Article
by James Richardson
Nov 01, 2012
We've got the HTC One X+ in our hands today, and it looks to be quite a beauty. However, for this particular post we are keeping things short and sweet. The above video is an unboxing of the ret...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 10, 2012
Samsung has announced and published the whitepaper for their upcoming Exynos 5250 SoC (System on a Chip), and it looks like the stuff a hardware geek's dreams are made of. Sporting a dual-c...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 28, 2012
One of the physical drawbacks of OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) displays is that the manufacturing process can't quite reach the insane pixel density that traditional LCD makers can. We can...
Article
by Richard Devine
Jul 16, 2012
Eric Schmidt has been out on tour doing his best door-to-door salesman act. The Google Chairman appeared at the Allen & Company conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, armed with a new Nexus 7 and a Ne...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jul 05, 2012
Ever since the Google Nexus Q was announced last week at the Google I/O developer conference, folks have been trying to rationalize (or pan) its $299 price tag. We've been using it for a week no...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jun 26, 2012
Qualcomm this morning announced the Snapdragon SDK at its Uplinq conference, "giving developers and device makers the ability to differentiate their applications on devices by exposing a new se...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jun 18, 2012
We've just gotten some more information regarding the Wifi issues some HTC One X owners have been experiencing, and which the manufacturer acknowledged this morning.
An HTC spokesman tells us t...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jun 18, 2012
One of the games folks like to play when a new phone comes out is "spot the defect." And in the case of the HTC One X, a small but vocal number of HOX owners have run into a particularly a...
Article
by Kevin O'Quinn
Apr 19, 2012
See that beautiful display? It can come out of the phone, but it's not something you'd want to do to yourself. XDA China has posted instructions on how to disassemble the...
Article
by Kevin O'Quinn
Apr 18, 2012
Curious about the above image? Obviously it's a comparison between two displays, but which ones? Visit our new hardware forum to find out. SoCs, LCDs, OLEDs and everything else hardw...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 16, 2012
Last night's leak proved to be right on the money, as ASUS has made the Transformer Prime GPS add-on hardware available for registered owners today. In case you've not been following the sag...
Article
by Alex Dobie
Apr 06, 2012
As reports of GPS issues with the ASUS Transformer Prime continue, the manufacturer is turning to a drastic solution to give Prime owners better GPS connectivity. According to an ASUS support repres...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 26, 2012
The AT&T version of the HTC One X has been hitting the benchmark apps the past couple of days, and a friend of a friend of a friend was kind enough to send in a few results. On Sunday we...
Article
by Chris Umiastowski
Feb 10, 2012
Multiple reports this week have said that Google will get regulatory approval on its intended acquisition of Motorola Mobility as soon as next week. If this happens as expected, the acquisition ...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jan 27, 2012
To say it's been an interesting year for Research in Motion and BlackBerry would certainly be an understatement. It was about 10 months ago that we first learned that RIM's tablet would be c...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 22, 2012
If you're a dyed-in-the-wool modder, here's a great weekend project -- modifying your Verizon Galaxy Nexus to work with the HP Touchstone. I'll tell you right up front -- this one ...
Article
by Alex Dobie
Nov 29, 2011
As is customary with any big, new phone, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus recently received the teardown treatment from the fearless spudgers over at iFixit. There's nothing too surprising lurking insid...
Review
by Joshua Munoz
Nov 26, 2011
Oh, hello, Moto.
When Motorola announced the MOTOACTV, I really didn't know that to think. An Android-based fitness tracker? Aren't there much cheaper apps for that sort of thing? Then t...
Review
by Joshua Munoz
Nov 15, 2011
Since the EVO 4G came out many moons ago, Sprint promised us we'd see more in their EVO brand, and it delivered. Soon after we saw the EVO Shift 4G, then the EVO 3D, and now the EVO Desi...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Oct 27, 2011
It's 50-50 on this one, we suppose, but Intel CEO Paul Otellini will be giving a keynote address on the first afternoon of CES on January 10 in Las Vegas. And it's entirely possible that we&...
Review
by Joshua Munoz
Oct 21, 2011
Another strong phone in US Cellular's lineup
Whether it was bringing the HTC Merge, the Motorola Xoom, or the Optimus Black, US Cellular has always made sure to have some of the best and gre...
Review
by Joshua Munoz
Oct 17, 2011
Entry-level, a hard keyboard, and an interesting form factor
I've got to hand it to any carrier (and manufacturer) for continuing to make and sell entry-level Android phones. Without them, a...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Sep 29, 2011
And that's the question of the day, folks. Now that you can finally send in your original 3G Motorola Xoom for a 4G LTE upgrade -- are you going to bother to do so? Do you (and can you) give it ...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 27, 2011
Qualcomm and partner BSQUARE announced the APQ8060 S3 reference development Dragonboard today. Besides having a cool name that conjures up images of Bruce Lee, it's a great way for h...
Article
NVIDIA releases project Kal-El whitepapers, unveils fifth companion CPU core for low-power use cases
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 20, 2011
NVIDIA has let loose some more technical talk about the upcoming project Kal-El chip, and are showing off a new patented process they call vSMP (variable Symmetric Multiprocessing). As part of...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Sep 15, 2011
The patent arms race continues as Google purchased 1,023 patents from IBM in August. The patents run the gamut from hardware to software. As SEO by the Sea points out, some relate to Java, ...
Article
by Chris Parsons
Sep 13, 2011
Google's Andy Rubin was on hand today at Intel’s Developer Forum to announce some interesting news regarding the future of Android and the hardware which it will run on. As such, Intel Corporat...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 19, 2011
It's another of those cool things from Google I/O that nobody is talking about enough -- Android Open Accessories. Still in its geek-stage of development, Open Accessories have the potential to ...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jan 31, 2011
Remember that unannounced HTC Android phone that was spotted on a Taipei subway? Looks like it's appeared again, with a new pic being sent to Gizmodo. It's reportedly codenamed "Saga."...
Article
by Jesse Potter
Jan 14, 2011
Although it had a rather shaky start, NewEgg's Android app has been given a welcomed update. Now in version 1.0.2, NewEgg Mobile allows you to browse their entire online inventory (with cu...
