Thursday, August 15, 2013

Next-gen Asus FonePad, MeMO Pad specs leaked

fonepad140Asus appears to be preparing to update some of its Android tablets, while introducing an entirely new model or two. Hot on the heels of a leaked product roadmap, the folks at Notebook Italia have found some retail listings and benchmark results that provide specs for at least 3 upcoming Asus devices.   Asus FonePad HD 7 First up, it...

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Samsung Hennessy is an Android flip-phone destined for China

Samsung HennessyWhat happens if you take a modern touch-friendly operating system like Android and cram it on an old-fashioned flip-phone with a numeric keypad? Apparently you get something like the Samsung Hennessy, a smartphone with two 3.3 inch touchscreen displays. When the phone is closed, it looks like a typical Android smartphone, although a rather small one with a large screen...

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Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Rumor: LG G Pad with 8.3 inch, full HD display on the way

lg logoLG is reportedly planning to get back into the Android tablet game. LG may not be as big a name in the US smartphone market as Samsung. But the company is making some of the most interesting Android devices as the moment, including last year's LG Optimus G and Google Nexus 4 and the upcoming LG G2. Now LG is reportedly...

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CyanogenMod 10.2 nightlies arrive, along with updated gApps, ClockworkMod Recovery builds

CyanogenMod logoIt's a big week for unofficial Android updates. The CyanogenMod team has started releasing nightly builds of CM10.2 for a handful of phones and tablets. Developer Koushik Dutta is updating his ClockworkMod Recovery tools for a number of Android devices. And there are new versions of the Google Apps available for custom ROM users running builds based on Android 4.2...

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Acer S7 ultrabooks now available with Haswell chips, high price tags

acer aspire s7_0140Acer's Aspire S7 line of ultrabooks are some of the thinnest and lightest notebooks around, measuring about half an inch thick and weighing less than 3 pounds. They also have a few unusual touches including a glass lid and a display that you can fold back nearly 180 degrees. Last year Acer introduced a few Aspire S7 ultrabooks priced at...

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Lilbits (8-12-2013): The uncertain future of BlackBerry

bb q10_140There was a time when BlackBerry devices dominated the smartphone space. But the past few years have been tough for the company, with growing competition from Apple's iPhone and an army of Android devices. BlackBerry's brief foray into the tablet space wasn't exactly a home run either. So what's a struggling company to do? In this case, the answer appears...

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Monday, August 12, 2013

Google Glass update includes a video player, emergency alerts, and more

google glass reservations_140Google may not be ready to announce the official price or launch date for Google Glass just yet, but the company is continuing to roll out new features to members of the Glass Explorer program who shelled out $1500 for a pre-release device. Google Glass is a device that you wear like a pair of glasses, but which has a...

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Sony to launch Lens-camera kit to upgrade your smartphone camera?

lens-camera_140There's a bit of an arms race taking place in the smartphone camera space. Nokia is slapping 41MP cameras in its phones, Samsung is going with optical zoom lenses, and everyone and their kid brother is trying to offer special features such as optical image stabilization, or better support for snapping photos in low-light environments. But what if you already...

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Cheapcast turns any Android device into a Chromecast (video)

CheapcastLike the idea of Google's Chromecast, which lets you stream internet video to your TV, but don't want to buy another device that only does one thing? Developer Sebastian Mauer has released a free app called Cheapcast that turns your existing Android device into a sort of Chromecast. Fire up the app on your phone, tablet, or Android TV box...

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Hisense Sero 7 Pro price drops to $129

hisense sero 7 pro_140The Hisense Sero 7 Pro was already probably one of the best tablets you could buy for under $200 when it launched earlier this summer for $149. Now it's an even better deal: the Walmart price has dropped to $129. Hisense has also slashed $20 off the price of its cheaper tablet. You can now pick one up for just...

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