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Acer has just opened a can of worms and announced their new tablet device, the Iconia A500. This bad boy rocks Android, Verizon 4G LTE, Tegra 2, and more. The Iconia A500 will ship with the latest version of Android, and if Acer knows what’s good for them, that version should be Honeycomb, and not…
Hulu Plus is coming to Android for select phones in the coming months. Finally Hulu Plus users will be able to enjoy their content on the go with their Android 2.2 Froyo-based phones. No specific devices have been given, but a confirmation was certainly nice. Announced at a Samsung press event here at CES 2011,…
Motorola just wrapped their CES 2011 Las Vegas press conference, and it was filled with exciting demos of the company’s new Android smartphones – like the Motorola Atrix 4G for AT&T. With a whopping 4-inch qHD capacitive touchscreen, 1GB of RAM, support for AT&T’s HSPA+ network, and a fingerprint scanner integrated into the power button,…
Peter Chou, CEO of HTC, took the stage during Verizon Wireless’ CES press event and unveiled the new Android-powered Thunderbolt. The Thuderbolt will be HTC’s first LTE handset and will feature a beautiful 4.3-inch Super LCD touchscreen display. While on stage, Chou confessed to using the Thunderbolt as his primary device and claimed it was…
We’ve finally got some extended time with the BlackBerry PlayBook and we’re pretty excited about this upcoming tablet and feel like it could be a credible competitor to the Apple iPad and the Motorola Xoom. The BlackBerry PlayBook has all the goods on paper: a 7-inch high-resolution display, dual-core 1 GHz processor, WiFi, 4G on…
Verizon and LG just announced the LG Revolution with Verizon 4G LTE and we got our grubby little hands on the next-generation device at CES 2011. Unfortunately, the LG Revolution we got to see didn’t have a Verizon 4G LTE SIM card, so we weren’t able to test much of it and the software was…
LG and Verizon Wireless jointly announced the Revolution, an Android-powered, LTE-enabled handset. The Revolution is another in a growing line of high-end handsets from LG. Spec-wise, the Revolution includes: 4G LTE connectivity with download speeds of 5 to 12 Mbps and upload speeds of 2 to 5 Mbps 4.3-inch capacitive touchscreen with virtual keyboard 5.0-megapixel…
Samsung confirmed today that it will launch an LTE-enabled version of its Galaxy Tab for Verizon Wireless. The 4G version of the tablet will include a few notable upgrades including 4G connectivity and a 5-megapixel rear-facing camera, up from the 3-megapixel present on the original 3G Galaxy Tab. Rounding out the features of this now…
Yet another addition to Verizon’s lineup was announced at CES today: a little mobile hotspot puck from Samsung that’s LTE 4G compatible. If you’re worried about crummy 4G coverage, don’t worry, it’s dual-mode so can drop down to EV-DO if need be. Verizon promises 2 – 12 Mbps up, and 2 – 5 Mbps down…
Sony Ericsson just announced the Xperia Arc phone and we were able to get our hands on the upcoming Android Gingerbread device. I reviewed the X10 and felt that the hardware was beautiful but the software wasn’t up to par. While I only had about twenty minutes with the device, I’m wondering if the hardware…