PixelMob is a portable SSD that’s basically a palm-sized PC with a touchscreen display, Thunderbolt 4, WiFi and LAN PixelMob is a portable storage device that's basically a computer. Positioned as a multi-function gadget for photographers and other creative professionals that want to back up their work on the go, it's a palm-sized gadget with 3 M.2 slots with support for PCIe 3.0 NVMe SSDs, SD card, microSD and CFExpress readers, and Thunderbolt 4 and USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A and Type-C ports.

PixelMob is a portable SSD that’s basically a palm-sized PC with a touchscreen display, Thunderbolt 4, WiFi and LAN #Pixelmob, #PortableNas, #PortableSsd, #StorageDevice, #Unifydrive

Tim Cook to become Apple Executive Chairman John Ternus to become Apple CEO Apple announced that Tim Cook will become executive chairman of Apple’s board of directors and John Ternus, senior vice president of Hardware Engineering, will become Apple’s next chief executive…

Tim Cook is stepping down as CEO of Apple on September 1, when John Ternus will take over. Ternus is currently senior VP of hardware engineering at Apple. Cook will serve on Apple's board as executive chairman. www.apple.com/newsroom/202...

OnePlus Ace 6 Ultra is a gaming phone with an unusual gamepad add-on We've seen a number of smartphones designed for gamers in recent years, often with bleeding edge specs and unusual features like fans for active cooling, air triggers, and RGB lighting effects. And we've seen even more companies release mobile game controllers that turn standard phones into handheld game consoles. But the OnePlus Ace 6 Ultra gaming phone and its optional gamepad accessory still manage to stand out.

OnePlus Ace 6 Ultra is a gaming phone with an unusual gamepad add-on #Gamepad, #GamingPhone, #Oneplus, #OneplusAce6Ultra

Now you can run Steam games in Linux on some handhelds that ship with Android The line between PC and mobile devices is getting blurrier all the time. Apple's MacBook Neo uses an Arm-based processor made for iPhones... and still manages to outperform many mid-range Windows laptops with Intel or AMD processors. Qualcomm is making some of the fastest laptop chips available for Windows PCs today. And emulation software allows you to run some x86 apps and games on Arm-based processors, as well as play some Windows games on Linux systems.

Now you can run Steam games in Linux on some handhelds that ship with Android #Fex, #HandheldGameConsole, #Proton, #Steam, #SteamOnArm, #Valve

VitaLink keyboard has a 13 inch 4K touchscreen display, speakers, and RGB backlit keys (crowdfunding) Over the past year or two we've seen several crowdfunding campaigns for a weird category of devices: keyboards with built-in displays and clamshell designs that basically make them look like tiny laptops. The latest example? The VitaLink keyboard has a 13 inch, 4K touchscreen display and an RGB backlit keys. What makes this model a little different than some others is the front-facing stereo speakers...

VitaLink keyboard has a 13 inch 4K touchscreen display, speakers, and RGB backlit keys (crowdfunding) #Crowdfunding, #InputDevice, #Keyboard, #KeyboardWithDisplay, #PortableDisplay, #Touchscreen, #Vitalink

Lilbits: Next-gen Surface Pro & Laptop, Google’s next Pixel laptop, and goodbye Kindle for PC (kind of) Microsoft may have just raised prices for its Surface Laptop and Surface Pro tablet, but the company is also preparing to launch new models that... will also probably be expensive. According to a new report from Windows Central, not only is Microsoft planning to use the latest Intel and Qualcomm chips, but some Surface Laptop models will also now be available with OLED displays.

Lilbits: Next-gen Surface Pro & Laptop, Google’s next Pixel laptop, and goodbye Kindle for PC (kind of) #Amazon, #Google, #Kindle, #KindleForPc, #Lilbits, #MicrosoftSurface, #PixelGlow, #PixelLaptop, #SurfaceLaptop, #SurfacePro

Google working on Pixel ‘laptop’ and ‘Pixel Glow’ lights that are also coming to phones Google is working on a Pixel “laptop” of some sort that will feature a “Pixel Glow” hardware feature. Based on the...

Google is working on a "Pixel Glow" feature for Android that suggests next-gen Pixel phones with RGB lighting effects for notifications... and maybe a new Pixel laptop as well. 9to5google.com/2026/04/16/p...

Amazon Pulling the Plug on Kindle for PC on June 30th Amazon is discontinuing the current Kindle for PC app on June 30th, and they're releasing a new Kindle app for Windows 11 on the Microsoft Store.

Amazon is ending support for its existing Kindle app for PC and plans to roll out a new Kindle for Win11 app in the Microsoft Store. Aside from making it tougher to download books & strip DRM, it's unclear what impact this will have. blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2026/04/16/a...

Microsoft plans OLED display upgrades and two stage launch for new Surface PCs with Intel and Snapdragon in 2026 New PCs from Microsoft will consist of new chips, display upgrades, and higher starting prices this spring and summer.

Report: Microsoft plans to launch Surface tablets & laptops with Intel Panther Lake chips this spring, and models with Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 chips this summer. The Surface Laptop is also getting an OLED display option. www.windowscentral.com/hardware/sur...

Handheld game console maker AYN responds to RAMageddon with price hike, storage downgrade The rising costs of RAM and storage are driving up the cots of devices that use RAM and storage chips. Makers of laptops, desktops, smartphones, tablets, and gaming handhelds have raised prices or discontinued products in response. One of the latest examples? Handheld game console maker AYN has announced two changes to some of its Android-powered handhelds. Moving forward, the…

Handheld game console maker AYN responds to RAMageddon with price hike, storage downgrade #Ayn, #AynOdin3, #AynThor, #HandheldGameConsole, #Ramageddon, #Ufs

Releasing Windows 11 Builds 26100.8313 and 26200.8313 to the Release Preview Channel Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing Windows 11 Builds 26100.8313 and 26200.8313 (KB5083631) to Insiders in the Release Preview Channel on Windows 11, versions 24H2 (Build 26100) and 25H2…

Microsoft is rolling out an update to the Windows 11 Release Preview channel that brings Xbox Mode to all form factors, File Explorer improvements, haptic feedback for some input devices, and more. blogs.windows.com/windows-insi...

Amazon goes all-in on Vega OS for Fire TV devices (Android based Fire OS media streamer’s days are numbered) Amazon has released two new Fire TV Sticks in the past two years... and both have shipped with a Linux-based operating system called Vega OS rather than the Android-based Fire OS that Amazon had been using since the company released the first Fire TV Stick more than a decade ago. While Amazon says the Fire TV Stick 4K Select (2025)

Amazon goes all-in on Vega OS for Fire TV devices (Android based Fire OS media streamer’s days are numbered) #Amazon, #FireOs, #FireTvStick, #MediaStreamer, #VegaOs

Lilbits: Lenovo’s new gaming phone & tablets, Walmart’s new media streamers, and Microsoft Surface price hikes Two bits of Microsoft Surface news broke this week. The company is discontinuing its large-screen Surface Hub products. And Microsoft is raising prices across the board for its current line of Surface laptops and tablets. That's... not particularly surprising. Given the impact of rising RAM & storage costs, soon it's going to be more newsworthy when companies don't raise prices than when they do.

Lilbits: Lenovo’s new gaming phone & tablets, Walmart’s new media streamers, and Microsoft Surface price hikes #Android, #GamingTablet, #GoogleTv, #LegionPhone, #LegionTab, #Lenovo, #LenovoLegionY70, #LenovoLegionY900, #Lilbits, #MediaStreamer, #Microsoft, #Onn4kPro, #Ramaggedon, #SurfaceHub,…

Here's everything new in Android 17 Beta 4 [Gallery] Google today rolled out Android 17 Beta 4 for Pixel devices to continue the preview cycle. This is the last...

The fourth and final beta of Android 17 brings some changes for developers, but users may also see a few small tweaks. The nitpickers at 9to5Google are documenting all that they find. 9to5google.com/2026/04/16/a...

Lenovo to launch two new Legion Android tablets on May 19 News, Reviews and other Informations about Laptops

Lenovo is expanding its Android gaming tablet lineup with two models set to join the 8.8 inch Legion Tab/Legion Y700. The Legion Y900 11 and 13 inch tablets will launch in China on May 19. www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-to-la...

Intel launches Core Series 3 “Wildcat Lake” mobile chips for budget laptops and mini PCs Intel's Wildcat Lake mobile processors are now available, with laptops, mini PCs, and all-in-one desktops powered by these new chips expect to begin rolling out over the coming weeks and months. As expected, Intel's new chips are designed for budget computers. They use some of the same technologies as the company's higher-priced, higher-performance Intel Core Ultra (Series 3) "Panther Lake"

Intel launches Core Series 3 “Wildcat Lake” mobile chips for budget laptops and mini PCs #Intel, #IntelCoreSeries3, #WildcatLake

MSI Cubi NUC AI+ 3MG Panther Lake mini PC is now available The MSI Cubi NUC AI+ 3MG is a mini PC with support for up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 386H Panther Lake processor and a decent set of features that includes two Thunderbolt 4 ports, two HDMI 2.1 ports, and two 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet ports. First announced during CES in January, the Cubi NUC AI+ 3GM is now available for purchase.

MSI Cubi NUC AI+ 3MG Panther Lake mini PC is now available #Cubi, #Minipc, #Msi, #MsiNucAiPlus3mg, #PantherLake

Orange Pi Zero 3W is a tiny Allwinner A733 computer with up to 16GB RAM and PCIe 3.0 support The Orange Pi Zero 3W is a tiny computer that measures just 65 x 32mm (2.56" x 1.26") and which bears a striking resemblance to a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W. But Orange Pi's version supports far more RAM, faster WiFi, and an FPC interface for PCIe 3.0 x1 add-ons. Powered by an Allwinner A733 processor, the Orange Pi Zero 3W supports up to 16GB of LPDDR5-4800 memory.

Orange Pi Zero 3W is a tiny Allwinner A733 computer with up to 16GB RAM and PCIe 3.0 support #OrangePi, #OrangePiZero3w, #RaspberryPiZero, #Sbc

Walmart's budget Google TV streamer hits store shelves for $60 ahead of launch Walmart’s Onn 4K Pro (2026) leaked early with Gemini and Google TV. See the specs, new remote features, and the surprising port downgrade.

Walmart begins selling an Onn 4K Pro (2026) streaming box in some stores. The $60 Google TV streamer now comes with Gemini, Matter over Thread, and a find my remote feature. www.androidauthority.com/onn-4k-pro-s...

Amazon’s new Fire TV Stick HD is faster, thinner, runs a more locked down operating system The new Amazon Fire TV Stick HD is a $35 media streamer that plugs directly into the HDMI port of your TV, allowing you to stream video from Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, and a bunch of other sources. Compared with the previous-gen model, Amazon says the new Fire TV Stick HD (2026) is 30 percent faster and 30 percent slimmer. It also now supports WiFi 6 (up from WiFi 5) and has a USB-C port (rather than micro USB).

Amazon’s new Fire TV Stick HD is faster, thinner, runs a more locked down operating system #AmazonFireTvStick, #AmazonFireTvStickHd, #MediaStreamer, #VegaOs

I remember trying out a full text feed with ads once, maybe a decade or more ago. They made virtually no money, and made it easy for scrapers to copy my articles and republish them on other sites, so that was a short lived experiment.

Ahh, that's kind of been my approach to accepting donations - if you're not gonna look at ads, please consider paying. And I won't bother developing a private, ad-free page, because you've probably already got an ad blocker. Seems like the same might apply to the full text feed. 😂

The site had a cloudflare issue right after I published that post. It should be fixed now. As for a separate full text feed for patrons, last time I looked into it, it seemed like it'd take a nontrivial amount of work to set up for a very, very small number of subscribers. I'll check again though.

PocketTerm35 is a Raspberry Pi-powered handheld with a 3.5 inch screen and QWERTY keyboard Waveshare's new PocketTerm35 is a handheld computer with a 3.5 inch, 640 x 480 pixel touchscreen IPS display, a 67-key keyboard for thumb typing, dedicated buttons for gaming, and a stereo speaker. Designed to use a Raspberry Pi for brains, the system also has four USB Type-A ports, Gigabit Ethernet, a microSD card reader, headphone jack, and support for Raspberry Pi OS and other Linux-based operating systems.

PocketTerm35 is a Raspberry Pi-powered handheld with a 3.5 inch screen and QWERTY keyboard #HandheldPc, #Pocketterm, #Pocketterm35, #RaspberryPi, #RaspberryPi4, #RaspberryPi5, #Waveshare

ONEXPLAYER X2 Mini is a Ryzen AI Max+ 395 handheld gaming PC with detachable controllers The ONEXPLAYER X2 Mini is an upcoming handheld gaming PC with a feature list that's too good to be... cheap. It has an 8.8 inch OLED display with support for variable refresh rates, detachable Bluetooth controllers that let you use the system like a game console or a tablet, and a magnetic keyboard that turns the system into a sort of tiny laptop.

ONEXPLAYER X2 Mini is a Ryzen AI Max+ 395 handheld gaming PC with detachable controllers #HandheldGamingPc, #OneNetbook, #ONEXPLAYER, #OnexplayerX2Mini, #StrixHalo

Microsoft reveals major price increase for all Surface PCs as RAM crisis continues Microsoft is raising prices on all its current Surface PC offerings, with the midrange devices now starting at above $1,000, and flagships starting at $1,500.

Microsoft raises Surface Pro and Surface Laptop starting prices by $100 to $300, depending on the model. Why? Blame AI, which continues to drive up prices for RAM & storage. www.windowscentral.com/hardware/sur...

Bigme HiBreak Dual smartphone with E Ink & LCD screens coming soon The Bigme HiBreak Dual is an Android smartphone with two screens: one is a paper-like E Ink screen and the other is a full-screen display. But while I initially thought that meant the phone would have two full-sized displays, it turns out I was wrong. It turns out that the new phone has a full-sized E Ink display on one side...

Bigme HiBreak Dual smartphone with E Ink & LCD screens coming soon #Bigme, #BigmeHibreakDual, #DualScreen, #EInk, #EInkPhone, #Hibreak, #HibreakDual

Lenovo teases the first new Legion-branded gaming phone in years. But aside from the Legion Y70 name, we don't know much about it yet. m.weibo.cn/detail/52872...

Crowdfunded Pilet handheld PC redesigned to use Raspberry Pi CM5 for brains… even though backers expected it to work with a Raspberry Pi 5 CM5 More than a year after launching a crowdfunding campaign for a pair of Raspberry Pi-powered handheld computers, the folks at Soulsircuit have announced a major change... and backers aren't particularly pleased. The Pilet 5 and Pilet 7 handhelds were originally positioned as handheld computer that would use a credit card-sized Raspberry Pi 5 Model B computer for brains. But this week Soulscircuit announced that the version that eventually ships to backers will be designed for a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 instead.

Crowdfunded Pilet handheld PC redesigned to use Raspberry Pi CM5 for brains… even though backers expected it to work with a Raspberry Pi 5 CM5 #Crowdfunding, #HandheldPc, #Pilet, #Pilet5, #Pilet7, #RaspberryPi, #RaspberryPi5, #RaspberryPiCm5

Lilbits: Lenovo teases a larger gaming tablet, OpenBSD ported to the Pomera DM250, Microsoft simplifies Windows Insider channels Lenovo has been selling gaming tablets under the Lenovo Legion brand since 2022. But while the company has updated the processor and other key specs several times over the past four years, one thing that's stayed the same is the screen size: 8.8 inches. Now it looks like Lenovo is preparing to launch its first model with a larger screen.

Lilbits: Lenovo teases a larger gaming tablet, OpenBSD ported to the Pomera DM250, Microsoft simplifies Windows Insider channels #AmazonLuna, #Framework, #GameStreaming, #GamingTablet, #LegionTab, #Lenovo, #Lilbits, #Luna, #Openbsd, #PomeraDm250, #Radio, #RaspberryPiHat, #Riscv, #SpacemitK3,…