Atlas - Liliputing

06 september 18h32

Lilbits: Asahi Linux on Apple M3, bootloader unlock for the Fire Max 11, and Acer and Lenovo’s unusual new laptops

Brad Linder Apple’s Mac computers are designed to run Apple’s macOS software. The company doesn’t make it easy for users to install other operating systems. But...

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Amazon Fire Max 11 hacks: Root Shell, bootloader unlock, and custom firmware

Brad Linder Amazon’s Fire Tablets ship with a modified version of Android called Fire OS. That means that while the underlying operating system is based on...

02 september 09h35

Acer’s DualPlay Mini concept is both a gaming handheld and a mini-laptop

Brad Linder This week Acer is expanding its handheld gaming PC family with the new Predator Atlas 7 featuring a 7 inch, 1080p display, an 80 Wh battery, and...

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Acer Veriton RI110 is a mini PC with Intel Core Ultra X7 358 Panther Lake, up to 96GB RAM, and OcuLink

Brad Linder The Acer Veriton RI110 is a compact computer that Acer is calling an AI Mini Workstation thanks to its Intel Panther Lake processor with a high...

30 august 20h04

Amazon tablets with up to 16GB of RAM could be coming soon

Brad Linder Amazon launched its first Kindle Fire tablet in 2011, and over the years the company has dropped the Kindle name, dabbled in the high-end space, and...

28 august 12h10

Lilbits: More phone-sized E Ink gadgets

Brad Linder The number of smartphones and smartphone-sized gadgets with E Ink displays continues to grow. The latest additions come from eReader companies...

25 august 20h54

Lilbits: GrapheneOS coming to Moto phones in 2027, Apple launches Mac Mini with M6 and Mac Studio with M5 Ultra, Lenovo launches a handheld for game streaming

Brad Linder Earlier this year we learned that Motorola was working with the folks behind the security-hardened version of Android called GrapheneOS. Now it looks...

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GPD Win Max 3 mini gaming laptop with AMD Strix Halo to sell for 1750 and up at launch

Brad Linder The GPD Win Max 3 is a mini laptop with a 9.06 inch display, an AMD Strix Halo processor with discrete-class graphics, and a design that makes it...

21 august 14h12

MNT Station lets you repurpose a MNT Reform mainboard as a mini PC

Brad Linder Five years after starting to ship its first open source, modular laptop, the folks at MNT Research are expanding beyond laptops (and mini-laptops)...

19 august 17h22

Lilbits: Framework Laptop 12 gets a Wildcat Lake upgrade, Pine64 halts Linux device production due to RAMageddon

Brad Linder Fairphone is finally bringing a smartphone to the US market. Framework is upgrading its cheapest laptop. And RAMageddon claims another victim. Here’s...

17 august 18h03

Lenovo’s next ThinkBook Plus laptop could have a rollable display that extends horizontally

Brad Linder Earlier this year Lenovo unveiled a Legion Pro Rollable concept laptop with a display that expands to the left and right, giving you more horizontal...

14 august 20h28

Lilbits: Ploopy’s A trackball has eight buttons (two are also dials), Xteink X4 discontinued, and more

Brad Linder A company with a funny name has made some of the most interesting computer input devices of recent years. Ploopy got its start with trackballs, at a...

10 august 16h07

Elecrow ThinkNode M9 is a phone-like mesh communicator with a 2.4 inch sccreen, QWERTY keyboard, and LoRa

Brad Linder At first glance, the Elecrow ThinkNode M9 looks like a smartphone from an alternate universe where all phones are descended from BlackBerry and Palm...

06 august 12h00

MeLE Quieter HD fanless mini PC with Intel N150 has room for an SSD and HDD inside

Brad Linder The MeLE Quieter line of mini PCs are small fanless computers that have been around for years, and which are often so small that they’re nearly...

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This Game Boy Advance clone is a cheap Android handheld from AYANEO

Brad Linder The AYANEO KONKR Pocket Advance is a handheld game console with a design that’s heavily inspired by Nintendo’s Game Boy Advance, potentially making...

03 august 15h53

Chuwi MinBook X U300 is a mini-laptop with a 10.5 inch screen and Intel Raptor Lake processor

Brad Linder The Chuwi MiniBook X is a compact convertible laptop with a 10.51 inch, 1920 x 1200 pixel IPS LCD touchscreen display and a 360 degree hinge that...

31 july 16h04

Zinwa Q27 smartphone with BlackBerry-style design now available for pre-order

Brad Linder The Zinwa Q27 is a smartphone that combines modern features with classic BlackBerry design. In fact, it looks a lot like the BlackBerry Classic that...

30 july 15h11

reTerminal Sticky is a 50 E Ink gadget with flashable firmware that can be a refrigerator sign or a pocket-sized eReader

Brad Linder Seeed Studio’s reTerminal Sticky is a small, versatile device that combines a 3.97 inch E Ink touschreen display with an ESP32 microcontroller and...

27 july 13h00

Ubuntu Touch update brings better support for modern smartphones web apps

Brad Linder Ubuntu Touch is a mobile Linux distribution designed to run on smartphones and tablets. But since the project was abandoned by Canonical, it’s been...

26 july 15h33

Onyx BOOX Picco is a pocket-sized eReader with a 3.97 inch ePaper display

Brad Linder E Ink displays are designed to offer a paper-like viewing experience and most of the eBook readers released over the past two decades have had E Ink...

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