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Best gadgets I saw at MWC 2024: Smart rings, concept phones, transparent laptops

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Kerry Wan/ZDNET We’re at the final stretch of this year’s Mobile World Congress, with just about every briefing scheduled, keynote presented, and live demo delivered. (Obligatorily, tapas eaten.) Also: The best MWC products coming to the US this year Whether you’ve been keeping up with the week-long event or just catching up, see below my … Read more

Peering through Lenovo’s transparent laptop into a sci-fi future

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A year after flexing its R&D muscles with a rollable laptop that expanded its screen with a simple button push, Lenovo is back at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, with another somehow even more sci-fi concept device. This is the ThinkBook Transparent Display Laptop, a 17.3-inch notebook with a screen you can peer straight … Read more

I went hands-on with Lenovo’s transparent laptop at MWC, and its surprisingly functional

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Max Buondonno/ZDNET On a snowy day in New York City, I saw the future of laptops. Well, at least what science fiction and, oddly enough, Nickelodeon have suggested are the future of laptops. Also: Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 Fold is the most bizarre, fun, and expensive laptop I’ve ever tested At MWC 2024, Lenovo is showcasing a … Read more

MWC 2024: My hands-on experience with the Lenovo ThinkBook Transparent Laptop

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Sometimes, the tech world gives us something that’s conceptually very cool — unless you think about it for more than five seconds. That’s exactly what Lenovo did at MWC 2024. The folks behind the ThinkBook brand showcased a fully transparent laptop at the Barcelona-based tech show. Referred to as the “Lenovo ThinkBook Transparent Display Laptop” … Read more

Lenovo ThinkBook Transparent Display Laptop

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I did not have Lenovo rolling out the red carpet for see-through laptops on my bingo card, but here we are. I saw the ThinkBook transparent display concept laptop in person a few weeks ago. I didn’t get to do much with it besides touching it, though I did get to sit there and imagine … Read more

Lenovo’s transparent laptop concept resurfaces in new leak

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Leaker Evan Blass has offered another look at Lenovo’s transparent laptop concept ahead of its presumed unveiling at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona later this month. The new leaked press image shows two of the concept laptops on a desk, with one of the devices being visible through the transparent screen of another. This is … Read more

CES 2024: TVs Get Bigger, Brighter, More Transparent

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First, Samsung dazzled attendees of its First Look event with its transparent MicroLED TV, showcasing vibrant images dancing across a slab of thin, glowing glass. Samsung has been teasing MicroLED tech for years now, which promises the same contrast and perfect black levels as OLED thanks to pixel-level image control, but in a brighter and … Read more

I’ve looked through LG’s new transparent OLED TV, and seen something special

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Transparent display prototypes have had a presence on the CES show floor for many years. They’re a guaranteed way to wow people and showcase the unique capabilities of an OLED panel. But LG has seemingly decided that the time has come to ship a real, bonafide transparent TV that people will actually be able to … Read more

The best price ever on Sharge’s transparent batteries and retro Mac chargers

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Ever heard of Sharge? The company is arguably just as responsible as Nothing for bringing transparent gadgets back — its see-through batteries swarmed social media and have inspired a wave of copycats. Less famously, it sells a kickass charger shaped like a classic Mac that offers 67 watts of USB-C PD charging across three ports … Read more