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Android tablets are quickly picking up steam this year, and ViewSonic is getting in on the action. ViewSonic is said to debut two Android-based tablet PCs at the IFA 2010 conference next month. Android tablets should be plentiful at the show, but will there be any good ones out there? Maybe. One of the ViewSonic…
Over the past few weeks, there has been a lot of controversy surrounding the hacking and jailbreaking of hardware and software, like the iPhone and iOS. A recent DMCA ruling by the Library of Congress made jailbreaking legal, and suddenly there was a huge sigh of relief amongst those with a jailbroken iPhone, iPod touch…
Another day, another Windows Phone 7 handset spotted in the wild and headed for AT&T. Today, we have a silver-trimmed, landscape slider from HTC with the rather bland internal designation of T8788. Looks can be deceiving though as underneath that smooth sliding hinge is not a beautiful HTC keyboard but a speaker for those Zune…
SCVNGR and AT&T are teaming up to use geo-location gaming to promote the recently-introduced Samsung Galaxy S Android phone, the Captivate. If you’re not familiar with SCVNGR, you should check out its apps on the iPhone or Android because it offers a fun take on the check-in craze that is taking off. Techcrunch has the…
Verizon is said to be sending out an SOS OTA for rooted Motorola Droid users out there, who were unable to successfully install the original Android 2.2 Froyo update, “FRG01B”. Verizon is sending out a new update known as “Full FRG01B”, which is bigger than the previous version, to rooted users to ensure that the…
The Samsung Galaxy S lineup just became better devices for multimedia as it has become the first Android phones to receive the DivX certification for HD. The Samsung Galaxy S lineup is already a treat for multimedia because each handset rocks a super-crisp, 4-inch Super AMOLED display. In fact, the T-Mobile Vibrant comes preloaded with…
We hear lots of stories about successful application developers for the iPhone and iPad, but we don’t get too many from the Android Market or other platforms. With the rapidly growing global applications market and its astronomical profit projections, Apple certainly can’t be taking all the glory. Proof is in one simple little Android application:…
Huawei is all set to introduce a new Android 2.2 phone at the IFA conference in September. I don’t expect the Huawei Android phone to displace the Motorola Droid X or EVO 4G from the top of the superphone heap but it could be a solid mid-range device. The handset, the U8150, is supposed to…
The Android app for Google Earth is pretty nice and all, but what about all that blue stuff that you can’t really zoom in on? There must be something underneath that warrants our snooping, right? Well, the latest updated to Google Earth for Android now includes underwater landscapes, letting you pan, zoom, or even explore…
The Samsung Galaxy Tab is being quite the tease today, as the company showed off a brief demonstration video and we’ve been able to find another few spy shots. The Samsung Galaxy Tab is going to have a 7-inch screen and the good folks at ifanr.com said it will sport a 1026 X 600 pixel…