Although Intel doesn't build laptops, the chip maker showed off a bit of design flare at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas with Nikiski, a concept notebook that folds up into a touchscreen virtual assistant.
The phones and tablets of the future will be nothing more than transparent, flexible sheets that can also display holograms–at least according to Samsung.
Wouldn’t it be grand if every time you opened a beer, Facebook automatically created an event and invited all your friends over? I know that every time I sit down to enjoy a series of smooth draws from a delicious craft IPA after a long day of work, I’m thinking, “Hey, I wish everyone I [...]
When it comes to camera phones, the iPhone 4 is hard to beat. Sure, there’s the HTC Inspire 4G and its 8 megapixel sensor (compared to the iPhone’s slightly more modest 5), but in terms of augmentative apps, photo quality and the fact that megapixels only matter to certain degree, Apple’s handheld stands alone.
Mobile processors are quickly approaching speeds that allow phones to act more and more like truly pocketable computers, but one of the areas that still needs to be addressed is how to facilitate text input and visual output that rivals traditional notebooks.
Officially unveiled back in June, Toshiba’s limited-edition “next-gen ultra-mobile concept PC” is now available for preorder at $1,099.99.
Mouseless is a self-described “invisible computer mouse that provides the familiarity of interaction of a physical mouse without actually needing a real hardware mouse.”
The MIT-developed Proverbial Wallet appears similar to an ordinary wallet except for the slightly odd looking apparatus in the middle. That’s where all the action happens, though.
It’s hard to get a read on Toshiba’s Libretto W100. It’s being pitched by the company as “a next-gen ultra-mobile concept PC” in honor of Toshiba hitting the 25-year laptop production milestone, yet despite the “concept” tag we’re being treated to a full list of specs and news that the product will actually be sold [...]
As smartphones get smarter, they get more complicated as well. But when’s the last time you sat down and read the instruction manual that came with your new phone? Never?
