Polaroid debuting $1,000 4K TV at CES
Polaroid’s been struggling with a bit of an identity crisis since the halcyon days of instant photography. Did you know, for example, that the company’s been putting its name on TVs? Polaroid’s celebrating CES with the release of two ambitious (if not particularly memorably named) sets at extremely low price point. The more notable of the two is a 50-inch 4K set with three HDMI inputs, priced at $1,000. Can’t quite swing that? Good news, a mere $600 will get you a 50-inch set with a Roku Streaming Stick built-in — and that one’s got HDMI inputs, as well. Both sets will be on-hand in Vegas next week.
Filed under: Home Entertainment, HD
ZTE comes to CES with voice-savvy Grand S II smartphone, fitness-ready BlueWatch
ZTE clearly wants to make its presence felt at CES this year; it’s coming to the show with no less than seven devices. The Grand S II headlines the pack as the company’s first smartphone with “high-precision” voice commands, which let you both unlock the phone and trigger the camera. The company is shy on other details, although we’d expect the Grand S II to have the best (grandest?) performance of ZTE’s range. The company is also launching the 5-inch Nubia 5S and 4.7-inch Nubia 5S mini; just what they offer beyond the Nubia 5 isn’t clear, but the larger 5S will have the horsepower to capture 4K video through its 13-megapixel f/2.0 camera. Frugal Americans will want to check out the Sonata 4G, a 4-inch budget phone launching on Aio Wireless with a 1.4GHz Snapdragon 400 chip, 1GB of RAM and a 5-megapixel shooter. An unnamed “iconic” 5.7-inch handset is also coming with a quad-core chip and wireless charging.
A trio of accessories will debut at the same time. The company’s promised smartwatch will launch as the BlueWatch, with support for both remote phone control and a built-in pedometer. ZTE is also promising a 4G-equipped hotspot and an AT&T Wireless Home Base that connects landline phones to the carrier’s cellular network. Ship dates and prices aren’t available for any of the CES introductions at this stage, but you can be sure that we’ll get more details on the show floor.
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, AT&T
Source: BusinessWire
Surface Pro 2 tablet gets a quiet speed bump to 1.9GHz
Sometime, it pays to avoid the bleeding edge of technology. Microsoft has confirmed to The Verge that newer Surface Pro 2 tablets are shipping with a faster 1.9GHz Core i5 inside instead of the 1.6GHz chip that came with the earliest models. The company isn’t saying just why it rolled out the stealthy upgrade, although it notes that “routinely” tweaks designs based on part availability and customer value. The move may frustrate early adopters whose two-month-old Windows slates are already behind the times, but it’s good news for latecomers who’ll get more for their money.
Filed under: Tablets, Microsoft
Via: The Verge
Source: Microsoft Community
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