Acer unveils the convertible Predator Triton 900 gaming notebook with 32GB RAM, Predator Trinton 500 showcased too
Today, Acer unveiled two new Windows 10 gaming notebooks—the Predator Triton 900 and the Predator Triton 500. The former features a slim design and convertible 4K display, and the latter is a 15-inch all-metal gaming powerhouse which is 17.9mm thin. Both notebooks combine new, functional designs with powerful internals that makes them formidable to gaming desktops.
Jerry Hou, General Manager, Consumer Notebooks, IT Products Business at Acer said, “We are pushing the envelope on what a gaming notebook can be with designs that offer more uses while still packing in the computing power. The Predator Triton 900’s one-of-a-kind flipping screen allows for multiple gaming scenarios and better ergonomics, while the Triton 500 offers superb gaming performance in a slimmer, all-metal body for gamers on the go.”
The Acer Predator Triton 900 has a six-core high performance 8th Gen Intel Core i7 processor. The laptop has a 32GB DDR4 memory and 1TB NVMe PCIe RAID 0 SSDs; the device will run smoothly despite running the most space consuming games. It comes with an Xbox wireless receiver that lets you play with an Xbox controller on Windows 10. Also, the Predator Triton 900 features audio by waves. The Waves Maxx delivers superior sound quality made immersive with Waves Nx with head tracking. This, the company claims, provides a hyper-realistic 3D audio experience. Graphics are powered by NVIDIA.
The Acer Predator Triton 500 has a 15.6-inch Full HD screen that is 17.9mm thin and it weighs 2.1kgs. The laptop has an all-metal chassis and narrow bezels measuring up to 6.3mm. The body-to-screen ratio is 81 percent and battery life stretches up to 8 hours.
In terms of pricing and availability, the Acer Predator Triton 900 will be sold in North America in March at a price of 3,999$ (Rs 2,80,000 aprox). In EMEA it will be available from March at a price of 4,199 Euros. Also, in March the device would be launched in China at a cost of 39,999 Yuan. The Acer Predator Triton 500 will be available in North America from February at a cost of 1,799$ (Rs 1,20,000 approx). In January and February, the product would be available in EMEA and China. In terms of pricing the Predator Triton 500 will be sold at 1,999 Euros in EMEA and at 16,999 Yuan in China.
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Acer Chromebook 315 launched, comes with 15.6-inch display and 10 hours battery backup
Acer has launched today, its latest 15.6-inch Chromebook. It is called the Chromebook 315 and it comes with a battery backup of 10 hours. This laptop falls into the line-up of the chain of Chromebooks Acer has been launching. The laptop comes in two configurations and is powered by a 7th Gen AMD A6-9220C or A4-9120C processors with Radeon graphics. This helps it to maintain its speed despite running space demanding apps, multiple tabs and extensions. The Acer Chromebook 315 has been claimed to display streaming videos, web games and apps. In addition to this, it is available in touch and non-touchscreen configurations.
James Lin, General Manager, Commercial and Detachable Notebooks, IT Products Business, Acer Inc. said, “The 15.6-inch Chromebook has been one of the cornerstones of the Acer Chromebook line. The Acer Chromebook 315 builds on the line’s core attributes — a huge 15.6-inch display, great speakers and a stylish design — to now include new AMD processors and Radeon graphics that will effortlessly power the growing selection of Chrome and Android™ apps that have been embraced by so many students, families and business users.”
The AMD A-Series processors of the Acer Chromebook 315 helps users to do all sorts of internet and non-internet related activities for 10 hours. Saeid Moshkelani, the senior Vice President and General Manager, Client Compute, AMD said, “We are proud to expand AMD’s portfolio of products to include AMD-powered Chromebooks.”
She also said, “The new Acer Chromebook 315 powered by AMD A-series processors will allow consumers to do more in less time while enjoying some of the best Chromebook experiences. In partnership with Google and Acer, AMD-powered Chromebooks will deliver first-rate entertainment and premium productivity features, as well as best-in-class design to the Chromebook market.”
Dimensions of the laptop are 380.54W x 256.28D x 19.95H mm and it weighs 1.72kgs. Connectivity options include two USB Type-C Gen 1 ports (one on each side of the device). To continue with the connectivity options, the Acer Chromebook 315 has a Bluetooth 4.2, two USB 3.0 ports, WiFi 802.11 ac and the combo headphone and speaker jack. The Acer Chromebook 315 will be available in North America in February at a starting price of 279.99$ (Rs 21,000 aprox). On the other hand, it will be available at 349 Euros in EMCA from April.
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CES 2019: Acer announces the Swift 7 extra thin laptop, runs 8th gen Intel Core processor
Today, Acer announced its new Swift 7 laptop. The speciality of the gadget is that it is extremely slim and light, it weighs less than a kilo at 890 grams. The notebook has a new premium chassis that expands the screen length and its bezels are so narrow that, as the company claims, makes it “virtually borderless.” The device was made by Acer in collaboration with Intel.
The Acer Swift 7 is powered by the 8th Gen Intel Core processors. Chris Walker, the Vice President of Client Computing at Intel said, “We designed the latest 8th Gen Intel Core processors to deliver a complete platform with the performance to enable rich user experiences and the power efficiency to extend battery life, all in a fanless design. It is exciting to collaborate with Acer on the innovation displayed on the new Acer Swift 7.”
The Acer Swift 7’s display is of 14-inches and its screen-to-body ratio is 92%. The dimensions of the laptop are 317.9mm W x 191.5mm D. The compactness of this device is owed to its four-side narrow bezel design which measures up to 2.57mm. Hou, General Manager, Consumer Notebooks, IT Products Business, Acer Inc. said, “With a striking screen-to-body ratio of an incredible 92 percent, Acer customers can stay more productive with a compact, thinner and lighter notebook that feels ‘barely there’ while carrying it around through the day and during business travel.”
Besides being slim and lightweight, the Acer Swift 7 is quite durable. It is made up of magnesium-lithium and magnesium-aluminium alloys. These materials are two to four times stronger than standard aluminium alloys at the same thickness, yet are lighter by up to 20 to 35 percent. This ensures that the laptop weighs under 1kg. Plus, the product is extra-durable because it is layered with Corning Gorilla Glass 6.
The Acer Swift 7 comes with up to 512GB SSD storage and a up to 16GB LPDDR3 RAM. The notebook has a battery backup of 10 hours. Connectivity options include two USB Type-C ports, a USB 3.1 Gen 2 jack, Bluetooth 5.0, Intel Wireless-AC along with a combo headphone and speaker jack. The device would be available in few configurations including 8GB RAM and 16GB RAM with internal storage up to 256GB and 512GB respectively.
The Acer Swift 7 will launch in North America during May starting at 1,699$; in EMCA in April at a cost of 1,799 Euros, and during the same month in China, purchasable at 14,999 Yuan. Indian availability is still not out yet.
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New NVDIA GeForce RTX 2060 is here: Company claims it brings next-generation of gaming to PCs
Yesterday, NVIDIA has announced the GeForce RTX 2060, which has Turing architecture GPUs. The company claims that the RTX 2060 GPU will deliver exceptional performance on modern games, with graphics enhanced by ray tracing and AI capabilities. The device is supposed to be 60 percent faster on current titles than its predecessor, GTX 1060. Also, this is supposed to surpass the gameplay of the GeForce GTX 1070 Ti.
The RTX 2060 can run the game, Battlefield V with ray tracing at 60 frames per second with the help of Turing’s RT Cores and Tensor Cores. The GPU is supposed to be globally available from January 15 from every major OEM, system builder and graphics card partner. The RTX 2060 will feature a major upgrade of the core streaming multiprocessor to enhance the handling of workloads of modern games.
It supports concurrent execution of floating point and integer operations, adaptive shading technology and a new unified memory architecture which has twice the cache of its predecessor. Modern games can utilize these features to achieve up to 2 times more performance over the GTX 1060 GPU.
NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang said during the unveiling of the RTX 2060, “Next-gen gaming starts today for tens of millions of gamers everywhere. Desktop gamers are demanding, and the RTX 2060 sets a new standard — an unbeatable price, extraordinary performance and real-time ray tracing that blurs the distinction between movies and games. This is a great moment for gamers and our industry.”
The RTX 2060 with a new application named, GeForce Experience that makes PC gaming more accessible and provides unique, easy-to-use in-game features. These features include NVIDIA Highlights, NVIDIA Ansel and NVIDIA Freestyle. Moreover, there is one global offer. The PCs which equip the RTX 2060 can have two optional games—Anthem and Battlefield V. As mentioned, the RTX 2060 will be available to systems built by Acer, Alienware, Dell, HP and Lenovo from January 15. The device is priced at 349$ (roughly Rs 25,000).
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Asus ZenBook S13 laptop to display a reverse notch and thinner bezels
Asus has created a laptop that, according to the company, provides the “world’s slimmest display bezel” for CES 2019. This is the new Asus ZenBook S13. The slimness of the bezel is owed to the reversed notch that the laptop is said to sport. The notch will appear at the top of the screen instead of below or within the frame. The notch squeezes the webcam to the top protruding part, widening the laptop screen, consequently.
To talk about the specifications of the laptop, slim bezel display offers a 97 percent screen-to-body ratio. The 13.9-inch 1080p display screen will have just 2.5mm bezels on its either sides. Thus, the overall facade is less than most 13-inch laptops. The Asus ZenBook S13 will be powered by 8th Gen Intel Core i7 processors. The laptop will support up to 16GB RAM and up to 1TB of PCIe SSD storage.
There would be added discreet graphics in the form of Nvidia’s GeForce MX 150 GPU. This GPU, Asus claims, makes the ZenBook S13 the “world’s thinnest laptop with discrete graphics.” It would be advantageous to gamers if OEMs begin to squeeze in discrete graphics from Nvidia, considering that laptops of this class depend on integrated graphics from Intel. Such laptops are expected to run the latest titles at low resolutions. Games such as Fortnite will run at the display’s native 1080p at 30 fps.
Connectivity options of the Asus ZenBook S13 include two USB-C ports, a single USB-A port and a microSD reader. There is a fingerprint sensor in the trackpad, so that you can log into Windows 10 with Windows Hello support. The launch of the Asus ZenBook S13 is supposed to be in Q1, however we are yet to learn about its pricing.
With the launch of the Asus ZenBook S13, the company is set to make an amazing entry at CES 2019. It has launched 4 Chromebooks ahead of CES 2019, in the last couple of days. These devices include the Asus Chromebook Tablet CT100, Asus Chromebook C204, the Chromebook Flip C214 and the Chromebook C403. These were created especially for to educational purposes.
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Apple to provide AirPlay 2 support for multiple TV manufacturers
Apple updated its AirPlay page wherein it has announced that its AirPlay 2 support will be available for multiple TV brands. Once this is available, you can view your iOS device content to the AirPlay 2 supported smart TV. In order for this to happen, you only need to tap on the AirPlay icon on your Apple device and it will replicate the same screen on your TV system.
Based on the information given in Apple’s AirPlay page, users can stream 4K HDR video. Plus, they can connect photos from iCloud, connect music to their television and also, control homekit accessories. When your device is connected to the TV, it will act as a remote in order to navigate through the TV screen. For iPhone, convenient built-in controls appear in apps, on the Lock screen, and in Control Center. One can easily play, pause, fast-forward, rewind, and adjust the volume on their TV.
The technology will prompt AirPlay TVs to act like AirPlay speakers, too. HomeKit will let users play certain movies via Siri integration. It cannot be ascertained as to when this would be available to other TV manufacturers but, AirPlay 2 is confirmed to come to Samsung TVs. Very recently, Apple has announced that it would enable iTunes to be authorised for Samsung TVs within 2018 and 2019 range.
This is the first time Apple has allowed a third party app from Windows PC to access its video and audio library. iTunes for Samsung TVs has been established in 100 countries. The AirPlay 2 support will allow streaming of a range of content which includes videos, music, photos, and podcasts. Also, the iTunes streaming service is supposed to include Netflix as well.
Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and Services, Eddy Cue said, “We look forward to bringing the iTunes and AirPlay 2 experience to even more customers around the world through Samsung Smart TVs, so iPhone, iPad and Mac users have yet another way to enjoy all their favourite content on the biggest screen in their home.”
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CES 2019: HP updates its range of laptops
Consumer Electronics Show 2019 has begun and the first major launch from the event is by HP. The company has made a number of announcements at CES 2019 and launch some new notebooks as well as a gaming display. Read on to know about the tech specs and features of the newly launched devices by HP:
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HP Spectre x360 with AMOLED display
The all new HP Spectre x360 with AMOLED display is claimed to offer bright and accurate colours that cover 100% of the DCI-P3 colour space and have a contrast ratio of 1,00,000:1. The device comes with wide horizontal viewing angles, showcases deep blacks and will offer a fast response time close to 0.1 ms. HP has also said that the display will support HDR, but then the company hasn’t given an official word on the resolution of its AMOLED panel. We do know that the display comes with Intel’s Whiskey Lake-U processors coupled with Nvidia’s discrete graphics. The launch of the display is expected in March.HP Omen X Emperium 65
HP Omen X Emperium 65 is a big format gaming display that comes with a built-in 120W sound-bar that will be available for purchase next month. The monitor sports a 64.5-inch 8-bit AMVA panel that has a resolution of 3840×2160 and 750-1000 nits brightness and a 3200:1- 4000:1 contrast ratio. The display has viewing angles of 178 degrees and a refresh rate of 120-144Hz. The response time of the display is said to be 4ms. The gaming display has a 384-zone full direct-array backlight and the company says that it comes with an enhanced HDR experience and is certified by VESA DisplayHDR 1000. This basically means that it is capable of matching the highest standards for a PC monitor. So, the gaming display is likely to come with HDR10 and Dolby Vision. HP Omen X Emperium 65 also comes with DisplayPort 1.4 input, three HDMI 2.0b input an S/PDIF out and dual-port USB 3.0.HP Omen 15 laptop
The technology giant has updated its HP Omen 15 gaming laptop with Nvidia’s 10-series GPUs, display with 240Hz refresh rate and a Wi-Fi 6 controller. The company has announced that the upgraded models from the series that will be powered by the new GPUs will be launched in February, while the ones with fast displays and the new Wi-Fi controller will be available in July. The gaming laptop will come with a 15.6-inch display and will be powered by Intel’s six-core Core i7-8750H processor and Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q GPU.HP EliteBook x360 830 G5 2-in-1
The HP EliteBook x360 830 G5 2-in-1 comes with 13.3-inch display and comes with HP’s Sure View privacy feature. The laptop is powered by Intel’s 8th Gen Core i7 CPU coupled with Intel UHD Graphics 620 GPU and has up to 2TB of SSD storage. The machine comes with 32GB of RAM and has two USB-C ports, two USB 3.1, an HDMI, a headphone jack, a SIM card slot, and an optional Smart Card reader for connectivity.AMD powered HP Chromebook
The company has launched a range of Chromebooks that are powered by AMD. The technology giant’s HP Chromebook 14 AMD will be powered by AMD’s A4 or A6 processor coupled with Radeon R4 or R5 graphics. For the latest gadget and tech news, and gadget reviews, follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. For newest tech & gadget videos subscribe to our YouTube Channel.CES 2019: AMD launches its Ryzen 3000 mobile chip series
American multinational semiconductor company AMD has unveiled its Ryzen 3000 mobile chips at the biggest technology show of the year – Consumer Electronic Show (CES) – in Las Vegas, the United States. The newly launched Ryzen 3000 mobile chips have debuted with six variants that have been targeted at mobile devices and Chromebooks.
The Ryzen 3750H chip by AMD comes with 12nm process along with 2.3/4.0GHz bass/boost frequency and 10 GPU cores. The chip has a GPU frequency of up to 1,400MH. While Ryzen 3750H is the most high-end chip that has been launched, the most low-end one – Ryzen 3300U chip – is based on 12nm process and comes with a bass/boost frequency of 2.6/2.6GHz. It has three GPU cores that come with a frequency of up to 1,200MHz.
According to the company, the new chips that have been launched are capable of delivering up to 10 to 12 hours of battery life when they are used on notebooks. The Ryzen 3,000 mobile chips come with support for 4K HDR resolution and are equipped with a new ‘Always On’ technology. AMD also said that its Ryzen 3000 mobile chips perform well when they are made to do certain productivity-focused tasks such as browsing the internet and media editing.
The semiconductor company has also talked about the gaming performance of the new chips that have been launched. It said that when it comes to playing powerful games like Dota 2 and Fortnite, Ryzen 3000’s performance surpasses Intel Core i7-8565U CPU’s.
According to the company’s website, “AMD Ryzen 7 3700U can edit media up to 29% faster than the Intel Core i7-8550U6, and the AMD Ryzen 5 3500U can load websites up to 14% faster than the Intel Core i5-8250U.”
The first device to come with AMD’s Ryzen 3000 mobile chips has already been launched by HP. HP’s Chromebook 14 packs the latest chip by AMD and comes with a 14-inch display with 768p resolution, 4GB of RAM, 32GB of internal storage and 47.36 Wh battery.
Other notebooks from ASUS, Dell, HP, Huawei, Lenovo, and Samsung will be launched later this year with AMD’s Ryzen 3000 chips.
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OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T spotted with Android Pie on Geekbench
Some months back, Chinese smartphone brand announced that would roll out the Android Pie update to OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T smartphones, users were delighted. The two smartphones were initially launched with Android 6.0 Marshmallow and then got an update to Android Nougat and most recently, to Android Oreo. Most smartphone companies roll out two major OS updates to their devices. This is the reason that OnePlus rolling out the Android Pie update to OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T came as a big surprise for everyone.
And now, it seems like the update will be getting rolled out to OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T soon as the smartphones have been spotted on Geekbench running Android Pie. While OnePlus 3T was benchmarked on December 27, OnePlus 3 got benchmarked on January 3.
Prior to this, OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T got the OxygenOS 5.0.8 update based on Android 8.0 Oreo. After that, and Android 8.1 based update was supposed to roll out but the company cancelled that in favour of Android Pie update. Now that the Android Pie update seems like it will roll out soon, it is also likely to get a new security patch to the smartphones.
To recall the specifications of OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T smartphones, the handsets come with a 5.5 inch 1920 x 1080 display along with a fingerprint scanner on the front panel. Both the smartphones also have an identical 16MP primary camera. While OnePlus 3 is powered by the Snapdragon 820 processor, OnePlus 3T comes with Snapdragon 821 SoC. The front cameras of the two devices are also different. The OnePlus 6 houses an 8MP selfie camera and the OnePlus 3T has a 16MP front shooter. The battery capacities of OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T are not the same either. While OnePlus 3 houses a 3,000mAh battery, OnePlus 3T packs a bigger 3,400mAh battery.
The update, like all other updates from OnePlus, is expected to roll out in a phased manner to the smartphones‘ users. However, even before that, it will be tested in beta for a few weeks with select users. But as of now, there is no word on when that will happen.
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Samsung to support Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant for its 2019 TVs
Apart from other voice assistants, Samsung has now also created room for Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant. Users will be able to control the new QLED sets with either of these two voice assistants. However, one needs to provide the assistant device on their own, which can be Echo, Google Home etc. Though Samsung TVs will keep on executing commands from Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant, Bixby will continue to be its primary voice helper.
Owing to Bixby for providing rudimentary support as it is attached to Samsung’s Tizen TV software. For Samsung remote control, only Bixby can be used. Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant can be used for secondary aspects like volume control, turning the TV on and off, switch inputs, and launch select apps.
However, compared to Bixby users there are tonnes of people who have invested in Amazon and Google voice assistants. And the usership is expected to increase in large scale during this time period. There are 100 million Amazon Alexa device users worldwide. Bixby digital assistant remains stagnated to Samsung’s smartphones, wearables, TVs, and appliances.
Don’t start celebrating yet since Samsung hasn’t yet promised to bring Amazon Alexa and Google Assistants to its older TVs. The two voice assistants have been confirmed to be available only for 2019 Samsung TVs, as of now. Looking at couple of days back, both Google and Amazon have been reported to have big plans for 2019 CES. Therefore, it is not surprising that their voice assistants will be available for Samsung.
In the near future, we might see Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant to come to more TV brands and other electronics as well. Speaking of Google Assistant, it will soon be modified to predict flight delays. This service will encompass all flights that support English language. The mechanism works by combing flight status data with Machine Learning(ML). One can just ask Google Assistant whether their flight is on time or not and it will give you an accurate answer within seconds. Fortunate are those who are frequent flight boarders.
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