At the beginning of the year, Microsoft announced that new tablets with a display smaller than eight inches would be outfitted with a version of Windows 10 that would be more akin to Windows Phone than the full desktop operating system. Today, WinBeta has published a series of screenshots showing just what the truncated version […]
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Windows 10 for small tablets won’t support desktop apps (mostly)
Microsoft may be using the Windows 10 name for its upcoming software for smartphones, tablets, notebooks, desktops, and even the Xbox One. But not all versions of Windows 10 are created equal. For instance if you run Windows 10 on a tablet with an 8 inch or larger screen you’ll be able to run both […]
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6 Windows 8.1 tablets for $199 or less
Starting prices for Windows tablets continue to fall. Toshiba recently launched one of the first tablets with a list price of $199 and a $99 model is on the way from Chinese device maker Kingsing. But you can get an even better deal if you pick up a slightly older tablet that’s been discounted in the […]
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Intel envisions $99 Windows tablets
It’s not hard to find a cheap Windows 8.1 tablet these days. Dell, Lenovo, and Toshiba all have 8 inch models that regularly sell for between $229 and $299 at the Microsoft Store. But chip maker Intel thinks Windows tablets can get cheaper… much cheaper. At the Intel Developer Forum in China, Intel Vice President […]
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Lilbits (3-05-2014): Google Android finds its voice
One of the key features of Google Android is its voice recognition and text-to-speech engine which lets you talk to your phone and receive spoken replies. But if your phone’s voice has always sounded a bit… basic, the latest version of the Google Text-to-Speech app could improve things dramatically. Instead of voice data files that […]
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Hands-on: Is the Dell Venue 8 Pro a “Just Right” Size?
Most Windows tablets that have popped up in the last year tended to be on the larger side. There are a few below 11 inches, many 11.6 inchers around, and some 13.3 and 14 on the shelves. It’s easy to understand why this is–Windows 8 tablets are supposed to be just as good for productivity […]
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Lilbits (5-29-2013): The Windows Start Button returns (probably)
One of the more controversial moves Microsoft made with the launch of Windows 8 was the removal of a dedicated Start Button. It’s still sort of there… but it only pops up when you hover your mouse over the lower left edge of the screen in desktop mode. Some folks have been unhappy about that […]
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Intel Reveals New Ivy Bridge CPUs for Tablets
Microsoft’s Surface tablet may not be doing as well as the company hoped, but Intel is going full speed ahead on tablet processors. The chip maker intends to release five new Ivy Bridge CPUs for slate computers that feature low power consumption without, one hopes, a hit to performance. They will be available in the […]
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Windows 8 tablets from Acer, Lenovo pass through the FCC
Windows 8 hits the streets in about two weeks, and most major PC makers will either launch new computers on the October 26th release day, or shortly after that. So it’s no surprise that some of those devices are slipping through the FCC website on their way to store shelves. In the past few days, […]
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NVIDIA shows Windows 8 running on a Tegra-based tablet – video
It’s been a year since Microsoft announced that Windows 8 would run on devices with ARM-based processors as well as computers with x86 chips. But while a Windows 8 developer preview has been available for months, it currently only runs on x86 chips. Today NVIDIA showed off a tablet with a Tegra 3 quad-core processor […]