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Flash 10.2 Leaks! Runs on Gingerbread, Honeycomb, and Froyo

Flash 10.2 Leaks! Runs on Gingerbread, Honeycomb, and Froyo

March 13, 2011 | Comments (0)

It was only Friday that Adobe announced that Flash 10.2 was soon coming to the Motorola XOOM tablet.  Here we are with a leaked version.  It does not seem to be the final release version (it might not even be the current version…) as it has some performance burps and hiccups. The leaked version is [...]

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Motorola Xoom Unboxing + Pre-Order Now Available

Motorola Xoom Unboxing + Pre-Order Now Available

February 22, 2011 | Comments (4)

The much anticipated Motorola Xoom is finally upon us, available now for pre-order and in stores on Feb. 24th. As previously reported it the first Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet to market will run you $599 on a two-year contract or $799 for the standalone price. You have the option to choose a 3G data plan or opt [...]

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Motorola Xoom launching without Flash, waiting until ‘Spring 2011′

Motorola Xoom launching without Flash, waiting until ‘Spring 2011′

February 21, 2011 | Comments (9)

The rumor about the Motorola Xoom launching initially lacking Flash support has been verified by Motorola.  This is an interesting update as the Xoom is the flagship Android 3.0 Honeycomb device and in fact the tablet on which Google designed Honeycomb. The lack of Flash support would appear to be a software issue on the [...]

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HTC Flyer Tablet with a “Groundbreaking Pen Experience”

HTC Flyer Tablet with a “Groundbreaking Pen Experience”

February 15, 2011 | Comments (8)

HTC is officially entering the tablet arena with the 7″ Flyer. Does it have what it takes in this ever increasingly competitive market with the abundance of credible options being released? Its coming to the fight loaded with a 1.5GHz single-core CPU, 1GB of RAM plus 32GB of flash storage all wrapped up in an [...]

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Android 2.4 Loose @ MWC; It’s Still Gingerbread!

Android 2.4 Loose @ MWC; It’s Still Gingerbread!

February 15, 2011 | Comments (5)

The recent Mobile World Congress announcements from HTC have brought us the Facebook integrated ChaCha(which looks like HTC’s version of a Blackberry) and the Salsa, each with dedicated Facebook buttons to further your addiction. Also announced was the HTC Flyer Tablet which sports a Stylus, another great addition to the HTC lineup. But the Android community was left wondering…what is [...]

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NOOKcolor gets a taste of Honeycomb…mmmmmm

NOOKcolor gets a taste of Honeycomb…mmmmmm

January 30, 2011 | Comments (0)

At a glance, NOOKcolor had something in it which could perform. But, of course, it had to be the rooted one. Less than a week ago, an SDK of the Android OS 3.0 Honeycomb was previewed. Now, it has been ‘injected’ into the NOOKcolor. This developer behind this amazing project said that his next plan [...]

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Motorola Xoom debuting at Best Buy on Feb. 17th

Motorola Xoom debuting at Best Buy on Feb. 17th

January 24, 2011 | Comments (2)

From the document above, we can see that among other things that on February 17 the new honeycomb tablet called Motorola Xoom will debut for sale. Though the exact price is still unknown, there are rumours about the price range hitting $700. It’s quite a lot but we don’t know anything for sure right now. [...]

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Motorola Xoom is The Official Honeycomb Product from Google;The Nexus of Tablets

Motorola Xoom is The Official Honeycomb Product from Google;The Nexus of Tablets

January 23, 2011 | Comments (1)

Google has announced on more than one occasion that the Motorola Xoom is the tablet on which they designed Honeycomb, and the tablet that will be the lead once released.  In an interview with Pocketlint “Dave Burke, engineering manager for Mobile at Google and Jonathan Nattrass and Andrew Morely representing Motorola Mobility to have a talk about [...]

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[RUMOR] Super Bowl Sunday Launch for Motorola Tablet?

[RUMOR] Super Bowl Sunday Launch for Motorola Tablet?

December 15, 2010 | Comments (0)

The rumor mill is churning out another tidbit for the yet-to-be-announced Motorola Tablet. This Honeycomb touting tablet, codenamed Everest and Stingray, could be looking at its world-premiere on February 6th: Super Bowl Sunday. Could Motorola be going all out  by unveiling their tablet at one of the biggest events of the year? As far as [...]

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Galaxy Tab Is Just A Large Phone?  That’s What NVIDIA CEO Thinks

Galaxy Tab Is Just A Large Phone? That’s What NVIDIA CEO Thinks

November 15, 2010 | Comments (3)

Looks like NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang is at it again.  He never has had a problem letting his opinion be known and this time he takes aim at Android tablets and the Galaxy Tab to be specific.  The current selection of tablets and those to come soon do not impress Jen-Hsun Huang.  He’s calling the [...]

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Will HTC’s Own App Store Increase Fragmentation?

Will HTC’s Own App Store Increase Fragmentation?

November 9, 2010 | Comments (1)

A rumor says that HTC is working on building its own app store for Android. HTC has always been one of the best smartphone manufacturers to come out with new innovations, and they take great pride in that. They were the first to skin Android, they were the first to offer cloud services through the [...]

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Sony Ericsson’s Playstation Phone Pose’s For Some Photos, May Be Here For Christmas

Sony Ericsson’s Playstation Phone Pose’s For Some Photos, May Be Here For Christmas

October 27, 2010 | Comments (2)

That’s right folks.  The PlayStation Phone that has been rumored, shot down by Sony, and so on, has surfaced again.  This time with a bunch of photos and a possible late 2010 or early 2011 release.  I would lean more towards the 2011 since testers have called the prototype you see here “kinda buggy”.  Of course there [...]

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Gingerbread could be pegged at Android 2.3

Gingerbread could be pegged at Android 2.3

October 22, 2010 | Comments (2)

If you haven’t quite caught on, no one has really attached a version number to the Gingerbread. Google has never commented on what the next version number will be after 2.2. We’ve seen speculation ranging anywhere from 2.5 to 3.0. Now, a new piece of evidence has surfaced. A post/reply in a threaded discussion from [...]

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HTC Gingerbread Tablet Could Arrive in Early 2011

HTC Gingerbread Tablet Could Arrive in Early 2011

September 15, 2010 | Comments (0)

HTC South Africa executive Quinton Leigh let a few details leak about the rumored HTC tablet running Android 3.0. Leigh mentioned that the tablet would be available in early 2011. The specifics rumored so far for the HTC tablet are: Android 3.o –Gingerbread 1080p video recording 5.1-channel surround sound 3G connectivity HTC has been manufacturing [...]

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Tablet Fight: Android Samsung Galaxy Tab VS. Apple iPad

Tablet Fight: Android Samsung Galaxy Tab VS. Apple iPad

September 3, 2010 | Comments (2)

Update: At IFA Samsung has confired the specifications for the Samsung Galaxy Tab Apple’s iPad has really played an instrumental role in igniting a tablet craze and introducing a new era of mobile computing. Until now, the iPad has enjoyed relatively comfortable solo uncontested ride in the tablet space, but with Samsung’s introduction of the [...]

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Samsung’s Large 10 inch Tablet May Be Coming

Samsung’s Large 10 inch Tablet May Be Coming

August 20, 2010 | Comments (1)

We are familiar wit the reports of the Galaxy Tab that we are patiently awaiting to hear about September 15 at their event, but recently there have been some word of a 10 inch tablet with a supposed screen resolution of 1280 x 760. Hopefully this tablet will have Android 3.0 (Codename: Gingerbread). We may [...]

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Google doing a Poor Job Working with Android Partners

Google doing a Poor Job Working with Android Partners

July 30, 2010 | Comments (1)

Google needs to work harder with handset and carrier partners to ensure a smoother Android upgrade schedule By now, you know that the HTC EVO 4G on Sprint will be the first phone besides Google’s Nexus One to get the Android 2.2 upgrade. This is great news for EVO users but it still leaves DROID [...]

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Can this be for Real: The Nexus One Running Android 3.0

Can this be for Real: The Nexus One Running Android 3.0

July 26, 2010 | Comments (3)

Here is an image of a supposed “test build” of Android 3.0 running on a Nexus One and this seems very early in the game for Gingerbread to be seen in the wild. While you can already bet on photoshop being the culprit, Droid Dog has reported that benchmark logs are displaying Android 3.0, 3.1 [...]

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Gingerbread Already Running Out There?

Gingerbread Already Running Out There?

July 26, 2010 | Comments (1)

I’m not sure how easy or difficult it is for a ROM cooker to make his software false report about the version of Android it’s based on, and I can’t think of any legitimate reason a hacker would go to the trouble without ensuring a big hoopla ensued. So it’s definitely interesting that GreenComputing found [...]

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Gingerbread Posing Minor Threats to Sense and BLUR?

Gingerbread Posing Minor Threats to Sense and BLUR?

July 23, 2010 | Comments (3)

Gingerbread, also known as Android 3.0, may be posing minor threats to other software interfaces such as HTC Sense and Motorola MotoBLUR. Google’s overall plan for Android 3.0 is to eliminate the “manufacturer based UI’s”. They want to rid the manufacturer industry of trying to put their own “skin” over the already great Android software. [...]

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Android 3.0 “Gingerbread” Will Kill Off OEM UI “Skins”

Android 3.0 “Gingerbread” Will Kill Off OEM UI “Skins”

June 30, 2010 | Comments (6)

New operating system will be for high end handsets only, will scrap third party shells (Motoblur, HTC Sense) Android 2.2 seemed pretty cool, bringing Flash 10.1, aDavlik JIT compiler for faster apps, and the ability to run apps off a memory card. But Google’s recently unveiled Android 3.0 operating system, codenamed “Gingerbread” may make Android [...]

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Rumor: T-Mobile Dual Core 800Mhz Gingerbread Android Phone in the Works

Rumor: T-Mobile Dual Core 800Mhz Gingerbread Android Phone in the Works

June 25, 2010 | Comments (0)

Thanks to AndroidGuys podcast host Scott Brown for this leak.T-Mobile’s been taking a lot of hits from the Android community recently, as they haven’t really caught up to the other carriers (well, Verizon and Sprint) in terms of great phones. Though they introduced us to Android with the G1, the rest of their Android offerings [...]

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