Mobile World Congress 2016 in Barcelona, ​​which starts tomorrow, February 22, began with a surprise from Huawei – Chinese company introduced computer. No, it’s not a joke, but only a slight exaggeration.

Huawei MateBook is a hybrid laptop and tablet with connected keyboard (like Microsoft Surface).

Keyboard is built into the leather case that protects a screen. There are four colors to choose from, including a very nice brown and orange. The device looks very original, but main question is: why company has released a tablet-transformer?

Everything is logical: the sale of such devices are growing. Especially on the background of falling demand for traditional laptops.

Features Huawei MateBook

Huawei MateBook is thinner and lighter than iPad Pro and Microsoft Surface 3 Pro. Fully metal body, fingerprint reader, battery capacity 4430 mAh.

Charger looks like traditional laptop charger in terms of power, but it weighs only 110 grams – almost as a charger for smartphone.

Huawei MateBook has a stylus. Tablet operates 2048 degrees of pressure sensitivity – you can comfortably draw cool pictures. Also Chinese company showed new application Autodesk for Windows.

The keyboard is almost analogue of Microsoft Surface. Keyboard has a pressed depth of 1.5 mm – as some of thin laptops.

What is the result? We’ve got another big tablet that can transform into a laptop by connected keyboard. It is worth noting that not many competitors in the market: Samsung and Microsoft. However, the Chinese device has one important advantage – stylus and opportunities to draw.

Well, I think that Huawei MateBook is more useful than iPad Pro. I like to work with Windows 10 and Intel processors. Besides the thickness of tablet is only 6.9 mm.

Modifications Huawei MateBook

As it usually happens with the devices on Windows, Huawei MateBook has several modifications. The simplest model of Huawei MateBook has Intel Core M3, 4GB RAM and 128GB of internal memory and price $699. The most expensive model of Huawei MateBook has Intel Core M7, 8GB of RAM and 512GB of flash memory and price $1599.

We agree that the price Huawei MateBook is high, but iPad Pro does not even dream about such specifications. What do you think about first Huawei computer?

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Earlier this year, Asus has announced some great “hybrid” devices. However, they were on sale just now. Of particular interest is the model Transformer Book T100 Chi.

Developers managed to combine the best features of the gadget laptop and tablet. The price of new items is not too high – 399 dollars.
The specification is hardly ideal, but they attract attention.

The device has a 10.1-inch display with a decent resolution – 1920 x 1200 pixels. As the processor used 4-core chip Intel Atom Z3775 (Bay Trail).

There are 2 GB of RAM and 32 GB of permanent memory. Managed Transformer Book T100 Chi platform Windows 8.1.
A nice bonus: free subscription to Microsoft Office 365 Personal (for 12 months).

Among other things, there is a modest 2 camera, Wi-Fi 802.11n, card slot microSD, Bluetooth 4, micro HDMI port and micro USB. Housing aluminum, its thickness is 0.3 inches.

Without detachable keyboard, hybrid weighs just 1.3 kg. If you wish, you can order brand stylus. It has 256 levels of sensitivity and is suitable for drawing or writing.

Battery life – 10 hours.

Source: Geeky-Gadgets

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You like a mechanical watch, but you still want to enjoy hours of clever options? If so, Kairos has solved this problem by announcing a smart watch that combines the two “world” hours.

MSW 115 has a conventional mechanism Miyota Japanese, which is under almost transparent OLED-display. This is a hybrid intelligent clock and analog.

Unfortunately, the clock is not ready for sale, but this fact does not make them any less exciting. New Kairos will stand out among the other smart devices with the help of his unusual display. The company sought to create a transparent screen in the range of 40 to 60 percent. The effect of this is that the watch looks quite futuristic.

The device allows you to view emails and notifications about messages received by the device from your smartphone, along with messages from social networks, setting the stopwatch and fitness data. In addition, Kairos wants to watch acted as a music remote control, camera shutter, and others.

The creators claim that the battery will last for 7 days work. A feature of the display is that it works in full force only when you receive notification. And in sleep mode at all other times. The device will be compatible with Android, iOS, and Windows-based smartphones.

The watch case is waterproof and made of stainless steel, the screen is covered with sapphire crystal. Standard strap is made of leather, but if desired it can be replaced by another.

The diameter of the watch is 46 mm, which makes the device quite bulky. This fact is unlikely to wear a watch for people with small wrists. How many hours will cost Kairos?

The official website states that the basic model of chrome (pre-order) will cost you $ 550. In this case, the standard price of this watch is $ 1,200. Time unique offer expires the next day. Kairos offers other models. Black or gold version costs $ 650, limited edition chrome model – $ 1,040, the same, but the gold – $ 1,250.

Source: DigitalTrends

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The combination of Windows 8, created with an eye on the growth of sales of sensors and all kinds of hybrid developments in the market has led to the fact that in a few years we could see the most diverse and unexpected ideas designers. Very bold transformer Acer Aspire R7, in which the touchpad was not located under the keyboard, as usual, and above it, was a clear example of this creativity. However, buyers nontrivial idea seemed highly controversial and is unique as the device has received both positive and negative evaluation.

The new transformer Acer Aspire R13 offers functional mechanism of disclosure, but then the touchpad did not touch, it is in its usual place. Model offers everything that usually want to ultrabook, but in addition, the device offers a very flexible in your design. Sort of a bunch of tablet and keyboard in one case or laptop with advanced features, depending on how you approach this issue. Generally transformers can now be found in most

Design – Acer Aspire R13

From the flagship Ultrabook Acer Aspire S7 model inherits the glass cover made of durable material Gorilla Glass 3. On the one hand, so Acer shows the continuity of generations, showing its interesting developments in terms of materials, and, at the same time, offers a spectacular format transformer .

I think that from the point of view of the user the use of aluminum or plastic in the decoration panel would be more practical step. Still, many people do not trust the glasses, fearing for their strength. Although during normal use of the device of any problems glass surface is not delivered. Perhaps it is the only daily minus – increased soiled when the whole area is covered very quickly and prints. The rest of the critical comments on it there. In the struggle for weight expressed a preference for plastic. The quality of the assembly had no effect, the body is assembled very tightly and securely, no play between the parts. But here the metal is still there, it is made from the screen bezel and hinge mechanism that gives us additional confidence in the reliability of such a concept.

The laptop weighs a little less than 1.5 kg, it is a good indicator for transformers, which often go very well fed. The shell thickness is 18 mm, and, most likely, the upper part could be made even thinner, but because of the use of glass had to make concessions. By the way, the size of R13 is comparable to 14-inch laptop, although there is a 13-inch screen. Why so? All the matter in the frame, which “eats” part of the site, so the model has turned out a little larger than their classmates. Fixing takes almost a centimeter on each side, it should take into account when comparing the device to its closest competitors.

Notebook-transformer in recent years we have seen many, the concept that offers its model Acer, can be seen in the Dell. In particular, a similar hybrid XPS 12 offers even before a similar concept. It consists in that the screen is mounted in the frame and can be rotated therein, thereby enabling to choose a convenient operation scenario in real time.

In Acer decided not to repeat the idea completely, and choose their own path. The frame is half of the screen, a massive joint surrounds the display at the bottom and on the sides, not passing above. Therefore, due to such a solution is convenient to change the angle of the screen using a two-stage system: the display can disclose nearly 180 degrees by means of hinges, and if necessary, to rotate around its axis of the screen, selecting the desired position.

The hinges are very tight for the transformer is important because with the active use of the device you want to be sure that in the months and years of operation there is nothing will get loose. Opening the screen, it is necessary to make a significant effort, at the same time holding the second hand laptop, so it did not come off from the surface.

Moreover, working with R13 in the unfolded state and touching the display, you can be happy to note that the screen is not rocking after the user’s actions. Although among sensory laptops is quite common. So in spite of its very exotic design, transformer made very durable and can easily give odds to those models that do not have such a mechanism. By the way, it has its own name and is called Ezel. The screen rotates 180 degrees vertically, twist it around its axis is impossible, and is unlikely to be something to someone needed in practice.

In fact, the initiator of the introduction on the market of devices of this format was very successful with Lenovo transformer Yoga. It was suggested scenario 4 with a hybrid. But competitors have gone further and now Acer has put forward the idea of a 6 variants interact with the device.

Basically, if marketers will receive the award for the idea of how to use the device in a special way, gradually changing the angle of inclination of 10 degrees, there is no doubt that such scenarios can be very much. All the major themes can be seen on the official picture, and then everything is limited by imagination and flexibility of the loops. But there will be many options, twist and twirl a transformer can be as your heart desires, thereby using its potential to the maximum.

The bottom of the laptop is covered softachem, practical and durable solution. There are legs by means of which the device rests on the surface. Also, there are clearly visible speakers located near these small stops. In addition, there is a hole, and the ventilation system.

Keyboard

Chiclet keyboard layout, buttons slightly recessed relative to the surface. All of them are made of matte plastic, they are clearly visible engraving. Characters perfectly readable in different conditions, including the dark room, it all merit a pleasant milky white backlight, which is activated automatically. If necessary, you can turn it off altogether. The brightness is adjusted, it has two modes of operation with a maximum level and a more subdued light.

The buttons are not very large, their size is 12 mm. However, typing errors will not be on the keys are sufficient for a comfortable character input distance, so it is safe to type on the keyboard works.

It is worth noting a block of the navigation keys, which is combined with auxiliary buttons. It is not uncommon, is a struggle for space savings, but you have to get used to this layout to avoid errors during the move. More key hit Delete, which is familiar from the upper right corner of the slide down, now it is close to the gap. As is easy to see, there is no number of function keys, so to run additional actions will have to hold the Fn, which is not very convenient.

The buttons are pressed gently, their operation should be made more resilient to the controlled response, which is important for fast typing. Matter who they are pressed almost soundlessly, so here it is very comfortable to work with texts. Clatter of keys, very frustrating, there is no such, therefore, this fact will be another advantage of the device.

Dimensions touchpad make 105h60 mm touch pad perfectly perceives the movement of fingers, manage with it a laptop handy. Single plane and combines two keys that are located at the bottom, so if you want you can work without using the touch screen, preferring a more conservative method.

Connections

Connectors submitted for the left and right side of the notebook. He has a pair of USB 3.0, one USB 2.0, HDMI-port, 3.5mm headphone port, SD-card slot. In principle, it is necessary to date.

There is no RJ-45, but the built-in Ethernet in such models is very rare. Although Acer could add optional adapter as their competitors.

In stock – HD-camera that helps to communicate via video services. For Wi-Fi laptop is connected with the support of Protocol 802.11 a / b / g / n / ac, it works equally well with both 2.4 and 5 GHz networks with, giving high speed when loading data.

Screen

The younger version of the laptop are allowed 1920×1080 pixels, and the more expensive versions will stand WQHD-screen. IPS-panel in such case provides a high density of points which is at a resolution of 220 ppi 2560h1440. For a 13.3-inch notebook rate is very, very good, even if there are analogues with higher resolution. The image looks good, but Windows 8.1 with its problems when scaling of fonts and data continues to deprive the user when working in the desktop mode merit such a display. So the choice of Full HD will be a better option.

Complete the buyer will receive a special pen. This Active Pen, which helps in the work, especially if you want to write something by hand or draw a picture. In principle, a professional tablet, it will not replace, but still better than nothing, and if you want you can be creative or simply operate the device with it.

The screen has excellent sensitivity, resume of the convenience and comfort will be very short – all at a height, pressing recognized correctly, equally convenient to perform the operation and with the handle, and your fingers.

Laptop Screen Acer Aspire R13 uses a matrix of IPS LCD 13.3-inch. The manufacturer – company Sharp, and TFT-display substrate using newfangled semiconductor material IGZO. Resolution – 2560×1440 (Quad HD), pixel density reaches 221 ppi. By definition images have no complaints, and in Windows 8.1 interface, you can choose a suitable scale with a good balance between clarity and physical size of elements.

The maximum brightness of 342 cd / m2. And to achieve this mark, it took disable various power saving modes in Windows settings and drivers Intel HD Graphics. Margin could be higher, and in energy saving mode activated by default and does screen may appear dim. Contrast Ratio – about 1177: 1, a very good result for the IPS. Anti-reflective properties of the screen partially decreased due glossy glass with integrated touch-sensor mounted on top of the matrix. Although the room conditions using screen comfortably. IPS viewing angles for a relatively narrow: the image angle is distorted and the “yellow” and the black color becomes purple tint.

The average gamma – 2.4. The image as a whole, obscured the original. This setting is most suitable for the dim room.

The average color temperature – 6750K.

Color balance adjusted well enough swings minor component. Therefore, the average error is Delta E on gray scale is quite low – 2.34. Decent accuracy for factory settings.

Color gamut is close to the standard sRGB, only slightly oversaturated green and blue shifted in hue. Let’s see how things stand with intermediate shades.

The situation inside the triangle shows that there are distortions (especially at the secondary colors), but their value – within reason.

The final grade of 24 color patterns ColorChecker gave an average error of Delta E value of 2.81. Overall, the color rendition of the screen left a positive impression, factory setting does not let us down.

Screen Acer Aspire R13, perhaps, does not set a new benchmark in quality, but very well makes it clear the display should look like a modern laptop. Small claims have to stock up the brightness (the default is underestimated, but it is fixable) and glossy glass – an inevitable factor, if you want a laptop with a touch screen. Otherwise, he pleases adequate factory setting with the “correct” colors. So, looking at the photos / videos do not have to regret the choice. This screen is well suited for multimedia tasks and entertainment.

Performance

Laptop got Intel’s family of Haswell, choose a version with Core i5-4201U and Core i7-4510U. We had the option of top-end processor. In a dual-core chip operating frequency of 2 GHz in Turbo-mode, it increases up to 3.1 GHz. The chip is made on 22nm process technology, it has a low heat and power consumption, requiring only 15 watts. Power device is sufficient for any daily tasks with the exception of games because integrated graphics has a very limited capacity. The rest is modern and versatile model. Incidentally, the tests showed that there is a maximum load throttling, but in normal use of these situations do not arise only if synthetic measurements. In benchmarks decent housing is heated, the rear panel becomes hot. The cooling system is working effectively, it is almost silent, the laptop is not roaring fans and buzzing even during high load during the tests.

The RAM is 4 to 8 GB, in our case was the first version. Built-in Intel HD Graphics 4400 – obviously not the best option for gaming. Therefore, appropriate entertainment lovers hardly pay attention to this model, without discrete graphics hope for something extraordinary is not worth of any model, R13 is no exception. Acer offers R13 Raid 0 pairs of SSD, it can be from 256 to 512 GB or less. SSD are fast, the system will start almost immediately. The tests SSDs leaders do not escape, but shows good results.

The notebook has a sound support Dolby, however, rely on the most outstanding features a pair of speakers is not necessary. By the standards of notebook system can not boast of any depth of sound, no reproducible purity tunes.

The kit includes useful software applications that are adapted to the “tiled” interface and help you get the maximum benefit from it. There is Flipboard, radio TuneIn, notes Evernote, hotel reservation Booking, as well as a number of other beautifully designed applications.

There is a visual guide that will explain how to use a small interface elements using the touchscreen. Also there is a utility that monitors the way energy is consumed in the device, helping to compute intensive applications.

Time

Laptop battery with 48 Wh running long enough. At minimum load without Wi-Fi and at the lowest brightness level he holds about 9 hours. Watching videos on YouTube in Full HD at maximum brightness of the display device discharges of 4 hours. Watch the movie in Full HD, copied to your device, you can almost 6 hours in this mode transformer is discharged by 15-17% per hour. The following are the data obtained in synthetic tests in comparison with competitors. In practice, to actually get about 5-6 hours in a mixed mode with active wireless modules, and the average level of screen brightness. The index is typical for modern Windows-notebooks.

Acer R13 combines the advantages of several types of devices. He is powerful enough to be a general purpose computer for work or household purposes except for the games, but at the same time it is mobile, it has a comfortable design with a variety of possible operating scenarios. The set can receive practical stylus, it is also a plus. The model is not suitable for games, no discrete graphics will be a serious limitation for those looking for a versatile option for any task. But the rest of the model came out very good example of what should be a modern Windows-laptop.

Despite the general rise in prices, the recommended retail price tag for not changed since last year, so you should pay attention to this model. And we can safely recommend the version with Core i5, which costs much cheaper, but in practice much loss in performance will not. It is unlikely that someone will buy a model for games or videomotntazha, and for the typical household tasks possibilities of entry-level model will be sufficient.

pros

• Reliable and convenient mechanism for transformer
• Comfortable keyboard with backlight
• Stylus Included
• quiet cooling
• quality screen

cons

• average autonomy
• Inconspicuous sound through speakers
• Marco surface

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In 2013 the company from Norway Lade AS unveiled its new projects Vindskip – «hybrid» merchant ship, which is able to use to their advantage gusts due to the special shape of the body, which in combination with the use of engines running on natural gas, allowing further reduce costs fuel. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute of Technology Center and the Department of Maritime Logistics and Services (abbr. – CML) long enough and sufficiently productive to help understand their first goal and then developing an algorithm that would allow the navigation system Vindskip use a combination of energy from the combustion engine gas with sailing technology to make your ship the most economical in its class.

For the old captains of ships Class Clipper perfect trip was the fact that they could “catch the wind” and just follow as possible in the right direction, so that they can raise the sails and read a book in his cabin for the next six or seven or eight weeks to write his memoirs. Well, maybe not everything was so simple, but the essence of you, I think the catch. However, this picture is quite possible to observe now that the Norwegians were able to realize their development, which is itself a sail.

How govoryad creators of the new innovative ship, a strong headwind only benefit, as in a typical configuration gusts only hinder the promotion of the ship forward, but the new Vindskip has special devices that detect air flow, concentrates them, and special turbines push the ship farther and farther away.

At the University of Fraunhofer say that the first version of the new module went into circulation in December last year and the first results of its practical application will be published next month.

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Ultrabook transformer. Dell Latitude 13 7350 worth very expensive, but also offers a lot – the focus of a new efficient processor Intel Core M and expected thanks to him, a long battery life.

Hybrid Tablet level of our Dell Latitude 13, 7350 – a tool for work, study, and multimedia playback. They are expected to be in high speed, image quality, a lot of communication and interfaces, and long battery life. Latitude 7350 is based on the efficient processor Intel Core M, created specifically for such devices, and uses the SSD-drive, so that speed can be no doubt. Full HD IPS-screen promises a clear and vivid picture, and the presence of the battery in the tablet itself, and in the dock – a decent time. We verify whether our expectations are met.

Design and Build Quality

And the tablet and the keyboard is made quite accurately. Parts fit tightly, wide gaps not. We were pleasantly surprised by the resistance to bending of the keyboard: it is usually in such devices much lower. The pen tablet with some effort, you can bend, but only slightly. Pressure plate can not be, but around the keyboard is vulnerable to this type of deformation plots still available. We believe that for the price Dell should not skimp and use aluminum for all parts of the body, not just the bottom of the keyboard and the back of the tablet.

By design, Latitude 13 is the best suited definition of “low-key”. The device is not that ugly, but its original appearance can not be named. Matte black and glossy surface of the screen look very boring – we hope that the functionality of the tablet will allow not pay attention to it.

Loop docking station allows maximum opening angle of about 120 degrees, which is pretty reasonable – even a little, and the plate is simply to outweighed the keyboard, making the design tip “on the back.” At least a predetermined angle hinges hold confidently even too – open the screen with one hand will not work.

Unlike many competing tablets and hybrids, Latitude 13 readily provides access to its internal components. Just remove the back of the tablet, not even secured with screws instead they use plastic clip, so you should be patient and proceed with caution. No fan, as efficient processor Intel Core M passively cooled, but there are a few components that can be replaced if desired. This keeps the battery a few screws, BIOS-battery, SSD-drive format M.2, wireless (Wi-Fi / Bluetooth) module and one free slot M.2, designed for 3G or 4G / LTE modem. Necessary for its operation of the antenna are built so that you can independently adjust independently bought a modem or buy a little more expensive configuration with integrated LTE-modem from Dell (Wireless 5810e). The only thing missing – a memory in the form of a standard removable module SO-DIMM instead of soldered on the motherboard chips, but here everything is clear: SODIMM-slot design thickens considerably, and a place for it was not. The rest of the Dell deserves praise – to contact the service center for elementary operations such as installing a larger capacity SSD or replacement battery is not required.

Interfaces

Hybrids of this level usually offer a variety of ports, but their usefulness is highly dependent on their location. Unfortunately, in our Latitude 13 all the main interfaces (2 USB 3.0 ports, and video output mini-DisplayPort) are located behind the keyboard dock, but not on the tablet. This means that the last few lighter and thinner than competitors like HP Envy x2 13, but, unlike them, can not be connected to an external monitor or USB-periphery in the absence of a docking station (forgotten, for example, at home or at work). Even the SD-card reader located on the docking station. On the tablet, there is only a 3.5-mm audio jack.

To connect to a wired Ethernet network adapter needed for USB (3.0 necessarily, if you want to gigabit speed) for image display, devoid DisplayPort – adapter with him to VGA, or HDMI. None of this is not supplied.

Communication

In our configuration, set the wireless module Intel Wireless-AC 7265, which allows to work with Bluetooth 4.0 and networks Wi-Fi 802.11 a / b / g / n / ac in the range of 2.4 and 5 GHz. It works well within a radius of 15 meters from the router connection to remain stable and fast – on most apartments and offices that would be enough, but if you have a sufficiently powerful router can certainly move away and away. There is support for Wi-Di – we have not tested it, but all the necessary components – the processor, video card and Wi-Fi module from Intel – are available. In addition, the tablet can work with NFC.

Module 3G or 4G in our sample Latitude 13 not, but, as mentioned above, it is possible to put on their own or with a pre-selected configuration (Dell Wireless 5810e). This will provide an opportunity to access the Internet anywhere where there is a signal of your mobile operator.

Dynamics

The dynamics of the tablet were surprisingly good: they give a rich, crisp sound, allowing even listen to music. Lacks bass, but in this case it is not very exciting.

Camera

The front camera takes pictures at resolutions up to 2 megapixels and provides acceptable for Skype-quality video calls. Rear 8-megapixel camera, but for normal photos must almost studio lighting, otherwise they go dull and grainy. Outdoors photo obtained good – to remove anything in the country is quite possible, in the room, the situation is much worse. Below the pictures of both cameras is clearly not enough brightness in comparison with our camera made by Canon.

input Devices

We enjoyed typing on Latitude 13: return typing pleasant keystroke average, and their slightly concave shape reduces the amount of typing errors, as well as a reasonable size of the keys and the spaces between them. The keyboard is also equipped with a two-level backlight, allowing to work in the dark.

Established klikpad boasts large enough (10.6 by 6.1 cm) square and moderately slippery surface, well suited for multi-touch gestures. Clicking on the surface klikpada does not require special efforts and significantly well as tactile and acoustically (audible click is heard well).

Of course, touch input. Recognizes up to 10 simultaneous touches, the sensitivity of the screen is uniform up to the edges of it. Anyone can get a brand stylus from Dell, enables precise handwriting or drawing.

Screen

The screen is one of the strengths of Latitude 13. Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels provides a very clear picture on the 13.3-inch diagonal, but will have to put a high zoom settings in Windows, otherwise all the icons and menu items will be tiny. However, even when properly configured, some scaling is not adapted to the high density of the points of application will not be displayed correctly: a list of issues may include the above menu items are tiny, fuzzy fonts or do not fit in their allotted place labels. Be blamed for this, of course, the developers of such applications, not “too high” resolution. Anyway, in all major applications (MS Office, browsers, system applications like music player) All items are displayed normally.

Screen brightness reaches an average of 339 cd / m², which allows to use the tablet on the street, go into the shadows are not necessarily – in any case, by avoiding direct sunlight. The distribution of illumination, however, could be better: at maximum brightness difference between the center of the screen and its bottom is about 60 cd / m², that if you look closely, is expressed in the non-uniform illumination of the image.

Black level is very low (0.27 cd / m²), which provides a deep, nice black color without a hint of gray tide. The maximum contrast ratio was 1374: 1, the screen displays the Latitude 13 rich, saturated picture and nice to work with him.

Part of our measuring equipment has refused to work with Latitude 13, so measure the coating color sRGB and AdobeRGB spectra we could not. But most of all, to engage in professional work with graphics on the device, no one will, therefore these figures are not very important. Color accuracy, however, managed to define: it is quite good, especially when it comes to colors. Shades of gray are less accurate, but their deviation from the norm is not too large. So in terms of the reliability of colors displayed on the Latitude 13 is quite possible to rely on.

IPS-matrix allows you to view the screen from any position, not noticing any distortion or decrease brightness. Given that the screen is glossy, it’s very useful – you can turn it to the plate so that the light source does not cause glare, and keep working without looking at the inverted color, as is usually the case for TN-matrices.

Performance

Inside the tablet hiding efficient processor Intel Core M-5Y10 with integrated graphics Intel HD Graphics 5300, 4GB soldered to the motherboard and RAM SSD type M.2 capacity of 256 GB. Let us consider each component in detail.

Processor and memory

Intel Core M-5Y10 – sverhnizkovoltny (TDP 4.5 W) to the new processor 14 nm architecture Broadwell, capable of using a wide range of operating frequencies (800 MHz to 2 GHz). It depends on the load and cooling; Recently, in our case, the passive, so we’re not surprised that in the Cinebench benchmark using multithreading (4 streams: two physical cores are complemented by technology to support Hyper-Threading) the frequency did not exceed 1.3-1.4 GHz. However, in the single-threaded tasks it has reached the stated 2 GHz, allowing the processor to compete with low-voltage (15 W) Core i3 / i5 previous generation, Haswell. All this is fully consistent with the plan of Intel: for short loads Core M is able to deliver a relatively high speed, with the long preferred energy saving and heat retention within the prescribed limits. This means that the Core M fully able to cope with viewing multimedia, office applications, browser and simple photo editing, while not spending too much battery power, but it is not suitable for serious gaming, 3D-modeling or other challenges.

The RAM is 4 GB, which should be enough for any task with which the processor is able to cope. It operates in dual channel mode, which is slightly (10-20%) increases the speed of execution of dependent tasks (for example, the work built into the CPU card).

Drive

Installed SSD manufactured by Toshiba, and, despite its high-speed interface M.2, performance of miracles is not revealed. It is about on par with middle-class SSD bus SATA, but this is more than enough for the system to start up instantly and responded to any team. If you 256GB is not enough, you can install any other SSD more, should go for any model M.2 slot format in 2280 (22 to 80 mm, the most common among SSD M.2 for size). Despite the presence of a recovery partition on the OEM SSD, included also found the flash drive to restore the system from which you can reinstall the operating system (64-bit Windows 8.1) on any new SSD in the plate. A pleasant surprise was its compliance with USB 3.0: this will reinstall Windows much faster than if its speed was limited to a maximum long been outdated USB 2.0.

Video card

The video card Intel HD Graphics 5300, despite his support for DirectX 11.2, for games not designed and allows you to run a two-dimensional game of the Windows Store, or old and undemanding. If you are able to move gameplay with frame rates of 25-30 per second, you can run and some modern games like Tomb Raider on the most minimal settings and a resolution of 1024 by 768 pixels. As for the movies, then this all integrated Intel video card for several years to cope well, allowing you to watch at least Full HD video with very high bitrate without slowdown and binding.

Stress test

Although passive cooling Latitude 13 maximum temperature at full load does not exceed 38 ° C, and then only at one site: all others remained within 30-35 ° C. At idle or low load maximum heating is 31 ° C.

Stress test explains such a low heat: For prolonged high load on the processor and a built-in video card processor is subject to strict throttling (up to 500 MHz). In normal use, such a load plate reproduce fail, and therefore the processor will run at least at its base frequency (800 MHz), and if necessary to use Turbo-mode (as mentioned above, up to 2 GHz).

Cost-effective platform Core M consumes 4.3 to 9.1 watts when idle and only 14-16 watts at high load. Given that the last state tablet a lot of time will not, you can expect quite a long battery life.

In addition to the built-in tablet battery 30 Vt⋅ch, there is also an additional 20 Vt⋅ch installed in the keyboard dock. This is enough for almost 5 hours average load at maximum brightness (for example, playing the game of the Windows Store), 8:00 viewing Full HD movies or slightly less than 9 hours of Internet surfing on Wi-Fi. Read the book on the minimum brightness can be 15-16 hours. Without the use of a docking station, all these results should be reduced by 40%, which means 3:00 loads 5:00 1080p video, 5 and a half hours Wi-Fi and 9 and a half hours of reading. It’s still very good results for the tablet (If the keyboard disconnected, Latitude 13 is just them) with the high-quality screen and powerful processor.

Verdict

Dell has created a high-quality and fast hybrid tablet with which to work with. High contrast and bright screen and fast SSD – these are the things without which use modern laptop or tablet unpleasant. However, it’s all there in the HP Envy x2 13 – though in Russia it has not. Therefore, in the absence of Latitude 13 7350 can be recommended to buy, if you need just such a tablet-convertible and you are willing to pay 90 thousand rubles. But as soon as we come to the Envy x2 13, it will have to buy it, and not the product Dell: he loses only the total battery capacity (no second in the dock, and one in the tablet, the same) and the impossibility of disassembly, but it is much cheaper and not inferior in quality or performance of the screen, and all the ports in it are located on the tablet, allowing you to leave the dock at home. Another option – Yoga 3 Pro from Lenovo, can not completely remove the tablet part, but equipped with a 360-degree loop.

If you do not want to turn a laptop into a tablet, it is better for the money to buy advanced ultrabook from Asus (Zenbook), Apple (MacBook Air), Acer (Aspire S7) or other companies. Then it is better to wait: is about to come out with new versions of their processors Broadwell-U and possibly ports USB Type C and support WiGig.

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Today, HP, itself without knowing it, has introduced its own Surface Pro 3 or as we said at the presentation – a new generation of hybrid computers Envy x2. The set will go stand with adjustable tilt and wireless keyboard, which boasts not only a place for the stylus, but also the stylus.

The market is already an old tradition, will be released in two versions: with a screen diagonal of 13.3 inches and a screen resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels and 15.6-inch – 1920 x 1080 pixels. But if you Major demanding users, you can order a 13-inch unit with Full HD screen. In both cases, the processor uses a new solution Intel – Core M (Broadwell-architecture and all that). Only here with the weight to HP a little lost.

HP unveiled its Surface Pro 3 with a stylus and a detachable keyboard

Their “younger” model has a thickness of 13.7 mm and paired with the keyboard weighs 1.28 kg (like a laptop). In the case of the original Surface Pro 3 (13-inch, too) talking about slightly different numbers – 9.1 mm and 800 grams.

First, the price seemed strange to me, because for the 13-inch version asking $ 799 and a 15-inch – 749 dollars. But it was very simple – in the first model set steep SSD-drive, and the second – on the hard drive of 500 GB. RAM can be either 4 GB or 8 GB (no middle ground). In defense of HP, we can say that some of the elements added and the same variety. For example, there was a slot for SD-cards, speakers, Beats Audio, and the keyboard was cool (in a good way) design.

Such a decision (copy Surface Pro 3) looks strange, but we’ll see how it goes the sale of these new products that are running Windows 8.1. In the market they are, by the way, there is today.

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Manufacturer of Newsmy introduced hybrid gadget – Newman Q20.

The device is a hybrid notebook and tablet 8.9-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) touch swivel screen.

In technical terms, everything is very simple: the 2-core Atom N2600 processor with a frequency of 1.6 GHz, 2 GB of RAM and 32GB of internal flash memory and a full suite of wireless modules.

Estimated at $ 470 gadget.

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Company Zopo, one of the largest in China for the production of mobile communications, has developed fablet (a hybrid of a smartphone and a tablet) ZP990 Captain S under the operating system Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean.

The device is equipped with a 6-inch screen on the IPS-matrix with a resolution 1080h1920 pixels (Full HD). The device used a 4-core 1.5-GHz processor with MTK MT6589T graphics accelerator Power VR SGX544. The RAM is 2 GB, built-in flash drive can store 32 GB of data (expandable via card microSD).

The equipment ZP990 Captain S includes wireless adapters Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11b/g/n) and Bluetooth 4.0, 5 megapixel front facing camera, the main camera with 13-megapixel sensor, a receiver GPS, orientation sensors and proximity, the port microUSB. Dimensions are 164,3 × 83,2 × 9,2 mm, weight – 193 g Battery capacity – 3000 mAh.

The device supports mobile network GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz and WCDMA 850/2100 MHz. Estimated price – $ 380.

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