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The e-Paper market has enjoyed steady growth over the last decade, starting with the introduction of the Amazon Kindle back in 2007. While there are many vendors attempting to make a mark in the technology required in this space, E-Ink's offerings have ruled the roost. The most popular category of products using E-Ink's technology has undoubtedly been eBook readers. Recently, digital notebooks and notepads have also emerged as a significant driver in E-Ink's expansion. These products take the regular e-reader and add support for an electronic pen / stylus. These products were initially quite expensive and targeted business professionals dealing with huge amounts of paperwork and requiring note-taking support (such as lawyers). The Sony DPT lineup (review) became one of the leading products in this...
NVIDIA Shield Delayed, Now Ships In July
After a steady stream of positive Shield updates, NVIDIA just dropped a bit of unfortunate news by regarding an issue which has resulted in a delay to the Tegra...
18 by Ryan Smith on 6/26/2013
HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S 4 Google Play edition Review - Nearly Nexus
Back at Google I/O, the search giant announced the Samsung Galaxy S 4 with Nexus User Experience, a device which combined Samsung's SGS4 hardware and the stock Android experience...
82 by Brian Klug on 6/26/2013
NVIDIA Shield Gets a Launch Date and a Price Cut: June 27th for $299
Earlier this morning NVIDIA sent out a press release offing an update on the launch of their forthcoming handheld console, Shield. When Shield was first made available for pre-orders...
8 by Ryan Smith on 6/20/2013
CPUID's CPU-Z Arrives on Android via Google Play
About three years ago, I remember one of the biggest problems I had while sorting out phones was figuring out what SoCs were inside them. Manufacturers weren't yet open...
28 by Brian Klug on 6/16/2013
Hands On with the Final NVIDIA Shield Hardware, Update: Now with Video
It seems like forever since CES 2013 when we first laid eyes on and played with NVIDIA’s Project Shield. Time flies, and since then Shield has dropped the Project...
46 by Brian Klug on 6/11/2013
HTC One with Nexus Experience Announced
At Google I/O 2013, the search giant announced the Samsung Galaxy S4 with Nexus Experience, and almost immediately rumors began circulating about a potential HTC One with the same...
41 by Brian Klug on 5/30/2013
The Next Version of Android - Some of What's Coming
Google I/O 2013 recently wrapped up, and I’ve been spending some time ingesting all the information from sessions during the event, including ones I couldn’t directly attend. While Google...
17 by Brian Klug on 5/19/2013NVIDIA Shield Up For Preorder Today
In response to buzz about NVIDIA's Shield console, NVIDIA has moved up the preorder date a few days, May 20th to today, May 17th. Shield will be available for...
20 by Brian Klug on 5/17/2013
Google I/O 2013 Keynote: Live Blog
We're here in San Francisco's Moscone West for Google I/O 2013, where Google will be no doubt talking shop about Android, Chrome, Google+, and the rest of its online...
34 by Brian Klug on 5/15/2013
NVIDIA Shield Up for Preorder May 20 for $349, Ships in June
It has been a while since we last heard from NVIDIA about Project Shield. Today, NVIDIA is dropping "Project" from the name, making it formally just Shield, and simultaneously...
28 by Brian Klug on 5/14/2013
Acer Iconia A1 7.9” Tablet
Continuing with the spate of Acer announcements from today, next up we have the Iconia A1 Tablet. Details on the SoC are a bit scarce, but it’s listed as...
17 by Jarred Walton on 5/3/2013
Samsung Galaxy S 4 Review - Part 1
It’s no secret that Samsung enjoyed huge success with Galaxy S 3. In many markets, SGS3 was easily the Android handset to beat, even as faster and arguably better...
336 by Brian Klug on 4/24/2013
Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 Review
For the past couple of years Samsung, and many other Google partners, have been on the hunt to improve productivity on Android - particularly on tablets. We’ve seen hardware...
96 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/17/2013
Google Announces Glass Specs, Developer SDK, Shipment to Glass Explorers in Waves
Google dropped a bunch of Glass related news today. First up are some high level specifications which posted in an FAQ document. There's still no word about SoC or...
21 by Brian Klug on 4/16/2013
The HTC One Review
It is nearly impossible to begin to review the HTC One without some context, and I’ll begin our review of the HTC One (formerly the device known as codename...
627 by Brian Klug on 4/5/2013
Facebook Announces Home, and HTC First
Today saw some interesting news from Facebook, which announced a new Android experience named Facebook Home, and alongside a new handset from HTC which will run it out of...
21 by Brian Klug on 4/4/2013_carousel.jpg)
Samsung Announces SAFE with KNOX - Security Container for Enterprise BYOD
I talked with Anand about his impressions of the Note 8 after reading his hands on piece, and one thing that struck me was a mention of how Samsung...
3 by Brian Klug on 2/25/2013
Understanding Camera Optics & Smartphone Camera Trends, A Presentation by Brian Klug
Recently I was asked to give a presentation about smartphone imaging and optics at a small industry event, and given my background I was more than willing to comply...
61 by Brian Klug on 2/22/2013
WikiPad Gaming Tablet Coming This Spring For $249
Gaming on Android has been a hot topic lately. Purpose built consoles and handhelds have been rolling out along with plenty of excellent games. The WikiPad, announced in 10-inch...
11 by Jason Inofuentes on 2/7/2013
The Making of NVIDIA's Project SHIELD
NVIDIA put up a blog post recently that goes into some of the details of how Project SHIELD came together. There's plenty of marketing hyperbole in the blog post...
29 by Jarred Walton on 2/1/2013
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