If you’re lucky enough to be one of the first kids on your block with a Tegra 2-powered Android device in your pocket or on your lap, you’re probably itching to put that dual-core processor to good use. Well, it turns out NVIDIA has been working with game developers to create high performance versions of…
Enterproid launches Divide for Android beta to merge personal and business profiles
If your work requires you to use a BlackBerry to ensure secure information transfer, chances are good that you carry two phones – your Android or iPhone as your personal phone, and another BlackBerry as your “because my company said so” phone. Well, a new startup, called Enterproid (Enterprise + Android, get it?) is launching…
REVIEW: Verizon Motorola XOOM Android Tablet – Can Honeycomb Take On The iPad?
By now it’s clear that tablet devices are no fad and that the legion of Android-powered tablets aren’t going to let Apple and its iPad hog the burgeoning tablet market any longer. The Samsung Galaxy Tab proved that an Android tablet can give Apple reason to worry, but the Verizon-bound Motorola XOOM is the first…
Hands-On: ViewSonic V320 Runs Android, Has Two SIM Slots
At Mobile World Congress 2011, we got a chance to play around with the upcoming ViewSonic V320, which promises to bring two SIM card slots to the table and mid-range specs. ViewSonic also had their new Viewpad 10Pro tablet at MWC, which dual-boots into Windows 7 and Android, but it was still very early software…
Hands-On: ZTE Skate – Decent Specs, Vanilla Feel
ZTE quietly announced an Android handset at Mobile World Congress. The Skate has a 4.3-inch WVGA screen, runs vanilla Android 2.3, a 5 megapixel camera, and the usual stuff like 7.2 Mbps HSPA, Wi-Fi, GPS and Bluetooth. The Skate will be launching in the second quarter in Europe, presumably at a lower-than-average price point, since…
Review: Volcano Escape – Someone Help Me Escape It
Have you ever felt your twin-stick shooter games lacked originality since nearly all of them take place on a flat surface where you take on wave after wave of enemies until either you die or complete the wave and then die in the next? What about “How high can you get?” games that don’t offer…
Hands-on: HTC Wildfire S – Small and stylish and packs a punch
One of HTC’s newly-announced Android smartphones is the Wildfire S, the successor to the compact and feature-packed Wildfire from last year. The iterative update to the Wildfire made its debut at Mobile World Congress 2011 at HTC’s press conference, and we had a chance to take the compact handset for a spin. If you’re in…
Hands-on: HTC Desire S – Android Gingerbread, Sense 2.1, Larger Image Sensor
The HTC Desire S is one of HTC’s just-announced higher-end Android phones, slotted directly underneath the Incredible S, and we had a chance to go hands-on with the Europe-only smartphone at the HTC Mobile World Congress 2011press conference. The successor to the HTC Desire sports a similar look and feel to the original, but manages…
Hands-on: HTC Incredible S – Android Gingerbread, New Sense, Rotating Navigation Keys
HTC just unveiled to the world their new lineup of Android phones, and we’re at Mobile World Congress 2011 to check out the new wares – stuff like the just-announced HTC Incredible S, the successor to the wildly popular HTC Incredible smartphone. We had a chance to check out the Incredible S at the HTC…
Hands-on: Samsung Galaxy S 4G
T-Mobile’s fastest HSPA+ 4G handset, the Galaxy S 4G, is both familiar and new all at the same time. The only difference between this device and the original Galaxy S and the Galaxy S 4G is, well, the 4G part, but that doesn’t mean there’s less to love about it. We finally got some hands…







