This $749 Acer laptop is secretly one of the most innovative gadgets I've tested this year
Forget the foldable screens: Acer's Aspire Vero 16 (2024) raises the bar on sustainable laptops with a chassis made of 60% post-consumer recycled plastic.
Forget the foldable screens: Acer's Aspire Vero 16 (2024) raises the bar on sustainable laptops with a chassis made of 60% post-consumer recycled plastic.
HP's Elite Folio is a quirky 2-in-1 with considerable appeal, headed up by its superb battery life. Windows on ARM might be a problem for some potential buyers, however, due to app compatibility issues.
As a proof-of-concept for folding screens, Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Fold is exemplary. But as an everyday convertible tablet/laptop it's expensive and under-specified, with too many usability compromises.
The 2016 15-inch MacBook Pro delivers professional-level performance in an attractive, lightweight design that also offers all-day battery life. However, it's extravagantly expensive, and the lack of upgradeability is a real weakness.
While the P3 converts to a Windows 8 tablet, the R7 offers a hinged display that can be moved to a variety of viewing positions.
The touch interface is only just beginning to make the leap to PCs. But the industry is already working on other, more novel, ways to interact with computers and mobile devices.
The mobile tech world is filled with gadgets all alike in form and function. It's time for OEMs to capture consumers' attention with something new.
The back story over what happened to the Microsoft Courier tablet has me thinking about Microsoft's current tablet choices (and what may result from them).
I'm over at the Kabuki Hotel in rainy (this late in May?) San Francisco for the 6th Music Tech Summit, the brainchild of Brian Zisk (@zisk) a social networking pioneer, who has also co-founded Collecta, a site for organizing real-time searches. Here's the Twitter tag: #sfmusictech which I'm going to make use of since live-blogging panel discussions is like well, so 2006.
Some time ago, a Microsoft executive was trying to find a device to equip his son, soon to be heading off to university, without much success. Through toil and trouble, Microsoft have announced today a partnership with Lenovo, a world leader in innovative ideas and computer builder, to create the Ultimate Academic PC.