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Nik Software, the makers of the insanely popular photo editing app Snapseed, just announced that its app will finally make its way on select Android devices. Wait, there’s a catch. These “select Android devices” need certain requirements, like tablets running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) powered by an NVIDIA Tegra 2 or Tegra 3…
We’re here at CES 2012 and Intel is preparing to have a keynote later today to show off its smartphone ambitions but that didn’t stop it from showing off the reference smartphone at its booth. We got a quick look at its Atom for smartphones (it was previously dubbed “Medfield.”). The handset itself is just…
Google thinks it’s a good idea to acquire Motorola, but Wall Street is not so sure. A report from the Wall Street Journal suggests analysts and investors are getting nervous about the acquisition; so skittish that Google’s stocks slid 3% on Monday. The biggest concern is the effect Motorola will have on Google and its Android mobile OS. Motorola announced less than…
Qualcomm, the maker of the wildly popular Snapdragon processor chip, today announced a new chip for smart TVs and set-top boxes. The new chip is called the Snapdragon S4 (MPQ8064), and it features a 1.5GHz quad-core CPU. It will be featured in Lenovo’s K91 Smart TV, which is billed as “the world’s first smart TV running on the…
Alongside all new phones, Sony Ericsson used CES to unveil three new accessories for Android smartphones. The so called Smart Extras include: Xperia SmartTags – Working with any NFC enabled smartphone (like Xperia S), it allows users to simply touch a NFC enabled smartphone to a SmartTag (which is the shape and size of a…
Aside from the Xperia ion and Xperia S, Sony Ericsson also announced two additional devices, though for the Japanese market – Xperia NX and Xperia acro HD. The former is basically a local version of the Xperia S, while the latter is a follow-up to the Xperia acro that comes with that awesome 720p Reality…
Huawei is a smaller handset manufacturer, best known for its battle with the US government over a billion dollar hardware contract with Sprint. Besides networking hardware, the Chinese company makes inexpensive phones for smaller carriers like Leap Wireless and MetroPCS. In 2012, the manufacturer plans to take it up a notch and ship LTE phones with major carriers like Verizon…
Voice control is a growing mobile trend and Nuance is one of the leaders in this field. It has a variety of mobile products including Dragon Go!, a voice assistant that launched on iOS last year and is now available for Android. Dragon Go! is a search assistant that lets you talk to your phone and…
BlueStacks‘ “App Player” will be compatible with Windows 8. Yep, that means you’ll be able to run all of those Android apps on your shiny new Windows tablet, ultrabook or laptop computer even though it runs the soon-to-be-released version of Microsoft’s OS. Needless to say, the company is using CES to demonstrate this tech mumbo-jumbo…
The all new Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus will be released in the UK within a month, with Expansys listing February 13 as the release date. The online retailer also has the price tag for the new/upcoming device and it’s 249.99 GBP, which translates into roughly $385. Yep, that means you can already pre-order your unit…