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ASUS video showcases 7-inch MeMo Pad, flaunts what the $150 tablet can do

As reported on Engadget. By Edgar Alvarez Lately, ASUS hasn’t exactly been the best at keeping some of its secrets under wraps, but the company is trying to be as good as it can be about helping potential customers better understand its devices. More specifically, it’s the recently announced 7-inch MeMo Pad, with the Taiwan-based outfit taking to YouTube to release a simple and somewhat informative video on some of the tidbits you can expect out of the Jelly Bean-loaded, budget-friendly tablet. Naturally, ASUS is quick…

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Logitech’s Ultrathin Keyboard Cover mini brings tactile typing to the iPad mini for $80

As reported on Engadget. By Michael Gorman It was inevitable that Logitech would expand its Ultrathin iPad keyboard cover lineup to include an offering fit for the iPad mini, and the time has finally arrived. Priced 20 bucks less than it’s full-sized counterpart, the $79.99 Ultrathin Keyboard mini brings tactile typing and some added protection to Apple’s 7.9-inch slate. Like the bigger version, it offers full size keys to please tapping fingers, has an aluminum cover and comes in…

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New 3DMark arrives for Windows, gaming PCs brace for punishment (video)

As reported on Engadget. By Jon Fingas There’s nothing quite so crushing to the self-esteem of a gamer as a new 3DMarkbuild: even a year-old flagship PC can feel like a clunker as it struggles to get a decent frame rate in Futuremark’s visually intensive tests. It’s time to get masochistic once again, as the Windows version of the 2013 3DMark release is at last available. The software’s showcase benchmark is Fire Strike, for brag-worthy rigs with high-endDirectX 11 graphics;…

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Mobile

BlackBerry launches new Dev Alpha C handset with physical keyboard

As reported on Engadget. By Steve Dent BlackBerry has just launched a new Dev Alpha C program and dev handset at its BlackBerry Jam Europe event in Amsterdam to help coders build apps for BB devices with physical keyboards. It also announced the WebWorks SDK, which will support apps for the recently launched Blackberry Q10 handset. That software kit will let physical keyboards work “just as if (input) came from the virtual keyboard on a BlackBerry Z10,” according to…

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