Someone at Samsung has leaked the first specs of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 phablet – a huge smartphone designed to fill in the gap between regular smartphones and tablets. According to this unofficial information the Galaxy Mega 5.8 (codename GT-I9152) will support two SIM cards and will have an unknown dual-core chip at 1.4 GHz. The device will have a 5.8-inch s...
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Samsung prepares Galaxy Mega phablets
4 April 2013 | Smartphones, Tablets
Apart from working on a bunch of new smartphones for all market segments the Korean Samsung apparently prepares a new generation of the not so popular phablet devices – hybrids between smartphones and tablets. Samsung will soon release a new line under the trade name of Galaxy Mega. At first there will be two models only - the GT-I9152 with a 5.8-inch display and the GT-I92...
First ARM Cortex-A57 chip produced
3 April 2013 | PC, Tablets
ARM and TSMC have jointly announced the creation of the first ARM Cortex-A57 64-bit processor built on 16 nm FinFET technology. The Cortex-A57 is a huge step forward for ARM as the chip is the highest performing ARM processor today and the first produced on 16 nm FinFET technology. The new processor will soon power the next generation of tablets, servers and computers. ...
Lenovo may start making processors
1 April 2013 | Smartphones, Tablets
The Chinese PC and smartphone maker Lenovo may soon start making its own processors. Don't get too excited though - the company won't compete on the PC processor market against companies such as Intel and AMD – instead Lenovo will design and produce own brand processors for its smartphones and tablets. Lenovo’s smartphones and tablets are not among the most popular in the...
Samsung works on Super AMOLED tablets
29 March 2013 | Tablets
Samsung is one of today’s technology leaders especially when it comes to smartphones or displays. The latest proof to this claim comes in the form of a rumor that says the company now works on new tablets that will include Super AMOLED displays. The first batch of these tablets is expected to ship by the end of this year with 10.1-inch and 11.6-inch displays coming last. So...
Hyundai prepares T10 tablet computer
27 March 2013 | Tablets
The South Korean Hyundai has prepared a new entry to the tablet market – a new tablet computer, which runs Android and is known as T10. The Hyundai T10 is based on a 32 nm Samsung Exynos 4412 SoC with four ARM Cortex-A9 cores at 1.4 GHz and has Mali 400 graphics. The tablet offers a 10.1-inch IPS sensor display at 1280 x 800 pixels and 178-degree viewing angles, 2 GB of RAM...
Onda debuts tablet with the latest AllWinner A31s processor
22 March 2013 | Tablets
The Chinese tablet maker Onda has become the first company to release a new tablet based on the latest AllWinner A31s processor. The AllWinner A31s chip is based on four Cortex-A7 cores and features the PowerVR SGX544 MP2 GPU. The chip does not support high resolution displays and built-in cameras but has full support for 2G, 3G and LTE, which is a promise for high-speed data...
Point of View releases three Onyx tablets
20 March 2013 | Tablets
Point of View has announced the release of three new tablets that belong to the company's Onyx line - the Onyx 506, Onyx 517 and Onyx 527. The three tablets share some of their tech specs - they all offer a 7-inch display at 1024 x 600 pixels and support Wi-Fi 802.11n, Bluetooth 3.0 + 4.0 LE, GPS and 3G. The Onyx 506 is the budget-oriented member in the line...
Sony to unveil LTE-enabled Xperia Tablet Z soon
14 March 2013 | Tablets
Sony will soon update the recently announced Xperia Tablet Z with a LTE-enabled version of the same tablet. The downside - the device will appear in Japan only for the time being. No specs have been changed though – so the LTE version of the Xperia Tablet Z will have the same hardware, which consists of a 10.1-inch display at Full HD resolution, a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdra...
Samsung plans Galaxy Tab 3 Plus
8 March 2013 | Tablets
Sources close to Samsung have apparently leaked information about an upcoming Samsung tablet known as Galaxy Tab 3 Plus. The new tablet will arrive on March 14 along with the Galaxy S4 smartphone and will sport a 10-inch display at 2560 x 1600 pixel resolution and will run Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean. The tablet will be powered by Samsung’s dual-core Exynos 5 Dual processor at 1.7...
Apple prepares new iPads, updated iPhone
6 March 2013 | Smartphones, Tablets
The Cupertino-based US tech giant Apple reportedly plans a market comeback as soon as next month with the company launching several new products during the span of this year. The first new device to arrive from Apple is the iPad 5 expected as early as April 2013. Nothing is known on the device but a number of iPad 5 cases have hit the Chinese market so they give a glimpse of ...
