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If you thought the dual-core Tegra 2 inside tablets like the Motorola Xoom was impressive, you should know that Qualcomm just announced a quad-core SnapDragon processor for tablets that can reach up to 2.5 GHz per core. The quad-core SnapDragon APQ8064 chip is aimed at supporting larger screens and resolutions, as well as dealing with…
Well look what we have here. The mysterious Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 decided to break cover for us. These pictures were leaked just hours away from the official announcement, and from what we can tell, it’ll be quite a challenger to the likes of the Motorola Xoom and G-Slate. We’re hearing that the Tab 2…
When Google gave the world an in-depth look at Android Honeycomb, it announced some exciting new tools for developers. One of these tools is a new graphics engine called Renderscript and the search giant just detailed what this will mean for developers in a blog post. The demo video demonstrated is a series of balls…
The Motorola Xoom isn’t even available yet, and we’re already hearing about upcoming variants that are on the way. Recently a silver version of the tablet was found in the wild and now there are confirmations of WiFi-only and GSM versions. We can only hope that the GSM versions will support 4G networks out of…
LG must be pretty proud of their upcoming tablet, as their new promo video doesn’t hold back their distaste from the current “fruity” leader in the tablet market. Expected to make its official debut at Mobile World Congress next week, the Optimus Pad will soon go toe to toe with the competition. The video ad…
INQ Mobile has been hard at work making a heavily customized Android phone – you can also call this the Facebook phone – that puts a premium on tightly integrating Facebook into every pore pixel of the device. The smartphone maker gave TechCrunch a look at their social network-centric Android phone, and it doesn’t look…
At HP’s event this morning (liveblog ongoing), it was confirmed that the long-awaited Palm Pre 2 would be available for pre-order on Verizon starting tomorrow. Of course, now that they’ve announced the Pre 3, it’s hard to imagine anyone with an iota of patience wanting to pick up the Pre 2. As for the actual…
While some may still be a little less than excited about the T-Mobile LG G-Slate after hearing that the display will require special 3D glasses, the device is still one of the most anticipated tablets so far this year. Today, we finally see the LG G-Slate in all its glory thanks to the new video…
Sprint has officially announced the Kyocera Echo, a dual-screen smartphone running Android 2.2 Froyo. We honestly don’t know what to make of the handset itself and would have been more impressed with something a little more on the 3D side of things, but the Echo is an interesting device nonetheless. The Echo will be available…
The last we heard, TELUS had let it be known that customers would soon have the option to unlock their devices for a fee. This news hit us late last year, and thankfully, with February upon us, we’re finally getting official word on this one. The latest from TELUS has the company set to offer…