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Microsoft Surface Laptop Scores Zero for Repairability

by Alan Spencer

The teardown experts, iFixit gave Apple’s new MacBooks a very poor 1/10 score for repairability, but now Microsoft has gone one worse with its new Surface Laptop which gets zero out of 10, meaning …

Tags:Convertible PCs| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Repair| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Apple Updates iPad Pro Models…

by Bob Raikes

Apple introduced a new 10.5″ iPad Pro and a new version of the 12.9″ iPad Pro. The new 10.5″ tablet features small borders to reduce the size and with the weight of 1lb (450 …

Tags:Apple| Convertible PCs| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 24 - Issue 22

Samsung Galaxy Book Now Available to Order

by Bob Raikes

Samsung announced the Galaxy Book tablet at MWC (Samsung Finds Some Products to Launch for specifications and details). There are 10.6″ and 12″ versions, both with UltraHD AMOLED displays and based on Intel Core …

Tags:Convertible PCs| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| tablets| Vol 24 - Issue 22

HP Uses Cannes to Launch Notebook Updates

by Bob Raikes

HP used the Cannes Film Festival and its association with the creative industries by supplying workstations, to launch new Spectre x2, Envy x360 and Envy laptops. The Spectre x2 is the first HP ‘luxury’ …

Tags:Convertible PCs| HP Inc| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Pen Input| Vol 24 - Issue 20

Next Microsoft Surface Book to be Clamshell?

by Bob Raikes

Microsoft has cut the price of its Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 in some countries as it seems to be clearing its inventory before the arrival of the next Surface Book version. There …

Tags:Convertible PCs| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 24 - Issue 11

TCL Promotes Alcatel and Blackberry Brands

by Bob Raikes

TCL divided up its stand between the Alcatel products and the BlackBerry area. We started by looking at the Alcatel area and the first new product was the Idol 4 Pro. However, a bit …

Tags:BlackBerry| Convertible PCs| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2017| Smartphones| TCL| Vol 24 - Issue 08

Lenovo Has Lots to Show

by Bob Raikes

Lenovo had plenty to show us. We started by looking at the Tab 4 series which is an Android-based tablet available in two sizes, 8″ and 10″ (Tab 4+) both with FullHD displays. The …

Tags:Convertible PCs| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| tablets| Vol 24 - Issue 08

Showstoppers is Busy – Blame the Beer!

by Bob Raikes

The first event that we got to at MWC was the Showstoppers event that took place in Central Barcelona. There were plenty of journalists, but not that many exhibitors. Amazing the reaction you can …

Tags:Convertible PCs| DisplayPort| Large Display Monitor| MWC 2017| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| VESA| Vol 24 - Issue 08

Lenovo Unveil Budget A12 Yoga Book

by Bob Raikes

Lenovo has a new, cheaper, version of its Yoga Book which has a 360º hinge for use as a tablet or noteboo. The display is a 12.2″ IPS unit with just 1280 x 800 …

Tags:Convertible PCs| Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 05

Lenovo Focuses Mainly on Mobile Devices

by Bob Raikes

Lenovo took over one of the restaurants in the Venetian again, as it has done for the last several years. There was a lot to see and we had a whistlestop tour of the …

Tags:Augmented Reality| CES 2017| Convertible PCs| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Vol 24 - Issue 02

Microsoft To Boost 3D and Mixed Reality

by Bob Raikes

Microsoft announced an upgrade to Windows 10, the Creators Update, due to be available in early 2017 at no charge. The company also announced new initiatives in VR, an upgraded Surface Book and a …

Tags:All-in-ones (AIOs)| Convertible PCs| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 42

Pegatron to Build MS AIOs?

by Bob Raikes

The Economic Daily News said that Pegatron is likely to be the supplier of the next Surface products from Microsoft which are also expected to include 21″, 24″ and 27″ Surface desktop AIO PCs …

Tags:All-in-ones (AIOs)| Convertible PCs| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 40