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Amazon smartphone reportedly exclusive to AT&T

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Posted by Harish Jonnalagadda on 17 Jun 2014 9:02 am
Amazon smartphone
Citing anonymous industry sources, The Wall Street Journal reports that Amazon's first smartphone, which is scheduled to be officially unveiled in an event in Seattle tomorrow, will be exclusive to AT&T.

Google reportedly manufacturing tablets that can map your surroundings in 3D

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Posted by Harish Jonnalagadda on 23 May 2014 3:26 am
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According to the Wall Street Journal, Google is building 4,000 prototype tablets equipped with cameras and sensors that can map the world around them. The prototype is said to be a part of Google's Project Tango efforts.

Google brings Google Earth 3D maps to Seattle and Denver

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Posted by Bla1ze on 9 Aug 2012 3:04 pm
Google Earth
Back in June Google announced they would be improving Google Earth substantially by adding 3D mapping to the mix and we even managed to get a good look at it during Google I/O. Now, only a few short months later Google has managed to add Denver, Colorado and Seattle, Washington as destinations that you can view on Google Earth in 3D. All the work is done using advanced image processing and 45-...

Google Maps for Android getting offline access

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Posted by Phil Nickinson on 6 Jun 2012 1:19 pm
Google Maps offline
Google today at a small event in San Francisco announced that it's taking Google Maps offline. That's right, no more will you be beholden to your data connection. Or if traveling abroad (or on a subway, for instance), you'll be able to kill data altogether and still find your way around. This, ladies and germs, is a big deal. What's more is that it's not just macro-level mapping. You'll be able...

LG Optimus 3D MAX in white hands-on

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Posted by Anndrew Vacca on 9 May 2012 1:27 pm
Optimus 3D MAX
Rounding out our coverage of LG's presence here in New Orleans this year is the Optimus 3D MAX, a phone we first met back at Mobile World Congress in February. Sure, we got our hands on the device back then, but we figured another spin wouldn't kill us. This time around, the MAX came dressed in white, an outfit we prefer to the black we saw in Barcelona. Like we've said before, if you aren't...

LG Optimus 3D Max now available in Europe

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Posted by Bla1ze on 23 Apr 2012 9:58 am
LG Optimus 3D Max
Having announced the device during Mobile World Congress the folks from LG have slowly been rolling out the LG Optimus Max 3D and now it's time for it to land in Europe. The phone's arrival in Europe signals the global launch of the second-generation 3D device from LG and as noted by Dr. Jong-seok Park, President and CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company: “This device has evolved...

Exoplanet Explorer [Android App Review]

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Posted by Joshua Munoz on 14 Mar 2012 10:52 am
Exoplanet Explorer
YouTube link for mobile viewing With all the talk of building a base on the moon, I started thinking about space travel, other planets, and eventually retiring on Mars. I understand that Mars will probably be a hot commodity in the future, so I'm willing to settle on a distant exoplanet, if need be. Picking the right one looked to be a real challenge, but then I discovered Exoplanet Explorer, by...

Puzzle Prism [Android Game Review]

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Posted by Joshua Munoz on 7 Mar 2012 12:16 pm
Puzzle Prism
YouTube link for mobile viewing Tetris has been all the rage since, well, whenever it came out, as far as I can tell. The classic block-dropping game has an official Android port and a free, ad-supported version, but what are we to do if we're looking for the next iteration of the Tetris paradigm? Something more flashy, something more razzle-dazzle, but most importantly, something more fresh? For...

Texas Instruments shows off ultrasonic stylus that can work in three dimensions

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Posted by Simon Sage on 29 Feb 2012 7:24 am
An ultrasonic stylus from Texas Instruments
At Mobile World Congress 2012, Texas Instruments was demonstrating a stylus that communicates its distance from a tablet over ultrasonic frequencies. The tablet in this demo has a microphone in each of its four corners, which can pinpoint exactly where the stylus is pointing at the screen, even if you're not touching it. Of course, the stylus also works perfectly well along the two standard...

LG Optimus 3D Max hands-on

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Posted by Phil Nickinson on 26 Feb 2012 12:26 pm
LG Optimus 3D Max
LG started this whole 3D craze a year ago at Mobile World Congress, and now the Korean manufacturer is stepping things up a bit with the Optimus 3D Max. On one hand, it's very much the same experience. A 4.3-inch display, Android 2.3, and a pair of 5MP cameras that get the 3D ball rolling. Look, this part's simple: If you weren't sold on 3D displays a year ago, the Optimus 3D Max probably isn't...

LG announces the Optimus 3D MAX - 3D in a slimmed-down package

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Posted by Alex Dobie on 22 Feb 2012 8:17 am
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  Having already taken the wraps off the Optimus Vu and Optimus L-style series, LG has today taken the wraps off another rumored device -- the Optimus 3D MAX. Headed to Korea in March, then Europe and elsewhere later, the Optimus 3D MAX (spelled the old-fashioned way, with just one X) takes the original Optimus 3D's hardware and makes some modest improvements, before packing it into a slimmer,...

LG Optimus 3D Cube coming to SK Telecom in early March

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Posted by Phil Nickinson on 21 Feb 2012 11:53 pm
LG Optimus Cube 3D
LG today announced the Optimus 3D Cube, brining the "next-generation 3D" exclusively to Korean carrier SK Telecom. The phone sports a 4.3-inch IPS LCD display with dual 5-megapixel cameras on the back to handle the 3D action, and a .3MP shooter up front. It's running Android 2.3 Gingerbread powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core processor and a 1520 mAh battery. The Optimus 3D cube has on-board 3D...

New LG CX2 render shows slimmer handset in white, with new software

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Posted by Alex Dobie on 13 Feb 2012 8:54 am
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With Mobile World Congress less than two weeks away, we're starting to see images of even more unannounced devices leaking out online. The latest to appear is LG's successor to the Optimus 3D, the "CX2", or Optimus 3D MAX. This new leaked render shows a thin device in white, running what seems to be an updated version of LG's Optimus UI. LG's software is long overdue a visual refresh, so...

Latest Galaxy S III rumors suggest May launch, 7mm thickness

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Posted by Alex Dobie on 6 Feb 2012 10:36 am
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  We now know it won't be at Mobile World Congress, but that hasn't stopped the steady trickle of rumors relating to the Samsung Galaxy S III. The latest round of unconfirmed, unverifiable info comes from Korean site ETNews, which cites its own "industry insiders." According to these sources, the phone includes such previously-rumored specs as Android 4.0, a quad-core CPU and LTE support --...

'Optimus 3D MAX' branding rumored for next LG 3D phone

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Posted by Alex Dobie on 27 Jan 2012 4:03 pm
LG 3D phone
Earlier this week we saw reports that LG is preparing a successor to its Optimus 3D smartphone, to be unveiled at next month's Mobile World Congress. The LG CX2, as it's apparently codenamed, was to ship with a 1.2GHz CPU, 4.3-inch 3D WVGA NOVA display and dual 5MP cameras. Leaked renders also appeared, showing a device much thinner than the veritable brick that was the original Optimus 3D....

LG reportedly bringing CX2 (aka the Optimus 3D 2) to Mobile World Congress

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Posted by Phil Nickinson on 23 Jan 2012 10:41 am
LG Optimus 3D 2
It's been approximately 254 days since (give or take) the last 3D-capable Android smartphone was announced. Two hundred fifty-four glorious days of not squinting, not forcing 3D pictures on our friends and family.  There's a good chance that in a month, we'll see that 3D-less streak come to an end. A new render of a 3D LG device -- possibly to be dubbed the Optimus 3D 2 (awkward) or the LG CX2 (...

UK retailers slash HTC EVO 3D prices

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Posted by Alex Dobie on 20 Jan 2012 10:42 am
HTC EVO 3D
When we reviewed the GSM version of HTC's EVO 3D back in August, our main complaint was the exorbitant price of the phone. On-contract deals were nowhere to be found, and at the time of review SIM-free prices came in at over £500 (~$830), considerably more than the similarly-specced HTC Sensation. Now, at least two British retailers have decided to significantly cut their asking prices for the...

It's not just Google TV ... it's LG's 3D Google TV

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Posted by Phil Nickinson on 5 Jan 2012 9:56 pm
LG Google TV
Just when we thought we were done with the 3D thing, LG and Google TV drag us back in. Google announced LG as a new Google TV partner today, and LG responded with its own release that shows us the TV you see above.  Looks like it's got a tweaked version of the UI we're currently enjoying with Honeycomb on GTV. And the display itself uses the kind of 3D glasses that don't have to be plugged in. (...

3DMark benchmarking app coming to Android

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Posted by Alex Dobie on 29 Nov 2011 10:16 am
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  Finnish developer Futuremark has announced that its 3DMark benchmarking software will be headed to Android phones and tablets in 2012. 3DMark has long been an important benchmarking suite for PC gamers, and as Android devices become more powerful, it should come as no surprise to see benchmark-makers attempting to get a piece of the action. With development just now starting to ramp up,...

Gingerbread update for LG Optimus 3D now rolling out

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Posted by Alex Dobie on 22 Nov 2011 4:33 pm
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Rejoice, LG Optimus 3D owners, for your handset's long journey to Gingerbread is finally over. The European version of phone, which launched in August with Froyo, today received an update to version 21a, based on Android 2.3.5. As well as the usual goodies you'd expect from Gingerbread, you'll also get 21Mbps HSPA+ support, a 2D and 3D video editor, improved video quality and faster Gallery app...

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