Category: Computing

Lenovo Yoga 5G fully connected laptop coming to UK on EE

Published date June 16, 2020

EE is bringing the world’s first 5G connected PC from Lenovo to the UK later this year, and it looks pretty awesome!

Huawei brings AMD chip to MateBook 13

Published date June 11, 2020

Huawei has launched the MateBook 13 AMD Edition, featuring AMD’s Ryzen 5 processor. I’d hate to be Intel right now. Available in two configurations, with pricing starting at £649, the MateBook 13 has Huawei’s FullView display with minimal bezels, opting for a 3:2 aspect ratio that better suits productivity users… [Click for more]

Huawei launches MateBook X Pro 2020, plus a 13-inch MateBook: Pre-ordering open now

Published date May 14, 2020

Hauwei has added two new MateBook laptops to its 2020 line-up that started in January with two MateBook D series laptops. The jewel in the crown is the MateBook X Pro 2020, available with a tenth-generation Intel i5 or i7 processor, 16GB of RAM and 512GB or 1TB of storage…. [Click for more]

Help fight Coronavirus by installing this app on your phone right now

Published date April 8, 2020

Back in 2017, the Vodafone Foundation developed an award winning app to help you aid cancer research. Now it’s letting you help Imperial College London fight COVID-19. The DreamLab app works by harnessing the computing power of multiple smartphones normally inactive overnight. Instead of sitting there doing nothing while you… [Click for more]

Planet Computers presents the Astro Slide; its 3rd-gen PDA with all-new slide design and 5G

Published date March 30, 2020

Planet Computers has today opened a crowdfunding campaign for its latest keyboard-equipped smartphone. The Astro Slide has a brand new slide design, but still keeps the Psion keyboard users love. The key change is the new ‘rock up’ slide mechanism that enabled Planet Computers to remove the external display and… [Click for more]

Huawei launches 2020 MateBook D series

Published date January 29, 2020

Huawei has introduced its latest MateBook D series, available in 14 and 15.6-inch guises. Part of Huawei’s new 2020 vision to ‘bring digital to every person, home and organisation for a fully connected, intelligent world’, these laptops will be part of a new ecosystem of products that will include new… [Click for more]

Huawei goes all in with Huawei Mobile Services to offer a Google alternative

Published date January 16, 2020

My relationship with Huawei goes way back. Back to a time when they were unknown by most consumers (just like HTC) but the company behind a considerable number of products people used all the time. My first real involvement was working on a supplement magazine featuring Huawei data products, amongst… [Click for more]

Lenovo launches world’s first 5G laptop; on sale this spring from US$1499

Published date January 7, 2020

Lenovo launched the first laptop with integrated 5G at CES. The Windows 10 machine goes on sale this spring, but don’t expect to see it in the UK yet. The Yoga 5G is a 2-in-1 ultra-portable laptop, powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8cx 5G Compute platform, with 5G speeds up to… [Click for more]

Dell goes mad for Black Friday deals

Published date November 29, 2019

Dell just reached out with a huge list of Black Friday deals. There’s no way I’ve got time to go through and tidy up this huge list, so I’ve posted the press release verbatim below. Pull up a chair, make a cup of tea and enjoy. Hopefully there’s a deal… [Click for more]

Honor launches View 30 series and MagicBooks at China launch event (updated)

Published date November 26, 2019

In addition to the Magic Watch 2, Honor has launched the View 30 and View 30 Pro, plus two MagicBook laptop PCs at its launch event in China’s capital. The Kirin 990 powered View 30 and View 30 Pro each come with 5G support and a SuperSensing AI triple camera,… [Click for more]

Hands-on with the Cosmo Communicator; virtually ready to ship to original backers

Published date October 4, 2019

At the start of this year, Planet Computers (the company behind the Gemini PDA) showed off a prototype of its second-generation portable computing device that uses the classic Psion keyboard design, connected to modern-day hardware. The Gemini is still available to buy, but the Cosmo Communicator takes things to the… [Click for more]

Samsung brings Galaxy Note 10 features to S10 users

Published date October 2, 2019

Samsung is bringing Galaxy S10 users some features recently launched on the Note 10 range, such as AR Doodle, a built-in video editor and Link to Windows integration. Handsets that will receive the update shortly include the S10, S10+, S10e and S10 5G. Upon completing the update, the camera application… [Click for more]

Huawei unveils flagship Kirin 990 5G chipset, new FreeBuds 3, plus two new P30 Pro colour variants (running Android 10 out of the box)

Published date September 6, 2019

Huawei has used IFA, as it has done many times before, to launch its flagship chipset that will power a series of phones between now and next autumn. It also continues the theme of ending the year and starting the next with the most powerful chip. In this case, Huawei’s… [Click for more]

Huawei shows its 5G devices on sale in the UK soon, while helping people cut through the 5G hype

Published date May 16, 2019

Huawei has shown the UK media its collection of 5G-enabled devices going on sale soon to complement the imminent launches of at least two 5G networks (with the other two following closely behind). The event wasn’t just to show off the 5G devices, but also a chance for Huawei and… [Click for more]

Paymo seeks crowdfunding to bring all your payment and travel needs into one 4G connected wallet

Published date February 28, 2019

One of the other things I saw extremely briefly at Mobile World Congress was a 4G connected wallet that hopes to bring a single, Android-powered, device to manage all your mobile payments. This includes NFC-based contactless payments, peer-to-peer payment transfers, and even cards for travel in various locations (such as… [Click for more]

[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]