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Conan O’Brien has decided to employ the Lenovo ThinkPad Android tablet to power the awesome “Cone Drone,” a giant caricature of the comedian and talk show host. However, instead of seeing a face made of the same materials as the costume itself, it’s powered by the face of Conan himself–via the display of the Lenovo…
How is Android used? If you ask a user, I’m sure they’ll tell you it’s only by the smart community that doesn’t want to be locked down. I’m sure iPhone users would say it’s for nerds or for people trading up from a dumb phone who don’t know any better. If only there was some…
Meizu, a China-based company, announced on the Meizu forums that two variants of the upcoming Meizu MX smartphones will be released in China some time late this month and one of these Android phones will be packing a quad-core processor! There will be two completely different Meizu MX models, one is a dual-core with 16 gigabytes of…
Today Google announced a nice new update for Android’s Google + application, allowing users on Android 2.3+ to take advantage of the Hangouts feature within the social networking service. If you hadn’t noticed, Google is taking its social network rather seriously and has added 91 improvement since its debut, with many more on their way.…
Today is September 20th which means in the console world, specifically the Xbox 360, Epic Games’ Gears of War 3 is now officially for sale. Gears of War Nation has been awaiting the last game in the Gears of War series for three long years, and today many people took off sick from work, quit…
Our friends at BGR got a nice little scoop with some hands-on shots of what appears to Motorola’s followup to the Atrix. Will the Atrix 2 (codenamed: Edison) be able to keep up with the plethora of superphones we’re seeing on the market? The report says that the Atrix 2 will have a dual-core processor,…
The HTC Rhyme was announced this morning and it looks like a great mid-range phone for fashion-conscious users. And though it boasts mid-range specs – Qualcomm 1GHz processor, 800 x 480 touchscreen display, Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread, 5MP rear and VGA front cameras, HTC Sense 3.5, 3.7-inch display – it will run the average cost of…
HTC announced the HTC Rhyme today at an event in New York, due for Verizon stores starting September 29. The phone has a 3.7-inch WVGA touchscreen, 5 megapixel camera with LED flash, runs Android 2.3, and the usual stuff like Wi-Fi, GPS, and 3G. The most interesting thing about it, though, are all of the…
Hey there. We’re live from HTC’s “style” event in New York City and we’re eager to see what HTC is going to show off. The company is making this announcement during New York Fashion week, so there’s a good chance this handset will be quite the looker. Follow the live blog below and let us…
HTC has an event that’s due to kick off shortly where we expect to hear about several new Android smartphones. One of those smartphones might be the “Explorer”. Funny name for a handset that’s aimed at the budget end of the smartphone space. It’s expected to feature a 3.2 inch half VGA screen (320 x…