Computex

This week is the big coming out party for 5G, with the HTC Hub being the first 5G device, followed by the Samsung Galaxy S10+ as the first smartphone. Now we have the announcement from Lenovo and Qualcomm of the first PC with 5G capability. At it's Computex Press Conference, Lenovo announced 'Project Limitless' that is a collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Project Limitless...

Last week at Computex in Taiwan, Ford held a discussion panel on the future of the automotive industry. On the panel was Ed Pleet, the Connected Services Director for Asia Pacific, Africa and Europe at Ford, Steven Bridgeland – Senior Marketing Communications Manager for Windows Embedded at Microsoft and 3 journalists from around the world, including myself. I was a...

There was a couple of interesting releases from Asus at Computex in relation to case design. The first was Qi wireless charging added to the device bay on top of the case. This allows Qi compatible phones like the Lumia 920 to be dropped on top of the case and charge without connecting those pesky wires. The second was a...

There’s been a lot of conversation over the last few years about the fall of PC gaming. While incredible efforts have been made to take it from a niece into a mainstream activity, hardcore gamers, those that spend thousands on the latest GPUs still remains a tiny percent of computer users. Most recently the biggest problem hasn’t been price, but competition....

One of the launch applications for Ford’s AppLink into Asia Pacific announcement was Kaliki. I have to admit, before the press conference at Computex, I had never heard of the service. The basic idea here is not music, Pandora and others have that taken care of, the goal here is not entertainment, but information. Kaliki is currently only available on...

Big changes are coming to Windows 8. While not called a service pack, the 8.1 release will fix a number of issues people have raised. One of the biggest changes is to the number of metro apps that can be run simultaneously. In Windows 8, apps are designed to run full screen, the only other option is to snap a second app...

Yep, phones now come in massive sizes.. this monster from Galapad is one of the biggest at 6.3”. It features a quad-core processor, 3400mAH battery to power that screen and is scheduled for market in Q4 this year. Don’t expect to see this one launched in Australia, as it’s only the 3G version, this is designed for Asian markets and possible the...

We’ve all seen the trend in the tablet space to the 7-8” size, moving down from the initial 10”. First Google with the Nexus 7, then Apple with the iPad mini and now comes the 8” Acer Iconia W3 shown off at Computex. While the metro UI works well for the size, the device is flawed. Acer decided to use...