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TOMORROW’S
WORLDThiswomanisabout to
step into an “individuali sed
mobilitycabin ”thatmoves
towardsher when she needs
it.It’spart of what Hyundai
call sthe ‘MobilityofThings’,
afuturisticvisio nthat makes
“traditi onallyinanimate
objects”mobile -essential ly,
turningthem into robots.Visit
http://www.snipca.com/40573.Googlewants Androidtoworkbetterwith
Windows
In itsblog, Google showed
an illustration (pictured )of
howFastPairlets youshare
files betweenanAndroid
phoneandaWindows laptop
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andscrolldowntothe ‘Do
more with Android and
WindowsPCs’heading.
Google says it’s working
with Acer,HPand Intelto
bring thesefeature sto“select
WindowsPCs”laterin2022.G
ooglewantstomakeit
easierforyoutoread,
replytoandsyncyourphone
messagesonyourcomputer,
as part of planstomakeits
Android operatingsystem
work better with Windows.
It said you’ll also be able to
setupBluet ooth accessories
andshare files between
phonesand PCs.Theeffect
should be similartot he way
iPhonesseamlesslyconnect
with AppleMacs.
These features will use
Google’s Fast Pair service
(www.snipca.com/40568),
whichscansfornearby
Bluetoothdevices without
usingtoo much phonebattery.
Google claimsthat since
Fast Pair launchedin2017, it
hashelped people“connectthei rAndroid phones with
Bluetoothaccessoriesover 100
million times”.
Currentl y, Fast Pair works
mainly with headphonesand
earbuds, such as theBose
Quie tComfort 35 II (£
http://www.snipca.com/40569)and
Google’s ownPixel Buds.
Othercompatible devices
include theFitbitCharge
fitness tracker (£129 from
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connects wirelessly over
Bluetoothand makesitfeel
more like an all-in-onePC.
It weighs3.75lbs,isp owered
by a12th-generation Intel
processor ,and has16GBof
RAM,a1TBSSDandWi-Fi 6
(see CoverFeature -page50).
Asus says it will go on sale
“mid year”, but hasn’tAsus to launch massivelaptop
with foldingscreen
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VodafoneandEEare to delay
thereint roducti on of mob ile
roamingcharges within the
European Union,havingboth
previouslysaidthey’d
reinstatetheminearly
Januar y. Vodafone nowsays
it will start chargingfromthe
end of Januarytoallow for
testing. EE will follow suit in
March, bla mingtechnical
problemsforthe delay.20 YEAR OLDBRINGS
CEEFAX BACK TO LIFE
A20-year-oldhas recreated
BBC’sCeefaxservic eonline,
showing news headlines,
weather maps (pictured)
stock prices andmore.
NathanDanefromNorthern
Irelandhas spentthepast
sixyears buildi ng asitethat
presentslivedatafromthe
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folding-screenrivalis
Lenovo’s ThinkPadX1Fold,
releasedin2 020
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Amazonfor£2,6 35
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picturedright).,
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susistofollowLenovoin
releasingalaptopwitha
foldingOLEDscreen. The
Taiwanesecompanyunveiled
theZenbook 17 Foldatthe
CES2 022 technologyshowin
LasVegas,claimingithasa
“boundary-pushingdesign”.
Thedevice’sscreensizeand
resolutionchangesdepending
onhowyouuseit.Unfolded
andflatlikealargetablet
(^1 in ourphotoright), it hasa
massive17.3inscree n-much
bigger th an conventional
tablets -witharesolution of
2560x1920pixelsand a4:
aspectratio.
When foldedasalaptop^2 ,
it hastwo 12.5inscree ns,with
aresolution of1920x1280and
3:2 aspectratio.Built-in
softwarelets youselectwhich
toolsappearonwhichhalfof
thefoldedscree n.
Youcan usethe device’s
touchscreen keyboard or pr op
up thescree nand useaNearby ShareConnecting...