It's hard to make a desktop computer that stands out these days. But it's not impossible. This is demonstrated by Dell, which has equipped its new Dell XPS 27 all-in-one computer with as many as 10 speakers and promises the best sound among computers, which is an often overlooked category.
The Taiwanese tech giant HTC brought its new showpiece to Las Vegas at CES 2017, the HTC U Ultra smartphone, which belongs to the newly formed U family. It has a secondary screen and a personal assistant, but, like the iPhone 7, it was left without the classic headphone jack.
It's been quite some time since movies or TV series were last turned into an 8-bit game where the main character moves alone. Fortunately, Netflix is here to (unexpectedly) fill that void.
While 4K resolution has been well established recently, the development is already a step further. The next logical step is four times as many points, or a format known as 8K. This type of screen was also presented by Dell at CES 2017. The UltraSharp 32 Ultra HD 8K has 33 million dots and is capable of displaying a billion colors.
The legendary Game Boy, the simple 8-bit portable game console that celebrated a quarter of a century in 2014, is making a comeback. His reincarnation goes by the name of Super Retro Boy, which was not made by Nintendo as an original, but by Retro Bit. He presented the replica at CES 2017.
At the consumer technology fair CES 2017, Samsung presented the Samsung Odyssey family of gaming notebooks, which bring plenty of fun to computer game lovers, as they do not 'freeze' even when we start playing the most demanding games.
Ever since Google made it possible to run Android mobile apps on Chromebook OS devices, new devices for the platform have been popping up on the market. Samsung has also added its bell, presenting two Chromebook laptops at the CES 2017 – Samsung Chromebook Plus and Samsung Chromebook Pro, which have much more muscle than classic Chromebook laptops.
HMD Global, the owner of the license to use the Nokia brand, has introduced the Nokia 6 smartphone, the first Nokia to run the Android operating system. However, this will not be the only Nokia that HMD Global will present this year. Can Nokia return to its former glory?
At CES 2017, LG unveiled the successor to its featherweight LG Gram laptop. It claims to last for 24 hours! As a model from 2015, it weighs less than a kilogram, which is why they have significantly extended its autonomy, which is exceptional for a paper-thin and light laptop. But LG left out one important little thing...
The iPhone is 10 years old! January 9, 2007 is a day that went down in history. On this day, Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone smartphone, a device that not only revolutionized the technology industry, but also changed our way of life. Did you know that the iPhone could be operated in a completely different way than it is today? Apple's designs for the first iPhone reveal that it would almost have a wheel, as their iPod player had. What could be written today about Telepod and not iPhone...
While the best tech gadgets for 2017 aren't going to turn you into Brad Pitt from The Bare Fists by themselves, they're a great addition to your daily workout routine and can significantly improve your results.
Recently, Microsoft introduced an interesting desktop computer, with which it breathed some much-needed freshness into this segment. The all-in-one Surface Studio has the special feature that the touch screen can be changed from a vertical to a horizontal position, making it much easier to create in this way. Dell Canvas is something similar, except that it's not basically a computer, but 'merely' a digital work surface, a kind of bulky tablet for creative souls.