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Even though it’s still killing it at Kickstarter, Ouya is looking for additional cash to make its Android-powered TV console a real product. They’ve proven to the world that such a concept is viable and I’m sure potential investors will dig the idea, too. Is this a great example of Lean Start-up or what? As…
It looks like Barnes and Noble is the first tablet maker to get the Nexus 7 memo, as it’s looking to give potential customers $50 gift cards with purchase of its Nook tablet. This deal makes perfect sense because it’s just in time for the back-to-school sales to roll out, and it also undercuts the impressive…
This one’s gotta burn. Apple is taking to the courts around the world claiming that Samsung, Motorola, and others blatantly copied the iPad with their competing Android offerings. Apple has been dealt another strong blow today, just one day after a German court found that Motorola’s Xoom tablet did not violate Apple’s design patent. A United…
Boost Mobile, one of the many mobile virtual network operators who piggy back on Sprint’s dilapidated 3G network, is going to offer a smartphone dubbed the “Hydro” on August 3rd for $130. Said smartphone is made by Kyocera and it’s called the Hydro because it’s splash proof and water proof up to one meter for…
Don’t say we haven’t “told you so.” Canada’s Rogers Wireless is now officially selling the Sony Xperia ion, asking $49.99 for the device on a three-year contract. Sans any long-term commitments, the price is $549.99, and there are also not-that-affordable one- and two-year contract options, costing $499.99 and $449.99, respectively. Again, the Xperia ion is…
The Huawei MediaPad 10 FHD, which was announced alongside Ascend D Quad at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, will be released in late August. Yu Chengdong, Huawei’s head of the Consumer Business Group and Senior Vice President of Huawei Technologies, turned to Sina Weibo (Chinese version of Twitter) to spread the good news, saying that…
Sprint announced that two of its smartphones, HTC EVO 3D and HTC EVO Design, will finally get the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich updates “by early August.” And while exact dates were not unveiled, we do know what will be changed: New “refined, evolved” UI that is “simple, beautiful and useful” Face Unlock – so…
If you want a brand spanking new iPhone 4S, prepare to cough up over $650. Want a Galaxy S III? That’ll be $600 please. The Galaxy Nexus is an absolute bargin at $350, but what about $100? That’s today’s bar for low end smartphones. Sure, such devices typically have QVGA screens and processors that have…
Android has stepped its game up in the security department. The folks over at Ars Technica, has a report that Google’s new version of its mobile operating system, Jelly Bean Android 4.1, is the company’s safest version to date. Moreover, the platform was designed to protect users from malicious installations, thanks to the addition of…
Just when you thought you couldn’t get your Instagram-on with the newly released Nexus 7 tablet, think again. The wildly popular photo sharing mobile application has updated its app (version 1.1.7) to support the Jelly Bean powered slate. Now, folks will not only get the chance to view post-filter photography, but the ability to utilize…