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Asus have announced their Zenbook fold - convertible tablet/laptop device which runs off an Intel Core i7 - 1250U and 16GB LPDDR5 ram with Iris Xe graphics and a 1TB NVMe ssd. The device, which has a 17.3" 2560x1920 OLED and a 4:3 aspect ratio could be used with its kickstand as a monitor with a wireless keyboard, laid flat or folded for a laptop type experience with the bottom half with a virtual keyboard or used as a tablet . the device also comes with 2x USB C snd has a 3.5mm headphone jack as well.  Pricing is said to start at $3499. GSMArena

It's no secret that Android is the most saturated operating system ever, the variety of applications running the software has caused issues when scaling as manufacturers use a variety of screen sizes when designing their product. But Android does have the ability to scale and since Android 4.0 attempts were made to scale apps accordingly, but with more form factors in the horizon, Google has re-visited the concept and has announced the Android 12L feature update (L for Large).  The new update, which according to Google is said to be targeting the growing Android tablet market and the Chromebook market and it has thereby created new features including improved notification shades, a taskbar with drag and drop support and native multitasking support. Google's new APIs also include support for three classes of devices with smartphones , Mid size foldable devices and small tablets and larger wide screen tablets and Chromebook/notebooks. google is also said to be updating app compat...

The age of foldable smartphones are upon us, although many of these devices are yet to prove their durability in the long run, their appeal however has made many smartphone OEMs develop their own versions as Samsung seems to be reigning supreme in the category with both a foldable-mini tablet esqe device - Z fold and a flip phone named the Z flip which will feature dual cameras and a second display for notifications when you don't want to flip up your folding display.  The new leaks come at  a time when Samsung is ramping up production of these two devices with around 50-70,000 units produced per day according to one report.The new leaks of the almost official looking images show both the Z flip 3 and the larger Z fold 3 as well as a Z fold 3 with a dedicated S-Pen. The new Z fold 3 is possibly the king of the hill in Samsung's lineup as it packs top of the line hardware with at least a Snapdragon 888 Soc with around 12GB. RAM and 256GB to 512GB of internal storage and pack a ...