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Verizon is pushing its new Android tablet, the Motorola Xoom, with a series of advertisements that entertain and showcase some of the featurees of the device. Noticeably missing from either advertisement is the familiar Droid branding. The characteristic logo, sound, and red eye animation that characterized Motorola’s Android handsets on Verizon have been dropped from…
NVIDIA is hitting CES 2011 hard with their all-new Tegra 2 dual-core processors. In case you’ve been stuck under a rock for the past few months, the Tegra 2 chipset is the newest kid on the block, and the only such kid to rock dual-core processors. Combined with NVIDIA’s graphics processing expertise, Tegra 2 can…
Near Field Communication (NFC) technology will be one of the key hardware innovations to watch out for during 2011 and for many more years to come. Samsung, looking to get into the market, has announced that they’ve created an NFC chip that they’ll start mass producing during the first quarter of 2011. Could this possibly…
Well, this could be interesting. It looks like Mozilla isn’t content with letting Verizon and Amazon open its own app stores, as the company will be building its own open app store but the main difference is that the Mozilla one aims to be device independent. Mozilla said it has developed an “Open Web app…
Namco keeps exploiting its super famous PAC-MAN brand, launching new games every now and then. Their latest title is called PAC-MAN Kart Rally and it’s been released for a number of platforms, including Java, BREW, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile, with Android version set to hit the market in the early 2011. Available with 2D and…
Talk about hot scoops today. The guys over at Engadget just got their hands on a shoebox full of information on some upcoming products on their way to the largest U.S. wireless carrier. From tablets to modems, this leak has almost everything you could ask for covered. Blackberry: It looks like the Blackberry Storm 3…
Everyone’s favorite one-click root program for HTC Android phones, UnrEVOked, has been updated after being MIA for a while. The new version, 3.21, focuses on reliability. The update is minor, but we’re glad the guys are still hard at work to give users the best experience. The previous update was said to be a little…
The Samsung Fascinate (Galaxy S) is now available online from Verizon Wireless for $199 with a $100 mail-in rebate and a two-year contract. The Fascinate will set you back $269 with a $100 mail-in rebate and a one-year contract and $579 off contract. As a smartphone, the Fascinate requires the Email and Web for Smartphone plan…
So far, LG has been the only real manufacturer throwing around Windows Phone 7 hardware to developers (HTC has one in the oven, mind you), and it seems like Asus is ready to play too. No specs to accompany this photo coming from Pakistan, but they’ll likely meet the high-end requirements for Chassis 1 devices,…
Residents of Chitown can now express their sorrows on Twitter when the Cubs lose, as AT&T has lit up an outdoor WiFi zone which covers the Wrigley Field area. Following its successful WiFi hotspot in New York’s Times Square, the Chicago zone is another attempt by the second-largest U.S. carrier to augment its 3G network.…