Checking a recipe with flour on your fingers is a good reminder that a touchscreen isn’t always the most convenient interface. Raven Resonance’s Prism glasses propose keeping those instructions in the corner of your vision instead, with eye controls leaving your hands free. The reservation-stage wearable puts a Linux computer inside familiar-looking frames, rather than simply supplying another screen tethered to your phone.

The frames make some concessions to everything packed inside. Thick temples run back from a dark brow, while clearer lower rims soften the outline around the lenses. Pale end pieces add a contrasting finish without covering the front in conspicuous branding. There’s still more hardware beside your head than ordinary glasses would carry, so familiar styling shouldn’t be confused with proven comfort.

Designer: Raven Resonance

The display occupies the right eye’s periphery, using a full-color waveguide with a 30-degree diagonal field of view. Its position is meant to make a recipe or reference image available when you glance over, rather than filling your central view. That arrangement suits checking the next instruction while cooking, although looking away from your hands still requires choosing a sensible moment to pause.

Eye control gives that arrangement its practical purpose. Raven’s software framework includes buttons you activate by holding your gaze on them, along with gaze-based navigation. You wouldn’t need to tap a temple every time your hands were occupied. The challenge is distinguishing a deliberate selection from an ordinary glance, something the developer guidance acknowledges by recommending large targets and avoiding crowded layouts.

Privacy gets a physical control rather than just a settings menu. A cover must be moved manually before the 13-megapixel camera can operate, and lights in the rims signal when it’s active. Raven also says speech recognition runs locally and cloud sharing requires consent. Those choices make the intended boundaries clearer, but they don’t amount to an independent security audit of the system.

Keeping prescription glasses usable while their electronics recharge takes another physical solution. Raven Wings are removable battery modules, designed to swap without shutting down your apps. Two pairs and a charging case are included, letting one set recharge while you wear the other. That makes the all-day ambition about exchanging batteries, not a published promise of uninterrupted runtime from a single pair.

Underneath that eyewear is Raven OS, running on a quad-core ARM processor with up to 4GB of memory. Developers can connect remotely and build compatible applications, but Linux underneath doesn’t mean every desktop program fits a tiny wearable display. Navigation directions and other phone-supplied information also remain part of the pitch, so standalone computing shouldn’t be mistaken for making your phone redundant.

Prism is priced at $1,499, including supported prescription lenses, with initial US shipments planned for January 2027. New reservations currently fall into a summer 2027 batch, not that first delivery window. Its usefulness will depend on whether these small interactions feel easier than reaching for a phone, and whether you’re comfortable keeping the screen, batteries, and computer on your face all day.

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Working with an AI coding assistant can mean repeating the same handful of commands while your fingers hunt across a keyboard full of other possibilities. Keychron’s F4 HE 8K Vibe Coding Keypad gives those repeated decisions their own little patch of desk. Four programmable keys put prompting, dictation, approval, and rejection within reach, without asking you to replace the keyboard you already use.

The square body measures just 1.77 inches on each side, although its tall keycaps bring the height to 1.35 inches. Available in black or white, it looks like someone neatly cut a corner from a mechanical keyboard. An ABS plastic enclosure surrounds an aluminum plate, leaving the switch housings visible beneath the caps instead of hiding them behind a broad decorative surround.

Designer: Keychron

Those caps do more than supply a place to press. Keychron provides 15 icon options in dye-sublimated PBT, so a microphone, check mark, or cross can identify what you’ve assigned underneath. Per-key RGB adds another cue, letting you color an approval key green and a rejection key red. These are physical labels and configured colors, not screens that update when you switch applications.

The intended routine is familiar if you’ve spent time reviewing generated code. Start a conversation, dictate a change, then accept or reject what comes back, using mappings suited to your software. Keychron supplies Codex and Claude presets through its browser-based Launcher. The microphone icon needs particular attention, though: there’s no microphone inside this little box, so voice input still needs one elsewhere.

Launcher also handles ordinary shortcuts and recorded macros, giving the keypad something to do when you’re finished negotiating with an AI. A meeting mute button or a window-snapping shortcut might earn its place just as easily. Settings save to the device, but the relevant shortcuts still need to work on the next computer. Onboard memory carries your assignments, not the applications they control.

The magnetic switches add a less obvious kind of customization. You can choose how far a key travels before registering, making a shallow press sufficient or requiring a more deliberate movement. Dynamic Keystrokes can assign up to four actions across pressing and releasing one key. That’s extra flexibility, although remembering several hidden actions might undermine the simplicity of having four clearly labeled buttons.

Keychron advertises 8,000 reports per second over USB-C with a suitable cable, a gaming-oriented specification rather than evidence that AI will answer faster. More immediately relevant is another wire trailing from such a small accessory. The listed box contents include the keypad, 11 extra caps, and a manual, but no cable, so you’ll need to provide that part of the setup yourself.

The F4 costs $34.99, but the featured Launcher version remains in beta ahead of its planned November 9, 2026 release. That caveat aside, the question is how often you’re repeating the same commands. Four dedicated buttons are appealing when they remove a daily nuisance, less so when they’re another thing to remember beside your perfectly functional keyboard.

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Wireless earbuds can make a short gaming break depend on whether you remembered to charge their case the night before. Razer’s Hammerhead V3 Chroma takes that worry off the list with a cable that carries audio and power through USB-C. There’s no headphone jack involved in this return to wired listening, and the angled plug has been shaped around the hands holding your phone.

The connector has a 90-degree bend, letting the cable run alongside a compatible device rather than sticking straight into your palm. That matters when you rotate a phone for a game and wrap both hands around its ends. It’s a small adjustment to an unglamorous component, but one that addresses one immediate objection to putting a wire back into a handheld setup.

Designer: Razer

The wire also gives Razer somewhere to put controls that don’t have to share space with an ear tip. An in-line remote handles volume, playback, and active noise cancellation (ANC), with raised controls you can locate by touch rather than tapping an earbud. Its omnidirectional microphone supports calls and team chat, keeping the interactions on the cable instead of behind another phone menu.

Of course, subtlety isn’t really the point of a bright green cable hanging from black earbuds. Circular outer caps carry illuminated Razer logos, with Chroma RGB offering 16.8 million color options. The glossy housings and short stems aren’t particularly dramatic by themselves, but the color makes the whole arrangement unmistakably gaming hardware, even when you’re simply listening to music on the bus.

Inside each earbud, a dynamic driver works alongside a dedicated tweeter, dividing the work between lower and higher frequencies. Razer includes feed-forward ANC, intended to reduce surrounding noise during a commute or a match in a shared room. Noise cancellation brings a familiar wireless-earbud convenience to a wired pair, although neither the driver arrangement nor the connection guarantees great sound on its own.

Four presets cover Gaming, Music, Movies, and Call, alongside a custom equalizer profile for anyone who prefers adjusting the balance themselves. Moving to a PC adds THX Surround Sound 7.1 through Razer Synapse 4. That’s a software-dependent extra, not something the earbuds automatically deliver on every phone, so the same connection doesn’t mean an identical feature set everywhere you plug them in.

The IPX4 rating allows for splashes and sweat, which makes sense for earbuds that might move from a desk to a drizzly commute. It doesn’t turn them into waterproof gear. The cable needs managing: it can catch on clothing or pull against the phone when you reach too far. A bent connector changes its direction, not the distance you’re able to move.

Launched on November 5, 2026, the Hammerhead V3 Chroma costs $79.99 in the US. The trade is straightforward: fewer batteries to remember, but a cable and an occupied USB-C port in return. If that’s your phone’s only charging connection, you’ll need another way to top it up while listening. The earbuds need no charging, but your phone doesn’t get the same night off.

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Charging a phone and a pair of earbuds is easy enough, but sharing that same stand with another phone is a different matter. Peak Design’s new Charging Station addresses that problem with two equally capable magnetic pads and a hinged arm. Stand it up beside your laptop, or lay it flat so two phones can recharge without competing for the better spot.

The shape is straightforward, with a narrow metal arm linking two rounded-square charging surfaces. Die-cast aluminum and zinc form the chassis, while the machined aluminum stem provides the moving structure. Laminated Clarino covers the pads, and a non-slip TPU foot sits underneath. Black and Moon finishes keep the color choices restrained, rather than turning your nightstand into a brightly branded electronics display.

Designer: Peak Design

Two hinges let you adjust the arm and upper pad separately, positioning a phone for a video call or a glance at your calendar. Magnetic attachment supports portrait and landscape orientations, so changing what you’re doing doesn’t require another stand. An earbud case can sit on the lower pad while the phone stays raised, keeping both devices within the same small desktop footprint.

The lower pad gets more interesting when you fold the station flat. Peak Design rates both Qi2.2 pads for up to 25W simultaneously, allowing two compatible phones to recharge at once without assigning one a slower accessory spot. That doesn’t mean every magnetically attached phone will receive 25W, though. The device’s own charging support still determines how much power it can accept.

That folding movement also changes how the charger travels. Packed flat, it measures 6.3 by 2.7 by 0.6 inches, with the arm tucked alongside the body instead of projecting into your bag. At 9.7 ounces, it still adds weight to a travel kit, but you aren’t packing a rigid desktop stand just to keep a phone propped up in a hotel room.

A separate USB-C output makes room for a third device, although this connection is wired. Its 7.5W output is suited to smaller accessories rather than replacing a laptop charger. A watch still needs its own charging cable or puck, so this isn’t a dedicated three-device wireless dock. It simply gives that extra cable somewhere to connect without occupying another outlet on the wall.

The $99.95 price also leaves out the wall adapter. Peak Design includes a fabric-wrapped USB-C cable rated for 100W, but specifies at least a 45W power supply to operate the station and 75W or more for maximum dual charging speed. That makes the adapter part of the buying decision, particularly if your existing charger is already committed to powering something else at home.

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Finding a place for a game console usually means clearing a shelf, not making room for a reptile. Microsoft’s Xbox Series X-BITE puts a working Series X inside an artificial alligator measuring more than five feet long. The one-off creation trades a discreet electronics box for something closer to a wildlife exhibit, complete with a controller between its teeth.

The alligator rests on slim posts above a rectangular, wood-grain base, with its legs hanging below and its tail curling toward the floor. Dark, ridged scales and a lighter belly give it the appearance of a mounted specimen. That familiar display format does much of the work, making the oversized enclosure feel deliberately theatrical rather than like an ordinary console wearing a novelty cover.

Designer: Microsoft (Xbox)

A raised section on its back interrupts those scales, with an illuminated Xbox Nexus symbol worked into the surface. It’s the clearest clue that the animal has supposedly swallowed something it shouldn’t. The branding stays small against the length of the body, allowing the fabrication to carry the joke before the glowing logo explains why there’s an alligator underneath your television in the first place.

The head gets a less subtle treatment. Xbox-green irises surround pupils shaped around the Nexus symbol, turning the creature’s stare into another brand reference. Between the open jaws sits a custom Xbox Wireless Controller with artificial bite marks. It gives the sculpture a little unfinished business, as though the console wasn’t quite enough of a meal and the accessories were next on the menu.

The commission went to creature-effects specialists, who used 3D modeling, sculpting, and fabrication to build the animal around the hardware. That process gives a promotional console the attention normally associated with a film prop. Florida supplied the inspiration, according to Xbox, although the animal itself is entirely artificial. No actual alligators were used or harmed in creating this unusually elaborate console enclosure.

For the person who eventually owns it, the obvious challenge is finding a suitable place to put it. More than five feet of reptile won’t disappear into the usual gap beside a television. Its long base asks for a substantial display surface, and the raised mounting makes the whole assembly something to plan a room around rather than tuck away.

There’s also a qualification behind the playable-console claim. Xbox says the Series X inside works, but its fine print recommends the finished creation for display. The announcement doesn’t explain ventilation, access to ports, or servicing inside the sculpted body. That leaves a distinction between functioning hardware and a practical replacement for the console you switch on every evening after work.

Only one Series X-BITE exists, and it’s being offered through a sweepstakes rather than a retail release. There isn’t a shelf price to weigh against a standard console or a choice of less toothy finishes. The appeal is owning the fabrication itself, with a working Xbox as its unlikely inhabitant. The controller has a home, provided you don’t mind the teeth.

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Camping stoves can be awkward things to pack, especially when the burner and pot supports insist on keeping their cooking shape inside your bag. Easy Cooking approaches that problem with a folding stove concept that tucks its parts into an elongated, rounded case. Developed in 2023, it proposes a smaller package for the trip without making you assemble a kitchen from loose pieces.

The closed body has a sandy beige finish, interrupted by black details and a short fabric loop at one end. Concentric slots near the opposite end echo the circular burner hidden inside, while a field of smaller perforations breaks up the broad face. It’s a restrained way to give camping equipment some character without covering it in rugged-looking armor or oversized branding.

Designers: Hao Kong, Qi Qiu

Opening it changes the relationship between those parts. The burner extends away from the housing, and three serrated pot supports spread around it to create a cooking position wider than the packed form. Folded inward, those supports nest alongside the burner. The proposal concentrates on rearranging what a stove needs, rather than giving a conventional rectangular cooktop a handle and calling it portable.

The fuel cartridge sits lengthwise inside the open housing, keeping the supply beside the burner rather than requiring a separate fuel hose. A large rotary dial occupies the side, and an OPEN label marks a separate control on top. Those familiar physical cues suggest where to begin, although the presentation doesn’t explain the ignition system or the cartridge’s locking and release mechanisms.

That arrangement would make sense for a quick outdoor meal, when you want to put a kettle on without unpacking a boxy tabletop appliance. The enclosure serves two jobs: concealing the burner for transport and accommodating the cartridge once the stove is deployed. Its usefulness would depend on how easily those parts move, especially after grit and food residue get into the joints.

There’s a precedent for this kind of transformation. Snow Peak’s Home & Camp Burner, released in 2019, also folds its burner into an enclosure that holds a butane cartridge during use. Easy Cooking explores that packing problem with a flatter, capsule-like outline. The shared idea makes the details of deployment more interesting than any suggestion that folding a stove is entirely new.

Easy Cooking remains a concept rather than an established retail product. There’s no mention of dimensions or weight figures to demonstrate how much space it saves, and material grades aren’t specified. The folding supports leave practical questions about how a full pot would be held above the ground, particularly when stirring or lifting it could shift the load across that narrow structure.

Heat management matters as much as the folding trick. Snow Peak warns that certain cookware can radiate enough heat toward its canister to create a hazard, a reminder of what’s at stake when fuel and flame share a small footprint. Making the stove disappear for travel is appealing; keeping its fuel from overheating once a pan goes on top demands more care.

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Cordless table lamps let you move the whole fixture, but sometimes you only need to take the light. Studio Apure’s NOX makes that distinction with a magnetic head that lifts away from its stand and becomes a small flashlight. The stand can stay beside your chair while its illuminated tip follows you down a dark hallway, without carrying the base along for company.

The shape gives that arrangement a surprisingly tidy home. A slender upright rises from a flat circular foot, with a shorter cylinder attached near the top. There’s no broad shade or long articulated arm competing for space above a bedside table. Onyx Black, Nimbus Grey, and Dune Beige keep the finish choices subdued, letting the changing angle of the head supply most of the character.

Designer: Studio Apure (via The Curation)

That head rotates through 360 degrees, so you can redirect the beam without shifting everything else on the table. An adjustable lens changes its spread from a broad glow to a concentrated spot. You might keep the light wide during dinner, then narrow it toward a book afterward, giving the same small fixture two different jobs without changing where the stand sits.

Brightness gets its own adjustment, separate from the beam’s width. Tap the top of the head to switch the LED on or off, and hold to dim it between 5% and 100%. Its 140-lumen output has a warm 3000K color temperature. The touch control stays with the detachable head, so it remains accessible when you’re carrying the light without its supporting stand.

Taking it off the stand changes the scale of what you’re carrying. You can check behind a sofa or retrieve something from a dark closet without balancing an entire lamp in one hand. Return the head to its magnetic attachment, and its battery recharges from the stand. That gives the removable part a parking spot, which is useful for something so small.

Studio Apure estimates 12 to 14 hours of cordless operation for the complete lamp and up to an hour for the detached flashlight, both at full brightness. Recharging the lamp takes about seven hours using the supplied dock and adapter. The stand is therefore the longer-lasting arrangement, while the little light you pull away is better suited to shorter trips around home.

Outdoor trips still come with a few restrictions. NOX carries an IP54 rating, but Studio Apure restricts it to indoor or covered outdoor settings and advises avoiding direct water contact. A sheltered patio table fits that brief; leaving it exposed in the garden doesn’t. Cordless operation removes the outlet from the seating arrangement, not the need to bring the lamp under cover.

Listed at $385, NOX puts a substantial price on that flexibility. Its 2.03-pound weight still lets you carry the whole lamp when you want light somewhere else, while a flashing red ring warns you when it’s time to recharge. You’ll just need to return the head to its stand, since a magnetic connection can’t recharge something you’ve abandoned in a kitchen drawer.

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Touchscreens have plenty of games, but tapping on glass doesn’t quite replace moving a piece across a board. The Board, a tabletop console from the company of the same name, makes that physical interaction central to its design. Its 24-inch screen responds to toy utensils, spaceships, and robots, giving players something to hold while keeping the action on the table between them.

The broad, wood-finished frame gives it more in common with a serving tray than a television console. Rounded corners and gently curved edges soften its rectangular outline, while the large screen lies flat so people can gather around it. At 25.7 inches wide and 1.5 inches thick, it’s a substantial tabletop object, not something you’ll casually hold in one hand between turns.

Designer: Board

The clever part is underneath those playful pieces. Each has a distinct conductive pattern on its base that the screen can recognize through capacitive sensing, the same general touch technology used in phones and tablets. According to Board, the pieces contain no batteries, sensors, or electronics. There’s nothing to charge or pair before a plastic spaceship can become your controller for the evening.

That recognition happens through PieceSense, Board’s system for identifying pieces and following their position and rotation. Its machine learning runs on the device rather than sending those interactions to the cloud. It’s also designed to filter out accidental palm touches. That’s an important distinction when several people lean over the same screen, although Board’s developer guidance acknowledges that very fast movements can interrupt tracking.

Chop Chop puts that relationship between shape and action to work. You use a little knife to slice and a spoon to stir, rather than memorizing which button handles each task. The physical tools give the digital kitchen a familiar vocabulary. Passing a utensil across the table also puts some of the game’s coordination outside the screen, where everyone can see it.

Strata takes a different approach, using chunky blocks to build upward and claim territory. Here, the pieces contribute height instead of standing in for characters on a flat display. A new game can redraw the playing field, while different pieces give your hands another way to interact. Of course, those pieces will need a home when it’s time to put everything away.

Board currently lists the console at $339 in the US, reduced from $399, with seven games and their pieces included. There’s no required subscription, and additional individual titles range from free to $34.95. Software downloads directly to the console, while any corresponding pieces ship to your door. Expanding the collection can involve waiting for a package, rather than simply tapping another download button.

There is a power cord to consider, though. Board runs from a wall outlet, so its place on the coffee table depends on where you can plug it in. It’s still another screen in the living room, of course. The interesting design decision is giving everyone an object to move on that screen, with the players sitting close enough to steal your actual spoon.

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Carrying a tablet and a laptop means packing two screens when what you really need is another operating system. Hero Devices’ upcoming Hero Keyboard puts a Windows 11 PC inside a keyboard with its own trackpad and battery, leaving the display to a compatible tablet or monitor. The idea is to carry your computer without committing to the screen attached to it.

That makes Hero look rather like a laptop that’s misplaced its lid. Its Midnight Merlot enclosure has rounded corners, black keys, and a broad trackpad, with none of the hinge hardware anchoring a display behind it. The aluminum body measures about 10.04 by 7.48 inches and just 0.46 inches thick, although that compact footprint doesn’t leave room for a separate number pad.

Designer: Hero Devices

Inside, Hero specifies an Intel Core Ultra 5 125H processor, 16 GB of memory, and a 512 GB SSD. Windows runs on that hardware, not on the tablet, which simply supplies the display and supported touch inputs. That’s critical when you need a Windows application your tablet can’t run natively, without replacing the mobile software you already enjoy using on it.

Using a tablet as the display takes some software, though. Hero Port uses a standard USB-C data cable for wired video, while touch and stylus inputs travel separately over Bluetooth Low Energy. Hero’s companion app targets iPadOS 17 and later and Android 7 and later, but its product page still marks it as forthcoming. iPhone users are directed to third-party alternatives, such as Duet.

At a desk, a compatible USB-C monitor can provide both a display connection and power through one cable. Move elsewhere, and the same files and applications travel inside the keyboard, rather than needing another PC to pick up the work. The optional $50 Sidekick case gives those separate parts a home, carrying Hero and an 11-inch iPad while doubling as a tablet stand.

Hero has a role when you don’t need Windows. Switch off its PC, and the keyboard and trackpad can still serve a tablet over Bluetooth. You could answer messages in your tablet’s native apps, then switch back to Windows for work that needs it. There’s no need to pack a second keyboard just because you’ve changed operating systems rather than changing screens.

Of course, leaving out the screen doesn’t make the rest weightless. Hero alone weighs about 1.59 pounds, before adding a tablet, stand, or charger. The company promises up to nine hours of battery life and includes a 100-watt USB-C charger, but those figures don’t establish how long your workload will last. The tablet supplying your display also has its own battery to manage.

The Founders Edition is listed at $999 for preorder in the US and Canada, with initial shipments planned for the fourth quarter of 2026. That’s a substantial price for something that still needs a separate display. Its appeal depends on already owning the right screen and wanting Windows enough to accept a cable, an app, and a less self-contained setup than a laptop.

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The PlayStation 2 was never something you could casually slip into a bag, unless you planned to bring a screen and controller along for the ride. The PlayStation 2 DUO brings those pieces together in an unofficial DIY handheld with an unusual trick. Its screen actually bends in the middle, letting you fold the console when it’s time to put the game away.

There’s plenty of familiar territory around that unfamiliar fold. A purple shell surrounds the display, with a D-pad and the four recognizable PlayStation symbols sitting above two analog sticks. Start and Select occupy the upper corners, while speaker grilles sit below the controls. The arrangement looks reassuringly conventional, which is probably helpful when the screen between your hands is doing something rather unconventional.

Designer: LCLDIY

That screen is a single flexible panel, rather than two separate displays interrupted by a hinge. The project’s earlier development notes describe a 7.8-inch screen salvaged from a foldable phone. It gives the DUO a generous central canvas when opened, without committing the handheld to that same width inside a bag. Of course, making a screen bend doesn’t make its limitations magically disappear.

The panel needs room to curve, and forcing it into a sharp fold would damage it. That requirement shaped the casing and its hinge, leaving a broad bend instead of squeezing the halves completely flat together. It’s a less tidy package than a closed clamshell might suggest, but the extra space has a practical purpose: keeping that delicate display in one piece.

There’s genuine PlayStation 2 hardware inside as well, rather than a newer computer pretending to be Sony’s console. Getting it to fit required cutting down the original motherboard and rearranging its supporting electronics. A 3D-printed enclosure brings everything together, turning equipment once tethered to a television into something you can hold between both hands. The nostalgia extends beyond the buttons, in other words.

The folding body makes the electronics more complicated, of course. Separate control boards occupy the two sides, with a ribbon cable linking them across the center. The trimmed motherboard also carries a small cooling fan and heatsink. There’s quite a bit happening underneath that playful exterior, particularly for a device whose moving parts include the surface you’re supposed to be staring at.

Folding it up reduces the footprint, but doesn’t automatically make this a pocket console. The published project information doesn’t establish its weight, closed dimensions, or battery runtime, so there’s little reason to start planning an entire flight around it. More importantly, this is a completed hobby build, not an upcoming Sony handheld with a price tag and a place on store shelves.

Enclosure printing files and a PCB archive are available on the project page, although they don’t amount to a complete assembly guide. Recreating the DUO still involves board modification and careful work around a flexible display. That might temper the urge to make one immediately, especially if your experience with PlayStation hardware mostly involves inserting discs rather than cutting up circuit boards.

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Apple spends plenty of effort making the iPad thin and light, but that doesn’t mean holding one for an entire chapter feels effortless. A protective case can give it more bulk without giving your fingers much help. Strapsicle’s iPad cases take a different approach, adding a silicone strap that lets your hand support the tablet from behind instead of constantly squeezing its edges.

The most conspicuous part of the design is also its most useful idea. Strapsicle calls it the XO strap, a circular center with four diagonal arms attached to the case. Slide your fingers underneath, and the flexible silicone sits across the back of your hand. That gives the iPad another point of support without turning it into something with a bulky carrying handle.

Designer: Strapsicle

That arrangement also leaves room to change how you hold the tablet. Your fingers can slip under different parts of the strap for portrait reading or landscape browsing, with either hand taking a turn. Of course, the case doesn’t make an iPad weightless. It’s intended to reduce reliance on pinching the edges, not remove the need to support the device at all.

Eventually, though, even the most interesting book has to make way for something else. The front cover folds along its geometric creases to become a stand, offering portrait support for reading and a steeper 75° landscape position for watching videos. There’s also an 8° setup for typing and drawing, bringing the screen closer to the tabletop rather than holding it almost upright.

The cover doesn’t have to follow you through every activity, thankfully. It detaches completely, leaving the rear strap accessible without a folded flap competing for space behind your hand. Small pins connect it to the shell rather than magnets, so removing it is a deliberate step. Put it back on when you’re finished, and the screen has a cover for the trip home.

There’s a smaller silicone loop along the edge for an Apple Pencil, keeping the stylus with the tablet instead of loose in a bag. The main straps are interchangeable, too, so changing colors doesn’t require replacing the whole case. Pink, dark teal, and black give that unusual rear shape a little personality, while the transparent back leaves the iPad’s own finish visible.

Strapsicle lists two sizes, fitting the sixth- and seventh-generation iPad mini or the 10th-generation iPad and iPad (A16). Its announced US launch prices are $69.99 for the mini case and $79.99 for the larger version. The company says they’re shipping now, with the October 26, 2026, announcement marking their B&H retail debut. DataVision sales are scheduled to follow in November.

There is a tradeoff to all that extra support, however. Strapsicle lists the complete mini case at about six ounces and the larger version at 9.8 ounces, including their covers and straps. You’re adding weight to something you’ll still have to hold. Taking the cover off for a chapter on the couch makes sense, then, provided you remember to put it back before heading out.

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There’s something satisfying about choosing a CD, even if most of us have become accustomed to tapping a screen instead. The trouble is finding audio equipment you’d actually want to leave on display. km5’s newly announced Sp1 speaker and Mp1 mixer give its Cp1 CD player some equally minimalist company, letting you listen to favorite albums or try your hand at mixing them.

Both borrow the Cp1’s flat, frame-like format, with black or white finishes that let the pieces sit together without looking like an assortment of unrelated electronics. The Sp1 puts a perforated grille where the player displays its disc, while the Mp1 fills that space with knobs and sliders. They share the same size, but each makes its purpose clear through its front surface.

Designer: km5

The speaker has a few surprises behind that otherwise quiet appearance. A dot-matrix display sits beneath the grille, showing the time and playback information without carving out a separate screen on the front. Physical buttons occupy the top edge alongside a retractable metal antenna. That last detail gives away the Sp1’s other role as an FM radio that doesn’t need to borrow your phone.

Inside are two 1.77-inch full-range drivers and two passive radiators, though their presence alone doesn’t tell us how convincing the bass will be. Bluetooth and microSD playback offer other ways to listen, and you can record radio programs, too. Pairing two Sp1 units provides stereo playback, letting a single speaker become part of a larger arrangement rather than something you’ve outgrown.

The Mp1, meanwhile, invites you to do something with the music beyond pressing play. Its two channels have separate level sliders, with a crossfader below for blending between sources. Three-band EQ controls adjust the bass, midrange, and treble, while filters change the sound further. Loop buttons repeat sections of a track, giving a favorite passage permission to stick around a little longer.

Two Bluetooth inputs let the mixer receive music from sources such as a Cp1 and a smartphone, then send the combined sound wirelessly to a compatible speaker. You aren’t required to own an entire matching set, thankfully. Line inputs and outputs also accommodate wired connections, though the published information doesn’t establish how much delay the completely wireless arrangement introduces when you’re trying to mix.

Built-in batteries make it easier to move the arrangement away from a desk, with km5 quoting approximately 12 hours for the speaker and six for the mixer. Optional wall-mount accessories offer another way to free up a surface. The mixer can even be operated on the wall, an unusual invitation to get up from the sofa and fiddle with the music yourself.

Preorders are scheduled to open on November 16, 2026, with km5 expecting shipments in February 2027 or later, though pricing remains unconfirmed. There’s also a practical limit to that portable party setup. The speaker’s quoted battery life is twice the mixer’s, so it might be ready for another album when your DJ booth is looking for a charger.

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Productivity mice aren’t usually the most expressive things on a desk. Their unusual curves and extra buttons often say more about work than the person doing it. Logitech’s MX Master 4 Developer Edition takes a slightly different approach, covering its familiar shape in programming references. The limited-edition mouse keeps the standard model’s features, but gives developers something a little more personal to reach for.

Rather than stick to a single muted color, the mouse pairs light gray buttons with a dark palm rest and bright yellow-green accents. Fine circuit-like lines spread across the front, while coding symbols sit beside the controls. It’s a busier treatment than the regular version, of course, but the graphics follow the mouse’s existing divisions instead of covering everything in one continuous pattern.

Designer: Logitech

Some references are easier to recognize than others. A Hello, World greeting runs along the thumb rest, while smaller markings include 0xFF + 1 and 09.17. Logitech links those last two to Programmers’ Day and the Linux kernel’s release date. You don’t have to understand them to use the mouse, thankfully, although knowing the references does make its decoration feel rather less random.

Underneath that artwork, the familiar sculpted body remains, including a raised back and a broad platform for your right thumb. That thumb gets quite a few responsibilities, with a horizontal scroll wheel, side buttons, and the Haptic Sense Panel within reach. The asymmetric shape hasn’t become ambidextrous for this edition, so left-handed programmers are still left admiring the graphics from the wrong side.

The MagSpeed wheel handles the more familiar business of moving through long documents and code. It switches between stepped scrolling and free-spinning movement, letting you work line by line or move farther through a page. The thumb wheel provides horizontal navigation, which is useful when the thing you’re working on refuses to fit neatly inside a window, as spreadsheets have a habit of doing.

The ripples on the thumb panel hint at another kind of feedback. Rather than relying entirely on what happens onscreen, the mouse can deliver vibrations for supported actions and notifications. Logitech lets users adjust their intensity and customize app-specific feedback through Logi Options+. That doesn’t mean every application suddenly gains a sense of touch, but compatible interactions can have a physical cue.

Pressing the panel also opens Actions Ring, an onscreen collection of shortcuts arranged around the cursor. You can assign tools and macros through Options+, putting frequently used commands near where you’re already working. There is a small irony here, however. Despite the Linux reference on the shell, Logitech doesn’t provide a Linux version of Options+ for configuring that particular shortcut system.

The Developer Edition is listed for US preorder at $119.99, with shipping scheduled to start October 31, 2026. Since its functions match the standard MX Master 4, the choice comes down to how much personality you’d like under your hand. Existing owners won’t find new capabilities here, though the temptation to coordinate a keyboard, desk mat, and everything else remains.

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Checking your sleeve usually means looking for a stain, not opening a calculator. Researchers at the National University of Singapore have given that familiar piece of clothing a rather different purpose, threading a working touchscreen into its fabric. The research prototype displays images, responds to presses, and bends around the forearm without relying on a rigid panel strapped on top of it.

The interesting part is how the screen becomes part of the garment. Each electronic fiber carries a row of LEDs and a touch-sensitive layer beneath them, all within a thread about 0.04 inches thick. Pressing the fiber closes a circuit, allowing the system to locate your finger. You aren’t poking through fabric at a hidden glass screen; the thread itself detects the press.

Designers: Heng Fu, Ziang Li, Swetika Chaturvedi, Xiaoyu Zhang, Xiaolong Li, Qianyi Li & Tural Khudiyev (National University of Singapore)

The sleeve combines 54 of those fibers, each carrying 96 LEDs, into a display roughly 6.6 inches by 4.1 inches. Its 96-by-54-pixel resolution isn’t going to replace your phone’s display, although the prototype can show pictures and play video. Large icons make more sense here than tiny menus, giving the interface a chunky character that suits a screen wrapped around a moving arm.

That placement puts simple tools within reach without fishing through a pocket. The team demonstrated a calculator, compass, photo viewer, and voice commands, along with Bluetooth image transfers. Video runs at 30 frames per second, dropping to 25 with synchronized audio. Those aren’t smartphone specifications to brag about, of course, but checking a direction doesn’t demand a miniature movie theater on your sleeve.

Other fibers carry a microphone, speaker, and sensors for movement, light, direction, and temperature. That lets the interface rotate with the arm and adjust its brightness automatically. A temperature-sensing fiber positioned under the arm can send a reading to the sleeve, suggesting how clothing might eventually make personal measurements easier to check. That doesn’t mean it’s ready to replace your thermometer, though.

Of course, clothing has to survive more than a few demonstrations. NUS reports that light output and touch response barely changed after 50 detergent washes and 1,000 bends. The washing procedure used a laundry bag and a gentle cycle, rather than treating the electronics like gym socks. That’s encouraging, though a laundry test isn’t a promise of surviving years of careless washing.

There’s also a difference between making the display flexible and making the entire computer disappear. Separate controller circuits and battery packs still support this prototype, so the electronics haven’t all become yarn. The researchers report breathability comparable to common fabrics, including cotton and denim, but a wearable system also has to account for where its power supply and other hardware sit during use.

For now, this remains a laboratory garment, with no announced retail price or release date. Higher resolution and more integrated electronics are among the challenges ahead. There’s a practical design question underneath the glowing sleeve, too. If the interface lives in your clothes, charging, repairing, and eventually replacing it become wardrobe decisions, alongside the ordinary matter of choosing something that fits comfortably.

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A phone charging flat on a desk isn’t particularly useful when you want to follow a recipe or join a video call. Statik’s PowerStand gives that familiar cable an extra job, building a folding stand directly into its USB-C connector. The $19.99 retail accessory lets your phone stay propped up while plugged in, without adding a separate cradle to the table.

Most of the work happens in a broad connector housing that sits across the phone’s bottom edge. Two legs pivot out from its ends, turning the plug into a little support structure for portrait or landscape viewing. Fold those legs back against the housing when you’re finished, and the stand travels with the cable rather than becoming another loose accessory to forget.

Designer: Statik

That arrangement makes particular sense beside a laptop, where a phone can sit upright for calls while the computer handles everything else. Turn it sideways, and the same support becomes useful for watching a video over lunch. There’s no magnetic ring or special case to attach first, although you do have to plug the stand end into the phone to use it.

The connector’s shape matters even when you aren’t using the stand. Its right-angle layout sends the cord along the phone’s edge instead of straight out into your hand, a useful distinction when holding it horizontally for a game. Statik also extends the plug’s shaft to reach through most cases, though that isn’t a promise that every bulky protective cover will fit.

Putting a wide piece of hardware underneath a phone creates another problem, since that space often contains speakers and microphones. PowerStand’s housing includes molded channels that Statik says direct sound toward the listener while keeping those openings clear. It’s a thoughtful response to the connector’s added width, although the available evidence doesn’t establish a measurable improvement in volume or call quality.

Statik rates the cable for up to 240W using USB Power Delivery 3.1, allowing it to serve compatible laptops when paired with an appropriate charger. That figure describes the cable’s capacity, not what every connected device will receive. Data transfers are limited to USB 2.0’s 480Mbps, making this a charging-first accessory rather than a particularly speedy file-transfer cable for large video projects and backups.

At 6.6 feet, the cord gives you some room between the outlet and whatever patch of desk or kitchen counter you’re using. It has a braided nylon jacket and reinforced strain relief, while the connector combines TPE plastic and aluminum. The rest of the lead remains a conventional cable, with a standard USB-C plug at the opposite end rather than another folding mechanism.

Of course, putting a stand inside a connector means accepting a much wider plug, even on days when you only want to charge. There’s no getting around that tradeoff by folding the feet away. But for someone who regularly props a phone beside a keyboard or hotel bed, though, that extra width buys a more useful resting place than the nearest coffee mug on the nightstand.

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The Slurptop borrows its battery from the toolbox, and its body doesn’t bother pretending otherwise. This homemade cyberdeck wraps mini PC hardware in a chunky yellow-and-black clamshell, complete with an integrated carry handle and mechanical keys. It’s a completed personal project rather than a retail laptop, designed around coding, light design work, and controls that don’t apologize for taking up some extra space.

The angular, 3D-printed enclosure takes its cues from power tools, with similarly conspicuous controls. The yellow frame uses glass-fiber-filled plastic, while black components use carbon-fiber-filled filaments. An aluminum bar reinforces the hinge area, with shared bolts securing several structural layers. The handle fits between sections of the case, so assembling the housing locks it into position before its own mounting screws are added.

Designer: Slurpburgers

Open the lid, and the keyboard immediately takes over. Its 82 mechanical keys sit in angled groups rather than the straight rows you’d expect on a laptop, leaving a green trackball near the front center. That ball runs on three ceramic bearings above a sensor salvaged from a gaming mouse. You can move the pointer without clearing desk space for a separate mouse.

The display keeps things relatively conventional, pairing a 14-inch panel with a 1920-by-1200 resolution and a 16:10 aspect ratio. Behind the custom shell is hardware from a GMKtec M5 Ultra mini PC, including an AMD Ryzen 7 7730U processor, 64GB of RAM, and a 500GB SSD. CachyOS supplies the familiar Linux desktop, so there’s a recognizable computing environment beneath all that workshop character.

An XP-Pen drawing tablet also gets its own holder behind the display, adding pen input without displacing the keyboard or trackball. Connected beside the laptop, it provides a separate surface for sketching or editing artwork, leaving the main display free to show what you’re working on. That keeps everything together for travel, although actually drawing still calls for some extra desk space.

The power arrangement follows the same willingness to borrow useful parts. A 24V Kobalt tool battery supplies the machine through a converter that adjusts its output to the PC’s required 19V. A separate cutoff board guards against draining the pack too far. The battery remains an obvious external attachment, making its removal part of the operating routine instead of a repair procedure.

That decision comes with a catch, naturally. The Slurptop doesn’t charge the battery itself, so the pack has to visit its tool charger. Wall power can run the computer independently, and a switching module transfers between the adapter and battery. Keeping it plugged in lets the owner change packs without shutting down, but there’s no uninterrupted battery swap away from an outlet.

The builder reports more than four hours of writing and coding on a 4Ah battery, with some charge remaining. That’s a useful reference, not an independently measured endurance rating. The power-tool styling doesn’t come with a documented weatherproofing or drop rating, either. You can carry this homemade workstation by its handle, but treating it like a drill would be an unfortunate misunderstanding.

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Making a phone call shouldn’t feel like learning a new piece of software. The HMD 2660 Flip Senior Edition responds to that familiar frustration with big buttons, a folding body, and an unexpected addition called Mary. This AI companion from inTouch brings conversation to a basic phone, letting older adults try the technology without trading their keypad for a touchscreen full of apps.

The hardware doesn’t stray far from the regular HMD 2660 Flip introduced in 2025. Open the clamshell, and there’s a 2.8-inch screen above a generously sized number pad, with a navigation control separating the two. Answering or ending a call can be tied to opening or closing the phone, giving those actions a physical beginning and end that a touchscreen doesn’t quite offer.

Designer: HMD Global

The outside gets its own smaller display, so checking the time doesn’t require unfolding the whole thing. Its dark body and rounded corners stick to the recognizable flip-phone formula rather than dressing the device up as medical equipment. That restraint matters here. The phone offers an alternative way to stay in touch, without announcing that its owner needs an entirely different category of gadget.

Mary adds a different kind of contact to the phone, one that’s available for a casual conversation around the clock. HMD says the companion speaks slowly, leaves room for replies, and remembers earlier conversations. A chat might involve history, a favorite memory, or a game. The interesting choice is delivering those interactions through speech, instead of asking someone to type their thoughts.

Of course, an AI feature can easily complicate a supposedly simple phone. Here, Mary appears in the main menu, and selecting her icon before pressing the call button starts the conversation. There’s no separate app to install or number to memorize. Activation still involves a website or QR code, though, so the simplest experience comes after someone has handled that initial setup.

The less glamorous details haven’t disappeared beneath the AI pitch. A removable 1,450mAh battery and USB-C charging keep the basics familiar, while HMD rates the body IP54 for protection against dust and splashes. A replaceable battery also means you can swap a worn component, rather than treating the whole phone as something that has reached retirement age.

The UK listing puts the phone at £79.99 (about $107), including a five-hour trial of Mary. Continuing the service costs £16.90 (about $23) monthly, with carrier charges potentially adding to that. The trial doesn’t automatically become a paid plan, but inTouch’s general terms say paid subscriptions renew automatically. It can be canceled, but ongoing conversations introduce another expense alongside ordinary phone service.

There’s an important distinction between making conversation easier to access and replacing human company. Mary is software, and her availability shouldn’t be confused with evidence that she reduces loneliness. The change here is how someone reaches that software. They can keep the familiar ritual of opening a phone and making a call, and still use their handset after the AI subscription ends.

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Copying customer details from a message into a spreadsheet probably isn’t anyone’s idea of a good afternoon. Unfortunately, even a perfectly capable computer still leaves plenty of that work to you. Bvio’s Violoop is a plug-in AI operator designed to handle those repetitive steps, giving your existing computer an assistant without asking you to replace the machine you’re already comfortable using.

You can tell Violoop what you need in ordinary language, such as finding customer information in a WhatsApp conversation and entering it into a customer relationship management (CRM) system. That might sound like a small convenience, until you’ve spent an afternoon repeating the same routine. The aim is to let you explain the task instead of manually carrying every detail from one window to another.

Designer: Team Violoop

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To do that, Violoop interprets what’s on the screen and interacts with applications through keyboard and mouse controls. Its companion software supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, while the screen-based approach means it doesn’t need a dedicated integration for each application. You’re still working with familiar programs, only with assistance intended to bridge the gaps between them, and without the need to learn programming to give it instructions.

Of course, customer records are only part of the paperwork that follows a small business around. Invoice details need entering into spreadsheets, documents need organizing, and files rarely end up where they belong without some encouragement. Violoop is designed to help with that preparation, taking on the repetitive handling while leaving you to check the information and decide what to do with it.

Email offers another familiar example. Having something sensible to edit can be easier than staring at an empty reply box, especially when several messages need similar responses. Violoop can prepare replies as drafts for review, giving you a starting point while keeping the final wording in your hands. You can add the context that a customer relationship or a delicate conversation actually needs.

There’s also a reason this assistant takes up physical space on your desk. Its compact enclosure and angled touchscreen give ongoing tasks a place of their own, rather than burying everything in another software window. Inside, the tiny device packs a punch of up to 26 trillion operations per second (TOPS) of AI processing. That hardware is intended to support local screen understanding and other AI work on Violoop itself.

That local processing also supports a more personal approach to recurring work. Violoop keeps personal memory on the device, retaining preferences and context so you don’t have to explain the same habits every time. Local memory doesn’t mean every task stays offline, however. Depending on the selected mode, Violoop can also connect to cloud services or larger AI models when additional help is needed.

The most interesting control might be the button on top. Violoop separates AI processing from a dedicated security controller, with an approval step for sensitive actions. The physical confirmation button gives that pause a tangible form. Preparing information and committing to an action are different responsibilities, after all, and the design puts a deliberate checkpoint between what the AI proposes and what happens next.

You don’t have to stay beside it to keep an eye on progress, either. Phone access lets you check tasks, send further instructions, and approve sensitive actions while you’re away from the desk, provided the computer remains on and connected. That’s useful when you need to step out but still want to see how things are going, without returning to the keyboard for every update.

An organized spreadsheet won’t decide which project you should take on next, and a drafted reply doesn’t know everything about the person receiving it. Those parts still belong to you. Violoop’s role is to help get the surrounding work ready, using a device that keeps progress visible and approval close at hand. That leaves the final email waiting for something decidedly familiar: your own words.

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Small jobs have a habit of sending us looking for bigger tools. A package arrives, the tape won’t budge, and suddenly you’re searching a drawer for something sharp. Carrying a large knife for these little interruptions feels a bit excessive, though. Lunark’s Edge & Pop takes a more modest approach, combining a folding pocket knife and bottle opener in one compact, wood-handled design.

At 2.7 inches long when open, with a 1.6-inch handle and a 1.1-inch blade, Edge & Pop keeps its ambitions fairly small. And at one ounce, it’s quite lightweight, too. That’s useful when your pockets already have a phone, wallet, and keys competing for space. There’s little reason for a tool meant for occasional cutting to take over the rest of your everyday carry.

Designer: Allan Ospina, Founder of Lunark

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The drop-point blade brings a curved cutting edge and a tip that slopes down from the spine. It’s intended for modest tasks, such as opening envelopes, slicing packing tape, or trimming cord. You don’t need to invent a camping trip to find a reason to carry it. A delivery on the doorstep or a stubborn bit of packaging is a less dramatic place to start.

Of course, a tiny knife doesn’t have to look like anonymous hardware. The blade is made of Damascus steel with 67 layers of high-carbon 9Cr18MoV, while the winding patterns give its surface a character of its own. The lines resemble the contours on a map, bringing detail to a small area. That pattern is an aesthetic attraction that makes the knife feel more considered than your typical cutting tools.

The ebony handle gives that patterned steel a quieter companion. Dark wood grain sits alongside black fasteners and softened corners, keeping the shape simple without making it plain. It’s an appealing departure from tools that turn every surface into exposed metal. The grain varies between pieces, so some of the object’s personality comes from the material rather than an added color scheme.

The bottle opener, meanwhile, becomes useful when a capped drink calls for something better than an improvised trick. It sits at the rear of the blade and becomes accessible when the cutting edge folds into the handle. There’s no separate implement to swing out first. Moving between the two jobs means changing the blade’s position, keeping the arrangement compact without adding another folding tool.

That little opener has another job as well. Pressing its end helps rotate the blade outward, making it part of the opening mechanism rather than a feature sitting idle between drinks. A liner lock holds the blade in its extended position, so you won’t have to worry about the blade folding back in accidentally. It’s a small but critical detail you’ll be thankful for when facing a stubborn box.

An attachment opening in the handle provides another way to keep the tool nearby. Paired with the included mini carabiner, it can join a keychain or hang from a bag rather than occupy a pocket. Whether in a pocket or hanging from a belt or bag, having a choice of carry arrangements is useful for an object meant to tag along.

Beneath the ebony handle, a heat-treated 420 stainless steel frame gives the tool a neatly defined outline. The exposed metal traces the wood’s edges, while black fasteners keep the assembly visually restrained. It’s a considered way to bring several materials into such a small object. There’s detail to appreciate up close, yet the overall shape stays simple enough to read at a glance.

A taped box on the kitchen counter and a capped drink at the end of the day make a good case for keeping these two functions together. Edge & Pop answers both with a compact shape and materials that reward a closer look. The pleasure is in that combination, having something useful within reach that feels as thoughtfully designed as the objects you choose to display.

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Putting a large screen on a gaming handheld is easy compared with making the whole thing comfortable to hold. AYN’s Odin 3 Portal approaches that problem with a 7-inch OLED up front and sculpted grips behind it. Now available for preorder, the Android handheld combines a broad, glass-covered face with physical controls that give your fingers somewhere other than the screen to go.

That front surface stretches across the display and surrounding control areas, giving the device a flatter, more unified appearance than a screen dropped into a chunky frame. Black keeps the boundary between panel and housing less conspicuous, while White and Cold Grey emphasize it. The latter’s purple buttons add retro flavor without turning the machine into a tribute to another console.

Designer: AYN

Turn it over, and the shape becomes less concerned with looking flat. Rounded bulges give your palms somewhere to settle, while textured shoulder buttons meet your index fingers above. The full-size Hall-effect sticks have ridged edges, and a dome D-pad sits below the left stick. These details aim to improve control, though actual comfort will depend on your hands and how you play.

The screen is a 1920×1080 OLED with a 120Hz refresh rate, giving supported games room to show smoother motion without asking you to peer at a tiny display. That doesn’t mean every game will run at 120 frames per second, of course, nor should you always crank it up. It depends on the game, settings, and your remaining battery.

Behind that screen is Qualcomm’s Dragonwing Q8 processor, paired with Android 15 and active cooling. A broad rear grille gives the internal fan room to draw air, making ventilation part of the exterior rather than hiding it completely. That’s worth remembering when you settle in with the handheld against a cushion, since the cooling system still needs an unobstructed path to breathe.

Power comes from a 9,000mAh battery, with support for 60W charging when you need to plug back in. Actual playtime will depend on the game and screen settings, so that capacity doesn’t translate into a guaranteed afternoon away from an outlet. At about 15.9 ounces, the handheld puts weight behind that screen, especially when a quick session somehow becomes an entire evening.

Storage starts at 128GB with 12GB of RAM, while the top model offers 1TB and 16GB of RAM. There’s also a microSD slot, so choosing less built-in storage doesn’t close off future expansion. AYN specifies that no games come preinstalled, however. You’re buying the hardware for your own library and setup, not a ready-made collection of nostalgic favorites waiting behind the power button.

Launch pricing starts at $399, with the 1TB version reaching $669 and shipping expected to begin in early November 2026. The pricier configuration doesn’t buy a different screen or processor, just more memory and storage than the base model. That leaves a practical choice between keeping a larger library installed and keeping the price down, particularly when a memory card remains an option.

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