Trade Shows
As Intel looks to streamline its business operations and get back to profitability in the face of weak revenues and other business struggles, nothing is off the table as the company looks to cut costs into 2025 – not even Intel’s trade shows. In an unexpected announcement this afternoon, Intel has begun informing attendees of its fall Innovation 2024 trade show that the event has been postponed. Previously scheduled for September of this year, Innovation is now slated to take place at some point in 2025. Innovation is Intel’s regular technical showcase for developers, customers, and the public, and is the successor to the company’s legendary IDF show. In recent years the show has been used to deliver status updates on Intel’s fabs, introduce new...
Knights Mill Spotted at Supercomputing
All the way back at Hot Chips 2017, we saw Intel launch its upgraded Xeon Phi processors, Knights Mill. These were updated versions of Knights Landing, using the same...
10 by Ian Cutress on 11/19/2018Sharp Aquos D10 Smartphone: Mid-Range with ‘Wide Color Gamut’ Display
In the back of my mind I guess I had always assumed Sharp made some sort of smart device, but I was still taken aback at their booth at...
11 by Ian Cutress on 9/18/2018ZTE is Back: The Axon 9 Pro at IFA 2018
ZTE's troubles as of late have been well documented. Following a substantial fine and a complete removal of the senior staff from SVP and above, the company is now...
13 by Ian Cutress on 9/18/2018BlackBerry Key2 LE: A Competitive Android Offering
As a person who works on my phone during my commutes to write news and stories, I have always batted around the idea of picking up a BlackBerry with...
36 by Ian Cutress on 9/17/2018CUBOT's New 6000 mAh Smartphones: Who Calls a Smartphone King Kong?
Readers may remember that back in 2015, I wrote a review about a $150 smartphone I picked up from Amazon called the Cubot H1. This unit was a cheap...
29 by Ian Cutress on 9/17/2018Nubia’s Red Magic: An RGB Gaming Phone
‘Ian, when are we going to see smartphones with RGB?’ is a question I am never asked. The PC space has figuratively jumped in a barrel and fallen over...
20 by Ian Cutress on 9/14/2018Hyper Juice: 99Wh Battery Pack with 100W Charging for ~$400
Even though IFA has passed, one interesting element I still want to highlight is this little gadget that caught my eye. A company called Hyper Juice, which specialises in...
22 by Ian Cutress on 9/13/2018Samsung’s One Invisible Connection: 75 Gbps and 230W in a Ultra Thin Cable
This perhaps isn’t news, but there was something super amazing that I saw on the show floor at IFA this year that I wanted to write about. Despite writing...
30 by Ian Cutress on 9/13/2018Acer Shows Off Triton 900: 17-Inch Convertible Gaming Laptop
Acer last week demonstrated its upcoming ultra-high-end convertible gaming laptop. The Predator Triton 900 notebook is the first high-end mobile PC that uses a convertible form-factor; previously Acer only...
24 by Anton Shilov on 9/7/2018Philips Preps 499P9H Curved 49-Inch 5K Display with USB-C Docking & Webcam
Last week at IFA, Philips demonstrated its upcoming ultra-wide curved 49-inch monitor. The new 499P9H display features a 5K resolution with a 32:9 apect ratio, and will be aimed...
13 by Anton Shilov on 9/7/2018Huawei Launches the Mate 20 Lite: 6.3-inch Kirin 710 with 3D QMoji
Alongside announcing the latest high-end Kirin 980 SoC, Huawei is also introducing the Mate 20 Lite to the UK market. This is a lower-end version of flagship Mate line...
6 by Ian Cutress on 9/4/2018Sharp Announces 2nd Gen 8K UHD TVs at IFA
Sharp this week introduced its second-generation 8K ultra-high def TVs at IFA in Berlin. The new televisions use the company’s new panels as well as the latest processors that...
49 by Anton Shilov on 8/31/2018ASUS Details ZenBook Pro UX480 with ScreenPad, Whiskey Lake, & dGPU
ASUS at IFA formally introduced its 14-inch ZenBook Pro UX480 laptop featuring the company’s ScreenPad, a touchpad with a built-in display. The notebook was demonstrated back in early June...
12 by Anton Shilov on 8/31/2018Huawei To Launch the Mate 20 with Kirin 980 on October 16th
Just a small note to detail one of Huawei’s announcements today: alongside the Kirin 980 announcement, Richard Yu, Huawei’s CEO, stated that their next generation flagship device, the Mate...
6 by Ian Cutress on 8/31/2018IFA 2018: Huawei Kirin 980 Keynote Live Blog
Our big keynote of the IFA 2018 show is from Huawei, with CEO Richard Yu set to take the stage and detail the newest Kirin 980 chipset for us...
1 by Ian Cutress on 8/31/2018Huawei To Announce Kirin 980 Today at IFA
In the smartphone wars, the chip inside powering the devices is becoming ever more important. Raw performance plus accelerators are pushing the boundaries of what we used to think...
11 by Ian Cutress on 8/31/2018HTC U12 Life Launched: 6-inch Mid-Range with Two-Tone
In a raft of smartphone announcements at IFA 2018, next on the list is from HTC with the U12 Life. The U12 Life is the more mid-range version of...
8 by Ian Cutress on 8/30/2018Honor Previews the Honor Magic 2: A No-Notch FullView Smartphone with Kirin 980
At the end of the presentation today for the Honor Play, George Zhao, CEO of Honor, showcased the upcoming Honor Magic 2. Following on from the original Honor Magic...
11 by Ian Cutress on 8/30/2018Acer’s 14-Inch Swift 3 Gets Whiskey Lake-U CPU, GeForce MX150, Goes on a Diet
In addition to launching its ultra-portable 13.3-inch Swift 3 laptops, Acer also introduced revamped versions of its more traditional 14-inch Swift 3 notebooks on Wednesday. The new mobile PCs...
12 by Anton Shilov on 8/30/2018IFA 2018: Honor Play Launch, a Live Blog
After some meetings this morning, the next event on our list is the western launch of the Honor Play: a Kirin 970 smartphone that focuses on AI. Honor is...
3 by Ian Cutress on 8/30/2018