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While you’re reading this, P&T/EXPO COMM trade show is still taking place in Beijing, China. ZTE used the event to announce two new Android-powered tablets, while the third-one has been caught at the show floor, though still waits to get the official press release. The two officially announced devices, marked as V66 and V68, come…
Sony Ericsson’s two Android smartphones, Xperia Arc S and Xperia Pro, are heading to Clove UK. The former — which we know as an updated version of the original Arc — will be available on September 30 (tomorrow); while the latter will start shipping on October 6. Both devices are already available for pre-order, which…
A leak that we’ve been expecting for some time has finally arrived, and that’s Android Ice Cream Sandwich. A two-minute video has been found and apparently someone purchased a Nexus S off of eBay and it was somehow running Ice Cream Sandwich. The guy took his camera and here you have it. The video showcases…
Well, it looks like we were right about the Nexus Prime showing up at CTIA Oct. 11, as we’ve just received an invite from Samsung which will give us a “look at what’s new from Android.” While Samsung doesn’t go outright and say this is the Nexus Prime or Galaxy Prime or Droid Prime or…
They say good things happen to those who wait, right? Well, if you’ve been holding onto a Motorola Xoom since it first launched, patiently awaiting its 4G/LTE upgrade, you’ve either remained steadfast, Xoom in hand, or you ended up grabbing the LTE Galaxy Tab 10.1. Those of you with a Xoom still kicking around, your…
Charging $199 for a tablet is no easy accomplishment for any company, yet Amazon hit that golden price point today with the new Kindle Fire. But analyst Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray predicts the company may be sacrificing money to get there. According to him, “Amazon is likely losing $50 per Kindle Fire.” For every…
U.S. Cellular has announced a trio of HTC devices to be launched next month. The Hero S, Wildfire S, and Flyer tablet will be sold for $199.99, $79.99, and $199.99 on contract after rebates, respectively. The Hero S runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread, has a 4-inch 960 x 540 touchscreen, a 5 megapixel camera on the…
HTC Thunderbolt users, it’s your lucky day. Verizon has officially announced that the Android Gingerbread update is set to hit its first LTE device and you can check and see if you have it waiting for you now! While it’s anything but he expected “end of June” date we heard a while back, we’re glad…
We have great news for you Asus Transformer users out there, an update to Android 3.2.1 seems to be available, bringing its software build number to 8.6..5.13. This update delivers some new bug fixes, updates to pre-installed applications, and enhanced Wi-Fi stability. Luckily, Asus was nice enough to post all the spec details on its Facebook page, which…
RIM is gearing up to show off the Android app player for their PlayBook tablet next month at BlackBerry DevCon, but that hardly means they’re adopting Android wholesale. In fact, at a Romanian developer event, RIM engineers explained just some of the Android features we won’t be seeing in QNX 2.0 for the PlayBook: live…