Hands-On With The Toshiba Excite X10 at CES

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Toshiba certainly brought their A-Game to CES 2012 when they unveiled their new flagship tablet, the Excite X10.  The X10 definitely has something to boast about among the rest of the tablets in the market today much in the same way that the Droid Razr has some bragging rights within its......

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Get Your Hands on the Purple RAZR on January 23rd

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Photo Courtesy of Droid-Life In a slew of 4G LTE device announcements this past week at CES by Verizon release dates were nada short of “in a few weeks” or “coming soon.” Well for those you folk who are wanting the Purple RAZR that was announced along side the RAZR MAXX will......

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Turn Your TV into an Android 2.3 Internet TV with iGoGo TV

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I have been interested in Google TV for a while but convincing my sweetie that I need to turn our TV into a giant Android device is well, darn near impossible. Given Google’s announcements at CES this year regarding its TV service and who they would be partnered with, it wouldn’t be long......

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Introducing the Official Android Design Principles Website

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Matias Duarte is on a mission to make Android beautiful, and with the launch of Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, he’s off to a good start. Now the goal is to get app developers in on the makeover process. Today the Android team launched “Android Design” to help developers adapt to......

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Sprint Says OTA Update Out Today for HTC EVO 3D

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A minor update is rolling out today for the HTC EVO 3D. According to Sprint, the update will bring the version to 2.17.651.5 and it address the following. Updated Peep client (to align with Twitter) Battery life improvements Security update If you haven’t received the update yet, you can......

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CyanogenMod officially cracks 1 million unique installs

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Just yesterday, when we told you the developers behind CyanogenMod were thinking about releasing a root only app store for Android, we mentioned that CyanogenMod has a unique user install base of around one million. Last night, that number became official. Announced by Steve Kondik on Google+, this......

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Could the Samsung Galaxy Note II already be on the way?

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The Samsung Galaxy Note is already being considered an undeniable success; and it hasn’t even launched in the US yet. But could Samsung already be working to release a second one? Logic tells us that of course they are, considering how quickly they’ve pushed out new Galaxy models, but it......

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New, easier-to-use Google Search for Android Now Available

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Along side the tidbit that the Galaxy Nexus (GSM) was receiving a 4.0.2 update addressing bug fixes, the boys over at the Official Google Blog have announced that they have updated search for non ICS 4.0 devices.  Heck yeah!  With the update brings speed and a ton of other highlighted features......

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Hands on with Augmented Reality apps utilizing the Qualcomm Augmented Reality SDK [Video]

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We had a chance to sit down with the Qualcomm Augmented Reality team. and wow, did we seem some really cool stuff. A little over a year ago, Qualcomm hosted an Augmented Reality Developer Competition followed by the Augmented Reality SDK last April, which is now being marketed under the Vuforia......

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The Original Transformer to Receive ICS in Early February

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So you’re one of those folk that saw that ICS was already available for owners of the Transformer Prime. Well the folks at Android Police did some sleuthing (pun intended) and found out that the original Transformer will receive its update to ICS come early February. While Asus Singapore may......

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Hands-on: Coby Android 4.0 tablets to cost $100-$300, but probably not worth it

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Affordable tablets are the boom lately, and Coby is trying to take a shot at this specific market. These tablets are definitely not high-end, but even at their low price they seem a bit expensive compared to other affordable devices out there. Not to mention that the specs are not very impressive.......

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Hands-on with the Sony SmartWatch

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Finding the perfect accessory for your Android phone got a bit easier this week with the unveiling of the Sony SmartWatch. Like the original Sony LiveView, the new SmartWatch connects to your Android phone via Bluetooth and displays a variety of notifications from social networks, emails and even......

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Sony Xperia S Hands-On At CES 2012

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With its other cousin, the Sony Xperia Ion, another newcomer made it to CES this year and that’s the Sony Xperia S.  The Xperia S, another first in the US to sport the “Sony” only branding shows off the cool transparent illuminated element we’ve seen in previous shots.  It......

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Sony Shows Off Their Xperia Smart Doc For The Xperia S and Ion At CES 2012

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While at the Sony event we got to see some pretty cool devices like the new LTE Xperia Ion and the Global HSPA enabled Xperia S.  But joining the two in bringing the UI to the big screen is the new Xperia Smart Dock.  The Smart Dock allows you to toss up Android 2.3 on [...] Visit TalkAndroid for......

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No NFC Chip? No Problem Thanks to Moneto

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So you’re one of those folk that didn’t get a phone with the fancy NFC chip preinstalled on your phone and you’re envious of the folks that do. Well now you won’t have to worry about such things as the folks over at Device Fidelity and Spring Card have come up with moneto.......

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Verizon Road Map Shows Droid 4 Priced at $249.99

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The newest MAP was released recently by Verizon and it includes all the brand spanking new devices released at CES. While we knew the pricing of the RAZR MAXX and LG Spectrum thanks to the press releases the DROID 4‘s pricing was missing. If this list is any indication it appears that the......

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