How would you change Toshiba’s Satellite U845?
When you’re building a laptop to a price point, there’s a fine line between success and failure. Take the Toshiba Satellite U845, an Ultrabook priced at the reasonably slender $750. When we placed it in the hands of our resident laptop critic, she found that the tasteful, pleasing design and sturdy performance were more than enough to offset the meager specs or shallow keyboard. So, now that you’ve had more than enough time to go out and use this piece of kit, why not share with us what it’s been like for you?
Filed under: Laptops
DataWind’s 7-inch UbiSlate tablet heads to UK, starts at £30
Remember the Aakash 2, India’s $40 educational slate? It’s finally making its way to the western world. The school-bound slab’s manufacturer updated its UK website with three commercial variants of the devices, the UbiSlate 7Ci, 7C+ and 7Cz. Sound familiar? It should — another version of the tablet (labeled 3G7) made its way through the FCC earlier this year, flaunting a 7-inch screen, a tri-band HSPA radio and a 2-megapixel camera. In fact, the federally inspected tablet matches the 7Cz in all but name, which offers a dual-core 1.2Ghz processor 8GB of storage and the aforementioned connectivity for £80. Knock that processor down to a 1GHz Cortex A8 CP, slash its (already meager) storage in half, and slow your wireless connectivity to Edge speeds and you’re looking at the (currently unpriced) 7C+. Just looking for WiFi? That’s the £30 7Ci, which Datawind specifically identifies as the consumer version of the Aakash 2.
These specs are far from impressive, but the Ubislate (and its predecessor) weren’t built to compete with the Nexus 7: Datawind aims its devices specifically at schools, building a budget product that can help further the education of students on a budget. That said, the company’s website seems to be little more than a placeholder for now — the tablet’s product pages are incomplete, and there’s no way to order the devices just yet. We’re exactly not jumping to put these devices on our Christmas lists, but it’s good to see the fledgling tablet reach out to a wider market.
Filed under: Tablets
Via: Pocket-Lint
Source: UbiSlate
Weekly Roundup: Instagram Direct, Jawbone Up24 review, Samsung’s EMC lab and more!
You might say the week is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workweek, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Weekly Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past seven days — all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on through the break, and enjoy.
Qualcomm’s Raj Talluri on wearables
Engadget sat down with Qualcomm SVP of Product Management, Raj Talluri, earlier this week to chat about the company’s Toq smartwatch. Click through to read the rest of the story.
Jawbone Up24 review
Jawbone’s latest fitness tracker, the Up24, touts much-needed upgrade: wireless syncing. But is that improvement enough to win back the hearts of those disappointed by the original Up’s performance? Click the link for our review and find out.
Instagram Direct announced
CEO of Instagram, Kevin Systrom, took the stage at a New York press event last week to announce Instagram Direct. This new feature allows users to limit certain videos and photos to groups of up to 15 friends. Follow the link for all the details.
Samsung’s EMC lab (video)
Engadget’s Mat Smith took a stroll through Samsung’s EMC lab where future products are tested for interference levels. Click on through for the video tour.
Amazon puts Kindle Fire HDX on interest-free payment plan, starting at $57
Short on cash? Amazon wants to sell you a Kindle Fire HDX anyway. As of today, you can pick up the shopping giant’s flagship slate on a quarterly payment plan. Naturally, the amount of each installment varies based on the size and configuration you choose; a 7-inch model with WiFi, 16GB of storage and Special Offers, for example, runs $57 per payment. A similarly equipped 8.9-inch model on the other hand, costs $95 every three months. If you’re worried about financing fees or interest, don’t sweat it — Bezos and pals aren’t charging either of them. That doesn’t mean Amazon is a completely forgiving money lender, though: miss a payment, and the shopping giant will block any access to its content library and possibly delete your account. Harsh, but at least it’s better than a broken leg.
Via: All Things Digital
Source: Amazon
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