Wednesday, 31 May 2017

Mighty Mini-ITX: ASRock Announces X299-ITX/ac

ASRock has announced one of the industry’s first Mini-ITX motherboards for Intel’s latest Core X processors in the LGA2066 packaging.

Acer XR382CQK Curved FreeSync Monitor Review

Acer's 38” XR382CQK offers 3840x1600 resolution with 75Hz, FreeSync, and a USB-C port. With a 2300R curvature, it promises immersive gameplay.

Hapto Brings Real Haptic Feeling To Your Hands In VR

Hapto is a new peripheral that takes haptic feedback to a new level. Forget rumble motors and linear resonant actuators; Hapto features mechanical “pushers” that replicate the feeling of physical objects.

Bezel-less is not a thing, and here's why it shouldn't be


Bezels appear to be the bane of all current-gen smartphone users. So much so that when the Xiaomi Mi MIX came out with its pretty high screen-to-body ratio, everyone turned their heads towards China. The phone is not available in the US, nor will it be at any point in the foreseeable future, but man did we all want it.

It looked magnificent with its near lack of bezels, and a screen covering 91.3% of its front. At the end of the day, the number I just quoted turned out to be a little different in reality, but that hardly mattered. Xiaomi had made a statement – bezels ...

Sony announced US prices and release dates for the Xperia XZ Premium, Touch, and XA1 Ultra


Sony is really trying to make a push this year. At MWC, the company unveiled four new smartphones, alongside its interactive projector – the Xperia Touch. And while some users around the globe are already enjoying three of the four handsets, two of them have yet to arrive in the US. Good news is that we now have official release dates for the new Sony products that have yet to make it to the US.

Sony confirmed that the Xperia XZ Premium will be available for pre-order on Amazon and Best Buy beginning June 12, 2017. The phone will be launching a week later, and starting ...

11 features and improvements we'd like to see in iOS 11


Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference is coming up next week and we are about to catch a glimpse all the new software updates and developments that the company has been up to. Naturally, it's still a bit of a mystery what exactly Apple is going to reveal, but Mac OS and iOS are a safe bet, and we might even catch a glimpse of new features for Watch OS.

iOS 11-related whispers have been saying that we should expect a huge Apple Music revamp, all the new emoji that were only recently released, a dark UI skin, and other various goodies and tweaks. Of course, ...

OnePlus 3 and 3T will be updated to Android O


The OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T will both be updated to Android O, the newest version of Google's operating system. OnePlus founder and chief executive Pete Lau confirmed that the two phones will be kept up to date in a tweet.

Meanwhile, all eyes are on the upcoming OnePlus 5. The company has its roots in China, where the number '4' carries negative meanings, so it is skipping the OnePlus 4 and goes right to OnePlus 5 after the OnePlus 3 and 3T.

OnePlus is quick to release new phones, but also committed to supporting them

The ...