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Last year we heard about Monitor2Go, a portable external monitor. It seems very well made and has lots of convenient features, but it’s also expensive. The Able-HD is on the other end of the spectrum. It’s a portable monitor at nearly a third of the price of Monitor2Go. There’s a reason it’s cheap though.

The Able-HD is basically a 17″ or 18″ LED laptop monitor. It just has a custom circuit board that makes it work without the rest of the laptop. Otherwise, it’s a standard LED monitor. It’s a 1080p display, it accepts HDMI, DVI, VGA and audio ports and it has a socket for a charger. With all of the unnecessary parts stripped away, the Able-HD weighs just 570g (approx. 1.26lb). In other words, it’s an 17″ or 18″ 1080p monitor that weighs less than an iPad.

Actually it is missing one necessary part: an external case. Its anonymous inventor said that future versions may have an aluminum case, but the first version of Able-HD – the one he’s offering as a reward on Kickstarter – will look exactly like the one you saw in the video. At least you can get or make a case with the money you save. Pledge at least $110 (USD) on Kickstarter to get an Able-HD as a reward. If you have a spare laptop screen, you can just pledge $35 to get the Able-HD conversion kit.

Earlier this month, there was a rumor that Apple was facing possible delays with its next-gen iPad mini due to supplier issues with an (also rumored) next generation Retina display. Now WSJ is reporting that Apple may have gotten around the problem thanks to, of all companies, Samsung. The ubiquitous “people familiar with the matter” told the journal that Cupertino originally wanted to be supplied solely by LG Display and Sharp for the high res screens (likely to be the same 7.9 inches as the current model). However, to ensure enough supply, Apple has reportedly been forced to resort to Samsung’s display division for the next iPad mini, too. It bears noting that such supplier leaks are often unreliable, and as we’ve mentioned before, Apple frequently tests components before deciding on a final design. If true, though, it would show that despite its best efforts, Apple can’t make a clean break from its frequent sparring partner.

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Source: WSJ

You’ll be seeing a lot of Samsung Galaxy Note III tips and rumors over the next few weeks, (if this past week is any indicator), so in preparation, today’s relative solidification of at least one model should provide a good basis for your exploratory readings. What you’re going to see in the Samsung Galaxy Note III according to two sources speaking from across the pond this morning is a 5.7-inch panel with a lovely 1080 x 1920 pixel resolution – that’s the same amount of pixels as the Samsung Galaxy S 4 spread out across a bit more screen real estate.

Over at Samsung Updates, editor Adam Lange reveals the first appearance of the Samsung N900, aka the device code for the Galaxy Note III as found at UAPROF. This appearance is joined by a host of carrier editions similar to what we’d seen earlier this month. This same source confirms the display resolution as well as the CPU – likely pointing toward the Exynos 5 Octa upgrade Samsung spoke of earlier this week.

This code reals, on the other hand, that the Galaxy Note III will be appearing with more than one iteration in its processing architecture, likely appearing also with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 in an LTE-Advanced edition. Based on our chat with Qualcomm yesterday, we’re to understand that the Snapdragon 800 will be working with multi-region LTE support as an up-front solution, this quite possibly providing Samsung with a way to reach multiple international markets with a single SKU.

On another hand still is the fact that we’re also seeing different codes for AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, and Sprint for the USA, along with at least two more carrier variants beyond the first two international models, one for Exynos, the other for Snapdragon 800. It should also be obvious by now that the Galaxy Note III will be coming with a next-generation S-Pen as each of the previous machines have arrive with, as well as Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean.

Over at MK News, they say that the Samsung Galaxy Mega lent some insight for Samsung into the possibilities of bringing another two sizes of displays – 6.3 and 5.8 – to the market for the Galaxy Note. Also having tested a 5.99-inch iteration of the Galaxy Note III, this tip says Samsung stuck with the 5.7 in the end as the ideal state of the machine.

Have a peek at the Samsung Galaxy Note III timeline below to gain further insight into the rumors and tips that run this machine into reality sooner than later, likely right before IFA 2013!

Galaxy Note III display size solidified in carrier version spill is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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As we noted at the the end of the show last year, SIGGRAPH certainly delivers on the eye candy. From graphics demos to display tech and both 3D printing and motion capture, this is one trade show that offers a glimpse into the present and future of the industry when it comes to visual goods. Highlights include major component news from NVIDIA and Samsung while Dell’s 32-inch 4K display and the latest Disney Research project certainly nabbed our attention. The show ends today until we descend upon Vancouver next summer, but a gallery chock full of sights from the show floor and a roundup of the past few days should tide you over until then.

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Google this week brings a new Nexus 7 to the market along with software updates that will allow full-screen sharing through Hangouts. What this means for the lay person is that, when you connect with a friend or colleague with the Android app Hangouts, you’ll not just be able to do video and text chat, you’ll be able to share the images on your tablet’s screen as well. This includes document editing as well.

NOTE: This feature was shown by Google as a PREVIEW, meaning it won’t be released today, but some time in the near future. We’ll let you know when it’s time!

In a wave of app updates that’ll certainly be coming to all Android devices sooner than later, the Nexus 7 was demonstrated to be working with a boost to Google Drive, as well. There you’ll have a new more user-friendly interface with tiles and a new navigation drawer.

This ties in well with a recent bit of chat on extending the Chrome screen mirroring abilities we saw earlier this year to Android. Soon both mobile devices and your desktop machines will be able o share heir abilities in more than just file folders. It won’t matter which machine you’re on, you’ll be able to access the other from anywhere.

For now, you’ll want to stick around SlashGear’s Android portal all day long – we’ll be seeing more on the Nexus 7 reboot and a vast collection of updates to Android Jelly Bean with 4.3.

Nexus 7 brings Hangouts update for tablet-based screen-sharing [UPDATE] is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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