Notebooks
Tbook4 N3450 14.1″ N3450 Laptop with 6GB RAM First Impressions
So here it is (took a while) this Tbook4 got stuck in customs here in Spain so was delayed a week longer than expected. So the laptop looks great in gray, a great change from gold and silver. The touchpad on this is large and maybe the best I’ve used on an Apollo Lake. Precision touchpad, so gestures can be disabled. Unboxing time codes: 01:35 – Unboxing starts 03:05 – Design 05:...[Read More]
Mi Notebook Air 13 Refresh Review Online
I’ve had the Mi Notebook Air 13 revised 2017 edition for a week now. If you weren’t aware, Xiaomi upgraded it to the latest CPU and GPU. It now sports the Kaby Lake series of CPU’s, either an i5 7200U or i7 7500U (i7 model not out yet) and Nvidia MX150 Pascal GPU with 2GB DDR5 RAM, the GPU is basically the Nvidia 1030. And then a ELAN fingerprint reader now located in the touchpa...[Read More]
Civiltop Air &T-Bao Tbook Air Fingerprint Reader Fix / Driver Fix
Finally, I got the fingerprint reader the ELAN one of the Civiltop Air aka T-Bao Tbook Air working. It was easy, just had to dump the working drivers from the Onda Xiaoma 21’s working fingerprint reader and then installed them via the device manager. Since they are using the same touchpad and basically the same laptop I thought it would work, glad it did! I spend hours trying all sorts of dr...[Read More]
Chuwi Lapbook 12.3 Review Online
Only just posted the Lapbook 12.3 review to the YouTube channel. It’s below, bottom line this notebook has the best screen seen yet in the Chinese laptops I’ve reviewed. 267 PPI, bright and sharp with an anti-glare coating. Shame about those bezels, however! It’s an all round decent laptop, one of the better ones. But not the best due to a few minor issues like less battery life ...[Read More]
GPD Pocket 7 Now Up For Preorder
This one started out as another crowd fundraiser on Indiegogo. But soon it’s going to be released, the 7″ fits-in-your-pocket Windows 10 PC, smallest in the world. It’s got a 1920 x 1200 touch IPS display covered with Gorilla Glass 3, Atom Cherry Trail X7 Z8750 and 8GB of ram. 7000 mah battery good for a claimed 12 hours of use (Find that hard to believe). Wireless AC, 128GB of e...[Read More]
Up & Coming Reviews (May/June) Mi Scooter & More Laptops.
I’ve had a few messages what do I plan on reviewing next on the site and YouTube channel. Well, got a lot of things planned. The one I’m most excited for might surprise you, not a tablet, mobile or laptop. But an electric scooter! The Xiaomi M365 or MIJIA electric scooter. Mainly because parking in town is getting worse and worse, sometimes I have to park a good 15 to 20 minutes walkin...[Read More]
Chuwi LapBook 12.3 Press Images
Still no word on the exact release date of the Chuwi Lapbook 12.3, which looks like the most promising Apollo Lake laptop yet. These new press mock-up CGI images on the Gearbest listing, show us the Lapbook 12.3 will feature a small flap for the SSD slot access. No need to remove the whole back like my Jumper EZBook 3 Pro, just one screw. 6GB of LPDDR3 RAM, Celeron N3450, Wireless AC, 64GB eMMC 5...[Read More]
Jumper EZBook 3 Pro – 13.3″ Metal 6GB Celeron N3450 Notebook
Update: According to Jumper the first batch will come with no SSD expansion M.2 slot and the second batch with M.2 SSD slot is due on the 20th. In China it’s known as the EZbook Pro, but will sell outside of China as the EZBook 3 Pro. There will be a silver version of the EZBook Pro for those that hate the gold color. It’s now listed on Gearbest for $302 as a preorder and they also st...[Read More]
Onda Xiaoma 41 – 14.1″ Celeron N3450 4GB Notebook
Onda’s Xiaoma 41 (Shouldn’t it be Xiaoma 14?) Notebook with a metal body and Celeron N3450 is now listed on GearBest, this looks like an interesting alternative to the Jumper EZbook 2 I reviewed a while ago. From the press photos, it looks decent, but you knew know till you receive it in person they can often differ drastically to the real thing VS the press images. The spec looks ago....[Read More]
Onda To Release New 14.1″ Apollo Lake Notebook
I must admit I haven’t been keeping an eye on the Onda Weibo, but there were some recent announcements. One if which is a new 14.1″ 1080p notebook the Pony 41? Or Onda Xiaoma 41 (According to Gearbest’s listing) It’s a new Apollo lake Celeron N3450 based notebook. It has a 64GB eMMC with Windows 10 Home, and then space for up to 2TB of SSD or HDD in a user upgradable 2.5...[Read More]
Up Next for Review Dec 2016/Jan 2017
So a few have been asking me what I’m reviewing next, will I review XYZ tablet or mobile. Here is what I have ordered, waiting for or planned to review. Most of these are a good month out coming in December maybe even Jan 2017. Ordered waiting to ship or arrive: GPD Win Z8750 Windows gaming tablet/handheld. Voyo A1 Mini PC N4200 4GB Apollo Lake version Cube iwork 1X new 2-in-1 Z8350 tablet (...[Read More]
YEPO 737S Unboxing And First Impressions
A competitor to the Jumper EZBook 2 has just recently released, the YEPO 737S. It has a very similar spec sheet to the EZBook 2, a 1080p screen (Glossy) An Atom X5 Z8300, 4GB of RAM , wireless N and Windows 10. But a few minor differences, it’s 13.3″ vs the EZbooks 14 inches and has a larger Samsung 128GB eMMC. The battery is smaller at 8,000 mAh. Here’s my first look at the 737S...[Read More]
