Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold: Foldable screens have moved into tablet territory
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold: Foldable screens have moved into tablet territory
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We're not quite at the point where flexible screens are common, but we're starting to see a few more of them. In fact, new flexible-screen devices are learning from the struggles of first-movers like the original Galaxy Fold phone. That's the case for the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold, a 13-inch OLED slate that can bend and fold into several different configurations. Lenovo calls it "dynamic and responsive," meaning that what you see on the screen can change with how the screen is folded or oriented.
In practical terms, that means the 13-inch plastic screen can fold in half widthwise, forming what looks like a mini clamshell laptop. In that mode, an onscreen keyboard can pop up on the lower half, offering a decent, if not great, on-screen typing experience, at least judging by my hands-on session in a Las Vegas hotel conference room ahead of the start of CES 2020.
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More interesting is the Bluetooth keyboard, sold separately, that works with the X1 Fold. It magnetically latches onto the bottom half of the screen, mimicking and replacing the onscreen version. When docked like that, it also charges the thin keyboard's built-in battery.
Here's another cool trick: Unfold the screen to its full 13.3-inch size, and rotate it into a landscape orientation. Take the leather back cover and fold out the slim built-in kickstand. Finally, place the wireless keyboard in front (and add a mouse), and you have a mini all-in-one desktop PC.
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Much more so than the handful of folding-screen phones we've seen, a design like this really does create the opportunity for multiple configurations that can each have unique uses.
I still wouldn't call this a ready-for-mainstream device that everyone should run out and buy. It still looks and feels like early adopter tech in a lot of ways. The chassis is big and thick for a 13-inch screen, and most of it is devoted to keeping the screen safe, preventing anything from getting into the side hinge and providing protection from bumps.
The X1 Fold runs Windows 10 Pro, which, as of yet, doesn't know quite what to do with a folding-screen laptop, because the OS sees it as a single display. Instead, Lenovo has added a special app that jumps between full-screen mode, one-screen-plus-keyboard mode and dual-screen mode, which pops one window on the top half and one window in the bottom.
Unlike a lot of the other folding and flexible screen prototypes we've seen recently, this one is said to be very close to getting into consumer hands. Lenovo says the X1 Fold will be available midyear, starting at $2,499. International prices aren't yet available, but that's about £1,900 or AU$3,600, converted.
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Here's One Feature Samsung Could Use to One-Up Apple
Here's One Feature Samsung Could Use to One-Up Apple
Samsung's next big phones expected to be revealed at its Unpacked event this week are rumored to be its best foldables yet, with improved cameras, new hinges and slimmer designs. But as the holiday shopping season approaches, the feature Samsung should lean on is a price cut.
Samsung has driven high sales with two-for-one offers and generous discounts when trading in old devices. That goes for both its pricey Galaxy Fold and Galaxy Flip devices that go for as much as $1,800, as well as its Galaxy S smartphones, which start at $800.
The way Samsung charges us for its phones is a stark contrast with Apple, which largely holds firm on its prices even through discount seasons like Black Friday, only allowing discounts from carriers or retailers.
This week, Samsung has a chance to make a change.
Read more: Samsung, the Galaxy Z Fold and Flip Could Be Even Better
Samsung is planning a large product reveal event, called Unpacked, for Wednesday, Aug. 10, during which it'll announce its newest foldable smartphones. The two devices, expected to be called the Galaxy Fold 4 and Galaxy Flip 4, aren't going to appeal to the masses like the Galaxy S line of devices, in part because they cost so much.
But price is where Samsung could make a difference. Despite offering more discounts, in recent years Samsung has lost market share to Apple at the top of the phone market -- the so-called premium segment where 7 of every 10 $800-and-up phones sold globally are iPhones. And in the lower-priced models, where the Galaxy S competes with the standard iPhone at around $600 and up, sales have actually begun to decline around the world, per a recent Canalys report.
Though Samsung's Unpacked event on Wednesday will focus on foldables, it also serves as Samsung's big product release just before Apple announces its expected iPhone 14 series of phones in a few weeks. Unpacked represents Samsung's chance to make a big impression ahead of Apple's own event, and any deals could make a difference.
It'll already be hard to convince people to buy any new phone this year with rising inflation and a looming recession. Our collective confidence in the economy has fallen through the floor, with one survey from the University of Michigan finding consumer sentiment is at its lowest point in at least 70 years.
Historically prices for many of these phones have stayed mostly the same over the years. Starting price for Samsung's Galaxy S and Apple's latest iPhones typically sit between $700 and $800, so it's unlikely Samsung would break from that model.
Still, if Samsung were to introduce a price cut for all its phones, effectively driving the price down to what it actually charges us through those special deals rather than the sticker price, it could potentially "change the equation," said Bob O'Donnell, an analyst at Technalysis Research. But convincing Apple users to switch to Android will take more than just a price cut.
"There are people who will never give up iOS for a variety of reasons -- green bubbles being one of them," said O'Donnell. "They're not going to change, as cool as [foldables] may be, until they can have [iOS.]"
The Z Flip folds up to take up half the space of a normal phone, while the Z Fold expands to have twice the screen size.
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Apple and Samsung's premium horse race is an iOS vs. Android battle
Over the past decade, there's really only been two phone-makers worth paying attention to outside China. One is Apple, the other is Samsung. Apple's iPhone gets praised every year because of its industry-leading software and powerful chips. When CNET Senior Editor Patrick Holland was thinking of a headline to sum up his glowing review for images he took with the iPhone 13 Pro last year, he ended up with "Damn, these cameras."
Samsung often positions itself as the alternative, offering sleek designs without all the Apple baggage like requiring you to use its App Store or having to deal with iMessage. It's also often the lower-priced option whenever you walk into an AT&T, Verizon or T-Mobile store.
To be sure, people are buying as many iPhones as ever, said Tim Cook during a July conference call discussing Apple's latest financials. And other premium brands aren't feeling the squeeze of a shrinking economy just yet.
While Apple has pulled ahead in the premium smartphone race in recent years, both companies have been at each other's throats for a lot longer than that. The companies have traded blows in big ad campaigns, like Samsung mocking Apple for removing the headphone jack in 2016. Apple for its part has accused Samsung of stealing its designs, including in a worldwide years-long court battle that ended in a 2018 settlement.
Most other phone-makers have rarely been able to compete. LG lost money before leaving the phone game in 2021, while Microsoft gave up when its Windows Phone OS lost to Apple's iOS and Google's Android in 2017. Google gets good reviews for its Pixel phones, few people buy them, and the phones have a negligible market share, which Holland calls "a conundrum."
"Maybe that's a failure from Google's marketing, limited carrier relationships in Pixel's early days, the dominance of Apple and Samsung in the US or just that people don't trust the search company with their data," Holland said.
Which is a long way of saying that Samsung is Apple's only real competition outside China. Samsung sells more phones globally than any other manufacturer, though the majority of those are midrange and budget A-series phones.
One of Samsung's current obstacles is convincing iOS users to switch. They aren't having trouble converting the Android faithful to try out their Galaxy S phones, which this year featured a stylus, larger screen and better cameras. Even its pricey folding devices are catching on, somewhat -- making up an astonishing 36% of the premium Android phone market, according to IDC research director Nabila Popal.
But getting Apple faithful to leave their blue bubbles may be very difficult.
"I personally think Apple consumers are just so glued to Apple with brand loyalty and the ecosystem that they're used to," Popal said. "As great as foldables are, it will not be the driving factor to convert an iOS [user] to Android and Samsung."
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The other big factor is awareness. Even three years after the first Galaxy Fold arrived in early 2019 and a fourth version coming soon, they haven't been sold in enough numbers. "You still don't see many [foldables] in the wild," said O'Donnell. And one of the best ads for any technology is when you see a happy customer actually using it in your family or walking down the street.
"When people do see [a foldable], if that's their thing, they're still knocked out, they're like this is crazy, this is incredible," O'Donnell said.
Foldables will grow from 8 million sold in 2021 to 25 million sold in 2025, IDC predicts.
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Unfolding the future
This year, rumors suggest Samsung's Z Fold 4 and Z Flip 4 are only getting rudimentary improvements for their screens and cameras. The same happened last year, but the big upgrade was in affordability, with discounts dropping the Fold's price below $2000 and the Flip's down to roughly the same price as other premium smartphones. But then Samsung started offering even more discounts afterward, with two-for-one deals across its product line.
The message was clear: Samsung still has an opportunity to introduce another price drop, which would put them in better competition with cheaper premium handsets, and make them much more attractive to people today.
For its part, Apple doesn't seem concerned enough about foldables to rush out one of its own. Instead, Apple's stuck to its well-worn plan of annual improvements, including for its upcoming iPhone 14, which is rumored to include a smaller front-facing camera notch, better battery life and a new always-on display.
Prices, meanwhile, are likely to remain the same if not increase along with inflation, like they did last year. This creates the opening for Samsung, both with its mainstream Galaxy S phones and its foldables alike.
"I feel that foldables are at a tipping point, the brink of a breakthrough, where it's just a matter of a bit more time before they just explode," Popal said.
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2023 Genesis GV60 Electric SUV Price and Availability Announced
2023 Genesis GV60 Electric SUV Price and Availability Announced
The 2023 Genesis GV60 may be the company's first dedicated-platform EV, but Hyundai's luxury brand isn't pricing the model like it's from a new challenger brand, it's actually more expensive than many key rivals. The electric compact crossover SUV will start at $59,980 for the base Advanced model, while the premium Performance trim rings up at $68,980 (both prices include $1,090 delivery fee). The distinctively styled GV60 comest standard with all-wheel drive and will square off against like the Audi Q4 E-Tron ($51,095 to $58,695), Tesla Model Y ($64,440 to $69,440) and Volvo XC40 Recharge ($52,795 to $59,245) -- all prices including delivery.
The new model will be eligible for the $7,500 federal tax credit, however, and will arrive hugely well equipped. Standard features include some industry-first technologies like Face Connect, which works with a door-mounted Near Infra-Red camera and fingerprint sensor to provide 100% keyless access and keyless start -- that's right, you don't need a fob at all, just your face and your fingerprint, just like a phone. (A traditional pair of fobs is also included and you can also use your phone or Apple Watch as a digital key on Performance models).
The GV60 also includes Vehicle To Load as a standard feature. V2L allows users to take power from the vehicle's 77.4-kW lithium-ion polymer battery pack and directly export it to power other things -- a campsite, your home appliances during a blackout or even charge another EV.
Beyond those high-tech features and various surprise-and-delight novelties such as the funky backlit crystal gearshift ball, you'll find a very high-quality interior packed with intuitive, powerful tech like a standard 360-degree camera suite, along with available niceties like massaging Nappa leather seats and a 17-speaker Bang & Olufsen audio system. A full suite of advanced driver assist systems is standard, even on base models.
Additionally, all models come with two-motor all-wheel-drive powertrains as standard. Advanced trims come with 314 horsepower and 446 pound-feet of torque, while Performance models crank out 429 hp and the same peak-torque output. That's enough to hit 60 mph from a standstill in 4 seconds.
Range-wise, Genesis says the GV60 should hit up to 248 miles to a charge in the Advanced trim, while the more heavily accoutered Performance will tap out at an estimated 235 miles.
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All GV60s come with three years of complimentary 30-minute charging sessions at Electrify America charging stations, as well a lifetime subscription to Genesis Connected Care telematics services, which includes SOS emergency assistance, automatic collision notification, vehicle health reports and bumper-to-bumper over-the-air updates. Additional Remote and Guidance packages are free for three years and fee-based subscriptions after that.
The 2023 Genesis GV60 will initially only be offered in four states beginning in late spring/early summer: California, Connecticut, New Jersey and New York -- all traditionally strong EV markets. Model rollout plans for additional states to come online soon, as supply issues allow.
For full details and driving impressions of this compelling new electric SUV, be sure to read my just-published first-drive review.
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Use Your Career Break to Your Benefit on LinkedIn. Here's how
Use Your Career Break to Your Benefit on LinkedIn. Here's how
Life can be challenging, especially as people continue to grapple with burnout, parenting and other hardships amid the coronavirus pandemic. Taking a career break, though, can feel risky. Business-oriented social network LinkedIn aims to normalize career breaks by encouraging users to highlight what they learned from these experiences.
The Microsoft-owned company released a feature on March 1 that allows people to add a career break to their LinkedIn profiles through the desktop site or mobile app, giving them a way to explain the gaps in their resume. Career break types include parenting, layoffs, bereavement, career transition and travel.
"The goal here is to be able to provide space for people to share more context and color about how these experiences have helped them grow and develop skills that are valuable in life and at work," said Camilla Han-He, a senior product manager at LinkedIn.
Han-He said LinkedIn started hearing more from its users about wanting a way to highlight their career breaks on the social network. Career breaks are more common among women. About 67% of career break-related posts on LinkedIn in January came from female members, the company said. LinkedIn, citing a January survey, said 64% of women worldwide have taken a career break with the percentage being higher in the US. About 70% of women say taking a career break helped them gain perspective and figure out what they really want from life, LinkedIn said a January survey showed.
We'll walk you through how you can add a career break to your own LinkedIn profile.
Career breaks will appear under the experience section in your LinkedIn profile.
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Putting a career break on your LinkedIn resume is fairly simple to do. It takes just a couple steps.
Click on add section located under your profile picture
Then, select add career break
From there, you can pick a career break type and fill out information about the length of your career break, a description and attach any relevant media. When you're finished adding the relevant information, click save.
LinkedIn is also offering free online courses through March that aims to help people transition back to work after taking a career break. Some of the courses include returning to work with a resume gap, negotiating work flexibility and inclusive female leadership.
For more career and productivity-oriented tips, check out 6 Google features that will help you work more efficiently, the best apps to keep you organized and these Windows 11 productivity tricks.
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Target Recall: Metal Fragments Found in Market Pantry Cookies
Target Recall: Metal Fragments Found in Market Pantry Cookies
If you have Market Pantry White Fudge Animal Cookies in your home, check the container right away. D.F. Stauffer Biscuit Co. has issued a recall for the cookies after metal pieces were found in some of them. The cookies were distributed to Target stores nationwide.
The Food and Drug Administration last week said the recall affects the following best-by date, lot numbers and time stamps:
Best-by date of Feb. 21, 2023.
Jug lot number Y052722.
Case lot number Y052722.
Time stamp from 15:00 to 23:00.
UPC code 085239817698.
The cookies are sold in a clear, bear-shaped plastic jug, and the needed information can be found on the back of the container, on the product label, below the nutritional panel.
The FDA urges anyone who purchased the recalled product to stop eating the cookies and to return them to Target for a full refund, or call the company at 888-480-1988 (Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET).
The information contained in this article is for educational and informational purposes only and is not intended as health or medical advice. Always consult a physician or other qualified health provider regarding any questions you may have about a medical condition or health objectives.
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Pokemon Go PokeStops Are Coming to Best Buy and GameStop
Pokemon Go PokeStops Are Coming to Best Buy and GameStop
Pokemon Go is partnering with select retailers to turn various stores into limited-time PokeStops.
Until Aug. 14, Pokemon Go players in the US can earn some extra in-game items by visiting participating GameStop and Best Buy locations. In Canada, meanwhile, PokeStops will be available at GameStop, Toys "R" Us, London Drugs, Mastermind Toys and Indigo Books.
The promotion is to celebrate the recent launch of the Pokemon Go Trading Card Game expansion, the first-ever Pokemon TCG set based on the mobile game. The set is on sale now in stores and on the Pokemon Center website.
August is going to be a busy month for Pokemon Go. The mobile game is hosting a variety of events over the next few weeks, including new legendary Pokemon raids and a Galarian Zigzagoon Community Day. You can see everything going on in Pokemon Go this month in our August events roundup.
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Don't Be Surprised if Your Netflix Show Sounds Different Now
Don't Be Surprised if Your Netflix Show Sounds Different Now
Don't be surprised if the next show or movie you watch on Netflix sounds different. Netflix announced Thursday it is rolling out spatial audio on select content to customers around the world with the help of Sennheiser.
This audio format is meant provide viewers with a more immersive viewing experience. It's like surround sound, but without the expensive system and setup.
"Netflix spatial audio helps to translate the cinematic experience of immersive audio to any stereo, so the work creators do to bring you into the story happens no matter what device you use to watch Netflix," Netflix wrote in a blog post. "Supporting the vision of our creative partners has always been incredibly important to us."
Not every title on Netflix supports this audio format at this time. To find the titles that do, search for "spatial audio" in your Netflix search bar; movies and shows that are supported will appear. Spatial audio will be the default setting in these titles, so you don't have to change any settings when you watch them.
For more home entertainment news, check out CNET's best TVs, everything you need to know about NextGen TV and what you need for backyard movie nights this summer.
