Want to see all of our CES coverage in one place? This is the place. If it's Android and it's at CES 2011, it'll be here, friend.

Stay tuned for live coverage every day between January 4th and January 9th for all the wall-to-wall Android tablet, Android smartphone, Google TV, and [insert crazy Android device type here] news coming out of CES.


Yes, we're going to CES -- and we're bringing all of you with us!

By Phil Nickinson  | Jan 03 2011 | 4:11 pm  | 17 Comments

Android Central at CES

A couple of questions you all have been asking us lately: Is Android Central going to CES, and can you come with us? And the answer to both is YES!

OK, so we're not buying your plane ticket or anything. Or paying for your hotel room. Or picking up your CES pass. Or giving you any gambling money. And you can forget about limo rides. But we're doing the next best thing letting you watch from the comfort of your own home as we bring you the best Android coverage this side of ... well ... everything. And we're not doing it alone. The entire Smartphone Experts team is along for the ride.

So how can you follow along? Check back in with the site, of course. But for the raw feed, be sure to follow us all on Twitter. You never know what's going to happen.

And be sure to check out our sister sites for their coverage, too. We'll see you in Las Vegas!

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Opera gives preview of its tablet browser

By Phil Nickinson  | Jan 03 2011 | 2:55 pm  | 9 Comments

Opera for Android tablets

Opera's set to unveil its Android tablet-tweaked browser this week at CES, and they just unveiled a quick preview. Yep, looks like a slightly scaled up version to us, too. Check out the video after the break. [Opera]

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Vizio to introduce Android phone, tablet ahead of CES

By Sean Brunett  | Jan 02 2011 | 10:06 pm  | 19 Comments

Vizio Android tablet

Vizio, the company known for its TVs and Blu-Ray players, is set to unveil its first phone as well as a tablet, both to be based on Android.

The phone is said to be called the Via Phone and will sport a 4-inch touchscreen, 5MP rear camera and a front-facing camera. The tablet reportedly will be 8 inches, will also have a front-facing camera, and have three speakers for sound.

That's probably the tablet Vizio teased ever so briefly at the start of the Rose Bowl on Saturday -- check out the video after the break. [via Engadget] It's claimed that Vizio will discuss these products on Monday, ahead of CES, but will also have product announcements during the official show. It will be a crazy week with phones and tablets galore. Stay tuned! [via WSJ] 

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Android Central Podcast Episode 45

By Phil Nickinson  | Dec 31 2010 | 12:31 pm  | 0 Comments

Audio-only stream below

We take a look back at 2010, a look forward at 2011 and preview the upcoming CES show. Plus, your e-mails and voicemails.

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Rumor: AT&T to announce the Motorola Olympus at CES

By Andrew Melnizek  | Dec 30 2010 | 6:29 pm  | 39 Comments

 

The unsourced rumor du jour is that Motorola and AT&T will be announcing the Motorola Olympus during CES next week. The long rumored 1GHz dual-core Tegra 2 processor has been making its rounds on the web for the past few months now. And that's basically it, not much is known about the device. Judging by the few leaked photos, the phone looks like it will sport a screen larger than 3.7 inches. 

It's also worth mentioning that this is the first time we'll see Motorola bringing a high-end Android powered phone to another carrier outside of Verizon. Head into the Rumored Devices forum to see what others are chatting about. [via IntoMobile]

Update: We've independently heard that the Olympus definitely is in testing on AT&T, with a 4-inch screen with 480x854 resolution.

 

Archos 70 available now for $350, sports 250GB hard drive, Android 2.2

By Phil Nickinson  | Dec 29 2010 | 5:42 pm  | 42 Comments

Archos 70 Android tablet

Archos today announced a monster of an Android tablet -- the Archos 70. It's available now, and these specs are, shall we say, fairly monstrous.

  • Android 2.2
  • 250-gigabyte hard drive
  • Processor:  ARM Cortex A8 @ 1 GHz
  • 7-inch TFT LCD display at 800x480
  • Wifi
  • Dimensions: 7.91x4.49x0.55 inches
  • Weight: 14 ounces
  • 720p video playback

We say fairly monstrous because that screen resolution is a bit disappointing. But being able to dual boot into Linux, Meego or Windows is pretty awesome. Also pretty awesome: A price tag of $350. Got a feeling we know a few people who are going to pick this one up, and we're definitely going to check this out next week at CES. More info's at the source link, and the full presser's after the break. [Archos]

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HTC Thunderbolt 4G gets another sign-up page ahead of CES announcement

By Phil Nickinson  | Dec 27 2010 | 5:03 pm  | 23 Comments

HTC Thunderbolt 4G

Ah ha! Eagle-eyed commenter rabaker07 deduced that the URL from the HTC Thunderbolt 4G (that's the name we're using today, anyway) advertisement we showed you yesterday was a little off. (Hey, not our fault.) Plug in a quick "us" into the URL, and you get an e-mail signup page that has the caped phone and the "first to 4G, again" slogan. Just a week and a half to go, folks, and we'll get the lowdown. [HTC]

 

Build-your-own Android TV kit coming from Vidtonic at CES

By Phil Nickinson  | Dec 27 2010 | 3:55 pm  | 6 Comments

Vidtonic Android-powered TV

You DIYers are gonna love this. Vidtonic's promising a "homebrew" hardware/software development kit to help bring apps to the TV screen. Yeah, it's Android-based IPTV. Like Google TV, we assume, but a little more fringe. With the kit you get a TV housing, cables, a 1080p LCD panel, power supply and ARM/DSP motherboard, along with the software tools to get your app up and running.

How usable will this be? And will it be more than a cool hobbyist device? We'll just have to check it out and see for ourselves, won't we? Check out the full presser after the break.

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Motorola sends e-mails touting tablet

By Phil Nickinson  | Dec 24 2010 | 10:22 am  | 12 Comments

Motorola Tablet

In case you missed the teaser last week, Motorola's sending out e-mails touting the upcoming Honeycomb-based tablet it'll show off at CES. Needless to say, we're not getting tired of watching this video just yet, and so you can find it again after the break. Thanks to everyone who sent this in!

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NEC is bringing a whole mess o' Android to CES, including dual-screen tablet

By Phil Nickinson  | Dec 20 2010 | 5:22 pm  | 6 Comments

NEC at CES

To say that there's going to be a boatload of Android tablets in Las Vegas in a couple of weeks would be the understatement of the year. We know Motorola's bringing the Honeycomb thunder, and it appears that Japanese staple NEC is going to have more than its share of the little green guy.

To wit:

  • Dual-screen Cloud Communicator Tablet
  • Single-screen Cloud Communicator Tablet
  • Personal Products' Mobile Notebook
  • "Andronavi" marketplace, including Japanese Manga and photography. (More on that at us.andronavi.com.)

So, yeah, there's going to be a wee bit of Android at CES. We strap it on in two weeks, folks. Full NEC presser is after the break.

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