A little behind schedule with all my internet issues. Better late than never here is the review of the X89 Kindow (Just the Android side). It’s a 7.5 inch, 1440 x 1080 Samsung IPS Dual boot from Teclast. Last years Atom Z3735F, 2GB of RAM and 32GB eMMC. Not a great spec great, but the price is. Only $76 at Banggood. Pros: It’s cheap Nice 240 PPI 4:4 screen. Up to 310 cd/m2. Rom speed i...[Read More]
In my quest to find a type-c hub that can be used as a proper dock for my Cube i9, I brought a Dell dock (model WD15) with a Type C plug In the hope that it that will charge, output video via HDMI or DisplayPort and have a few USB 3 ports. And work on future tablets that have proper type C support. Everything worked, apart from any form of display out. HDMI would flash like it wanted to work, but ...[Read More]
Edit #2: Here is my full Jumper EZbook 2 review, covering everything I could think off. Not a bad laptop, but far from perfect. Edit: I’ve received my EZBook 2, here is the unboxing and first impressions: http://techtablets.com/2016/06/jumper-ezbook-2-laptop-unboxing-first-impressions/ I’ve had a few requests over the months to also review some of the new Atom ultrabook-style laptops. ...[Read More]
Update: This sale is back on again until the 7th Banggood has a sale now on until the 24th on the new Core M3 powered Teclast X3 Pro. The price is now $449 which is around the price I paid for mine from GearBest on sale. If you haven’t seen this model, it’s the second Chinese brand Intel Core M3 6Y30 tablet released. (The first being the Cube i9) And unlike the Cube this on supports an...[Read More]
Gearbest currently has a flash sale on various mini PCs. Ranging from Android media PC’s with 4K 60p support, powered by AmIogic quad cores to an Atom X5 Z8300 Windows 10 mini PC. These cheap media players can even output 4k and decode H.265 clips. The Beelink Z83 This is an interesting Atom X5 Z8300 mini pc, because it has a gigabit LAN port and dual band Wifi. Other specs include a full si...[Read More]
Xiaomi has now officially launched their new updated Mi Band 2 fitness tracker. It’s now got a 0.42 inch OLED screen, optical heart rate sensor, large 20-day battery life and retains features from the Mi Band which includes a step counter, your calories burnt and your sleep patterns. Your heartbeat rate, steps, calories burned can be displayed on the new screen using the new button as a togg...[Read More]
Here’s the Windows side of things on the Chuwi HiBook. Not as impressive as the Android performance, in Windows it seemed that drivers or something software related causes the Atom X5 Z8300 to perform slower than expected, well apart from the Cloud Gate 3DMark score which was one of the best I’ve seen on a Z8300. The video review covers the eMMC, wireless speeds, benchmarks and the doc...[Read More]
Almost let this one slip, about a week ago Onda announced some new tablets. Most aren’t that interesting (weak Allwinner ARM Soc’s, Android only) but the Onda V80 Plus looks like it might be okay if Onda don’t mess it up. It has an 8 inch 1920 x 1200 fully laminated display. A CNC metal alloy unibody and runs Windows 10 and Android 5.1. This looks like a more premium Onda v820 CH...[Read More]
Here it is the biggest Xiaomi mobile phone and the biggest mobile I’ve ever had. A whopping 6.44 inches makes even my Note 5 and S6 Edge+ look small. The Mi Max is basiclly an upsized Redmi Note 3 Pro. It shares the same specs (apart from the screen size) A Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 or 652, 3GB or 4GB of RAM. A 32GB, 64GB or 128GB Rom, 16MP PDAF rear camera, dual SIM and MicroSD card support i...[Read More]
Remember last years kickstarter for the Remix mini PC? A tiny little Android PC running the custom Remix OS based on Android. Well, Gearbest has it on sale for $47.57. It’s got the basics needed for minor light computing and media. A quad-core CPU, 16GB Rom with LAN and Wifi. It’s only got a full sized HDMI out and two USB 2 ports. You still have Play Store installed so access to the f...[Read More]
Beelink has recently released the BT7 Mini PC. It’s one of the more powerful Windows 10 Atom mini PC’s around as its packs an Atom X7 Z8700, 4GB of RAM and a 64GB eMMC with either a 64GB, 128GB or 320GB SSD drive. Note that this one is different as it has a small active fan in it and not just passive cooling. It was one of the downfalls of the last Voyo X7 Z8700 mini-PC I looked at, i...[Read More]
Vido is soon to release their first Core M tablet, featuring the new Core M3 6Y30 Skylake. It’s a 12.2″ 1920 x 1080 tablet with a keyboard/case style dock. It’s got 4GB of RAM, USB 3.0, USB 3.1 Type-C, Micro HDMI out, Wireless AC and that display while disappointing it’s not using a Samsung 2160 x 1440 screen is at least a fully laminated OGS one. The battery is 8000 mAh in...[Read More]