With portable devices leading the market, Mini PC has become quite famous. With 10th gen incorporating 10nm SoC’s, it becomes easy for Mini PC manufacturers to shrink their technology without compromising performance.
MINISFORUM has introduced its latest Mini PC, the DeskMini X35G.
The new PC comes with Intel Ice Lake CPU. The measurements are reported to be 136.5 x 121.5 x 40.5 mm and weigh around 500g.
The Core i3-1005G1 processor features two cores and Intel Hyper-Threading support. It also comes with Turbo Boost of up to 3.4 GHz and includes Intel UHD Graphics.
The Mini PC comes with 16 GB of DDR4 -3200 RAM and comes with an M.2 2280 NVMe slot that supports Intel Optane Memory.
The Mini PC offers a 2.5-inch drive bay that could be utilised for M.2 2280 SATA SSD.
DeskMini X35G Specifications
Processor
10th Gen Intel® Core™ i3 1005G1 Processors 2 Core/4 Threads Base Frequency 1.2GHz，Max Turbo Frequency 3.4GHz 4 MB Intel® Smart Cache TDP 15W
RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet×2, USB 3.1 Gen2 ×2, USB 2.0×2, USB-C×1, TF card Slot×1, DC Jack×1
Power
DC 19V/1.9A (adapter included) or via USB-C Port
System
Windows 10 pro
Feature
RTC wake up/Wake on Lan/Power on auto power on (BIOS setting) / Network boot/
MINISFORUM is reported to bring the DeskMini X35G to Indiegogo in October. The machine will start at US$399 with 16 GB of RAM and 256 GB of SSD storage.
Do you play mobile games and wondering how big the industry is? We are bringing you all information about this rapidly-growing market!
Technology has evolved rapidly in the past decade and impacted almost every industry, including entertainment. Gaming, which is one of the most famous ways of consuming entertainment content, records a sky-rocket growth caused mainly by technology improvements. Do you remember the days when we played an ever-popular Snake on Nokia phones? Three hundred fifty million people worldwide spent hours and days playing this iconic game. Nowadays, games are more sophisticated, and players can enjoy a much more comfortable experience. Let’s have a more in-depth look at how big the mobile gaming industry is.
Mobile – The future of gaming
Mobile gaming plays a substantial part in the overall gaming industry, and it already produced almost half of the revenue of the entire industry. Do not forget that the market includes tablet and PC gaming as well. The growth of mobile gaming is astonishing, despite being a relatively new market in the industry. It is estimated that around 2.5 billion people all around the world play games on their smartphones, which represents almost one-third of the world’s population.
Nowadays, mobile games are easily accessible through the apps, as consumers can buy them in one of the app stores or download them for free. Gaming is the third most popular app category, together with music. Social media and shopping apps are the only ones that have more mobile users than gaming applications. Although most of the games are free to download or cheap to buy, the vast number of users still brings significant revenue to publishers from in-app purchases. Consumers have a vast choice of different types of games, but one of the famous ones are the casino apps. Some people play them for fun and other place real-money bets, but they all find them very amusing and catchy. Some of the best casino apps in India like the ones categorized here offer numerous of games suitable for everyone’s taste. It’s just important to not take it too seriously and use them only for entertainment.
Why are people more focused on mobile gaming?
Mobile devices became more convenient for a range of different activities that are not restricted only to gaming. If you need to go shopping online or make some e-banking transactions, you don’t need to be constrained to using only your PC or laptop. Although you need an internet connection to perform online activities, that is not an issue nowadays since you can find reliable networks almost everywhere. No matter if you are in a coffee shop or at the restaurant, an internet connection should be available to you.
It applies to mobile gaming as well. Gamers can carry their devices everywhere and enjoy playing time while travelling to work or having a drink at the bar. They are not restricted to the particular space where they can play games, which makes smartphones more convenient over gaming consoles or PCs. Part of mobile gaming’s breakneck growth lies behind the fact that the user experience has reached a much higher level than it was the case just a few years ago. In-app purchases, unique features, and loyalty rewards have contributed to its popularity and made mobile gaming more engaging than ever.
Mobile devices are becoming more powerful
Just a couple of years ago, mobile devices couldn’t come even close to PCs and laptops in terms of the hardware and software features. The processor speed, graphics quality, and memory capabilities were the biggest advantage of desktop devices. However, the processing time of smartphones has become significantly reduced, and their graphics effects are much better compared to many past consoles. Although some limitations can never be bypassed, such as the screen size, they are neutralized by other advanced features that make mobile gaming so attractive. Today, many more people, particularly in India, are in possession of mobile devices rather than desktop machines.
Technology around smartphones had evolved rapidly in the past few years, and nowadays, you cannot imagine any reputable program, website, or any software without a mobile version of it. It was pretty challenging to adapt the software to mobile devices, but thanks to new tools, it has never been easier. A lot of companies take mobile platforms very seriously, and they put as much effort to make their software compatible with them as to PC compatibility.
A perfect example of this approach is the Finnish cloud gaming company Hatch Entertainment. Cloud gaming is the future of this industry since it allows players to play the game by streaming it rather than having to download it and run on the local machine. There are already a couple of giants in the gaming stream services such as Twitch, Mixer, or Stadia, but Hatch is focused on streaming games to mobile devices. In a brief timeframe, the company became the world’s leader in the mobile cloud gaming industry.
Mobile games are very straightforward
In case you still haven’t tried out mobile gaming, don’t worry, you don’t need to have some particular skill to start playing them. They are very easy to get in, and even non-gamers who have never played them before can become good players quickly. The most popular ones, like Angry Birds, Fortnite, or Candy Crush, are suitable even for children who can enjoy playing those with their parents.
The mobile gaming space will continue getting increased investment and attention. The 5G era is arising, and it can only bring improvements and continue transforming mobile gaming, and make it even more exciting.
Mobile computing has garnered a lot of attention. With new and high-end processors hitting the market early this year, the competition has always been neck to neck.
However, there is one indisputable champion among the mobile SoC’s. The crown is held by none other than Apple’s A14 Bionic.
WinFuture journalist Roland Quandt claimed on twitter that Qualcomm is working on a high-end counterpart to Snapdragon 875. The new processor will allow manufacturers to further tap into a performance that is beyond Snapdragon 875.
The codename is speculated to be “Lahaina+”, as it’s the Snapdragon 875 Plus.
Quandt didn’t actually highlight if Lahaina+ is actually a new processor or its Snapdragon 875G renamed as Snapdragon 875 Plus. What we do know now is that Samsung and Qualcomm have reportedly struck an $850 million deal. With this deal, Qualcomm will provide 100 percent of orders to the company. It means that the rumored Lahaina+ will be mass-produced.
Qualcomm has Lahaina (what I think is SM8350 aka SD875) coming. We knew that. There's also Lahaina+.
Snapdragon 875+ might feature a custom Kryo 685 core based on the ARM Cortex-X1 Super Core.
Qualcomm has only released minor changes when releasing the ‘Plus’ variants of smartphone chipsets. These include increasing CPU and GPU clock speeds, resulting in a small performance increase. With the Snapdragon 865 Plus, Qualcomm was generous enough to add Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2 support.
Will the new processor cause any trouble for the Cupertino giant?
Apples A14 Bionic is the current undisputed champ among mobile SoC’s that exists in the market. To date, no processor in the market has come close to even match the performance of the Cupertino giant’s SoC.
Apple’s A14 Bionic has performed extremely well in both single-threaded and multi-treaded ratings.
But a more powerful Snapdragon 875 Plus could allow Qualcomm to take the performance crown from Apple for the first time in years.
It will be interesting to see what changes the Snapdragon 875 Plus, or Snapdragon 875G bring to the table other than just a minute increase in performance.
Vivo has already announced the first two members of its V20 series with the V20 and V20 Pro earlier this week. Now, Vivo has announced the third member of that series dubbed as V20 SE. Let’s get into the specifications of this phone.
The V20 SE runs on Android 10 OS and is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 chipset at the helm. Regarding the display, this phone offers a 6.44-inch FHD+ AMOLED panel with a waterdrop notch and an in-display fingerprint scanner. This phone comes in two different color gradients: Black & White.
The SD 665 chipset of this phone is paired with 8GB RAM and 128GB internal storage. The storage is further expandable via an external microSD card. Coming to the camera specs, this phone sports a triple rear camera setup which includes a 48MP primary shooter, an 8MP ultrawide lens, and a 2MP depth helper. For the selfies, this phone features a 32MP selfie shooter at the front. This phone has a polycarbonate back.
Coming to the battery, the V20 SE houses a decent battery backup of 4,100mAh supported by 33W wired fast charging. The company claims a 62% top-up in 30 minutes. This phone has a dimension of 161.0mm × 74.08mm × 7.83mm and it weighs around 171 grams. Regarding the price and availability, this phone carries a price tag of RM 1,199 ($287) while availability will be announced soon.
COVID-19 has already shaken the economy of the whole world. All the European clubs are facing a heavy crisis in their economy. Some big clubs like Manchester United, Juventus also faced economical problems this summer.
Supporters are not allowed inside the stadium since the pandemic has started. Premier League and Championship are forecasted to lose out on around £1 billion if fans don’t come soon to the stadium.
Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, recently revealed the idea of bringing a small number of fans to the stadium, just like the way fans are back to the stadium in the UEFA Super Cup final yesterday between Bayern Munich and Sevilla FC. But according to new rules of lockdown and curfews, it may not possible this year.
Recently it was estimated that Manchester United can lose out on around £5 million per match day and may lose around £140 million in total for these new rules.
Manchester United has already faced so many problems in the transfer window. They are yet to sign some of their prime targets this year because of their financial issues. They have signed only the Dutch midfielder Donny Van De Beek from Ajax.
The Red Devils cannot recuperate a single transfer fee for a player this summer. They have only sold Alexis Sanchez to Inter. But they needed to let him go for free as his wage was too high, though United will save an amount of money as they don’t need to compensate to terminate the contract.
United are also in talks with AS Roma to sell Chris Smalling. Some other players are also in talks with multiple clubs. Not only Manchester United, but all the other clubs of Premier League has faced problems in selling. The players are reluctant to relocate because of the virus, meaning many teams have been unable to move on unwanted figures.
Around a year after the launch of Google Stadia, Amazon brought its new game streaming service down to the field. It has been named Amazon Luna and nearly identical to its rival Google Stadia.
Amazon Luna streams more than 100 games from the cloud to the apps on various platforms like PC, Mac, Fire TV, iPhone, and iPad. For iPhones and iPads, it has special web applications. If you are an Android user, not to worry. Amazon will launch for this platform too, after Luna’s debut in the market.
I already mentioned that Amazon Luna will come to the market with more than 100 games and also various titles including Control, GRID, Abzu, Panzer Dragon, Sonic Mania, Metro Exodus, Overcooked 2, and Rime. Luna also brings Ubisoft’s own ‘channel’, for some other major titles like Assassins Creed Valhalla, and Fenyx Rising are also added to the list.
Though the cost of Ubisoft’s components is not declared yet, the ‘introductory’ price of Luna+ will be $5.99/month. In return, you will get access to all games, unlimited gameplay facility at 1080p/60fps.
Just like Google Stadia, Luna also has its own controller, costs $49.99 during Early Access. This controller ‘goes straight to Amazon’s service’ and doesn’t use Bluetooth or any other local connections. This helps to reduce the latency by up to 17-30 milliseconds.
The Amazon Luna is integrated with Twitch where streamers can stream their gameplays and audiences can join to view that with just one click.
OnePlus 8T is just around the corner for the official unveiling and it supposed to get some major upgrades and one of them is the support for 65W charging which is dubbed as Warp Charging 65 which has been also been doing the rounds of the internet before OnePlus even made an official announcement.
The latest teaser advertisement shared by the OnePlus teases that the upcoming OnePlus 8T will be getting the “Ultra Fast” charging speeds which are even going to be faster than the current Warp Charge 30T and the next charging speed which is available in the market especially used by other smartphone manufacturers is 65W charger so it will be smart to guess that it’s going to have support for 65W charging.
Well, a 65W charger will not be something very new as we have already seen OnePlus. counterparts like Xiaomi and Realme adopting the new charging speedway before OnePlus. Several budget handsets even now come with the 65W chargers so it will be not as exciting as the original Dash Charger but it will be exciting to see how OnePlus will be implementing it.
OnePlus also gave us a little sneak peek of the upcoming Warp Charge 65 in the latest forum post and according to the forum post the upcoming charging technology will be able to give a day’s power in 15 minutes and it will be capable of charging OnePlus 8T’s 4500mAH battery completely in 39 minutes and it can charge half the battery in 15 minutes.
The OnePlus 8T will be having a dual battery setup and the new charger will be charging both the batteries simultaneously at more than 30W without being heated up.
I've been using this phone for several months now … And trust me, 120Hz is just the start of it.😉 https://t.co/9l0VxjQz9l
Another big highlight of the upcoming OnePlus 8T will be a 120Hz display which has been officially confirmed by the OnePlus be CEO Pete Lau on the microblogging platform Twitter and he even said that he’s using the phone from the last few months.
OnePlus has also shared a video teaser for Warp Charge 65 which basically summarises OnePlus’ earlier charging technology and reveals the name of the new 65W charging tech.
OnePlus 8T 5G is set to arrive on October 14 without the bigger “Pro” variant as per the ongoing rumors.
Javi Martinez scored his first goal for Bayern since they beat Dortmund 5-0 in 2019.
In all likelihood, it will also be his last since Martinez looks set to return to Spain.
Thomas Muller became the most awarded German player in history with 26 trophies at club level. He is tied with former teammate Bastian Schweinsteiger
The match ball was designed by two kids from the match venue of Budapest.
This is Bayern’s second Super Cup victory. The last time they won it was in 13/14 when they won the continental treble for the first time.
First Half
The 2020 UEFA Super Cup between Bayern Munich and Sevilla started out as a fast, physical contest. 10 minutes into the game Rakitic was fouled by David Alaba in the box and won a penalty for Sevilla.
Lucas Ocampos took the spot-kick and converted from 12 yards out, sending Neuer in the wrong direction. The cheekiest part of it was the little no-look stunt that Ocampos pulled off while beating one of the world’s best goalkeepers.
The first half brought about a lot of chances for the Champions League winners. But the resolute partnership of Diego Carlos and Jules Kounde kept the Bavarians at bay.
Goretzka equalized in the 33rd minute following a lobbed ball into the box by Muller, set up for a shot by Lewandowski.
Second Half
Lewandowski almost gave Bayern the lead in the 49th minute after finishing a teasing 1-2 with Muller following a brilliantly lobbed ball by Sane.
However, the goal was ruled out for offside. Lewandowski’s foot was just behind the line when Sane picked the forward out deep in the opposition box.
Youssef En-Nesyri almost won the match in the 86th minute in a one-on-one with Neuer. However, the German’s heroics kept Bayern in the game.
Despite chances aplenty for both sides, it finished 1-1 at the end of regulation time.
ET: First Half
Diego Carlos gave away a cheap corner following an intervention. It would prove to be vital as Javi Martinez scored a rebound header to give Bayern the lead.
ET: Second Half
Sevilla had a great chance to equalise right off the bat. However, Ocampos’ volley could not find the back of the net.
The first week of the Indian Premier League has already covered eventful outcomes like super over, upsets, injuries, etc. To mark the first week of this prestigious tournament, another barn burner is coming our way as Chennai Super Kings will take on Delhi Capitals.
It has been a busy week for CSK as the three-time world champions will play their third match. Coming off a loss against Rajasthan Royals, they will look to end the week on a good note.
Capitals, on the other hand, had a close escape against Kings XI Punjab in their last match. KXIP were easily cruising towards an easy win as they needed only 1 run from 3 balls. However, Marcus Stoinis had other plans as he restricted KXIP to a tie. The super over had even more bad news for KXIP as they were restricted to only runs which DC chased comfortably to win the game.
Chennai Super Kings
Even though CSK is coming off a loss against Royals, they showcased some great aspects of their game. Faf Du Plessis again proved why he’s one of the best batsmen in the world by scoring an incredible 72 of just 37 balls. Shane Watson, Sam Curran and not to forget, MS Dhoni showed some glimpses of form as well.
Their bowling, however, looked a bit off. Ngidi conceded a massive 30 runs off his last over. Veteran Piyush Chawla was countered as well as he conceded 50 runs in just 3 overs. That being said, CSK know where their weaknesses are and can work on them.
Delhi Capitals
Capitals managed to have a slight edge in this match, however, they will have to work on many aspects as well. Their top-order has been a concern. Both Prithvi Shaw and Shimron Hetmyer looked out of touch. The middle-order looked great but captain Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant will have to convert their 30s into 60s. Marcus Stoinis, on the other hand, looked in sublime touch.
DC suffered a huge blow as experienced R. Ashwin suffered shoulder dislocation. Therefore, Amit Mishra can be seen in his place.
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Fantasy XI team!
FAF DU PLESSIS (9)(C) – Du Plessis is coming off two phenomenal fifties. He scored 72 of just 37 balls with 7 sixes. He’ll again be my captain.
SHANE WATSON(9.5) – Watson found some form in the last game. He, therefore, retains his place.
SAM CURRAN (8.5) (VC) – Curran bowled really well and also scored a match-winning cameo in their first match against MI. Dhoni likes the idea of promoting him depending upon the situation. He’ll therefore be my vice-captain.
RAVINDRA JADEJA (9) – Jadeja bowled really good in their first match against MI and scored a quickfire cameo as well.
PIYUSH CHAWLA (8.5) – Chawla looked really good in the first match as well. He was expensive in their last game, but in absence of Ashwin for DC, we can give him a go.
SHIKHAR DHAWAN (10) – Shikhar Dhawan can be extremely explosive in the powerplay overs and may also play an anchor sort of an innings and score big!
SHREYAS IYER (9.5) – Iyer played really well the last game to put DC to a respectable score after the top order failed.
MARCUS STOINIS (8.5) – Stoinis impressed the entire cricketing community last time around with his fifty of just 20 balls and two wickets in the last over to restrict KXIP to a tie.
RISHABH PANT (9.5) – Pant will have to convert his thirties into fifties or sixties. He looked good in the last match holding the innings together with Iyer.
KAGISO RABADA (9.0) – He will lead the Delhi attack. He has looked good in this IPL.
Prediction
CSK has looked extremely balanced this IPL. Even though they lost their last game against RR, they looked really good. CSK lost by only 16 runs while chasing a mammoth score of 216 runs. Skipper MS Dhoni seems to have found form as well.
Chennai Super Kings will therefore defeat Delhi Capitals.
A couple of days ago at the Realme Narzo 20 Series launch event, the company has given a detailed explanation about the custom Android skin dubbed Realme UI 2.0. Currently, the Realme flagship X50 Pro 5G will get this newest Realme UI 2.0 based on Android 11 OS (probably arriving towards the end of the next month). This will be the Beta version of the OS. The stable version will be available for release at the end of November.
Among those stories, new news has just come out of the box. The Realme VP Xu Qi Chase today announced that the company is all set for a launch of a new smartphone next month with Realme UI 2.0. S0, we can expect that we can use this Realme UI 2.0 based on Android 11 very soon.
As of now, Realme has not revealed any further information regarding the upcoming smartphone. Yesterday, we’ve got another leak from the Twitter handle of renowned tipster Mukul Sharma that Realme is also in working to make an under-display selfie camera smartphone. Actually, there was a leaked image of a Realme phone in which we are unable to locate any selfie camera. That’s why we can assume that Realme is also in line for a truly under-display selfie camera phone. As of now, we don’t have any further information about this upcoming smartphone from Realme.
But in the end, we’re going to get the Creativity, Sociability, and Productivity with the hands of the Realme UI 2.0. It’ll also bring you an improved Dark Mode, better privacy, and many more things.
