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Reviews are starting to trickle out and it looks crazy impressive. Reportedly thinner than a Fold 5 when both devices are folded up.
I'm not sure I'm a fan of the U shaped design. Still, having a pocketable 10" tablet is amazing.
US ETA in Q1 2026...
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I wonder when it will be Black Friday month? 😝
I pulled my OG Xreal Air display glasses out of the cupboard the other day (it was nReal when I got it) along with the first-batch Beam accessory. The latter took an entire day charging the old battery and then I got framerate stuttering in-game even though it was wired, not wireless. It was smooth without the Beam attached but no 3dof (three degrees of freedom).
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DDNW8F5W
So, aside from minor stuff from my wish list that I had saved for a good sale, I took a chance on a Viture XR Pro pair of display glasses to replace the aged Xreals. They arrive tomorrow. They’re last generation but the newer ones aren’t that much of an upgrade IMO (and plastic instead of alloy; lots of Redditors with frame cracking). Amazon has a “like new” used option for only $200…
Viture sent a replacement cable that arrived today. Good customer service. Unfortunately, these things are worse than my current Xreal display glasses to my eyes. Maybe the person who previously returned them without the cable also screwed them up somehow? They just don’t focus. And the software is really janky.
tl;dr they are packed up and ready to be returned to Amazon on Monday. I will not be revisiting these types of devices anytime soon.
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Steam Controller, Machine (mini PC running SteamOS), and Frame (VR headset running SteamOS).
Dang, time to start saving my pennies. They all look tempting. Coming in early 2026.
I wish the Frame would at least have oled panels. So many VR games take place in near complete darkness where OLED really helps the immersion.
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I just bought the S Pen for the new Galaxy Tab S11, and it feels a bit more comfortable to hold than the S Pens from previous models. However, in my opinion, it has two negative aspects.
The first is that the side button is difficult to locate by touch, which makes its use quite challenging.
The second, which is more important to me, is that the initial activation force is higher than in previous S Pen models. I have compared it with the S Pen from the Tab S8 and the Tab S9+ FE, and with those, the device writes under the weight of the pen itself (about 8 grams). In contrast, with the new S Pen, which also weighs 8 grams, the pen does not write under its own weight. I am not a fan of digital pens with an IAF close to zero; I like needing a…
I had to quickly share some anecdotes that I feel might elicit annoyance unfortunately:
I caved and bought a Movinkpad Pro 14 to try out after having some OCD despair over seeing some hairline scratches were incurred on my Tab S11 Ultra. I think this screen might be slightly more durable than the S10, or it just took longer because I love the new S-pen and have no problem using it exclusively. Maybe I tore up my S10's screen with all the third party UD pens I tried - who knows.
I can't believe how overrated I ended up feeling the Movinkpad is. Feels like there's nothing I agree with Brad Colbow on about this. It has the best chance of making sense for someone if they're in an Android ecosystem outside of Samsung (particularly Google, Sony, or Nokie I guess, because I think I'd be inclined to even try the OnePlus Pad over this if I was with OnePlus).
The most mindblowing thing to me is there is no Wacom Center in this. That is such a common sense thing to me that I didn't even think to look it up to try to avoid wasting time and resources to pick this up. You cannot disable the side buttons!!!! I tried to go into CSP to see if I could do it at a software level in Shortcut Settings - apparently you can't. So if you are not a sidebutton fanatic, you have THREE promininent side buttons on the side you have to consciously avoid. Ludicrous!!!
But here's the other thing that you won't want to believe me on and I scarcely even believe myself:
I did not notice any appreciable difference in the IAF or pressure sensitivity compared to the latest S-pen on the TS11U. HOWEVER -- When I went to use the S-pen on the Movinkpad Pro, I swear it was like the pen's performance was somehow reduced, and then I did notice an IAF and pressure curve that patently inferior to the Pro Pen 3. It's possible these pens - even the UD based S-pen - are better when used on their native hardware displays.
I am upset about whatever glass or oleophobic coatings Samsung is using on their latest Tabs, but at the same time, I low-key think the TS11 series in particular might be the underrated underdog. Everywhere I go, seems people think it's squarely 3rd place behind iPad and Movinkpad, or they just prefer the older S-pens (which I absolutely don't -- I think this is a far superior drawing utensil and I especially appreciate the durability improvements). I think the only thing Samsung needs to do now to reach virtual perfection with me is offer a nanotexture screen option like Apple, and FFS start selling official packs of nibs.
My two cents. Let me know if anyone corroborates this.
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I've been on a bit of a tablet collecting spree in the past few months, culminating in an iPad Pro that checks all the boxes that I found on Facebook marketplace yesterday. As I've been trying to set it up, I've been endlessly frustrated by things that don't work, or at least don't work the way I think they should, or would, or in any way that's easy to figure out without a google search. It's not intuitive for me.
Example 1: You can add one email account in the mail app when you first fire it up. After that, there is no add button or instruction to add another. My husband, the apple user, couldn't even remember how, other than it was some system wide setting and we had to look it up.
Example 2: I even downloaded the app that every musician uses and loves on iPad -…
"I understand @dstrauss waffling back and forth trying to make one or the other system work while being endlessly frustrated by the way things work whichever way you end up trying to go."
Know exactly what you want/need is the most frustrating process. I NEED a cellular Surface Pro on an M5 running MacOS! I'm biding my time with an M4 MacBook Pro (16gb/1tb) with a M1 iPad Pro (16gb/1tb), but still have little hope of getting that from the iPad line BECAUSE it can't run full APPLICATIONS. Apps are the bane of the tablet workld because inevitably some feature that you NEED get sompromised away in order to make it an APP and not an APPLICATION.
@violajack - I'm runninig Outlook on my IPad Pro, so adding a second email account was a snap from the hamburger menu in the upper left corner - it opens the account details list (showing iInbox, Sent. Deleted, etc,) with a small icon on hte left margin to add accounts). Despite a lot of "hate" for Outlook I still find it better on a Mac/iPad than the built in eMail App.
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Lots of silence here for the M5 Apple Silicon debut on iPad Pros a couple days ago. Understandable. It’s just a small spec bump, though the neural engine got improved more substantially, for those who care.**
Still, it’s baby steps toward something of the MacPad a lot of users dream of (and others seem to be revolted by). Had they come out with iPadOS 26 at the time of the M1 release people would be jumping up and down and screaming “take my money!”. It’s like the frog slowly getting boiled in water without noticing it’s getting cooked.
No, I don’t think it’s going to be a “true” MacPad any time soon, if ever. Software vendors need to get fully on board, for one thing. Many seem to want to continue with a “lite” version on iPads and relegate the “Pro”, fully functional and higher priced versions on Macs even…
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Now that Qualcomm showed their hand, so too now has Intel (well more of the hand anyway)
Certainly these will be the intel chips in the next "Intel for Business" models of Surface, as well as other devices like the next Galaxy Book 360 (which ever GB model has the s-pen)
I suspect thin and light devices like the Galaxy Book and Surface Pro/Laptops will likely opt for the 8c/4Xe CPU.
However the last one I find more interesting. Where as the middle 16c/4Xe is designed for systems that would utilize a Discrete GPU (Laptop Studio 3?), the 16c/12Xe is designed for use cases that want a powerful chip, but a more robust integrated graphic solution over discrete graphics. It kind of seems more poised to combat the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme. Kind of curious how the 16/12 Panther Lake Chip would bench compared to the X2 Extreme.
This is really interesting...it could lead to a do-it-all gaming laptop with a pen that is thin-and-light...
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So the other week, Qualcomm unveiled some of the newer Snapdragon Chips that will be releasing in 2026. And given Microsoft has gone all in on Snapdragon (in retail anyway) the next gen of Surfaces are likely going to be rocking these chips.
So I'd imagine they'll just have Surface Pro 12's and Surface Laptop 8's using the X2 Elite chips with probably the same form factor/designs.
But the extreme chips intrigues me. As Microsoft has killed off the Laptop Studio 2, if they were to release a new performance device to follow up the Book/Studio lines, this would likely be it. Although the very minor bump in graphics does concern me a bit. Graphics were the weakpoint of the 1st gen Elites, and the "2x" better Adreno integrated graphics is really the same bump the Intel Arc Graphics in Intels Lunar Lake was able to deliver. They seem…
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For a company that would put out so few products, and take forever to update them, it seemed like they were on the verge on going irrelevant, Wacom seems to be making a lot of moves lately faster then they ever did in the past. It was just a few months ago they released the Movink Pad, and now they are releasing a more performance focused Movink Pad Pro 14.
I recently got a hands on with the 11" Movink Pad, and while interesting, it was hard to justify it over the Samsung Tab S11 given that has way more bells and whistles, of which this newer 14-inch model seems to have. Although I am digging their price points, which are shockingly affordable compared to Samsungs Tab series.
They also released a 14-inch Wacom One for like $300. Its like every time I look Wacom is putting out a…
There's also a lot of Dell Canvas' sold on ebay, for some surprising prices. Obviously buyer beware given their condition, but might be worth the gamble.
It looks to be no thicker than my Fold 6. Impressive. But, I use my pen all the time and the few things I use my surface for can't be replaced by an android tablet, no matter how big it is unfolded.
I am very satisfied with my current equipment and can see using it for the next few years without upgrading. The hardware manufacturers won't be able to rely on me for their profitably
Im wondering what the folding Iphone will be like? Now, about that AI bubble in the stock market.