At their CES 2012 keynote, Intel introduced the Lenovo K800, the first Medfield-based Android smartphone. It’ll be available first in China in Q2 of 2012. Intel showed off a Medfield smartphone reference design in their booth, but it was quite a surprise to see a…
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Sony Xperia S and Xperia Ion Dual-Core Android Smartphone Hands-On [video]
At Sony’s CES 2012 event last night, they announced US availability for the Xperia Ion, Sony’s first LTE phone. The Xperia Ion will be an AT&T exclusive.
Slated to arrive sometime in Q2 this year, the Xperia Ion has a 4.55-inch screen with 720p HD…
Intel Smartphone Reference Design Hands-On at CES 2012 [video]
It’s early on day one of CES 2012 and we’ve just looked at Intel’s Android Smartphone Reference Design running Gingerbread.
We got a bit of a preview of the Medfield smartphone reference design (and the Medfield tablet) last month, and it fared well when MIT’s…
Lenovo Smartphone S2 Announced for CES 2012
Ahead of the official start to CES 2012, Lenovo has come out with several interesting product announcements. All of their products announced for CES 2012 are connected via Lenovo Cloud, their own cloud-based storage and syncing service. The S2 smartphone is Lenovo’s 2nd-generation flagship Android…
MOTOACTV Rooted to Become Smallest Honeycomb Tablet Ever
We’ve all wondered when Android would get ported on to a 1.6″ screen…well haven’t we? Chris Wade, the same guy behind DingleBerry, saw the MOTOACTV and thought that it would be a the coolest hack. We agree that it’s awesome even if its not practical! …
CUPP Computing’s PunkThis Heads to Tablets
Every once in a while comes a product that peaks the interest of the modding community, the Punkthis module is one of those products. We first saw it in a Macbook Pro where it could switch between Android and iOS, then we saw it in…
Samsung Nexus S Getting Ice Cream Sandwich OTA Update Now
Google officially started an over-the-air push of an Ice Cream Sandwich software upgrade for the GSM version of the Samsung Nexus S on Friday, Dec. 16. They announced the push on Twitter as seen below:
We’re rolling out Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, to GSM/UMTS …
Samsung Galaxy S WiFi 3.6 Now Available in Germany
The 3.6-inch Samsung Galaxy S WiFi 3.6 is now available in Germany for a very reasonable price of 159 Euros.
Samsung has continued their practice of offering devices in every screen size possible, first with the Galaxy Tab… tablets, and now with the Galaxy S
Sony Walkman Z Android Media Player Breezes Through FCC
Originally only released in Japan, the Sony Walkman Z has made it through FCC certification, indicating a pending US release. The Android-based media player has a really nice hardware design, and offers another Android alternative for people wanting a connected media player but don’t want…
Lenovo LePad 2005S, 5-inch Android Tablet on Sale in China Now
Samsung isn’t the only manufacturer still releasing 5-inch mini-tablets (or “phablets”); Lenovo has just announced their 5-inch, LePad 2005S Android tablet, for sale in China for around $415 USD.
The actual price in Chinese currency is 2699 Yuan, as shown in the advertisement above. As…
Barnes and Noble NOOK Tablet is Fastest-Selling NOOK Device
Although Barnes and Noble stated in their earnings report that physical book sales are down, and they posted a net loss of $6.6 Million for the quarter, sales of NOOK devices and accessories, as well as digital content for the NOOK devices are offsetting their…
CyanogenMod 7 Showing Signs of Life on Amazon Kindle Fire
The Amazon Kindle Fire has been quite the hot seller ever since it was released, especially during Black Friday and Cyber Monday. And of course, with the tablet running Android underneath the customized Amazon interface, Android hackers were keen to root the Fire as soon…
Lenovo Launches 3 New Android Tablets in China
Lenovo is rolling out a 5, 7 and 10 inch LePad Android tablets in China they are named the Lenovo LePad S2005,
Lenovo LePad S2005
The LePad S2005 is a 5 inch device that looks a lot like a smartphone or like the Samsung Galaxy…
Samsung S Pen SDK 1.0 Now Available for Third-Party Developers
The Samsung Galaxy Note is a pretty interesting and innovative hybrid device from Samsung. It has a huge 5.3″ screen with Wacom digitizer technology, enabling very precise stylus input. It is meant to be both your phone and your tablet, as well as your day-planner,…
Silly Video of the Day: Motorola DROID RAZR Vs. Egg and Cake
There’s not much to say about this commercial for the Motorola DROID RAZR from Canadian mobile phone provider Rogers. The phone was shot out of an air cannon, aimed at an egg and a cake on a pedestal. Just watch below for the carnage.
While…
