Category: Computing

[Updated] Huawei uses Mate 20 Pro’s AI tech to finish 200-year old symphony

Published date February 6, 2019

Huawei will soon reveal how Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony was meant to end; after a whopping 197 year wait. A wait matched only by how long it took my local council to rebuild my local bus station… Using the power of AI, the Chinese handset maker will reveal next week how… [Click for more]

Huawei launches Balong 5000 5G chip ahead of MWC product announcements

Published date January 24, 2019

Huawei has today announced the launch of its 5G multi-mode chipset. Balong 5000 will support a large number of 5G products, from smartphones to home broadband devices, vehicle-mounted devices and 5G modules. Supporting 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G on a single chip, Balong 5000 reduces latency and power consumption, with… [Click for more]

Planet Computers announces the Cosmo Communicator, its next-generation Psion-inspired digital assistant

Published date November 5, 2018

Planet Computers has today announced its second Personal Digital Assistant with physical keyboard; the Cosmo Communicator. It follows the launch of the Gemini in 2017, which began shipping in quantity earlier this year. Interested parties will be able to support the Cosmo via crowdfunding, with units shipping from May 2019…. [Click for more]

Kirin 980: Huawei’s most powerful mobile chipset so far is unveiled at IFA 2018

Published date August 31, 2018

Following last year’s IFA unveiling of the AI-enabled Kirin 970 chipset, Huawei has once again used the German consumer electronics exhibition to launch Kirin 980, which will soon find its way into a range of Huawei and Honor-branded devices. Only yesterday Honor stole the thunder from Huawei’s Kirin 980 announcement… [Click for more]

Gemini PDA: 20 years on, meet the all new Psion Series 5

Published date November 29, 2017

I knew that having been in the game for so long would pay off eventually, as I finally got a hands-on with a device I’ve longed to see for almost 20 years! The new Gemini PDA, from Planet Computers, is the spiritual successor to the Psion Series 5 organiser from… [Click for more]

Kirin 970 looks set to lead the way when it debuts in the Mate 10 next month

Published date September 11, 2017

It’s so new it isn’t even in a phone yet, but already it has picked up its first accolade. Android Authority awarded Huawei’s new Kirin 970 chipset a trophy after its unveiling at a keynote speech at IFA, Germany’s biggest consumer electronics show. So what makes Kirin 970 so good,… [Click for more]