Atom Cherry Trail
Chuwi Vi10 Ultimate Order Delay Due to Cherry Trail Heat Issues?
I asked my AliExpress seller why my Chuwi Vi10 Ultimate I ordered for review here still hasn’t shipped out, I go this reply: Hello friend, thank you for your order at first. Actually the factory were ready to send the Vi10 Cherry Trail to us these two days, but when they tested the tablets before sent, they found that the new chip have a problem that is easy to hot, so they have to stop and ...[Read More]
Intel to Phase Out Current Atom Cherry Trail Series With Slightly Faster Refresh
Intel has released a product change notification (PCN) for the current Atom Cherry Trail chips, X5 Z8300, X5 Z8500 and the X7 Z8700. They are to be phased out next year with newer Cherry Trail chipsets that have slightly faster turbo boosts. The graphics naming scheme of these chips has also been changed reflecting Intel’s new naming. They will now be called Intel HD 400 series graphics (12 ...[Read More]
Chuwi Hi10 – Dual OS Cherry Trail Vi10 Update Leaked
This has leaked out via Ali Express, an over keen seller has jumped the gun and posted info on the new Chuwi Hi10 they will be selling. It’s basically an upgraded Vi10. It keeps same formular that made the Vi10 such a popular model, the keyboard dock, two full sized USB ports, but has a few nice improvements. Firstly the Bay Trail Z3736F has been replaced with an Atom X5 Z8300 according to t...[Read More]
Onda V919 Air CH announced, 9.7″ Atom Cherry Trail Tablet
Onda has today announced their latest tablet coming soon, the Onda V919 Air CH. It’s a 9.7″ 4:3 Cherry Trail X5 Z8500 Atom tablet. The tablet will ship with a 64GB eMMC and 4GB of Ram. No other specs announced, but I’m sure it’s going to be the same as always, Wireless N 150mbps single band 2.4Ghz (boo hoo) BT 4.0. And no word on HDMI out or USB ports, but it’s safe t...[Read More]
Lenovo ThinkPad 10 Atom Cherry Trail Update
Lenovo have announced an update for the ThinkPad 10 WIndows tablet, it will now be powered by the new generation Atom Cherry Trail X7 Z8500 and Z8700 SoC’s. With 2GB ram 64GB eMMC and 4GB 128GB eMMC options much like the Surface 3. Battery life is reported to be 10 hours, about 2 more than the Surface 3. The rest of the tablet is unchanged from the old ThinkPad 10. A 1920 x 1200 IPS screen c...[Read More]
Surface 3 – New config with 4GB of Ram & 64GB eMMC
If you wanted the 4GB’s of ram with the Surface 3 you had to buy the 4GB/128GB model, well now it seems there is a middle ground, 4GB and then 64GB eMMC option for $549. Saving yourself 50 bucks. $499 gets you the 2GB/64GB model and $599 is the top end 4GB/128GB option. Yeah, still expensive. In Europe it’s 599 euros for the base and 719 Euros for the top spec – Aprox $800 usd, s...[Read More]
Microsoft Surface 3 Review
This is Microsoft’s third Surface, this time round MS ditched Windows RT and about time. Windows RT is a failed OS that was limiting, you couldn’t even run full Windows programs on it and overall it just wasn’t up to scratch. The Surface 3 comes with Windows 8.1 64bit, so you can run full Windows programs like Paintshop, old games and everything that runs on x86. So what you woul...[Read More]
