Nokia Lumia 1020 "coming soon" to TELUS

While most OEM's are pushing the boundaries of screen size and processing power in their devices, Nokia is sticking to their guns and pushing the boundaries on the amount of megapixels they can pack into their smartphone cameras; this time around it's 41 to be exact. And while Nokia did recently announce that this anticipated device would be coming to Canada by way of TELUS and Rogers, not much else was known in regards to pricing or release date.

The Lumia 1020 packs a 4.5-inch 1280×768 LCD display, 1.5Ghz dual-core Snapdragon S4 Plus processor, 41MP PureView camera with Xenon Flash, LTE connectivity, 2GB RAM, 32GB internal storage, 1.2MP front-facing camera and a 2,000mAh battery.

While, sorry to tease, we still don't have anything in regards to said pricing or release date, we do know that the device is indeed coming soon (as per the screenshot taken from TELUS' website directly). 

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Intel helping to usher in the Internet of Things with new chip

Intel aims to be at the forefront of the next computing wave with its newly announced Quark chip. It’s a sub-Atom System on a Chip (SoC) that the company is positioning as useful for wearable computers, robotics, and the growing industrial Internet of Things or internet-connected products such as cars, appliances, and even buildings.

According to Intel CEO Brian Krzanich, it is a 32-bit, single-core, single-thread chip that is one-fifth the size of the Atom processor and uses one-tenth of that power. The first product set for production later this year is the Quark X1000 SoC (previously codenamed as Clanton).

Sources: PC Mag & Tech News World

Asus shows off new Transformer Books at Intel Developer Forum

Asus Chairman Jonney Shih and Intel Vice President Tom Kilroy took to the stage yesterday at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco to showcase two new Transformer Book ultraportables—the Transformer Book T100 and Transformer Book Trio. Both feature the Asus signature two-part dockable design that turns the laptop into a tablet. But the Transformer Book Trio takes this further with a keyboard dock that has its own processor that can be used as a self-contained desktop PC while the display is detached as a tablet.

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HP introduces new Haswell-powered, colourful Chromebook

HP’s launching a new Chromebook and it’s going to be the first one to be powered by an Intel processor based on the Haswell microarchitecture—which means faster, more powerful machine—and one that’s quite a looker, too. Available in whimsically-named colours (Snow White, Ocean Turquoise, and Coral Peach), the Chromebook is equipped with a 14-inch HD display, 16GB SSD, and connectivity options that include HDMI, USB 2.0 and 3.0, and combination headphone and microphone jack.

Since it’s a Chromebook, you are guaranteed a quick and easy way to connect to your favorite sites and have instant access to Google Chrome apps. You will also be gifted with 100GB free storage on Google Drive for two years. This new laptop is said to be ready for the holiday season with a starting price of US$299.99.