The Aorus X5 notebook boasts two yet-unannounced GeForce GTX 965M graphics processing units as well as 15.6” ultra-high-definition (UHD) display with 4K resolution based on Sharp’s …

ASUS has announced it's new ZenFone 2 today at CES, a year after the release of the last ZenFone at CES 2014. While it has been refined in every aspect from previous ZenFone models what makes it slightly different than most Android phones is what's inside. The CPU in this case …

Nvidia Corp. on Monday introduced its latest addition to the Tegra family of system-on-chips for mobile devices, the Tegra X1. The new application processor features the latest ARMv8 64-bit cores, Maxwell architecture graphics, ultra-high-definition video support as well as a massive amount of camera throughput. The all-new Nvidia Tegra X1 …

After all the fanfare around Chromebooks when they were first launched in 2011, the concept seems to have dropped off the radar in the last year. Samsung, once a Chromebook champion, has stopped selling them in Europe, and indeed pulled out of the entire notebook market as well. But there …

When MicroStar International (MSI) introduced its truly monstrous GT80 gaming laptop last year, the company clearly impressed the whole world with a fully-fledged mechanical keyboard as well as with extreme performance such system could deliver. What MSI did not say last November were exact specifications of the system as well …

One of the key selling points of Apple’s next-generation MacBook Air laptop is expected to be very slim form-factor, fanless cooling and long battery life. However, it turns out that the new system from Apple will also sport a number of technological breakthroughs that will hit the market for the …

The killer feature with the Cyberpower Fangbook Edge 4K, as the name suggests, is the inclusion of a 4K display with a mighty resolution of 3,840×2,160 pixels. Adding a 4K display to a regular Fangbook Edge laptop bumps up the price by £90 from £1175 to £1265 inc VAT and …

In an update to the Google Chromebook Dev Channel, you can now use the phrase “Ok Google” no matter what you are doing with your Chromebook, as long as the screen is on. Previously you could only use voice search in the app launcher or in a new tab, but with …

Next year MSI will officially release their GT80 Titan … a machine kitted out with mouth watering hardware – it is also the first gaming laptop to feature a fully fledged mechanical keyboard. KitGuru has already published information on the laptop in recent weeks, and my colleague Andrzej was on …

The Asus TP300L Transformer Flip is a 13.3-inch thin and light laptop that doubles up as a Windows 8.1 touch screen tablet. This is a neat trick that hinges, ahem, around the hinge. Instead of simply allowing you to open the screen and fold it back to a comfortable viewing …

Bill Fernandez, the first official employee of Apple, has worked on multiple devices and technologies, but now he is a well-known expert in user interfaces. In a recent interview the man, who introduced Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, said that battery technology is the biggest obstacle for developing of mobile …

Nvidia Corp. has quietly added GeForce GTX 965M graphics adapter into its drivers. The listing of the graphics solution could mean that the new graphics processing unit is already shipping to notebook PC makers and may be unveiled shortly. Theoretically, it could also mean that desktop version of the product …

Google Glass 2 will not be the only smart eyewear based on silicon from Intel Corp. as the company has just signed a multi-year deal with Luxottica Group, a company that owns multiple premium and luxury eyewear brands. Starting next year we could see Google Glass-like devices from brands like …

Hewlett Packard on Tuesday introduced its new family of laptops that includes notebooks, which are thinner and more powerful than Apple’s MacBook Air, a laptop that is considered as a de-facto standard for ultra-thin laptops. At present it is unknown how much will the new laptops cost, but since the …

Laptops with touchscreen displays have never really gained popularity because of various reasons. Recently it turned out that the majority of notebook makers and contract manufacturers have ceased to develop mobile PCs in clamshell form-factor with touchscreens and next year such computers will disappear from the market completely. In 2015, …

Both Intel Corp. and Microsoft Corp. have promised sub-$100 media tablets based on Intel Atom system-on-chips and Microsoft Windows 8.1 operating system in a bid to fight slates powered by ARM application processors and Google Android platform. Apparently, the strategy works and even exceeds expectations. At present a store in …

One of the major problems when buying a gaming laptop is that you are stuck forever with the graphics inside. Within 18 months they are very often struggling to keep up with the latest game engines. MSI is looking to resolve this problem with their upcoming MSI GS30 Shadow Super …

Laptops based on Google’s Chrome operating system – Chromebooks – are known for their limited local storage capacity and necessity to rely on cloud storage solutions that cost money. Luckily for those, who plan to buy a Chromebook this year, Google now offers 1TB of online storage for free for a limited …

Qualcomm Technologies this week introduced its next-generation 4G/LTE multimode solution for mobile devices, such as smartphones and media tablets. The new Goby 9*45 modem is the world’s first 4G/LTE-Advanced Category 10 cellular modem that supports download speeds of up to 450Mb/s. The solution will be integrated into mobile and other …

Less than a month after reporting lower-than-expected revenues and profits because of challenges on the market of smartphones, Samsung Electronics is reconsidering its investments in development of handsets. Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest maker of mobile phones and smartphones, has the broadest family of smartphones among all suppliers. While this …

Sony has announced its schedule for its CES conference in January at which we will likely see a slew of new devices announced. While specific details aren't confirmed yet, the Xperia Z4 smartphone is expected to make an appearance, which could be backed up by this latest leak, showing off …

One of the key problems of today’s wearable electronics devices is that they are not stylish and are designed for both men and women. This greatly limits popularity of smartbands among people who prefer to wear stylish things. Fortunately, the industry seems to finally understand that wearable electronics has to …

Intel Corp.’s Quark system-on-chips for extreme-ultra-low-power devices provide basic compute capabilities for smart appliances, simple robots and even wearable gadgets, but there are a number of reasons that prevent them from becoming popular. Among the key points of Intel’s concerns about the Quark family is low-performance, limited amount of I/O …

Microsoft finally created its own digital assistant for Windows Phone earlier this year, based on Cortana from the Halo universe. Cortana has remained exclusive to Windows Phone for a while now but that could change soon as new speculation arises, suggesting that Cortana will soon hit new devices. During a …