Barnes & Noble's whipping up some breakfast on Nov. 7, and it looks like we've got some new hardware in store, too. At the very least, we're promised a “very special announcement.” The odds are on seeing a new Nook Color — and this just a week before the uber-hyped Amazon Kindle Fire starts shipping. [...]
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After dropping two hit games on the Android Market in the past called Star Traders and Cyber Knights, the Trese Brothers have launched a new title hoping to make it three straight wins for them called Templar Assault. This game is a tactical squad-based RPG similar in nature in theme to games like Warhammer 40k. [...]
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Well, this didn’t take long. A little while ago, a new app called AppExtractor that can restore individual apps from ClockworkMod backups appeared in the Market seemingly out of nowhere. The app was welcomed by many of us who do custom ROM flashing here and there, sometimes wishing we could only restore a few little [...]
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An internal document shedding some light on Asus’ upcoming Android plans tells us a little more about the quad-core Eee Pad Transformer Prime, and that two “hero products” will be launching next spring. In between revenue results and media coverage, the presentation mentions a November 9th launch for the Transformer Prime already confirmed by an [...]
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Yesterday, we reported that the LG Optimus 2X and G2X would not actually be candidates for the Android 4.o Ice Cream Sandwich update. Well, it looks like the rumor mill jumped the gun on this one as LG sent word to our buddies over at Android and Me explaining the official plan for the devices. [...]
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It seems earlier suspicions that Barnes & Noble would be unveiling a replacement for the NOOK Color on November 7th have been all but confirmed by an e-mail invitation the company has sent out to major tech outlets: There has been no reliable information about the next NOOK Color leaked at this point, though with [...]
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We've got a triple treat for the Oct. 31 Deal of the Day — the OtterBox Commuter Series case for the Motorola Photon 4G, HTC Inspire 4G and HTC EVO Shift 4G. The OtterBox case is synonymous with protection, with three layers to keep scratches, dings and dents well away from your phone. There's a [...]
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Submit your costume + phone/tablet photos to halloween@mobilenations.com The witching hour is upon us, and that means time is winding down to enter the Mobile Nations Halloween contest. Be it sexy, like this, or scary, like what you see above, we want to see you in your Halloween finest. What will you win- Let's just [...]
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Somedays I feel like I am the only person in this world who loves Google TV. But not today. Today I can pretend everyone loves Google TV, and indeed everyone gets a second chance to fall in love. And second chances at falling in love don’t come frequently. So take advantage. If only one thing [...]
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I wouldn’t exactly say it’s a secret, but I’m a bit of a closet audiophile. I’ve reviewed a couple of audio products for Android devices in the past (like portable speakers and headphones), and am always interested in Android-friendly sound solutions. Today, I’m taking a look at the Philips Fidelio AS851 (yes, that is kind [...]
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Microsoft has a keen interested in Android despite selling its own mobile operating system an interest that’s vetted to the tune of more than 0 million a year in kickbacks from 53% of Android devices sold. Now Microsoft’s deputy patent troll intellectual property counsel says that Google has built its OS on the back of [...]
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A company called MarketImpact has announced the pending launch of some new apps that are designed to help people in an unfamiliar city discover things to do. The apps fall into the QuickClick Locale Series and there are bunches of different apps in the series that are designed specifically for one sort of task. For [...]
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We’ve been hearing rumblings of a sequel to Barnes & Nobles Nook Color reader/tablet for months, and it looks like predictions for a November 7th launch were right on the money. Invitations for a “very special announcement” bearing the distinctive Nook logo are arriving in the inboxes of major media now. The Nook Color 2, [...]
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Verizon has announced that the Gingerbread update is coming soon for the Samsung Galaxy Tab. The original Tab is often forgotten with the onslaught of tablets that have been released afterwards, but it remains a favorite among many Android fans. This news is great for Tab owners on Verizon who have been wondering if they [...]
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AT&T just announced their first two 4G LTE smartphones, the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket and HTC Vidid will be available November 6. Along with these two phones, AT&T will add 4 markets to their 4G LTE service, which include Boston, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and Athens, GA. This is in addition to the previous 5 [...]
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Anyone who has tried to hail a cab knows how frustrating and difficult it can be. However, cabbies in London are aiming to make the process easier. A group of London cab drivers are collaborating together to launch a new cab service called Hailo which will allow users to call a cab with just a [...]
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As many of you know Shadowgun from Madfinger Games is the current big hit title out right now on Android. Released last week for Tegra 2 devices, this game has already blown up on the charts and soon non-tegra 2 Android devices will be able to play it as well for those of you without [...]
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Trick or treat! Though the older crowd most likely celebrated over the weekend, today ghouls and goblins have free license to roam the streets. It’s All Hallow’s Eve, Halloween, an excuse to get dressed up in a zany outfit and actually feel good about it. Plenty have taken the opportunity to give the holiday a [...]
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If you’ve been waiting for AT&T to start announcing some smartphones for its LTE network, that time is over. Ma Bell just took the wraps off of its first two LTE-powered smartphones, and they’re nothing short of impressive. Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket The GSII Skyrocket is an incremental upgrade to AT&T’s current GSII, with [...]
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One of the biggest challenges for app developers on platforms like Android where there are multiple smartphones and all those smartphones tend to have different hardware is fragmentation. Just because the app the develop runs on one Android smartphone doesn’t mean it will run on all of them. Some devs have found that out the [...]
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AT&T’s true 4G rollout, using LTE technology, is still in its infancy. But it gets an important boost today with the announcement of the very first smartphones to take advantage of the speedy new infrastructure: the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket and the HTC Vivid. Both Android Gingerbread phones will arrive online and at retail [...]
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If you thought AT&T was only going to release one Galaxy S II phone, you, like many people (including me), were wrong. Today, AT&T and Samsung announced that they will be launching the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket, a bigger, better, faster version of the already popular phone. The Galaxy S II Skyrocket is powered [...]
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From the developer of the rather well known MMORPG called Ragnarok Online comes Princess Punt THD and is a bit of a slightly different kind of game then you would normally find on the Tegra Zone store. It’s a blend of RPG and puzzle genres with some interesting comic-style graphics, similar to what is found [...]
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AndroidAppReviewer | Oct 31, 2011 | Comments 0 The Birzzle Android App by Enfeel Inc is a puzzle game lining up the same type of birds and making it disappear by the use of fingertip. Provides optimized system which sustains better flexibility and simplicity of movements in touch control than prior puzzle games on the market; [...]
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AT&T is making one of its biggest LTE pushes to date starting November 6th. On that day, the next-gen 4G service will roll out to four new markets — Boston, Washington, D.C, Baltimore, and Athens, GA — and will be accompanied by the launch of the networks first 4G LTE smartphones. The Samsung Galaxy S [...]
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AT&T has announced its first 4G LTE smartphones, the Samsung Galaxy S II and the HTC Vivid. The Vivid is the phone we have up until now known as the HTC Raider (and is still known under that name in some regions). The Vivid features a 4.5-inch qHD display, 1.2GHz dual-core processor, and 8MP camera [...]
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Many were wondering if the Samsung Galaxy S II LTE would make it to the states, and we now have the answer in the form of an early Monday press release from AT&T. The handset with a 4.5-inch Super AMOLED Plus display and 1.5GHz dual-core processor will come to the carrier as the Samsung Galaxy [...]
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Another day, another quarterly earnings report. Taiwanese smartphone specialist HTC is doing very well, with 13.2 million total device sales (not all Android, of course), .54 billion in total revenue, 5 million of which is profit. Riding the continuing surge in worldwide smartphone sales, HTC is up year-over-year in every major statistic, with shipped devices [...]
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Samsung and AT&T this morning announced the carrier's first LTE smartphones — the Android 2.3.5-powered Galaxy S II Skyrocket and HTC Vivid. In addition to sporting Gingerbread (and we'd fully expect it to get an update to Ice Cream Sandwich next year), the Skyrocket has a 4.5-inch Super AMOLED Plus display at 480×800 reolution, a [...]
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Heads up, citizens of the UK. The HTC Desire S is receiving its update to Android 2.3.5. The biggest change with the update involves HTC’s custom user interface, where it has been updated to Sense 3.0. This brings about new lockscreen elements, a refreshed notifications pull-down, and other goodies. The update has been arriving for [...]
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It's good to be HTC, no- The Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer released its Q3 2011 earnings this week. It shipped some 13.2 million phones, nearly double that of Q3 2010 and some 9 percent higher than the second quarter of 2011. After-tax profits were up 68 percent over a year ago to .68 billion. A couple [...]
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Just as Google foretold, the Android 3.1 update (aka Google TV 2.0) has begun pushing out to Sony Internet TV boxes and televisions. As you'll recall, this is the update that brings: A simpler user interface, with a customizable home screen. Finding content becomes easier. TV and movies get their own search, whether they're on [...]
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This really isn’t big news, but with all the fuss about Verizon, and if they are going to carry the Galaxy Nexus or if it will be an exclusive, we thought we would share the above image which happens to be the Verizon version, model SCH-I515. It was found within some code on the Samsung [...]
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It seems as though Verizon is running in-store ads that show off the HTC Rezound, which we expect will be officially announced this Thursday in New York City. The Rezound is featured front and center along with Joe Jonas and Beats by Dr. Dre earbuds. We have already seen leaked shots and accessories, so if [...]
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Google’s Nexus 1 will not be getting Ice Cream Sandwich. With Halloween just around the corner our own N1 tries to make a come back that leads to a terrible, terrible ending. … Continue Reading Here Halloween Is Here androidactivist.org
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