Barnes & Noble taps Lenovo for design of new Nook tablet

Barnes & Noble has joined forces with Lenovo to relaunch its 10.1-inch tablet, offering a "best of both worlds" reading experience, with access to millions of ebooks through the B&N app as well as everything you'd expect from a modern budget tablet.

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Asus ROG Phone 5 tempts gamers with an incredible specs list

Asus has refreshed its Republic of Gamers gaming phone for 2021, and it's a powerhouse. The ROG Phone 5 series offers a super-speedy Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 chipset, a huge 6,000-mAh battery, and up to 18 GB of RAM (more than many laptops).

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The RedMagic 6 is Nubia’s latest supercharged beast of a gaming phone

Like gaming laptops, gaming phones stuff super-powered components into big, brash cases, designed to offer the ultimate in performance for your mobile games – and the latest to hit the market is the Nubia RedMagic 6 series.

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Google launches Android 12 with the first developer preview

Android 12 is here – or at least, the first developer preview of Android 12 is, ready for app makers to start testing ahead of a public launch for users later in 2021. The first developer preview for Android 11 launched on the same day last year.

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IK interface lets mobile content creators use XLR microphones

IK Multimedia has given a helping hand to content creators looking to give their recorded or streamed visuals a pro-level audio boost with the iRig Pre 2, a battery powered pre-amp that connects XLR microphones to mobile devices or digital cameras.

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Samsung Galaxy S21, S21+ and S21 Ultra vs iPhone 12, mini, Pro and Pro Max

The first flagships for 2021 are here – Samsung’s Galaxy s21 series. But how do they stack up against the competition? New Atlas compares the specs and features of the Galaxy S21, S21+ and S21 Ultra to the iPhone 12, 12 mini, 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max.

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Xiaomi’s wireless tech promises to charge a smartphone across a room

Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi has introduced new Mi Air Charge technology that it says can power up your smartphone from across the room – as soon as you walk into a room with the system installed, your handset battery level starts rising.

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Sony Xperia Pro smartphone shoots for the creative market

Sony has launched a new Xperia phone – but with the ability to act as an external monitor for a camera, 5G connectivity, a mini-HDMI port and a hefty price tag, the Xperia Pro is very different to a lot of the smartphones we're going to see in 2021.

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What to expect from the best smartphones in 2021

The new year is a time to look forwards into the future as well as backwards into the past, and thanks to a series of leaks, rumors and early announcements, we already know (or think we know) what's coming down the line for smartphones in 2021.

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Review: The Google Pixel 5 aims to conquer the mid-range

The smartphone market, like the world at large, finds itself in a strange spot in 2020: we've seen a wealth of new phones at the upper mid-range of the market, and with the Pixel 5, that's exactly where Google is aiming.

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