Acer aiming for ultraportable notebook space with latest IFA releases

Acer's had a big showing at IFA and kicked off their keynote by revealing a bevy of gaming and consumer notebooks, smartphones, chromebooks and convertibles. The latest thin and light line of Swift notebooks are particularly exciting. From the ultra-thin black and gold Swift 7 to the budget-friendly Swift 1, Acer’s new ultra-slim notebooks provide both elegant and practical solutions for everyone. The Swift 7 is just 0.39 inches thin and weighs a mere 2.48 pounds. 

Models in the Swift 5 and Swift 3 Series include premium features such as metal chassis, 7^th Generation Intel Core Processors, Solid State Drives, USB 3.1 Type-C ports, fingerprint scanners and and up to a 9 hour battery life. Looks like a lot of choice coming to the ultraportable, ultra-thin and light computing market.

Lenovo teases what it has in store for IFA 2016, includes new MotoMods, tablets and ‘intuitive keyboard’

With IFA 2016 almost upon us and the Lenovo press launch happening on August 31^st, Lenovo isn’t wasting any time showing what it has up its sleeves for the coming season. The teaser video above shows things like Yoga laptops, tablets, the Moto 360, and even flexible smartphones and tablets they showed off at Lenovo Tech World earlier this year. But some of the new things it called out in the video include the new MotoMods, which perhaps will get market release dates at this point; “new chapter in tablets;” and a “whole new kind of intuitive keyboard.”

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Samsung teases its gigantic 18.4-inch Galaxy View tablet

We’ve already seen the Gear S2 so Samsung decided to sneak in its new rumoured 18.4-inch tablet. Yes, you read that right. Samsung’s outing a large tablet called the Galaxy View. The South Korean company teased the product at its IFA presentation. It’s believed to have a 1,920 x 1,080 resolution and will run on an older Exynos 7580 chipset, 2GB of RAM, and 32GB of storage. It’ll supposedly be powered by a 5,700mAh battery and 8-megapixel rear and 2.1-megapixel front camera. There isn’t any official information about the tablet yet but we should hear about it soon.

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Meet Lenovo’s new flexible Yoga tablets

There are three new Lenovo Yoga tablets to choose from. Unveiled at IFA 2015 in Berlin, we get a glimpse of the Yoga Tab 3 Pro and two versions of the Yoga Tab 3.

The Tab 3 Pro is the flagship model with a 10-inch QHD display and a pico projector at the edge of the “handle” of the device with 50 nits of brightness and can project a 70-inch picture. It runs on an Intel Atom x5-z8500 processor, 2GB of RAM, and 16GB internal storage. Lenovo boasts that its IP21 splash proof tablet and weighs 1.47 pounds. It features four front-facing speakers, a 10,200mAh battery, and 13-megapixel rear and 5-megapixel front. Design-wise it has metal accents and a black leather back.

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