Andrew Liszewski

Senior Reporter, News

You won’t want to hide Ikea’s colorful new Bluetooth speakers

Andrew LiszewskiNov 25, 2025

Press a button and this SSD will self-destruct with all your data

Andrew LiszewskiNov 21, 2025

Hoto’s slick new leaf blower looks ready to blast away leaves or alien invaders

Andrew LiszewskiNov 21, 2025

The Analogue 3D will be available again next week, but with a $20 price bump

Andrew LiszewskiNov 21, 2025

Ayaneo’s new handheld has a hidden touchpad that doubles as a joystick.

The company shared new details about its Pocket Vert this week. Its minimal controls mimic the Game Boy with a D-pad and action buttons, but the Android-based handheld also features a hidden multipurpose touchpad beneath its front glass panel that can be used as a thumbstick for playing 3D games.

<em>The Pocket Vert features a metal CNC-carved body, a 3.5-inch LCD display, a front glass panel, and “crystal-textured keyless buttons.”</em>

<em>Beneath the handheld’s D-pad and buttons is an area that functions as a touchpad. The Ayaneo Pocket DMG offered similar functionality, but its touchpad wasn’t hidden.</em>

<em>The touchpad’s functionality can be customized to replicate a left or right thumbstick, or both, and it can function like a mouse.</em>

<em>Pricing, availability, and performance details haven’t been announced yet, but the Pocket Vert will come in moon white, lava red, and midnight black color options.</em>

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The Pocket Vert features a metal CNC-carved body, a 3.5-inch LCD display, a front glass panel, and “crystal-textured keyless buttons.”

Image: Ayaneo

Bethesda’s $300 Pip-Boy 3000 replica can measure (harmless) radiation

Andrew LiszewskiNov 20, 2025

The retro gray version of the 8BitDo 64 controller makes me want an Analogue 3D.

I’m deeply regretting skipping preorders for Analogue’s reimagined N64 console now that 8BitDo has updated its 64 Bluetooth controller with a new retro gray color scheme. At $45 it’s more expensive than the $40 black and white versions, but those colored buttons are hitting all my nostalgia buttons.