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LG updates F Series with two new LTE phones (hands-on)
With all this G2 mini and G Pro 2 talk recently, you'd be forgiven for forgetting that LG also has other handset lines. On the table (literally and figuratively) today are the F70 and F90 mid-rangers. The former is a 4.5-inch (WVGA) device with a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 taking care of bi'niz, plus a 5-megapixel camera, 2,440mAh battery and just 4GB of internal storage. As for the F90? Well, it's a little bigger at 4.7 inches, but has the same chipset and onboard memory. You will get a slightly better camera though, with LG giving it an 8-megapixel shooter. Thankfully, both come with a microSD card slot to augment that lackluster amount of onboard storage. The phones themselves? Well, they're a plucky pair, that's for sure. It's easy to dismiss mid-spec handsets like these out of hand in the design department, but LG has clearly made enough effort to make sure that they feel well-built and don't look entirely terrible. The textured back panels go a long way to brush off that low-end feel you can sometimes get at this level, and the small details around the edges, ports and buttons also add a nice aesthetic touch. The menu and UI, however, definitely feel like they're more intended for users who like to keep things simple with bigger fonts and basic options, and that's no bad thing. Power users will, of course, already be looking elsewhere. One other thing to remember is that, toe to toe, these two cheeky chaps aren't all that different in specification to the LG G2 mini, even down to the much-touted "knock knock" feature. Food for thought right there.
This is the carbon fiber core of Ferrari's first hybrid
Ferrari has already said that it will never make an electric car -- at least, not while Luca di Montezemolo is in charge -- but we already know that a hybrid Ferrari is in the cards. And, this is what will hold it all together. At this year's Paris Auto Show the company rolled out this carbon fiber cage that is the core chassis of the machine. Other than a pledge that the thing will use F1-inspired technology nobody would tell us what it would be called (possibly F70, at least internally) or just when the rest of its components will be bolted on. But, for now, enjoy this sneak peek under the skin of Ferrari's next hypercar. Steve Dent contributed to this report.
ASUS spices things up with 16-inch F50 / 17.3-inch F70 laptops
At first glance, there's nothing exceptionally, um, exceptional about the new F50 and F70 lines from ASUS, but upon further investigation, each family does actually do a decent job of differentiating. Both crews sport the "new generation Infusion styling," which is reportedly exactly like looking at the Aurora Borealis (really, ASUS?), and they also boast Full HD (1080p) panels, an HDMI port and a fresh "Chocolate keyboard" which melts in your mouth, not in your hand. The whole lot also features the Express Gate instant-on OS, and hardware geeks will appreciate the upwards of 1TB of HDD space and optional Blu-ray drive. Per usual, ASUS isn't dealing prices or ship dates, but you can have a look at all possible configurations down in the read link. One more shot is after the break.
