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Motorola Atrix and AT&T Pricing of Accessories

Motorola Atrix and AT&T Pricing of Accessories

Normally, I try not to complain here. However, after reading a number of articles and reading the details from AT&T about the pricing of the Atrix 4G laptop dock, I have to add a little fuel to the fire. One of the biggest hits of CES2011 this year was the Atrix and it’s myriad of [...]

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Android 2.3.3 SDK Released

Android 2.3.3 SDK Released

Google continues to move forward with the Android platform, with the recent release of a minor update, 2.3.3.  With this latest release, Android continues to build on the NFC (Near Field Communication) capabilities already present with 2.3.  Posted via the Android Developer’s Blog, it was pointed out that this is a small feature release update [...]

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What does the Verizon iPhone mean for Android?

Unless you are living under a rock or totally not into technology news, you’ve learned that Verizon announced they will carry the iPhone 4 on their CDMA 3G network started Feb 10th of this year, just a littler under one month from now.  That’s all fine for Verizon and Apple, but what does that mean [...]

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Motorola Atrix 4G – Best of CES 2011

After another exciting CES event, it appears some of the top products announced were indeed Android devices, including what many are calling the “Best of CES 2011″ – The Motorola Atrix 4G.  The groundbreaking Android smart phone looks to create a combination of phone, laptop, nettop and set-top box in one.  While the phone itself [...]

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Verizon adds Samsung 4G LTE Phone with Super AMOLED Plus

A very generic name for a not so generic smartphone.  Verizon added to it’s Android lineup today with the announcement of the Samsung 4G LTE smartphone.  Said phone comes loaded with a 4.3″ Super AMOLED plus screen which is said to be very nice.  Inside it’s running Android 2.2 with Samsung’s own Touchwiz interface.  Up [...]

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Verizon Galaxy Tab Updated – 1.2Ghz, 4G LTE and More

Verizon’s version of the Galaxy Tab will see and update to help stand out from the other Galaxy Tabs.  It will see a modem upgrade to support 4G LTE, while still maintaining 3G connectivity, a bump in the processor speed from 1 to 1.2Ghz Hummingbird and finally the rear camera gets a MP boost from [...]

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Android Phones – Dual Camera Usage

There seems to be a recurring theme at CES 2011.  Android phones with “dual” components.  Dual-core processors and dual cameras, one front and one rear.  Let’s focus on the latter dual, cameras.  While front-facing cameras have been available on phones in other parts of the world for years, it’s only recently becoming popular in the [...]

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Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc – Exmor R Cam Explained

While reading through the specs of the just announced Sony Ericsson Xperia arc, one particular spec I wasn’t too familiar with and that was the Sony Exmor R camera.  Since I’m sort of a photo-geek in my free time, I was interested in what this brought, so I looked into it.  In short, it’s a [...]

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Motorola Xoom – Android Tablet

The Motorola Xoom was also announced yesterday, ahead of CES 2011.  The Xoom is Motorola’s entrance into the Android 3.0, Honeycomb, Tablet market.  There are a few of them out there, and the Xoom has alot of potential.  

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Android 3.0 – Gingerbread Preview Video

The title says it all.  This is a video released from Google previewing some of the upcoming features that can be found in Android 3.0, Gingerbread, which is optimized specifically for tablets.  Take a look and Enjoy! UPDATE! – And it’s private now.  Luckily Engadget has a copy. YouTube

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