LG has been working on a new Optimus F-series smartphone that will be known as Optimus F3. The new company product will offer some interesting technologies such as LTE for a budget price. Specs-wise the Optimus F3 comes with a 4-inch sensor WVGA LCD display at 480 x 800 pixels. On the inside it has a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, 1 GB of RAM, 8 GB of internal memory, a microSD card slot...
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MSI demonstrates world’s first AMD Richland A10 APU gaming laptops
22 May 2013 | Notebooks, PC gaming
Micro-Star International has unveiled the first ever AMD A10-5750M APU powered gaming laptops - the refreshed GX70 and GX60. The new gaming laptops now offer 40 per cent better gaming performance when compared to previous generation laptops in addition to longer battery life and better CPU performance for much better overall gaming experience. The machines share some of the h...
Kyocera debuts Hydro Edge rugged smartphone
22 May 2013 | Smartphones
Another rugged smartphone has made it to market, this time a product of Kyocera. Known as Hydro Edge the smartphone targets budget-conscious users but this does not prevent it from offering support for the IP57 standard and IPX5/IPX7. This means the smartphone can withstand depths of up to 1 meter for up to 30 minutes. Apart from water resistance the Kyocera Hydro Edge comes ...
Futuremark’s PC Mark 8 to measure power consumption and battery life
21 May 2013 | PC
The next version of the popular PC Mark benchmark software – PC Mark 8 – will include measurements of power consumption and battery life for the first time ever. When it comes out users will also have the option to measure power consumption on laptops while the benchmark runs or run the benchmark in a loop until the battery gets completely empty for more accurate results....
Seagate releases Video 3.5 HDD line
21 May 2013 | PC
Seagate has released a new hard drive line that has been specifically optimized for recording video. The new line is known as Video 3.5 and offers up to 4 TB of capacity. According to Seagate the new 3.5-inch line is perfect for use with digital recorders (DVR), set-top boxes (STB) and video surveillance systems. The Video 3.5 line focuses on excellent reliability, large capa...
Acer debuts Iconia W3 tablet
21 May 2013 | Tablets
The Finnish web site of the Taiwanese hardware company Acer has first leaked information on the upcoming new Iconia W3 tablet. The device will be based on the Intel Clover Trail platform and will include a dual core Intel Atom Z2760 processor at 1.5 GHz, an integrated Intel GMA 3650 video and hardware 1080p acceleration. On the outside the Iconia W3 comes with an 8.1-inch dis...
Samsung works on rugged Galaxy S4 smartphone
21 May 2013 | Smartphones
The Korean tech leader Samsung has been working on a new rugged version of its flagship smartphone - the Galaxy S4. The rugged version is almost done and should appear soon under the trade name Galaxy S4 Active. The first unofficial pictures of the new device show a smartphone that features a somewhat new design when compared to the Galaxy S4. The rugged version now comes wit...
Ekoore Python S3 offers three operating systems
21 May 2013 | Tablets
The prevalence of the Windows operating system on most personal computers often causes problems when users start using another OS such as Android. At the same time people who use smartphones extensively face the same issue when using computers, especially based on new Windows versions. To solve this issue once and for all the Italian company Ekoore has announced the Python S3...
MSI debuts Radeon HD 7730 graphics card
20 May 2013 | PC
The rumored AMD Radeon HD 7730 graphics solution has morphed into an MSI video card that is based on the expected HD 7730 hardware. Strangely enough AMD has not released this GPU yet but the MSI graphics card seems very real. Anyway budget gamers will find it selling as MSI R7730-1GD5V1. The card sports a compact PCB, a Cape Verde GPU, a dual-slot aluminum heat sink with a si...
Toshiba plans KIRAbook high-end ultrabook
20 May 2013 | Ultrabooks
The Japanese Toshiba will soon release a new high-end ultrabook that will go by the name of KIRAbook. The novelty will sport a magnesium chassis that will measure 316 x 207 x 17.8 mm and will come in two versions - one with a sensor display (1.32 kg of total weight) and another with a regular display (1.18 kg of total weight). The Toshiba KIRAbook will be based on a 13.3-inch...
Dell works on notebooks based on Haswell
20 May 2013 | Notebooks
US computer manufacturer Dell is almost done with two new notebooks that will feature Intel’s fourth generation of Core processors. The notebooks will be known as Latitude E7240 and Latitude E7440 and will offer mobile Haswell chips with integrated Intel HD graphics. Apart from a mobile Haswell chip the Dell Latitude E7240 will offer a 12.5-inch HD display at 1366 x 768 pixels, Intel...
