Reasons Why a Sony 12-Inch Xperia Tablet Might Be Successful

People love big screened tablets. Or that’s what device makers want to believe. Microsoft has the Surface Pro 3 and Samsung has the Galaxy NotePRO and TabPRO bunch, while Apple is said to be prepping the iPad Pro. All these tablets have a few things in common; they have large 12-inch screens. and are targeted at the professional crowd. But is there room for more big-screen slates on the market? Sony seems to believe this is the case, as sources inside the Taiwanese supply chain claim the PlayStation maker is looking to launch a 12-inch tablet of its own in Q1 2015. But industry watchers are quite ambivalent whether or not large tablets are destined to succeed in the market and with fierce competition coming from Microsoft, Samsung...

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Samsung Galaxy A7 Specs Include 5.5-Inch FHD Display, 64-Bit Processor

The most powerful smartphone in the Alpha lineup has yet to be officially introduced. Samsung hasn’t confirmed the Galaxy A7 and we don’t know when this will happen, but judging by the flow of rumors we’re not that far from an official reveal. The South Korean company is expected to launch at least three more Galaxy Alpha series smartphones in the coming months: A3, A5 and A7. For the time being, Samsung Galaxy Alpha is the only member of the family, but that is supposed to change very soon. We reported earlier today that the cheapest member of the Alpha lineup of smartphones, the A3 has just been approved by FCC (Federal Communications Commission), which means that Samsung might announce it anytime now. Little was known about the...

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Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro Teardown, Shows Its Battery and SSD are Swappable

Lenovo has barely announced the Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro, the successor of the popular Yoga 2 Pro and the first testing units have already reached a few lucky parties. Some folks were curious enough to perform a tear-down on this sleek convertible which takes advantage of Intel’s latest Core M platform. PC Pop did exactly what we told you, dismembering the convertible to see what secrets lay under its hood. It turns out the internal parts are quite easily accessible, but users won’t be able to swap most of them out (as seen at Tab Tech).  Behold the big battery! Due to the thinness of the device, Lenovo had to design certain components to be extremely sleek. The 2-in-1 is only 12.8 mm / 0.5 inches in profile and the device won’t...

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