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How huge is too big? Well, that’s clearly not Huawei’s concern, as it’s about to introduce a 6.1-inch 1080p Android phone at CES. But even 2 weeks (before the business’s CES press day) is excessive for the impatient Richard Yu, who went on and whipped out his beastly device in front of fans at a Huawei shop in Guangzhou the other day– there’s a video of the intimate moment after the break. According to earlier reports, the Ascend Mate will feature a 1.8 GHz HiSilicon K3V3 quad-core chip, together with a gigantic 4,000 mAh battery, 9.9 mm thickness and a price of simply under & yen; 3,000 (about $ 480). Yu composed on Sina Weibo stating the last specs may differ somewhat, however the 43-year-old executive did include that the 361ppi show is of LTPS (reduced temperature polysilicon) nature. Just like the Ascend W1 and the Ascend D2, all will be revealed at CES.

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Short Version

The Little Printer is an internet-connected mini printer that wants to insert a little bit of paper (back) into your digital life. You can send it messages to print on its receipt-sized thermal paper rolls and subscribe to ‘publications’ such as Facebook buddies’ birthdays, daily news digests, puzzles and science facts. It would make a fun if indulgent gift for young kids — but be prepared to play tech support during set up, not to mention fund fresh rolls of paper to ensure a pipeline of fun stuff keeps rolling out.

Long Version

Features:

• Inkless printing on mini thermal paper rolls
• Controlled remotely via your smartphone
• Free ‘publications’ — from news digests to puzzles
• Share printer access with friends so they can send messages
• Cute and customisable design — variety of ‘faces’ to choose from

Info:

• MSRP: $ 259 (plus $ 20 shipping); or £199 (plus £6.50-£15 shipping)
• Available: Late November (accepting pre-orders for first production run now)
• Retailers: BERG

The Little Printer is…

… a curiosity, but that’s exactly what it’s trying to be. Its creator, London-based design consultancy BERG, is on a mission to re-imagine the printer for a digital age that’s fallen out of love with paper. Banish all thoughts of beige and faceless utilitarian office machines churning out dull-as-dishwater company reports; the Little Printer is a cute-as-a-button gizmo that draws the eye to its friendly face and radiates a sense of fun. And fun is its ink-free point. The Little Printer does not offer reams of utilitarian value since you can’t fit a whole lot on a roll of paper that’s ~5.5cm wide. What you can cram in is fun kids’ stuff like puzzles, pictures, facts and even a mini origami series.

The cloud printer connects to your router, via a bridge, and is controlled via a smartphone (plus a single button on top that you push to trigger each print-out). Once you’ve registered and logged in to BERG’s cloud platform you can send it messages for printing. You can also share the printer so other people can send you paper missives. On top of that, there are a range of what BERG calls publications you can subscribe to (for free) and schedule for regular deliveries — such as news digests, puzzles, science facts, Facebook birthdays, calendar info, word of the day or even print out your friends’ recent Foursquare checkins. (For more on the content currently on offer see the ‘Publications’ section of this page.) BERG is hoping to keep increasing the choice of publications — so buying the Little Printer is a bit of a leap of faith, since you’re spending on something that might blossom into a rich and vibrant ecosystem. Or pull up short after a brief run — a la the Nabaztag Wi-Fi rabbit.

Buy the Little Printer for…

… your (young) kids. Or for the family. It would be tough to justify buying it for just one person because, firstly it’s pretty expensive but also it’s the sort of thing that comes into its own with multiple people using it. So while the kids can print puzzles and fun facts, the adults can use it to print shopping lists or send messages to the kids when they’re away from home on work trips.

Artists and design fans may also appreciate what the Little Printer is trying to do.

Because…

… you don’t have enough paper in your digital life. And/or your kids don’t actually know what paper is.

Caveat: while it’s nice to see a company going against the grain, it’s not entirely clear whether the Little Printer will be able to sustain an ecosystem of beautiful and useful micro publications forever — or at least for long enough to justify the printer’s initial price-tag. Nor does it currently always succeed in delivering print-outs that are both pleasing to the eye and genuinely worth the paper they are printed on — but, all that said, it’s early days for the Little Printer so there’s plenty of potential for the content side to blossom. In the meantime you can be sure you’re giving a unique gift that makes a very cute addition to your home.

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Aishat Maksudova is a Russian granny who, when faced with a wolf attacking her and her livestock, took matters (technically an axe) into her own hands and chopping it in the head. She didn’t WANT to chop it in the head though, she wanted to choke it to death at first but couldn’t because one of her hands was in its mouth. No word if she tells bedside stories about all the times she’s tugged on lion tongues or yelled at sleeping dragons.

Speaking from hospital with her hand bandaged, Mrs Maksudova said she was ‘not even frightened’ during the wolf attack.

Did you read that? It just said a Russian grandma is braver than all of us combined. “I bet I could take one if I had an axe.” Take one what — a shit in your pants? Because that I believe. Best case scenario you take a swing at the thing and cut your own leg off.

Thanks to Sydney and Alan, who fight wolves the old fashioned way: in the Colosseum armed with nothing but a bone knife FOR THEIR FREEDOM.

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It’s been a while since we last took an appearance at a mobile phone from Acer. Today’s offering– the S500 CloudMobile– nonetheless, may not be all that unfamiliar, having first met our eyes method back at MWC in spring. This time around Acer presents us with a leaner, slicker, many more design-conscious phone, one that isn’t really practically the pretty looks, either.

With a 1.5 GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 Plus processor, 1GB of RAM, an 8-megapixel camera and a 720p display, all for & pound; 289 SIM-free, it’s pitched against likewise specced phones like the HTC One S. In short, it’s yet an additional option for people seeking a full-featured smartphone, except it comes without the pocket-draining price. A lot more notably for Acer, nonetheless, is the possibility to get back onto individuals’s mobile phone radars. So, now that the CloudMobile has gently drifted over our shores, does it have us looking to the sky, or applying our raincoats of indifference? Keep reading to discover.

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