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by Chris Parsons
Jul 08, 2011
Although Asus is still planning on following up its popular EeePad Transformer tablet with the Asus EeePad Slider, they've now gone ahead and let everyone know it will be arriving in the UK this...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 07, 2011
We've heard the rumblings that Android 3.2 might be coming to a Huawei tablet, and that it'd could possibly be a specific version of Honeycomb for that smaller form factor. But might it first hit the...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 07, 2011
Welcome to another exciting edition of "Who's using which Android version!" -- the game show that takes a look at the various versions of Android floating around out in the world...
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by Chris Parsons
Jul 06, 2011
Been holding out, waiting for the inevitable price drop to come to the WiFi only Motorola Xoom? If so, your wait is now over. As announced on the Motorola Twitter account the price of the WiFi only Mo...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 06, 2011
Have an Acer Iconia Tab A500? Have an Acer Iconia Tab A500 that's not running Android 3.1? The wait should be short, as updates are rolling out now. We just got ours, and system update 4.010.08 i...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 06, 2011
One of the more interesting (if less publicized) additions to Google Maps 5.7 is the ability to download map data locally to your phone. That's a godsend if you're traveling somewhere...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 06, 2011
Google Maps just got a sizable update, with a slew of new features that those of you in major metro areas are going to want to check out. First and foremost is the addition of Transit Navigation.&nbs...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 05, 2011
The Qualcomm roadmap for the next few years has leaked out, putting a time frame on the chips they announced last February. According to the leak, we should expect dual-core LTE, HSPA, and HSPA...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 05, 2011
Admittedly, it's been a few weeks since I last let my wife beat me had my butt kicked at Words with Friends. And in that time, it's disappeared from the Android Market for Honeycomb devices, and reap...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 05, 2011
Word on the street is that the Toshiba Thrive tablet has made its way into a few Best Buy stores over the weekend, ahead of its July 13 shipping date. And, sure enough, Android Central Forums member ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 05, 2011
For all you folks whose Sprint-branded Samsung Galaxy Tabs have been languishing with Froyo for the better part of a year now (since it launched, anyway), your Gingerbread update is coming this week. ...
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by Android Central
Jul 04, 2011
Another reason to celebrate this Fourth of July weekend -- the Android Central Forums recently passed 1 million posts. So to give back (and celebrate freedom and stuff) we're giving away a 32 GB Sam...
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by Chris Parsons
Jul 02, 2011
Youtube link for mobile viewing Over the past little while we've seen plenty of portions of the Windows Phone 7 UI land on Android devices. The music player, contacts, app launcher and more have all ...
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by Alex Dobie
Jul 01, 2011
After previously launching on Three, the HTC Flyer tablet will be on its way to T-Mobile UK later this month, as indicated by an update on the British network's "coming soon" page. There's n...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 01, 2011
We got our first look at Flight Track's Honeycomb tablet update back at Google IO in May. Today, that update's available in the Android Market, and one of our favorite Android travel apps get ev...
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by Chris Parsons
Jun 30, 2011
Having only recently picked up an original Samsung Galaxy Tab for myself, I can relate to the many users out there that have one and are not currently running Gingerbread on it. Fortunately I was able...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 30, 2011
Opera has released Opera Mobile 11.1. The big strokes are that Google text and autocomplete are improved, the rendering engine should be faster, and there's now experimental support for Adobe Flash o...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 29, 2011
In just a day or so the HP TouchPad will be available in stores, giving hungry webOS fans something to feast on. Today, our pal Derek Kessler at PreCentral.net has unleashed his monster Tou...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 29, 2011
Youtube link for mobile viewingWe've seen Ubuntu running on many an Android device, but it's especially interesting when it's on a tablet. Well, add the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 to the list...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 29, 2011
Google has updated the imagery for Street View in 13 of their Street View countries, making for the biggest update of this kind. Images for places in Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Netherlands,...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 29, 2011
Tablets were the main focus of Archos' recent London press event, but also in attendance were two more unusual Android devices -- the Archos 35 Smart Home Phone and Archos 35 Home Connect, both ...
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by Chris Parsons
Jun 29, 2011
While many folks have already snapped up their WiFi-only Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1's like they were going out of style, others have been holding out for the 3G/4G equipped version that's soon-to-be rele...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 28, 2011
Archos recently caused a bit of commotion by announcing two new tablets powered by Android 3.1 Honeycomb -- the Archos 80 G9 and 101 G9. Of interest was not only the 1.5GHz dual-core OMAP4 CPU, but a...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 28, 2011
If you happen to have a Nook Color and love Angry Birds, you're in for a treat. Rovio and Barnes & Noble have teamed up and made B&N stores the very first "magic location" for ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 28, 2011
Android app gives full access, but it's currently in private beta Google's just taken the wraps off Google+ -- its answer to Facebook, more or less. More, actually, we believe, though for all the deta...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 27, 2011
Youtube link for mobile viewingToshiba US is showing off the Toshiba Thrive Honeycomb tablet, and giving us all a chance to win one of our very own. Take a minute and check out the really cool unboxin...
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by Chris Parsons
Jun 27, 2011
If you're the proud owner of an Acer Iconia Tab A500 then you're no doubt waiting for Android 3.1 to be rolled out -- which should be coming in July. However, if you're a risk taker you can grab the ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 24, 2011
Zinio for Android just got a huge performance boost if you're using a Tegra 2 powered Honeycomb tablet. The app harnesses the GPU and uses full OpenGL ES acceleration for page turning animations...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 24, 2011
We'd heard an August launch was on the cards, but now we know that Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 will go on general release in the UK in just under six weeks time, on Thursday, Aug. 4. In the UK, the Tab ...
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by Chris Parsons
Jun 23, 2011
Acer Iconia Tab A500 owners are now getting an idea of when to expect Android 3.1. According to Acers German Facebook page the update will roll out in Germany on July 5. Sadly, no other regions dates ...
