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We’ve already told you about NVIDIA’s plans to bring its processors to modern cars (partnership with Audi). On a similar note, we have Rydeen Mobile Electronics “using” CES to unveil the DV621, a double-DIN head unit that uses a native Android user interface. Here’s what’s it all about (from the press release): The Rydeen DV621…
Find all of our CES 2012 coverage here Check out the major mobile devices announced at CES 2012 Well, it’s been a heck of a week but CES 2012 is over and there’s no doubt that mobile is becoming a bigger part of the show every year. We’re still going to have more videos and…
Great news for you Motorola Xoom owners out there. The handset maker has started rolling out Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) updates to both WiFi and LTE versions of the tablet as of yesterday. Everyone knew the Xoom would get the ICS upgrade when Motorola outlined its plan of devices to receive the latest and…
We have good news for those of you out there who were able to grab yourself an HP TouchPad during the fire sale in hopes of one day running Android on it. The folks over at CyanogenMod have been diligently working to resurrect the dead webOS tablet, and their efforts seem to be finally paying off. The…
Motorola unveiled a new iDEN Android smartphone in Brazil – i940. Available through the local branch of Nextel, it can be bought in Casas Bahia and Ponto Frio stores for 1,199 reais which translates into about $670. That’s a lot of money for what Moto i940 has to offer. Basically, it’s a rugged, mid-range smartphone…
Sprint released a small firmware update for the HTC Evo 3D. “Small” obviously doesn’t include Ice Cream Sandwich and I guess we’ll have to wait for another month or so to see Android 4.0 rolling out for the 3D smartphone. The new software version comes with some improvements under the hood that improve the battery…
Popular travel management service TripIt used CES to unveil its Android application for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus though I’m sure pretty much any Android tablet will do the job just as well. As expected, TripIt for tablets takes advantage of the extra screen estate, allowing you for instance to…
Even though it was just announced at the CES in Las Vegas, Sony has already managed to secure distribution for its Xperia S smartphone in the UK, where 3 of the leading mobile operators will offer the powerful device. Telefónica’s O2, Orange and Hutchison’s Three are all on board, while Vodafone said it “has no…
Here’s a deal for all of you living in the UK who want a 3D-enabled smartphone. Phone retailer Phones4U is offering the HTC Evo 3D for free on a two-year 20.50 GBP per month plan from Vodafone. That money gets you 300 voice minutes, 3,000 texts and slightly disappointing 250MB of mobile data every month.…
Everywhere I go in San Francisco, I’m bombarded by ads for eBay’s mobile initiatives and it even opened up a pop-up store over the holidays where users could scan and buy products that were then shipped to their houses. The company is really pushing into the mobile space in a big way but this is…