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Acamar Transformer, convertible netbook and tablet
While the convertible netbook-tablet isn’t exactly a new product, our friends over at Liliputing came across this unusual model from China-based Acamar today. According to them, the convertible device sets itself apart from other devices based on two factors. The first is that you can raise the screen of the netbook up on a hinge located in the middle of the back section of it and lay it on the keyboard to turn it into a tablet.
The device comes with a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N450 single core processor with 2GB of RAM supporting the system. Memory wise it comes with a 120GB hard drive and all this runs on a Windows 7 OS. Regarding its display, it comes with a 8.9” display with a resolution of 1024×600 pixels, WiFi, Bluetooth, 2 USB 2.0 ports, and finally, VGA and Ethernet ports. While in tablet mode, the device also can take advantage of a G-sensor and a multitouch display.
According to Liliputing, one should not expect much from a 3000mAh battery which should give you just 2.4 hours of standby time which does not equate to too much running time. Given all the mediocre specifications, it would not hurt that the Transformer (Acamar) is reasonably compact at 10.2” x 5.7” x 1” and weighs in at 2.4lbs. The contributing factor to the smaller size is the absence of a touch pad in notebook mode because the regular feature has been replaced with left and right buttons along with a tiny optical sensor.
While Acamar is not as famous as other tablet or netbooks, one might be able to purchase one for $460 at a few hand-picked stores such as PandaWill and Fly Dolphin. If you want an alternative to this device you might look into acquiring and older Dell Inspiron Duo for a lower price. Finally, please take a closer look at the specs before making the purchase as the folks over at Liliputing don’t think that the Intel Atom N450 chip does not even support HD very well.
It is quite a feeling to have a smartphone getting the latest operating system update up and running, that is for sure. After all, you can never quite tell just what kind of goodies that your handset would receive now, can you? Those who are rocking to a Windows Phone 8.1 device might be looking forward to spending Christmas with a Windows 10 Mobile update but it seems that such hopes will have to be shelved for the moment.
It seems that there will be no Windows 10 update arriving this month as originally speculated, and the time frame itself has been altered, being even more vague in nature – where it has been mentioned to be “early next year”, which could jolly well mean any time, even in April. Looks like patience needs to be had in boatloads here.
So, you are still rocking to the Xiaomi Mi 4 and are more than happy with the device, right? Well, how about enjoying an operating system upgrade when December 3rd rolls around? This is what will happen to the Xiaomi Mi 4, where it has been teased by Xiaomi’s Founder and President Lin Bin on Weibo, citing the December 3rd date. I suppose it is encouraging to take note that this bit arrives close to nine months after Microsoft and Xiaomi came to an agreement, where there would be support for the Windows 10 Technical Preview on the Mi 4 handset.
Just in case you were wondering, there is another device from Xiaomi which will rock to the Windows 10 OS, and that would be the recently announced Xiaomi Mi Pad 2 tablet, with that particular device arriving in a 64GB memory configuration alongside an asking price of $205 thereabouts.
Trivia lovers, here is something that might just pique your interest. After all, don’t you wish you had all sorts of information at your fingertips? Windows Phone lovers will be pleased to hear that there is a leak concerning information about the Windows Phone Store, and such information can be said to be ‘ancient”, as it dates back all the way to October 2011 with the introduction of Windows Phone 7.5.
So far, the most popular downloaded app happens to be Facebook with more than 112 million installations – no surprise there at all, I suppose. WhatsApp is behind Facebook considerably at 92 million downloads, while OneDrive has 62.5 million downloads. Located close to the bottom of the food chain would be PayPal that picked up a mere 1.6 million downloads all this while, and 2.5 million for Telegraph.
Third party apps as well as games have had their fair share of hits, too, like Tube HD that handles the playback of YouTube videos with more than 13 million downloads. Of course, these figures would pale in comparison to what Android and iOS platforms have garnered all this while.