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Are dual

If one LCD is good, two is better, right? I’m not talking about two TVs in one room, though that’s cool too. In the ongoing effort to improve picture quality of LCDs, companies like Hisense and Panasonic are working on dual-LCD, or what could probably be more accurately called dual-layer LCD. No, that’s still not …

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Samsung’s Galaxy Fold now on sale in the US for $1,980

People in the US can finally get their hands on Samsung’s revamped Galaxy Fold. The electronics giant on Friday started selling two versions of the Galaxy Fold — one model for AT&T’s network and an unlocked variant  — nine days after the foldable phone arrived in the UK and Germany, and three weeks after it launched in South Korea.  The AT&T …

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Amazon’s $180 Echo Frames are Alexa’s first take on smart glasses

Amazon is entering the smart glasses field with the Echo Frames, the company announced at its Alexa event on Wednesday.  The Echo Frames are part of Amazon’s “Day One Editions,” a program for experimental products that are complete but offered with limited availability, Dave Limp, senior vice president of devices and services, said at the event. The smart glasses don’t …

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Galaxy Fold buyers beware: If you wanted those flashy colors, you’re out of luck

Samsung’s revamped Galaxy Fold is here, but if you were hoping for one of the flashy green or blue models, you’re out of luck. Samsung on Thursday said the Galaxy Fold will be available in space silver and cosmos black when it arrives in Korea on Friday. It’ll reach the UK, France, Germany and Singapore on Sept. 18 and the …

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Sorry, the Galaxy Fold 5G isn’t coming to the US

Update, Sept. 18: We now have a retail model of the Galaxy Fold and have begun to review it. 5G and foldables are the future of phones. But if you want both in one device, you’ll have to live in Korea, the UK or Germany. Samsung’s revamped Galaxy Fold, the company’s first foldable device, will be available in Korea on …

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Samsung’s revamped Galaxy Fold to arrive in Korea on Friday

Update, Sept. 18: We now have a retail model of the Galaxy Fold and have begun to review it. Samsung’s officially ready for its Galaxy Fold do-over. If you’re a brave consumer, with nearly $2,000 to spare, you’ll get your chance to buy the foldable device on Friday. On Thursday at the IFA 2019 show in Berlin, Samsung said that …

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Asus made the world’s fastest gaming display for laptops

Some PC gamers might still laugh at the idea of using a laptop instead of desktop, but that’s certainly not stopping Asus from advancing the technology for portable gaming. Following up the CES debut of the crazy ROG Mothership GZ700GX and overhauling its entire gaming laptop lineup in April, Asus debuted the world’s fastest laptop gaming display at IFA 2019, …

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Acer Predator Triton 500 gaming laptop joins the 300Hz display club

Well that didn’t take long. Just hours before Asus announced its Zephyrus S GX701 will be its first gaming laptop available with an amazingly fast 300Hz display, Acer slipped into its IFA 2019 press conference that the slim Predator Triton 500 will have a 300Hz 15.6-inch display of its own.  A laptop display with a refresh rate that fast is …

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The LavvieBot S litter box is the smartest place for your cats to poop

Editor’s Note: PurrSong, the company behind the LavvieBot litter box that we saw at CES, is launching a crowd funding campaign for a second generation of the litter box called the LavvieBot S. The new model will go live on IndieGoGo starting August 19. The LavvieBot S will normally cost $899 but during the campaign you can buy one for …

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Alienware’s Aurora gaming desktop is now Legend

All the way back at CES 2019 in January, Alienware rolled out what the company said was the world’s most powerful gaming laptop, the Area-51m. The result of several years of design and engineering work, the new laptop overhauled the outside as much as the inside with a new industrial design named Legend. And what started with that laptop is …

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