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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 14, 2011
The post-CES wrapup Android Central's best of CES 2011A comparison of Verizon's new LTE lineup [from the forums]CES brought dual-core, LTE but no NFC Hardware news What's Sprint conjuring up Feb. 7?Is...
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by Sean Brunett
Jan 12, 2011
Sony Ericsson has admitted making mistakes in the mobile realm in 2010 and has insisted that they have learned from them. Steve Walker, who is the acting Global Head of Marketing for Sony Ericsson, ga...
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by Sean Brunett
Jan 10, 2011
Miss Motorola's announcements at CES? Want to watch the entire event that introduced the Atrix 4G, Cliq 2, Droid Bionic and Xoom? The video is now available and is about 35 minutes long. Motorol...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 10, 2011
CES ushered in a new era of smartphones and tablets. Dual-core Tegra 2 processors. LTE broadband data connections. Honeycomb on tablets (for starters). Laptop companions. Docks that turn your smartpho...
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by Rene Ritchie
Jan 10, 2011
Monsoon has announced two new boxes, Volkano Flow and Volkano Blast along with apps to let you transport ("sling") your home TV to your Android Phone. Flow is $99 and is barebones sl...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 10, 2011
CES 2011 has wound down, and if you're an Android fan you're likely either in a sort of heaven that only gadget geeks can enter, or suffering a shaky overload from all the news. Either way is g...
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by Dieter Bohn
Jan 08, 2011
Oh, the things you see on the show floor on your last day at CES. The Sony Ericsson LiveView watch isn't exactly new and breaking, but it's new to us and, well, it's frankly better than we expe...
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by Cory Streater
Jan 08, 2011
Imagine a full physical QWERTY keyboard - slightly larger than a deck of cards - that wirelessly connects via Bluetooth to your Android smartphone or tablet. On the backside there’s a micro...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 07, 2011
Toshiba is looking to get into the Android tablet space in a big way. And by big, we mean 10.1 inches, with Honeycomb (once it's actually available). We sat down with Toshiba at CES in Las Vegas for ...
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by Dieter Bohn
Jan 07, 2011
Feeling burned by that Viewsonic gTablet you bought at Staples despite our review's best efforts to warn you? Perhaps if it was called the Viewpad 10s you'd feel better about the fact tha...
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by Jared DiPane
Jan 07, 2011
If you haven't noticed from the homepage already there certainly isn't a lack of Android related news coming from this years CES event. While Phil and Dieter have been splitting the press events, Cory...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 07, 2011
Here's another gem that's not coming anywhere near the United States. The Motorola XT800+ features a custom UI atop Android 2.2.1 -- and dual SIM cards. So you can use one for voice and one for ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 07, 2011
A few of you have asked to see the boot animation on the HTC Thunderbolt, so here it is. But it's what's inside the phone when you open the battery cover that was a cool little surprise. The mot...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 07, 2011
One of the cool things about CES is getting to play with phones that will otherwise never see the light of day in the U.S. And one of those phones is the Motorola XT806LX. It's a Chinese device...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 07, 2011
A 3D touchscreen on a smartphone? Oh, why not. They're putting it on everything else these days. So that's what's been done with the Sharp Galapogos. It's an Android 2.2 device with a 3.8-inch touchs...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 07, 2011
Picked up a 9.7-inch Android 2.2 tablet from Polaroid (yes, that Polaroid). Spec-wise, it doesn't seem that bad. Cortex A8 processor at 1GHz, 4GB of ROM, 2MP camera, 6800mAh battery. And all the usual...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 07, 2011
Say what you will about Sony Ericsson -- and we've said plenty -- but damned if they don't know how to make phones. All problems aside with the previous Xperia phones running outdated versions of And...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 07, 2011
Special thanks to Mickey and Joey at The Cell Phone Junkie (visit their site here!) for recording, editing and producing The World's Greatest CES Podcast. (And for putting up with Phil's noisy dr...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 06, 2011
During Samsung's CES Keynote Thursday, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts spent a little time with the Xfinity application, both on a smart TV and the Samsung Galaxy Tab. We've been told this was co...
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by Kyle Gibb
Jan 06, 2011
Finally, it is coming people. Samsung is running a CES event right now and Hulu Plus was just announced for Android. We don't know any hard details like when it is coming or what minimum versio...
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by Dieter Bohn
Jan 06, 2011
One of the big three new devices Verizon saw fit to directly present at their press conference today was the LG Revolution. The handlers were pretty adamant we not put our grubby hands on their class...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 06, 2011
The Samsung 4G LTE Smartphone has just about the most generic name we've ever seen phone a phone. But the device is anything but bland. (And more on that name in a second.) We're talking Ve...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 06, 2011
We've seen a number of leaks of the HTC Thunderbolt leading up to CES 2011. But to hold the Verizon 4G LTE phone in your hand certainly is electric. <Ducks!> Seriously, though. H...
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by Jared DiPane
Jan 06, 2011
Today, along with announcing their recent acquisition of Qik, Skype has also announced that they plan to bring video calling to a wide variety of 4G Android devices on Verizon. It has become obvious a...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 06, 2011
The excitement's been building for this one, and we're live at the Verizon Wireless press event at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas. We've already seen a couple new Android devices on...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 06, 2011
We already knew it was going to happen, but T-Mobile announced the Dell Streak 7 at their CES press conference today. From their press release:"T-Mobile’s first 4G tablet, the Dell Streak 7...
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by Kyle Gibb
Jan 06, 2011
T-Mobile today officially announced their G-Slate tablet. Made by LG, the tablet comes with TMo HSPA+ for "4G" speeds and Android 3.0 Honeycomb running the whole assembly. We already s...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 06, 2011
Good morning from beautiful Las Vegas. We've fought our way through the Adult Entertainment Expo here at the Sands Expo and Convention Center (it's a rough job, we know) and are at the T-Mobile press ...
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by Andrew Melnizek
Jan 06, 2011
Qik, the company behind video conferencing on the HTC Evo 4G, and many other mobile devices, has been acquired by video and voice over IP giant, Skype. Tony Bates, the CEO of Skype, has posted the...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 06, 2011
Just like Brad Pitt in Se7en, you just had to know what's in the box, eh? Fine. We're happy to oblige. After the break, a non-unboxing of the HTC Evo Shift 4G.
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