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Archive for February 23rd, 2012
ZTE Mimosa X – The First Smartphone Completely Built on NVIDIA Silicon
February 23rd, 2012 
dantek device running on Nvidia’s Tegra 2 System-on-a-Chip . We have already seen many devices built around Nvidia’s dual-core architecture, but the Mimosa X is special in two significant ways. First, it holds the honor of being the first smartphone completely built on Nvidia silicon, sporting the Icera radio technology, which the Santa Clara-based giant acquired [...]
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Top 10 Upcoming Low-Cost Android 4.0 (ICS) Tablets for 2012
February 23rd, 2012 dantek Can there be such a thing as a good cheap Android tablet? Has Ice Cream Sandwich really leveled the playing field so that cheaper hardware can run it smoothly? Ever since the “tablets” have become a must-have item, it seems as if every electronics manufacturer on the face of this earth is trying to get [...]
LG Optimus VU Shows Itself on Video for the First Time
February 23rd, 2012 dantek Well folks we are just a few days away from MWC 2012 and it appears that LG is trying to build up some excitement for its Galaxy Note competitor the Optimus VU.While they’ve been hinting at it and officially dropped the announcement on us last weekend we are now only seeing it on video for [...]
Quick look at S Pen optimized apps for the Samsung Galaxy Note [Hands On Video]
February 23rd, 2012 dantek The Samsung Galaxy Note was finally made available in the U.S. as AT&T released it a few days ago. Other than having a ginormous 5.3-inch screen, the real difference between this phone and others is the included S Pen, or as some might like to refer to as a stylus. What can you do with [...]
Google’s Flight Search Goes Mobile
February 23rd, 2012 dantek Back in September Google brought Flight Search to the desktop world. There was no mobile version in sight but as with most Google products the desktop version is implemented first and then a ways down the road we see implementation on the mobile front, much like Google Docs. Well today Flight Search is finally seeing [...]
ASUS Transformer Prime Review
February 23rd, 2012 dantek There’s no question that ASUS has become one of the most popular brands for Android tablets in just a short amount of time. The original Transformer had top-notch specs at an affordable price which resulted in short supplies right out of the gate. Fast forward about 6 months, and the follow up, the Transformer Prime [...]
High-end Panasonic Android phone rumored for MWC
February 23rd, 2012 dantek Panasonic may have just announced the Eluga, its first smartphone for the European market, but it may preparing to announce something more impressive at MWC next week, if the latest round of rumors are to be believed. British tech site Pocket-Lint reports, via sources at Panasonic, that the manufacturer will unveil a “premium” Android handset at next [...]
Viber update adds Ice Cream Sandwich compatability
February 23rd, 2012 dantek Viber, the cross-platform VoIP app popular for its free voice calling and text messaging, has received its official upgrade for Ice Cream Sandwich-compatability, available now in the Android Market. Viber arrived on Android last summer and just recently announced that it has reached a 50 million registered users milestone. Viber uses your 3G/4G or WiFi [...]
SwiftKey apparently makes the leap from Android to BlackBerry PlayBook
February 23rd, 2012 dantek So our pals at CrackBerry have been killing it with their BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0 coverage. Killing it. But in keeping an eye on it — remember that part of BB’s MO now is to just use Android applications — something looked strangely familiar. See, the third-party Android keyboard I use loves to mock me by [...]
