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The Asus ROG XBOX Ally X20 is now available for $1299 (or $2499 when bundled with XREAL R1 Edition 20 Gaming AR Glasses and custom cases) • MINISFORUM AI NAS S5 features an Intel Wildcat Lake processor, 12GB of LPDDR5x RAM, 128GB of onboard UFS storage, 10

The new Apple TV 4K brings far-field microphones for voice interaction, a 50% faster CPU and 2X faster GPU, AV1 decoding, and a remote with Find My support • The Apple HomeView is now available to pre-order for $299 • The ONEXPLAYER Super X Pro gaming tab…

AMD's 2nd-gen Ryzen Halo Developer Platform is a mini PC with a Ryzen AI MAX+ PRO 495 processor with up to 192GB of unified high-bandwidth RAM and support for 300b parameter AI models • Last year MINISFORUM launched a compact AtomMan G1 Pro desktop with R…

The PSPi 6 turns the PlayStation Portable (PSP-1000) into a modern emulation handheld (and PC) with a custom board that lets you use a Raspberry Pi Zero, Zero 2W, or CM4 for brains • Microsoft is moving to standardize printer drivers, meaning that newer m…

My first PC was an Atari 800XL • PC costs have risen sharply over the past year due to rising costs of RAM & storage • Google has offered a way to run Linux apps on Chromebooks for years The post Ubuntu for RISC-V, Touchscreen MacBooks, and a new Atari 80…

Amazon launched its first Kindle Fire tablet in 2011, and the lineup has changed many times over the years.

The Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra goes up for pre-order today for $2599 and up and ships Oct 16 • The Microsoft Surface RTX Spark Dev Box mini PC with NVIDIA RTX Spark starts at $5999, but it ships standard with a 20-core RTX Spark N1X chip with a 6144-c…

DroidDeck brings SteamOS-like experience to Android, with support for Valve's Steam Big Picture mode on handhelds and phones with Snapdragon chips • As Amazon continues to replace older Fire TV hardware with Android-based software with new models that ship

Even on Amazon Prime Day, the rising costs of RAM and storage make it a tough time to be in the market for a new computer or pretty much anything that uses those components.

Smartphones have largely replaced iPods and other dedicated music players for most folks • The Banana Pi BPI-CM7 is a compute module with a 1.5 GHz Allwinner H618 quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 CPU, Mali-G31 graphics, LPDDR4 memory, eMMC storage, WiFi 5 and BT…

Raspberry Pi is raising prices (again) in response to the rising costs of RAM & other components • The Freckle Phone is a $200 device with a kid-sized 3.1 inch screen, a $25/month service plan, and no web browser, social media apps, or app store • The new…

Valve developed an ARM version of SteamOS for its Steam Frame VR headset • PixelMob is a new portable NAS/mini PC from UnifyDrive for media backup, with an RK3588 chip, up to 3 M.2 2280 slots for storage, CFexpress, SD, and microSD card support a 7 inch A…

Amazon’s Fire TV line of media streaming devices now includes three different Fire TV Stick models with list prices ranging from $35 to $60.

Fairphone's 2nd-gen wireless earbuds are coming soon, with support for the LDAC codec for Bluetooth audio, while retaining an emphasis on repairability with seven replaceable modular parts • The Bigme HiBreak Dual 3 is a daul-screen phone with a 6.13 inch…

The AYANEO KONKR Pocket Block is a Game Boy-style vertical handheld game console with a 3.33" 4:3 display, an MTK Helio G85 chip, and an $89 starting price for a 2GB+32GB model ($99 for 3GB+64GB). ayaneo.com/product/KONK • Pictures of upcoming Amazon prod…

With a 0.15 liter chassis, this mini PC from Chinese company Sixunited might be one of the smallest yet to feature an Intel Wildcat Lake processor • Mobile Linux distro postmarketOS is rebranding as Nura • Small AI workstation-class PCs w/AMD Ryzen AI Max+

Qualcomm is expanding support for Linux on PCs with Snapdragon X2 Series chips, starting with initial support for Ubuntu and Debian, and by upstreaming some core drivers, including for the Hexagon NPU and Adreno GPU • This summer Pine64 said that the risi…

The Mecha Comet is a modular Linux handheld computer that launched via a Kickstarter campaign earlier this year, and is now available for pre-order for $239 and up • Why carry around a portable monitor when you can buy a laptop that has one • The Steam Fr…

Google positions Android as an open source operating system, but the company has ultimate control over what gets released to AOSP, and now Google is making some of its newest APIs exclusive to Google Pixel devices, at least until Android 17 QPR2 is releas…

Long-time visitors to Liliputing may have noticed that we’ve been posting news articles less frequently and relying more heavily on news roundups consisting of short summaries or previews of interesting mobile tech news articles found around the web.

Valve's open source Lepton tool lets developers port Android games to Linux • The Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 7 Auto Twist 14" laptop is now available in the US • The Asus Ascent QN10 is one of the first mini PCs with Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite (X2E-88-10…

Here’s a roundup of recent tech news from around the web.

Here’s a roundup of recent tech news from around the web.

Here’s a roundup of recent tech news from around the web.

For the second time in a month, there’s a new Kindle jailbreak method in the wild.

Here’s a recent roundup of tech news from around the web.

Here’s a recent roundup of tech news from around the web.

Apple’s Mac computers are designed to run Apple’s macOS software.

Amazon’s Fire Tablets ship with a modified version of Android called Fire OS.

This week Acer is expanding its handheld gaming PC family with the new Predator Atlas 7 featuring a 7 inch, 1080p display, an 80 Wh battery, and support for up to an Intel Arc G3 Extreme processor and 24GB of RAM.

The Acer Veriton RI110 is a compact computer that Acer is calling an “AI Mini Workstation” thanks to its Intel Panther Lake processor with a high-performance iGPU and NPU as well as support for plenty of memory and storage.

Amazon launched its first Kindle Fire tablet in 2011, and over the years the company has dropped the Kindle name, dabbled in the high-end space, and largely settled on the idea that its devices would compete on price and convenience, rather than speed or a

The number of smartphones and smartphone-sized gadgets with E Ink displays continues to grow.

Earlier this year we learned that Motorola was working with the folks behind the security-hardened version of Android called GrapheneOS.

The GPD Win Max 3 is a mini laptop with a 9.06 inch display, an AMD Strix Halo processor with discrete-class graphics, and a design that makes it clear that this is a little PC made for both work and play.

Five years after starting to ship its first open source, modular laptop, the folks at MNT Research are expanding beyond laptops (and mini-laptops) with the introduction of a new mini PC called the MNT Station.

Fairphone is finally bringing a smartphone to the US market.

Earlier this year Lenovo unveiled a Legion Pro Rollable concept laptop with a display that expands to the left and right, giving you more horizontal screen space.

A company with a funny name has made some of the most interesting computer input devices of recent years.

At first glance, the Elecrow ThinkNode M9 looks like a smartphone from an alternate universe where all phones are descended from BlackBerry and Palm Treo devices rather than iPhones and Android phones.

The MeLE Quieter line of mini PCs are small fanless computers that have been around for years, and which are often so small that they’re nearly pocket-sized.

The AYANEO KONKR Pocket Advance is a handheld game console with a design that’s heavily inspired by Nintendo’s Game Boy Advance, potentially making it a good fit for playing classic games designed for that console.

The Chuwi MiniBook X is a compact convertible laptop with a 10.51 inch, 1920 x 1200 pixel IPS LCD touchscreen display and a 360 degree hinge that lets you fold the computer for use in notebook, tablet, tent, or stand modes.

The Zinwa Q27 is a smartphone that combines modern features with classic BlackBerry design.

Seeed Studio’s reTerminal Sticky is a small, versatile device that combines a 3.97 inch E Ink touschreen display with an ESP32 microcontroller and magnets.

Ubuntu Touch is a mobile Linux distribution designed to run on smartphones and tablets.