There’s no shortage of Android tablets on the market, but that hasn’t stopped Philips from developing a low-end slate that will be arriving sometime later this month, according to a leak over on Hungarian website Tech2. Along with the trade off in hardware comes a low price tag, however, and a design that will appeal […]
Apple is spending $10.5bn on manufacturing equipment, it’s reported, as part of a huge investment in its supply chain to make future iPads, iPhones, and Macs. The kit boost – which includes laser milling for aluminum casings, plastic-polishing for achieving a high-gloss and scratch-resistant finish on devices like the iPhone 5c, and gadgets for testing […]
HP’s Chromebook 11 has mysteriously disappeared from sale, with the ARM-powered Chrome OS laptop reportedly being pulled from Best Buy shelves after store managers received urgent instructions to freeze sales. The $279 notebook is listed as out of stock on Google’s own Play store and at Best Buy, and has vanished completely from HP’s webstore; […]
Someone at Target pulled the trigger a little too early, and through a mishap or insert-conspiracy-theory-here, two Xbox One systems have shipped out more than two weeks before the console’s scheduled launch date. One had a brief stint on Ebay, where the owner tried to hock it for a few grand, while the other has […]
BlackBerry rejected approaches from Apple, Microsoft, Lenovo and others to break up the ailing Canadian company and split its assets, insiders claim, with the firm’s patent portfolio apparently of particular interest. Both Microsoft and Apple were eager to acquire BlackBerry’s wireless patents, sources told Reuters, but the firm’s board decided a piecemeal sell-off was not […]
Google barge tipped to feature “fish fins” sails in documents describing plans
Posted in: Today's ChiliSpeculation has abounded about what Google‘s mysterious barges will be for, something that was partially put to rest earlier this week in a statement from the Internet giant. The company plans to use these as an interactive space for learning about tech, and now an artist’s rendering shows what is said to be an “unprecedented […]
If you’re a fan of HTC smartphones, you’ll appreciate the leaked images that have hit the Internet today. The images are reportedly the HTC M8, which is expected to be the flagship HTC smartphone for 2014. Last year’s flagship HTC phone, the HTC One, went by the codename M7. The HTC M8 would presumably be […]
A couple days ago, the Motorola Moto G cropped up in a listing sans-specs and details on Motorola’s website, only to be pulled a short while later. Since then, the handset has appeared in various leaks and rumors up to today, where it has been spotted in a holiday-themed promotional card that was intended for […]
Android KitKat confidential doc shows low-end device targeting to mitigate fragmentation
Posted in: Today's ChiliAndroid KitKat has been a tease for weeks now, and while we’ve seen leaks and screenshots and such appear in bits and parcels, all pale in comparison to the leak that has surfaced over at JessicaLessin.com this evening. At the site, Amir Efrati details quite a bit about the next iteration of Android, doing so […]
Every now and again, the leaks and rumors move aside as something more solid appears, usually when a retailer pulls the trigger a bit too early. This time around, it was Motorola that tripped up, with the Moto G making a brief appearance on its website today next to the Moto X before being pulled. […]