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There's a press release from some group or another for a "Miraculous New Battery Technology Breakthrough That Will Change The World!!!" at least once a month. For over a decade, none have panned out. Either they have a crippling weakness compared to lithium o are impossible to mass-produce...

Whoever develops a battery chemistry that substantially beats LiPoly on on energy density (volume/weight), longevity, and cost will be a billionaire within a couple years. There are dozens of big companies and institutions dumping tens of millions into the problem every year, and they've been...

Just because you can cool it, doesn't mean you can power it. The most conservative core M chip still sucks down more than twice the power of a cherry trail atom. 4.5W is impressively low for a laptop chip, but you're never going to be able to keep the beast fed in something pocket-sized...

Decided against backing it. It's still very interesting, and I may pick one up when they're available through regular channels, depending on reviews. In the end, I wasn't convinced their heat solution would be sufficient, or that their battery life claims were realistic. It wasn't worth $300...

I think the issue that _jr_ has isn't what the device does when it gets too hot, but that the device gets too hot in the first place. There is an expectation among consumers that a computing device rated up to 2GHz will be able to actually run at 2GHz indefinitely. This has certainly been the...

I was thinking it would be slightly larger than the XD, but if anything, it looks slimmer. I've been on the fence this whole time, and now I'm really leaning toward backing this.

Every modern chip will throttle before it damages itself. All the chip cares about is its own internal temperature. A poor case layout with no path for the heat to escape will heat up internally and throttle long before you feel any temperature change on the outside. A device which shunts...

It's phone-sized. 5.7" for one version and 5.2 for the other.

Damn, I think you're right. Judging by the size of the display and battery, I think this is just a generic 8" tablet that has been disassembled, not really a "prototype" at all. And I was actually starting to hope this might be legit.

Is it just me, or is the audio sync off in that video? Or did you film yourselves for the video, then hire an American voice actor to dub your lines? Either way, I wouldn't release it as-is. If it's the former, definitely fix the sync. If it's the latter, don't overdub. If your English is...

Good news on the linux front. Some community members finally cracked the HDMI audio nut on cherry trail. That means all the SoC-specific features should have linux drivers now. 3rd party features (specifically wireless and gaming controls) are still up in the air until we find out what...

Screenshot for those who can't see it (or in case they fix it and make me look like a crazy person)

Their blog has recently been updated. No new information, but at least there's something there now. The only potentially interesting bit is the date at the bottom of the post is next Monday. Either the post was made by a time traveler, or they're going to make some sort of announcement in a...

Lets not get too carried away. This device with these specs is absolutely possible. This device at this price point is borderline possible, if this was coming from a company with an established manufacturing capability and supply chain, and they willing to cut a lot of corners on build...

All the news about nostralius getting shut down had me longing for the good old days of WoW, so I signed up with another vanilla server and rolled a new toon. Currently trying to convince my wife to give it a try too.

Depending on speaker and mic placement, you could always go full sidetalker. This seems far more likely. If it were a straight-up scam, you'd think they'd have gone straight for the quick preorder/crowdfunding money. That they're holding off on that until they have an actual prototype leads...

I only posted a new thread because this one wasn't showing up, and searching "PGS" in thread titles gave no results. Was this in a different forum?

Take this one with a bucket of salt. The "company" behind it has no actual products to its name, and nothing exists yet except a fancy website and some renders. However, if it isn't a straight-up scam and they do manage to produce this device for the claimed price, it will be pretty damn...

They'd have been better off copypasting the features of 4.1 directly from wikipedia. It would still be gibberish to the layman, but at least it would be grammatically correct gibberish.