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January 18, 2017

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The layouts may have changed, one being Microsoft Bobâ€™s abysmal attempt at something new, but ultimately the windowed environment of the Xerox Star, and its early GUI has gone on to inform graphical interfaces for almost every single interaction we have with a screened electronic device.Think of it this way, without Xeroxâ€™s breakthrough, would we have the World Wide Web as we know it today?Having launched last year in the US, Google's Nexus Player is finally coming to the UK on 26 March.While the Google Play Store gives away no details of the tiny streaming box arriving on British shores, an Amazon pre-order listing has given the game away.Nexus Player UK release date - front on
Currently listed at £79.99, Nexus Player certainly has to offer great value for money if it wants to go up against Apple TV, espeically since it's recent price cut. However, it is the same price as Amazon Fire TV, so if it can offer up the same range of services as the eCommerce giant, then perhaps Google will be onto a winner.

As the Asus-made device launched in the US alongside the Nexus 9 and Nexus 6, it's $99 price tag placed it in direct competition with Apple, so perhaps we may see Google lower its price upon release.Strangely, the Google Nexus Player gamepad doesn't appear to be listed anywhere on Amazon other than third-party sellers, so perhaps we won't be recieving gaming functionality in the UK just yet.Google Nexus Player: What does it do?Nexus Player runs on Google's Android TV, opposed to Chrome OS, which powers Google's Chromecast. Unsurprisingly, it has a high level of integration with the rest of its Android ecosystem. Video content from the Nexus Player syncs across users' other Android devices, so they can "start a movie on [their] TV and finish it on [their] tablet in bed".It sports a 1.8GHz quad-core Intel Atom chipset and Imagination PowerVR Series 6 GPU, as well as 1GB RAM and 8GB storage, microUSB 2 and HDMI ports, 802.11ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.1 connectivity.

As well as the ability to stream apps and games, you can also "cast" to your TV from an iOS or Android mobile device, or Windows or Mac laptop - just like its Chromecast streaming dongle.Out of the box, Nexus Player comes with a small bluetooth-enabled hand-held remote. You can also purchase a dedicated gamepad if you want to use the Player for Android TV gaming.As well as three push-buttons to pause and play, rewind or stop playback and a circular control to move the cursor, it also has a built-in microphone, which can be used for voice search. To use Nexus Player, you will need a HDMI input, a HDMI cable - which is not included - and and a Wi-Fi internet connection.This is Google's second attempt at cornering the streaming set-top box market, and it hasn't gone well previously. Google TV, launched in 2010, was a flop and widely panned by reviewers."On Google TV you could get a lot of apps, but a lot of the versions were just big tablet versions on a 50in screen that just didn't feel right," said Hiroshi Lockheimer, vice-president of Android engineering.

"[Now] we're much more opinionated about what an app should look like on a TV set, so we've been working very closely with app developers in the TV and content space over the past months on optimising their applications," he added.The Nexus Player will still face some stiff competition from Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Roku.If you look at the specs, and the way Nexus Player's being marketed, it's hard to miss the similarities between it and the Amazon Fire TV. It too supports voice input through a microphone built into the remote control, and comes with a gamepad. Both have a quad-core chipset, but Fire TV has double the RAM and has dual-band Wi-Fi support.Both also have a title suggestion feature, which anticipates other programmes and films you may want to watch based on your viewing history, and displays them onscreen.

Compared to the Apple TV, Nexus Player is slightly shorter at 20mm, but at 120 x 120mm, it's wider and deeper. However, the ability to cast from non-Android devices gives Nexus Player an additional degree of usability with other devices you may have around the home.Roku 3, Roku's top-of-the-range streaming box, is smaller again (25 x 89 x 89mm). It also has a microSD slot for additional storage.Something that's noticeably missing from Nexus TV's specs is what kind of audio output it has, so it's impossible for us to compare it on that front.As a gaming device, it's more restrictive than Amazon Fire TV, as you can only use it to play Android apps. We'd also recommend you don't trade in your PlayStation or Xbox just yet, although it doesn't shape up too badly against the Nintendo Wii.A leaked video suggests HP is working on a traditional laptop running only Google's mobile OS.According to a video discovered on HPâ€™s site by Notebook Italia, the Slatebook 14 will be a standard notebook, rather than a hybrid device such as the SlateBook x2.

That device is an Android tablet that docks into a keyboard to become a laptop. However, the leaked model looks to be a basic laptop, rather than a convertible, suggesting HP thinks people would be happy typing away into Android.Such devices were predicted by Intel: last year, outgoing CEO Paul Otellini said switching to Google's mobile OS would help PC makers cut laptop prices to the $200 mark.Android has appeared on a variety of hybrid devices, but itâ€™s never felt at home with a keyboard and touchpad â€“ very few apps are designed with them in mind. If the price is low enough, some users will be swayed by the Slatebook 14â€™s Full HD screen, striking looks and long battery life, but with Atom-powered Windows 8 devices costing as little as £200, the HP will need to be very cheap indeed. Other PC makers have opted for Android. The Asus Transformer Book Trio flips between Windows 8 and Android at the tap of a button on the keyboard - but, again, it's a convertible device.

Google's mobile OS is also increasingly being used for touchscreen all-in-ones, with Acer, Asus and HP all releasing Android models.According to the leaked video, the Slatebook 14 will have a 14in, full HD 1,920 x 1,080 pixel touchscreen display, Nvidia Tegra quad-core processor, Beats audio speakers, and full access to the Google Play store.Three USB ports, a microSD card slot, micro-SIM slot, full-size HDMI port and headphone jack are also visible.It will apparently be a colourful product â€“ the exterior of the device featured in the video is bright yellow. It's not clear which Tegra chip or how much memory it has, or even which version of Android it will run.There's also no indication of when the device will be launched either, although the fact the video was originally uploaded on HPâ€™s site (but has since been removed), could suggest a launch is imminent.PC Pro contacted HP for comment on the leak, but the company said it does not comment on rumour or speculation.

Asusâ€™ Ultrabooks have been treading the same, rather formulaic, path for some time now, with its metal-skinned Zenbook range of laptops a familiar sight in the PC Pro labs. The 13in Zenbook UX303LA doesnâ€™t break that particular mould, but the price is attractive enough, and it does forge ahead in one important area: itâ€™s the first laptop weâ€™ve seen to sport one of Intelâ€™s new Broadwell 14nm Core i7 CPUs. See also: PC Pro's guide to the best laptops of 2015In this case, itâ€™s the Core i7-5500U, which runs at a nominal clock speed of 2.4GHz and Turbo Boosts up to a maximum of 3GHz. Itâ€™s backed up by 6GB of RAM, and since itâ€™s the same basic core design as before, it doesnâ€™t show a great performance boost over the previous generation of Haswell chips. In our Real World Benchmarks it performed well enough, with an Overall score of 0.75, but this is only 7% higher than the Haswell Core i5-based MacBook Air 13in we reviewed last year.

For graphics, the UX303LA boasts another upgrade, in the form of Intelâ€™s integrated HD Graphics 5500 chipset, and this helped it achieve average frame rates of 46fps at Low quality with a resolution of 1,366 x 768, and 25fps at Medium quality and 1,440 x 900 in our Crysis tests. A respectable score for an ultraportable, but it still wonâ€™t please avid gamers.Overall, though, the Core i7 delivers plenty of speed for most duties. The 128GB SanDisk SSD inside the Zenbook is no slouch either, delivering speeds of 496MB/sec and 329MB/sec for large file read and writes in ASSD.The big change with Broadwell comes with a change in manufacturing process, from 22nm to 14nm, a development that promises significant power savings over Haswell. In fact, Intelâ€™s own figures suggest overall power consumption reductions of up to 13%.In our tests, the UX303LA delivered on this potential in spades. Tasked with the PC Pro light-use battery benchmark, which browses a series of locally stored web pages with the screen set to a brightness of 75cd/m2, the Zenbook lasted 13hrs 6mins before needing a recharge. Bearing in mind itâ€™s running a Core i7, thatâ€™s seriously impressive; in the same test under Boot Camp, the Haswell Core i5-based Apple MacBook Air 13in kept going for only 10hrs 8mins.

The UX303LA is also a very quiet machine â€“ thereâ€™s a fan inside, but you wouldnâ€™t know it. Even when itâ€™s running flat out, you have to put your ear directly to the vents on the rear to hear anything. It runs very cool, too, never becoming unpleasantly hot to the touch.Physically, the Asus Zenbook UX303LA is no groundbreaker, but this isnâ€™t necessarily a bad thing. Weâ€™ve always liked the Zenbook design, with its circular-patterned metal lid and matte-finish metal base. It feels solid and sturdy; capable of roughing it with the best of them.And despite the rugged-feeling chassis, the UX303LA is light and slim, weighing 1.4kg (1.7kg with the charger) and measuring 21mm thick â€“ itâ€™s as portable as the 13in MacBook Air, if not quite as sleek. The keyboard puts in a good showing as well, providing a decent amount of travel and plenty of feedback, as well as adjustable backlighting behind the keys.http://www.batteries-pc.com/dell.html

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