Recently, a new software update was made available for the Transformer Prime, which alleges to fix the GPS location problem affecting some units. We decided to put the ASUS Transformer Prime head to head with the Sony Tablet S & the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.…
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ASUS Transformer Prime Gets Update That Improves GPS
We have to wonder why everyone is making such a big deal about the GPS issues on the Transformer Prime, it’s a 10 inch device, how often will you be using it for actual navigation? Anyways, regradless of my opinions on the matter those of…
Ultrabooks of the Future Demoed at Intel Press Event CES 2012
Mooly Eden showed off more of the future of Ultrabook computing at Intel’s press event for CES 2012.
Firstly, he talked about how future Ultrabooks will support touch. In the stage demo, they showed how a user could swipe to flip pages in a digital…
ASUS Transformer Prime GPS Issues Due to Hardware Design
Recently ASUS pushed a firmware update to improve performance of the camera, speed of GPS lock, and other general improvements for the Transformer Prime. However, it seems like the software update didn’t really help GPS functionality.
The software update allowed GPS satellite data to be…
TeleNav Releases HTML5-Based, Turn-By-Turn Voice Guidance for Free
Most smartphones today have GPS navigation functionality, whether it’s via a built-in app like Google Maps or Google Navigation, or 3rd-party apps from companies like Garmin, Tom Tom, and others. Some of these apps are even free, like Google Maps, Mapquest, or Waze. Normally if…
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Tablet Hands On [Video]
Qualcomm announced a few new processors to the Snapdragon line up today and showed off a reference design tablet on the S4 platform. The new Snapdragon S4 processors are aimed at lowering design, engineering, and inventory costs. They are also optimized for use with a…
The Mystery Surrounding the Galaxy Nexus’ Barometer is Solved
During the Samsung Galaxy Nexus announcement, it was made known that the Galaxy Nexus has a barometer, but not too much was explained about the barometer’s purpose. Given that a barometer measures air pressure, people were really puzzled what the sensor could possibly be doing…
Motorola Announces Android-Powered MOTOACTV Workout Accessory [video]
Along with the Motorola DROID RAZR, Motorola announced an iPod-nano-esque workout accessory called the MOTOACTV. While it’s not only tied to the DROID RAZR, it does run a modified version of Android, and has an Android mobile app to make pairing with any Android phone…
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 gets Detailed
The kind folks at Qualcomm in San Diego have decided to detail the Snapdragon S4 processor in a white paper for us to flip through over our Sunday coffee. What we now know is that its manufactured a new 28nm manufacturing process alongside the company’s…
HP’s 7″ TouchPad Go: More Missed Opportunity for HP
Here’s the TL;DR, executive summary: According to the marketing slides for the 7-inch HP TouchPad Go that PreCentral got their hands on, the TouchPad Go would’ve been a really nice addition to the TouchPad family, improving a little bit upon some hardware features of the…
Motorola Kore is a Fitness Device Not a Tablet!
Looks like we jumped the gun! The series of websites that Motorola bought up weren’t for tablets but for a fitness device. According a trademark description Fusible spotted, its an “electronic non medical portable physical activity monitor and fitness device”. We imagine that it maybe…
Mitac MioPad 6 Tablet Doubles as a GPS, but comes with out 3G?!?!
Mitac has a reputation for creating GPS car navigation units but they’ve come to market with a 6″ tablet called the MioPad 6. We went hands on at the ‘Taipei Computer Application Show’ with the 6 inch tablet is thinner then anything that I’ve seen…
Camangi Mangrove 7″ Android 3.1 Tablet Launches in Japan
Taiwanese based Camangi has annoucened that it will be shipping the Mangrove 7 and Android 3.1 tablet in Japan in late August. This tablet will cost you 49,800 Yen or $600 USD and is running a Tegra 2 Chipset, 1GB of RAM, 8GB of internal…
SmartQ 10 Android Tablet Featuring a Mali 400 GPU
SmartQ announces Ten an Android tablet using Cortex-A9 core processor, Mali 400 for the GPU graphics chip under its 9.7-inch display with a screen resolution of 1024 X 768. Its also running Android 2.2 Other features include a G-sensor, ambient light sensor, GPS module, 3G,…
ViewPad 7 Android 2.2 Tablet Walkthrough & Review
The ViewPad 7 is cheaper version of the Galaxy Tab, obviously the Galaxy Tab is a better machine, but its significantly more expensive. This is a you get what you pay for situations, the ViewPad is a great machine, I’m in love with it, if…
