novo announces new Yoga tablets with built-in projector, giant ab smartphones

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Published 2 Sep 2015

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There’s no sign of Ashton Kutcher to pitch the product this time around, but novo is doubling down on its projector-in-a-tablet Yoga series.

novo unveiled three different models of the Yoga tablets that pack a projector inside the hinge two tablet-sized smartphones at the IFA conference in Berlin dnesday. 

The story behind the story: novo made news last year with its rather unique tablet concept, putting a projector right inside the hinge. The company even brought aboard Ashton Kutcher with the title of “project manager” claimed he had a role in the design of the product. Somehow, novo has pulled off a second round of these devices without his guiding h.

Another round of Yoga tablets

The top-flight model is the novo Yoga Tab 3 o, which has a 10.1-inch quad HD display with a 70-inch projector that rotates 180 degrees. novo is playing up its capability to be the only device you need to host a movie night, with 18 hours of battery life.

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novo is clearly committed to putting a projector in the hinge of its tablets.

There’s also a 13 Mrear camera 5 Mfront lens. The o model also has an Atom X 5-Z8500 processor with up to 2.24 GHz of performance. It comes with 16 or 32GB of storage with a microSD slot for up to 128GB of additional space.

Accompanying the Yoga Tab 3 o is the the 8- 10-inch versions of the Yoga Tab 3, which also have a 180 degree rotatable camera, up to 20 hours of battery life, E support the ability to capture a photo with h gestures.

so, the kickst includes a hole in the middle so you can hang the tablet, which could make for a makeshift method to use it in a presentation or for showing video.

l three models run novo’s tweaked version of Android 5.1. They also have what novo calls “Anyn” technology, which allows you to use any conductive object as a stylus. The tablets are also loaded up with novo software, including a game center, voice assistant, needless McAfee security.

The ab pushes the boundary of big screens

The Nexus 6 sounds like a reasonably-sized phone in comparison to the novo ab ab us. But such big phones are popular in some Asian markets, which is where these devices are headed with their 6.98-inch sized screens.

phab plus novo

The novo ab us is a beast of a phone with a 6.8-inch screen.

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The us model has a higher resolution screen, coming in at 1920×1080 compared to the regular model’s 1280×720 resolution. They come in either dark gray, white, or gold, colors that look eerily similar to what Apple offers with the ione 6. 

These giant devices could be a last hurrah for novo phones, as the company recently reshuffled all its smartphone responsibilities to its subsidiary Motorola. 

th the fairly respectable track record of the Moto G, Moto X other hsets, it could mean a more recognizable br of phones worldwide for novo.