Smartphones have largely replaced iPods and other dedicated music players for most folks • The Banana Pi BPI-CM7 is a compute module with a 1.5 GHz Allwinner H618 quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 CPU, Mali-G31 graphics, LPDDR4 memory, eMMC storage, WiFi 5 and BT 5.0, USB 2.0, HDMI, and 10/100 Ethernet support • The rising costs of RAM and other components are even driving up prices of older consumer electronics devices

The GPD Win Max 3 is a mini laptop with a 9.06 inch display, an AMD Strix Halo processor with discrete-class graphics, and a design that makes it clear that this is a little PC made for both work and play. It has a keyboard large enough for touch typing, but the touchpad is above the keyboard rather than below it, and it's squeezed between a set of game controllers. First unveiled earlier this year, the Win Max is expected to go up for pre-order through an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign…

The Chuwi MiniBook X is a compact convertible laptop with a 10.51 inch, 1920 x 1200 pixel IPS LCD touchscreen display and a 360 degree hinge that lets you fold the computer for use in notebook, tablet, tent, or stand modes. It's been around in one form or another since 2022, but now Chuwi has is taking orders for a new model that should bring a significant performance boost. It's still a budget laptop - the new Chuwi MiniBook X U300 is available now for $439. That price includes a few discounts though, so the retail price may be a little higher after a few weeks.

The GPD Win Max 3 is a mini-laptop that packs a lot of horsepower into a compact design. With a 9.06 inch display and a nearly full-sized keyboard and Precision touchpad, it's a little laptop you can use for productivity on the go. But remove a couple of magnetic panels above the keyboard and you'll find a set of joysticks for gaming. And with an AMD Strix Halo processor featuring discrete-class Radeon 8060S integrated graphics, this is a little laptop that should offer decent AAA gaming performance. But in order to cram a processor that powerful into this mini-laptop, GPD took an approach that it's also used on some handhelds with the same chip: instead of a built-in battery, the GPD Win Max 3 uses an external battery pack.

The Rabbit R1 launched in 2024 as a handheld AI device with an unusual design featuring a bright orange case and a scroll wheel for navigation. It was widely panned by reviewers for failing to live up to its limited promise. But the company behind the device has continued to plug away at the software in an effort to make the weird little device more useful.

Most laptop computers released in the past few decades have a familiar design. With a few exceptions, you can expect a 16:9 or 16:10 aspect ratio display on top and a low-profile keyboard and touchpad on the bottom. The Kernelcom takes a different approach. According to the description in a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for this mini-laptop, it has a 12.5 inch ultrawide touchscreen display with a 24:9 aspect ratio.

For the past few years, Chinese retro PC maker 8086YES! has been building and selling odd little computers that pack decades-old processors and other classic components into modern bodies designed for mobile computing. We've seen handhelds and mini laptops with Intel 8088 chips and a couple of other models with 386 SX compatible processors and even FPGAs configured to work like Zilog Z80 chips.

AYANEO has been selling handheld gaming PCs since 2020, making the company one of the pioneers of this space, along with GPD (who's been at it since 2016) and One Netbook (2021). But the space has become increasingly crowded in recent years, so while AYANEO doesn't plan to give up on handhelds anytime soon, it's interesting to see that the company is looking to branch out into new territory.

Netbooks may have gone out of fashion years ago, but a handful of Chinese PC makers continue to crank out cheap, tiny laptops with hardware that's just good enough for basic tasks... sometimes by stuffing newer components into older models. Case in point? The X-Plus Piccolo Series71 is a mini-laptop with a 7 inch display, an Intel N100 Alder Lake-N processor and 16GB of RAM.

Six years after releasing the original GPD MicroPC as a palm-sized computer aimed at IT professionals, GPD is bringing back the form factor with a new model sporting a bigger screen, faster processor, and more storage. While the company hasn't announced pricing or availability details yet, here's what we know so far about the upcoming GPD MicroPC 2. The new model has a physical design that's similar to that for the original, including a clamshell-style body that makes the computer look like a tiny laptop.

The OneChipBook-12-A is a modern mini laptop design for retro computing. It's the latest in a line of systems from 8086YES! that are designed to let you run classic code from decades past on hardware that's more portable than anything that would have been available at the time. In fact, the newest laptop looks nearly identical to the MSXBOOK that was released earlier this year…

The Chuwi MiniBook X N150 is small laptop with a 10.51 inch 1920 x 1200 pixel IPS LCD touchscreen display and a 360 degree hinge that lets you fold the screen back for use in tablet mode. First announced earlier this year, it's the latest entry in the MiniBook line of mini-laptops, and it's the first with an Intel N150 Alder Lake-N processor.

The GPD Pocket 3 is a mini laptop with an 8 inch FHD+ touchscreen display that can swivel and folds down over the keyboard, allowing you to use this tiny PC as a laptop or tablet. There's also a modular port section that allows you to swap out a USB-A port for an RS-232 or KVM module. When it first launched in 2021…

A handful of Chinese PC makers have been selling mini-laptops with 8 inch displays and Intel Alder Lake-N processors for a few years. Now we're starting to see new models with Intel Twin Lake chips. One of the first to arrive is the X-Plus Piccolo 2-in-1 mini-laptop with an Intel N150 processor, which sells for $385, but I expect we'll see nearly identical models from other brands soon.

The Chuwi MiniBook is a mini-laptop with an 8 inch display that's been around in one form or another since 2019. Chuwi gave the little laptop a spec bump a few times over the years, and the most recent model features an Intel N100 Alder Lake-N processor. But I'm not aware of any stores that are actually selling that model...

The GPD Win Mini (2025) is a handheld gaming PC with 7 inch, 120 Hz display, support for up to an AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 Strix Point processor, and a clamshell design that makes the system look a little like a tiny laptop. It even has a QWERTY keyboard designed to let you type with your thumbs - the game controllers are positioned above the keyboard, and there's a touchpad squeezed between them.

The Chuwi MiniBook X is a mini-laptop with a 10.51 inch, 1920 x 1200 pixel touchscreen display, a 360-degree hinge that lets you use the notebook in laptop or tablet modes, and a relatively affordable price tag thanks to Chuwi's use of entry-level Intel processors. Chuwi launched the first MiniBook X in 2022 and an updated model the following year…

Before smartphones were a thing, the world of pocket-sized computers were somewhat divided between touchscreen devices like the Palm Pilot and mini-laptops like the HP Jornada 720. Taking inspiration from the latter, TypingCat has designed a portable keyboard case for a Google Pixel 6 Pro that turns a smartphone into a mini-laptop, complete with a Linux-based desktop environment (running inside of Android, so you can still use the phone as...

The ONEXPLAYER G1 is either a mini-laptop that an also be used as a handheld gaming system, or a gaming handheld that can also be used as a general-purpose laptop. It's a compact computer with an 8.8 inch display, an AMD Strix Point processor, and a QWERTY keyboard that's just (barely) large enough for touch typing. But you can also lift the keyboard and remove it to reveal a set of built-in game controllers and a capacitive touch keyboard that lets you type with your thumbs when holding the G1 in two hands.

This week handheld PC maker GPD launched an updated version of its GPD Win 4 handheld gaming PC with a 6 inch display and an AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 "Strix Point" processor, which should bring a significant performance boost over the Ryzen 7 8840U "Hawk Point" chip in the previous-generation model. Now the company is giving the same treatment to GPD Win Max 2…

Most of the handheld gaming PCs that have launched in the past few years have looked vaguely like a Nintendo Switch or Valve Steam Deck: there's a display squeezed between a pair of game controllers and no physical keyboard. But there are a handful of portable gaming PCs that do have keyboards for easier text input. The GPD Win 4…