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Samsung has announced a new Windows 10 based tablet/laptop hybrid for 2016 - The Galaxy TabPRO S is a Intel powered device with a 12" display aimed at taking on products such as the iPad Pro and Microsofts Surface line of large screen hybrid devices . The TabPRO S  series gets its name from the TabPro series of Android tablets which were decomissioned last year , the name Galaxy is usually reserved for Android devices , but Samsung has had some problems marketing ATIV so the Galaxy brand would probably appeal a lot better to the general market .The tablet features a 12" 2160x1440 Super AMOLED display ,Windows 10 Home or Windows 10 Pro as well as  a 6th gen Intel Core M processor clocked to 2.2 Ghz with 4GB of RAM . The tablet/hybrid has a 128GB/256SSD option and it also has a optional keyboard accessory complete with a touchpad (included in the retail box) . The cameras on the TabPro S are - 5MP rear , 5MP front . The tablet also supports LTE as well as a whole set of...

Microsoft has launched a "affordable" solution to their Surface tablet PC series . The newly announced Surface 3  is a scaled down version of the top of the line Surface Pro 3 , unlike previous Surface attempts , the new tablet is not running the failed Windows RT operating system , instead  it runs on the proper Windows 8.1 version with a promised Windows 10 update once it is launched . The device has a Intel Atom X7 64 bit Soc "Cherry trail"  Quad core Soc with 2 GB of RAM onboard . The tablet has 64GB of storage and it also has a MicroSD card slot for expansion .Display wise , the tablet has a 10.8" 1920x1080p IPS touch display with embedded magnets to support a external keyboard  cover . The tablet features 2 USB 3.0 ports and it has a MicroUSB for charging .The tablet weighs 622g for the Wifi version and a LTE variant is said to be down the pipeline as well . Pricing for the tablet starts at $499 with Pre orders starting today . Specs at a glance ...

Asus has launched 3 new convertible Windows 8.1 tablets at CES 2015 . The new T90 , T100 and the T300 are the latest Intel based devices in the ASUS "CHI" line of products . The first tablet/hybrid  is the ASUS T90 Chi , which as the number system goes , is the smallest and the most affordable of the lot  , The tablet costs $299 and it comes with either 32 or 64Gb of storage . The biggest let down however is the display , which at 720p is not going to impress anyone as the screen size is set for a somewhat large 8.9" Specs at a glance -  *Intel Z3775 64bit Intel Atom processor , 1.46Ghz , Intel Graphics  *Windows 8.1  *2GB Ram , 32 or 64Gb storage  *8.9" IPS LCD display , 720p resolution(1280x720) 170ppi  *External Keyboard dock  * External Keyboard dock  with 2 USB 3.0 ports , HDMI out and MicroSD slot *5mp rear camera , No LED flash , 2mp front camera  *$299 (base model)  Next up , we have a midr...

 As the title states , Volvo has unveiled a new 3 cylinder powerplant for the future  . The engine , which is a part of Volvo's Drive E series of efficent engines are said to have very low emissions while providing adequate power and efficiency thanks to a plug-in hybrid system that will propel the 3 cylinder engine to adhere to the Euro 7 emission standards . The new engine is said to produce 180 Bhp and it is said to go into future versions of the Volvo S60 and V60 . Volvo currently has 3  four cylinder Drive engines which include a top of the range 400 Bhp Diesel Direct injection engine which is currently mated to the new Volvo XC90 T8 hybrid model . Volvo hasn't disclosed all details of the 3 cylinder engine yet, but we can expect to see more details in the future as the engine is still in a somewhat development stage. Written by Rakitha for MasHD Source - DigitalTrends

Buying a 11.6" Windows 8.1 hybrid laptop might cost you a arm or a leg these days , the price of such devices might be one reason for such products to fail , but Toshiba has got it right with their new Satellite Radius 11 . At first glance , the Radius 11 looks a lot like something you'd expect to pay at least 500 bucks on , but the Radius instead costs just $329 and that price includes the "Keyboard dock". Paying that kind of money usually lands you on a ARM powered laptop running a mobile OS or a cheap Atom power version , but instead this has a proper Intel Pentium or Celeron processor depending on your price . there are also two memory options with one offering 500GB of disk storage and other offering 32GB of SSD storage . The laptop comes with 4GB of Ram and it has some bells and whistles that accompany most other ultrabooks ,overall the hybrid laptop feels decent ,so if you have already broken your piggy bank , hold your horses until the 26th of October as th...

After releasing 4 Yoga 2 tablets and a 13.3" Yoga 2 pro Android tablet , Lenovo launched another Yoga series device , but this time it is far more superior to its siblings because this is Lenovo's new $1349 Microsoft Surface rival dubbed the Lenovo Yoga 3 pro . The hybrid laptop - which as in the Yoga tradition , features a hinge that makes the device work either as a laptop or a tablet . The fanless design , which is another merit of using Intel Core M processors makes the device look sleek and light (1.19kg) .The laptop has 8GB or DDR3 RAM and a 512GB SSD Drive which you can spec if you don't like the base versions 256GB SSD . The Yoga 3 has Wifi ,Bluetooth and 2 USB 3.0 ports as well as a additional USB 2.0 Port and HDMI.The laptop offers 19 hours of claimed battery life thanks to a 44W/h battery and it runs Windows 8.1 . Display  - 13.3" 3200x1800p (3K) resolution touchscreen IPS Panel  OS  - Microsoft ...

Launching products on time has never been a strong point for ASUS . The company ,which is famous for making motherboards , ROG laptops and budget tablets started to design some out of the box devices but rarely do we get to see them , the Asus Padfone , which is basically a Phone that can be docked into a tablet has gone through 3 generations and the Padfone S is considered to be Asus' flagship phone for this season . The Padfone S was anounced earlier this year and was officially available in selected markets for some time . The phone part of the Padfone features a Snapdragon 801 chipset , a 1080p display and a 13 mp camera which means that you would expect to pay a pretty penny for this , but as it turns out , the Padfone S (Phone part ) is set for $275 which makes it a bargain of the century , the specs on board rival many other smartphones such as the One M8 and the GS5 and Xperia Z2 which cost more than the Padfone S + the optional tablet part put together . The tablet dock , ...

Acer has launched 2 new Windows 8.1 laptops .The yoga -type rotatable laptop ,named R13 and R14 , has Intel Hanswell processors , 8GB Ram and a terabyte of storage and offers a 2560x1440 or a 1920x1080 display with the choice of choosing them with either the R13 and R14 , price is said to be north of $800 Display - 13.3" (R13) or 14"(R14) 2560 x1440 or 1920 x1080 IPS panels OS - Windows 8.1 64bit Design - Notebook , Ezel Aero Hinge for multiple position setup Processor - Intel Hanswell Core i5 ,Core i7 GPU - Intel Graphics , optional Nvidia GeForce 850M Ram - 8GB / 12GB Storage - 500 GB / 1TB Camera(s) - unknown Battery - unknown Other - Acer active stylus support Price - unknown Written by Rakitha for MasHD Read our IFA coverage by clicking the IFA2014 tag below Source - Liliputing

Samsung has been making it a habit to launch their Note series of devices at IFA in Berlin , The German radio /telecommunications show has been the center stage for Samsung's previous Note II and Note III handsets as well as the Note tablet . This year , Samsung is set to launch their Galaxy Note 4 smartphone at a special "Unpacked" event on the 3rd of September , which will unveil the exact specs of Samsung's second flagship device .The main event in Berlin will be flanked by two simultaneous events in Beijing and NewYork which is similar to what they did last year . The Note 4 smartphone/phablet is said to pack some beastly specs in the form of a 5.7" 2k resolution AMOLED display , 3-4GB of RAM , A Snapdragon 805 / Exynos 5 octa processor (Snapdragon version for the 4G variant) and a 16mp ISOCELL camera derived from The Samsung Galaxy S5 , which was launched earlier this year. Written by Rakitha for MasHD Source - TheVerge

Mitsubishi has hit some rough ground over the past few years , but that might get even rougher as the company has confirmed its decision to send the Mitsubishi Evo to rest after 2015 (Markets outside the U.S have already said bye-bye to the brand since the beginning of the year)   . Mitsubishi , rather ironically has released black and white photos of the 2015 Mitsubishi Evo in a way to mourn the passing of the rally spec performance sedan . The 2015 model is said to come with the same 2.0 Liter turbocharged 291 horsepower engine as its predecessor and it will have the usual all wheel drive system onboard . The base version is said to include leather in the steering wheel, a 6 speaker sound system , Bluetooth control and a central dash with a 6.1" touchscreen display .18" wheels are standard and so as the usual Brembo brakes . Transmission comes with a 5 speed manual .You can get a sunroof ,  leather upholstery everywhere and heated seats if you order the premium ...

Asus has a reputation for thinking out of the box , and most of the time , those ideas do stick well , The Asus Transformer Book V (5) is a Android phone , Android tablet , Android hybrid laptop , a Windows tablet and a Windows Laptop . The hybrid device is confusing to many , but the transformer book 5 is basically a dual boot smartphone with a tablet dock and a keyboard dock . the Phone is basically the heart of the entire process , the phone has a quadcore Intel atom processor with 2GB of LPDDR3 Ram.It also has a 5" display and a 8mp rear camera , which will also act as the main camera of the tablet setup . The phone runs on Android 4.4 kitkat and has 64GB of eMMc storage .The phone has LTE support as well . The tablet part features a 12.5" display and new 4th gen Core-i series processors with 128GB of eMMc storage to run Windows 8.1 . the tablet has 4GB of LPDDR3 ram and a button that shifts the OS to boot into either Windows 8 which uses the tablet's pro...

Asus has unveiled their latest Surface pro 3 competitor , presenting the new Asus Transformer T300 Chi Windows 8.1 hybrid/ultrabook . the 12.5" hybrid runs on a fanless design that is only 9mm thick while employing the latest 4th gen Intel Core-i series processors and 2560x1440p resolution displays .The t300 has LTE and The keyboard dock measures in at 7.3mm , the hybrid will be available in either aluminuim black/blue and Champaign , pricing and other details will be available later . Asus

Asus has finally decided to launch the Padfone X globally , The device , now under the name Padfone S will have the same internals as the Padfone X . The Padfone S features a Smartphone and a tablet dock , The smartphone features a Snapdragon 800 processor clocked to 2.3Ghz and it has 2GB ram . the phone has 16GB of storage and it has a MicroSD card slot .The display of the phone is said to be of 1080p resolution and it has a screen size of 5" .The camera on the phone is a 13MP one and it is accompanied by a 2MP camera for the front .The phone has a 2330mAh battery onboard . The docking tablet is basically bare , the Padfone system uses the smartphone to power the tablet part , which has its own internal battery so it acts as a portable charger as well . The tablet has a 8.9" ips display at 1080p resolution and it has its own 2mp front camera , 4990mAh battery and a exposed slot for easy docking of the smartphone . The Padfone S is expected to be available internat...

Phones are getting massive ,a year ago , the standard screensize was 5" but this year it has increased to a jaw dropping 5.5" ...flagship phones push into the phablet range which was previously occupied by oversize phones such as the Samsung Galaxy Note series making life hard for people who have tight pockets , small hands or just don't want to lug a mini tablet around. But now , Samsung has pushed beyond that limit by introducing a purpose built phone at 7". Meet the Galaxy W , the phone is basically a oversize phablet . the Galaxy W , like all other galaxies out there has the usual Samsung design language which is now expanded to fit a 720p resolution display which is of a 16:9 aspect ratio . the phone has a 1.2Ghz quadcore processor ,1GB of ram , and 16GB of internal storage ,which is expandable via MicroSd cars . The faux leather back is removable and it accommodates a 3200mAh battery . The phone features a LTE version and it has Android 4.3 out of the box ...

Always wanted a Android laptop on a budget ? Well Archos has a affordable answer to that with the Archos ArcBook , as Archos tradition , the Laptop is woefully under-powered when compared to rival Android/IOS/Windows tablets and Android/Chrome OS laptops like the Chromebook series and HP's Slatebook 14 series , but at$169.99 the Android 4.2 laptop is probably a better option to buy than most non branded Android  tablets out there . The ArcBook is powered by a 1.2Ghz RK3168 ARM A9 processor and it has 1GB RAM with 8GB ROM and it has expandable storage , the 10.1" display supports multitouch and has 1024x600 resolution and it has a 8000mAh Battery onboard . Overall the undercut price, the Laptop clamshell design , and a sort of upto date version of Android might make  this a better option to buy if you are in the market for a really crap budget Tablet/Tablet and Keyboard dock. Source - AndroidAuthority

Samsung launched its point and shoot/smartphone hybrid called the S4 Zoom last year , the Korean mobile giant has now introduced its successor , called Galaxy K Zoom , and as the name implies , the phone/camera is certainly a mouthfull The Galaxy K packs a 20.7MP BSI sensor that sits on the back of the phone , the camera module has a variable aperture of f3.1 foor 1x zoom and f6.3 for 10x zoom ,the Galaxy K features Optical image stabilization , a Xenon flash and a LED light for dual color mixing. The phone part of the Galaxy K features a 720p 4.8" AMOLED display with Android 4.4 out of the box, the phone features a Hexa-core chipset (found on the Note 3 Neo) clocked to 1.7 Ghz for the Dual Cortex A15 module and 1.3Ghz for the Cortex A7 module of the Exynos 5 CPU.The phone has a onboard  storage of 8GB(users can expect to find less due to the system partition) and it can be further extended  via MicroSD cards upto 64GB .the device will feature GSM and LTE connectivity an...

Lots of new devices are being unveiled today at MWC 2014 in Spain. One of those new devices is the next generation YotaPhone. The original YotaPhone landed last December and brought with it a device with a normal display on one side and an always-on electronic paper display on the other. The idea is that the electronic paper screen will make it easy to read documents while reducing battery consumption. Yota Devices has pulled the wraps off its next generation YotaPhone that has some nice improvements over the original. The new device has full touch control for the always-on electronic paper display. The new device also promises a number of new hardware and software features. The new YotaPhone lets users open and respond to notifications shown on the electronic paper display without having to activate the color screen on the other side. Using the electronic paper screen, the user can answer emails, texts, and respond to social media. The always-on EPD screen is a 4.7-inch unit in th...

This week HP has revealed the HP Pavilion x360, a convertible tablet PC that allows the user to work with a variety of use-case abilities. This device works with an 11.6-inch high-definition display with SVA technology and 10-point touchscreen capabilities. You’ll have Intel Pentium processor architecture under the hood and an HP TrueVision HD webcam up front for chat as well. Inside you’ve got HP DataPass for 3G+ or 4G mobile broadband. This service allows the user to immediately connect to the internet with two years of free internet service powered by Fogg Mobile. Users will have up to 250mb of data for free with this service with additional data available for a fee - with no contract, mind you. "The HP Pavilion x360 is perfect for today’s busy lifestyles. Its 360-degree hinge allows multitaskers to easily transition from laptop to tent to tablet. It’s the laptop that doesn’t make you miss your tablet and the tablet that doesn’t make you miss your laptop—all at a price tha...

RELATED ARTICLES Padfone X for ATandT ASUS Zenfone 4,5,6 ASUS VivoTab note8 ASUS Transformer Book duet Shortly after AT&T said that it will bring the Asus PadFone X smartphone/tablet hybrid to US customers, Asus announced that it has manufactured a junior-sized version of it as well. Aptly named the PadFone Mini, this device still enables users to plug their handset directly into their tablet, but in a smaller package. The Mini smartphone includes a 4-inch IPS+ display with an 800x480-pixel resolution and Android 4.3 (which Asus reported will be upgradable to 4.4 KitKat at a later time). Powering the device is a non-removable 1,170mAh battery. Though this handset doesn't include LTE, it does include dual SIMs for those who travel frequently or desire two separate phone numbers. Along with a 2-megapixel front-facing camera, the device features an 8-megapixel rear-facing camera. This five-element lens shooter packs a backside-illumination sensor from Sony, as well as...

RELATED ARTICLES Padfone X for ATandT ASUS Zenfone 4,5,6 ASUS VivoTab note8 ASUS Padfone Mini Asus has unveiled a new convertible device that’s set to dual boot between Android and Windows. More impressively the device can switch between them seamlessly in as little as 4 seconds. Powered by 4th-generation Intel processors, the Transformer Book Duet has the standard folding form factor of ultrabooks, but also features the removable 13.3-inch screen that Asus is famous for. The 13.3-inch screen can either have 1366×768 pixels or FullHD resolution, although it is thicker than most tablets at more than 12mm. The Duet will come with a selection of Core i3/i5 and i7 processors and 4GB of RAM. The tablet part will have either 64GB or 128GB of storage, while the dock can be configured to have between 320GB and 1TB HDD. With the dock attached, the Duet comes in a bit heavier than most ultrabooks at over 1.85 kg, but keep in mind that most Android tablets do not come running a...