WeTek Play 2 is the latest TV box from WeTek with DVB or ATSC tuner, and powered by Amlogic S905-H processor. It ships with Android 5.1.1, but Ubuntu 16.04 Mate and Ubuntu 16.04 minimal firmware...


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LG V20 Android 7.0 Smartphone is Powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Processor
LG V20 was mentioned during Android 7.0 release, as the first smartphone to ship with Android Nougat, but at the time, few details were provided. The Korean company has now released the full...


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UNI-T UT353 is a $15 Lightweight Sound Level Meter
Since some of the products I review come with a fan, I checked some sound level meters a couple of years ago, but since they were a little too expensive for my limited use, I skipped for the time...


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ASRock IMB-157 is one of the First Intel Apollo Lake Motherboards
We’ve already seen Intel launched 6 Apollo Lake Celeron and Pentium processors, some upcoming Acer Apollo Lake laptops, as well as Intel Apollo Lake NUCs, and now ASRock has listed one of the...


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Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon 820 4K TV Box and AiO Virtual Reality Headset Reference Designs
Qualcomm has recently announced two references platforms for ODM/OEM powered by Snapdragon 820 processor for 4K Ultra HD media boxes and all-in-one virtual reality headsets. Snapdragon VR820 Virtual...


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Tizen Studio 1.0 Replaces Tizen SDK for Smartphones, Wearables and TVs
Tizen has converged all Tizen SDK for mobile, wearables, and TV to Tizen Studio since the beginning of the month, and released Tizen Studio 1.0 for developers interested in developing app for Tizen...


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$5 Wemos D1 mini Pro ESP8266 Board includes 16MB Flash
Wemos D1 mini is one of my favorite ESP8266 development boards thanks to its small size, shield support, and low $4 price tag. There’s now a new version of the board – dubbed Wemos D1...


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MINIX NEO U9-H 4K HDR Amlogic S912-H Android TV Box Coming in October
MINIX may have officially announced MINIX NEO Z83-4 Cherry trail mini PC at IFA 2016, but they also showcased NEO U9-H Android TV box based on an “Octa-core cortex A53 processor with ARM...


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OpenRex Open Source Hardware NXP i.MX6 Board Launched for 199 Euros and Up
OpenRex is an open source hardware board powered by NXP i.MX6 Cortex A9 processor designed by_Fedevel for their hardware design course, and manufactured by Voipac, both companies based on Slovakia....


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Allo Sparky Audio Kit Combines an ARM Linux Board with Amplifier, Audio DAC, Reclocker and Capacitance Multiplier Boards
Last year I wrote about Allo Sparky SBC Linux and Android development powered by Actions Semi S500 quad core Cortex A9 processor, which mostly differentiates itself from the competition by the many...


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