Notices by Brad Linder (liliputing_@liliputing.com)

Most modern gaming handhelds have displays with 16:9 or 16:10 displays. Some models aimed at retro gamers might have 4:3 screens. But one Chinese hardware hacker made a handheld using one of those ultra-wide 32:9 displays that are often used in automotive systems, but which are increasingly used for personal computers as well.

In other recent tech news from around the web, the Onyx BOOX Palma […]

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Read more: https://liliputing.com/lilbits-a-super-ultra-wide-handheld-gaming-pc-an-official-raspberry-pi-ssd-and-the-next-onyx-boox-palma-could-be-a-color-e-ink-phone/

The PinePhone Pro is a Linux-friendly smartphone that launched in early 2022 as a higher-performance alternative to the original PinePhone. With a faster processor, more memory and storage, and a better camera, among other things, it was a significant upgrade… on paper, at least.

But with a $400 price tag, it was also twice as expensive as the original PinePhone and never generated as much […]

#linuxsmartphones #mobileLinux #pine64 #pinephone #pinephonePro

Read more: https://liliputing.com/pinephone-pro-linux-smartphone-has-been-discontinued-but-the-original-pinephone-is-still-available/

Netbooks may have gone out of fashion years ago, but a handful of Chinese PC makers continue to crank out cheap, tiny laptops with hardware that’s just good enough for basic tasks… sometimes by stuffing newer components into older models.

Case in point? The X-Plus Piccolo Series71 is a mini-laptop with a 7 inch display, an Intel N100 Alder Lake-N processor and 16GB of RAM. It also has a […]

#alderLakeN #miniLaptop #piccolo #piccoloSeries71 #piccoloSeries71 #toptonL4

Read more: https://liliputing.com/this-7-inch-mini-laptop-with-an-intel-n100-chip-sells-for-250-and-up/

You often hear that the phone in your pocket has more processing power than the room-sized computers that NASA used to help send astronauts to the moon. But modern smartphones also have relatively limited lifespans – while some device makers are doing a better job of offering long-term support, it’s often cheaper or easier to replace an old phone than it is to fix a cracked display or replace […]

#citronics #devKit #devkit #ewaste #fairphone #fairphone2 #recycling #sbc #upcycling

Read more: https://liliputing.com/this-pocket-sized-pc-is-made-from-an-old-smartphone-motherboard/

Motorola’s latest mid-range smartphones continue to pack features like 120 Hz displays, big batteries, and Dolby Atmos audio into affordable devices.

The new Moto G (2025) features all of the above and is set to go on sale for $200 starting January 30t, while the Moto G Power (2025) is coming February 6th for $300. The latter model has slightly better specs and a more rugged design: it’s […]

#ip68 #ip69 #motoG #motoGPower #rugged #smartphones

Read more: https://liliputing.com/the-moto-g-power-2025-is-an-ip68-ip69-rated-phone-with-a-120-hz-display-and-a-300-price-tag/

The Lenovo ThinkPad X9 14 Aura Edition and Lenovo ThinkPad 15 Aura Edition are laptops with up to a 2.8K OLED 120 Hz touchscreen display, up to an Intel Core Ultra 7 Lunar Lake processor, and compact designs: both models are about 0.7 inches thick and the 15 inch model weighs just 3.2 pounds while the 14 inch version is just 2.7 pounds.

But the thing that really makes these laptops […]

#ces2025 #laptop #lenovo #lenovoThinkpadX9 #lenovoThinkpadX914AuraEdition #lenovoThinkpadX915AuraEdition #thinkpad #trackpoint

Read more: https://liliputing.com/lenovo-thinkpad-x9-is-a-slim-lightweight-laptop-that-doesnt-look-like-a-thinkpad/