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Just when you thought the rumors of a 32GB Nexus 7 tablet were done, think again. A reader on Android Police spotted a 32GB Nexus 7 tablet on Staples’ business website, Staples Advantage. In addition, the ad on the site showed an estimated availability date of October 18th, which assumed, could be a placeholder for…
Sprint announced it will be selling the Samsung Galaxy Note II on October 25. The Note II rocks a gigantic 5.5-inch Super AMOLED display, runs Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean on a powerful 1.6 GHz quad-core processor, and carries a 3100 mAh battery for some extra needed juice. The hybrid phone tablet will cost $299.99 on new…
Today Rdio announced a beta test of its updated app for Android. The new look mobile application has been redesigned to mimic the appearance of its desktop app. In this beta version of the application, users will notice some much-needed improvements such as a new player interface, side-bar navigation to replace the icon grid, and a new…
There’s word going around on the interwebs, that claim Amazon is in “advanced negotiations” with Texas Instruments, in trying to buy its popular smartphone and tablet OMAP chip division. The man who wrote the news story, Assaf Gilad of Calcalist.co.il, has a good track record when it comes to reporting company buyouts. He believes Amazon…
Madfinger just dropped us the news that Shadowgun: Deadzone is now in the Google Play Store as a public beta. Deadzone is a highly anticipated multiplayer game that’s available for free. If you were a fan of the previous game, then you’ll love the improvements seen in Deadzone. Unfortunately, you can only play this game…
CyanogenMod, the wildly popular Android team of developers, announced that new M2 builds of CM10 are ready for download. This is the second monthly build of the Jelly Bean-based CyanogenMod 10 ROM. All of these builds are considered “essentially stable” and “ready to use as your daily driver.” M builds are way more stable when…
According to French newspaper Le Figaro, the LG Nexus 4 will finally make its on October 29th. After a slew of rumors, followed by a few leaks, the next Nexus phone is finally upon us! Ironically, the October 29 date is the same day Microsoft will officially launch Windows Phone 8 — talk about a great…
Research In Motion has made it known that consumers shouldn’t expect BlackBerry 10 handsets to hit the market until the start of 2013. An analyst believes the new devices won’t see the light of day until March. As a result, this leaves the Waterloo company a lot of time to build up BB10’s ecosystem. Today RIM announced it’s accepting…
Microsoft is finally bringing Office to both iOS and Android next year, according to product manager Petr Bobek. The manager said this at a press event in the Czech Republic earlier today, claiming apps will be made available from March 2013. The software maker also had this to say “In addition to Windows, Office will…
Research In Motion has been trying its hardest to stay relevant as it loses market share by the day. The Waterloo company told people months ago that it wasn’t releasing BlackBerry 10 phones until the start of 2013. Now, many of us expected that date to be somewhere in the month of January, but this might not…