The VergeIt must’ve been hard for Intel to watch Qualcomm, Nvidia, and, to a lesser extent, Texas Instrument gaining such a strong foothold in the mobile CPU industry over the last couple of years. But while the Santa Clara based company has been quite late to the party, we sort of expected to see Intel [...]
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Motorola Atrix 2 heads to Malaysia
March 28th, 2012 
dantek The Motorola Atrix 2 may not be the newest device out there, but its global release continues to grow. The latest nation to receive the device is Malaysia, with the launch announcement today in association with EA Games. EA will be providing a selection of their titles on the device at launch.There are 10 EA [...]
Coby Releases 9 and 7-Inch Budget Friendly Kyros ICS Tablets
March 28th, 2012 dantek Back at CES we got a glimpse at many of the high end devices that are currently being released today but it’s always nice to see the budget friendly ones as well. We previously told you about Coby’s line of affordable ICS tablets and today two of them are finally available for purchase. The 7-inch Kyros [...]
Ice Cream Sandwich for the AT&T Galaxy S II Skyrocket leaks out
March 27th, 2012 dantek If you’re hanging onto a Galaxy S II Skyrocket and wishing it had some Ice Cream Sandwich love on it, you’re in luck. A new leak has now appeared and is available for download for those of you out there who are willing to give it a shot. The build date for this one is [...]
‘HTC Wind’ sighted – a dual-SIM One S lookalike for China
March 27th, 2012 dantek An as yet unannounced HTC phone for the Chinese market has found its way onto Taiwanese forum ePrice. The T328w is said to launch as the “HTC Wind”, offering mid-range hardware and dual-SIM support. This is a feature which is particularly useful in developing countries, as users often move in and out of different networks’ coverage [...]
Motorola Xoom 2 now available in the UAE
March 27th, 2012 dantek Motorola has announced that the Xoom 2, in 10.1″ form, is now available for purchase in the United Arab Emirates. This follows the release in Israel and Brazil earlier this month. No specifics on pricing were given, but it should be available from selected carriers in the country. It’s launching with Android 3.2 Honeycomb, and it [...]
Samsung Rugby Smart review
March 27th, 2012 dantek The Samsung Rugby Smart is not a “superphone.” It doesn’t pretend to be one, isn’t marketed as one, and we’re not about to call it one. What it is is a very solid offering from AT&T and Samsung that fills the rugged, life-proof niche. We’ve seen plenty of rugged phones get released that run Android, [...]
Huawei Ascend P1 pegged for April release in China
March 27th, 2012 dantek Back during CES 2012 we spent sometime with Huawei’s flagship device, the Ascend P1. Shortly after that, there was speculation it would land in China available in late March but it seems that date may have now been pushed to mid-April with other regions getting the device later on. As a reminder, here is what [...]
Preview: Fujitsu Stylistic M532 10.1? Android 4.0 tablet
March 22nd, 2012 dantek Over the last months, there’s been no shortage of announcements concerning upcoming Android 4.0 tablets, to a degree that it became a little hard to find differences between the various devices touted by manufacturers. So here we are, bringing you yet another Ice Cream Sandwich loaded tablet, this time from Fujitsu. So, lets see what [...]
Intel’s Medfield chip limited to the entry-level smartphone market, report claims
March 22nd, 2012 dantek Announced back in January at CES 2012 Las Vegas, the Medfield chip represents Intel’s latest attempt to enter the smartphone processor market, one currently dominated by Qualcomm and Nvidia (both using ARM architectures for their designs). Although Intel has high hopes that, starting with the second quarter of this year, major manufacturers will choose to [...]
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