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Category: Hardware

  • Pegatron cites resolved workforce issues, says order workload won’t be outsourced to Foxconn

    Thanks to a quick workforce resolution, it looks like the iPhone XR’s supplies won’t face interruptions.

    Pegatron was able to sort out workforce shortages in time for the October launch of the iPhone XR despite rumors that the company is holding onto its share of production for the device.

    “The shortages were mostly fixed by the end of September or early October,” said company chairman T.H. Tung. This, in turn, allowed a “major brand client” — thought to be Apple – to launch the handsets in October.

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  • Pictar Pro Kickstarter looks to bring DSLR features, functionality to your iPhone or Android smartphone’s camera

    In what might be one of the cooler Kickstarter campaigns out there, the Pictar Pro camera system essentially turns your iPhone or Android phone into a DSLR camera. The accessories add the weight, feel, and options that you find with a DSLR camera, the Pictar Pro allowing users to download the iOS or Android app, snap their smartphone into the casing, have the devices automatically pair and have the camera ready to go.

    The kit offers a finer set of tools and more precise set of readily accessible controls. Features set as a better exposure control and zoom via the buttons are now available and some nice add ons such as a viewfinder help out as well.

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  • Apple announces updated 13-inch MacBook Air with Retina display, Thunderbolt 3 ports, reworked trackpad, other features

    Over at the Brooklyn media event, Apple announced its new 2018 MacBook Air, complete with a Retina display, Thunderbolt 3, a redesigned trackpad and other new features.

    The notebook now arrives in three finishes, and incorporates a pair of Thunderbolt 3 ports on the left side and a headphone jack on the right side.

    The updated MacBook Air now offers four times the resolution of the previous MacBook Air. As such, the new design has ditched the aluminum bezels surrounding the old display, leading the display much closer to the edge.

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  • Apple reveals second-gen Apple Pencil, complete with gesture support and wireless charging, at Brooklyn media event

    If you liked the first Apple Pencil, you’ll like this.

    The second-gen Apple Pencil was revealed today at Apple’s “There’s More in the Making” media event in Brooklyn, the new stylus for the iPad Pro featuring support for gestures developers can assign in their apps.

    The new Apple Pencil has a swipe and tap area that can perform secondary tasks, similar to the way the side buttons on Wacom’s own tablet styluses work. Tapping the side of the stylus, for example, can switch brushes in art applications.

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  • Apple releases updated Mac mini desktops, complete with quad and six-core processor options

    It’s been four years since the last Mac mini update, but today that changed.

    Apple, during its Brooklyn media event, announced a new Mac mini with modern processors and specifications

    The upgrades are spotlighted by quad- and six-core 8th-generation Intel processors, which go by the code name Coffee Lake. According to Apple, the new Mac mini is five times faster than the four-year-old model it replaces.

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