Even though I am Windows Phone guy, I do see some android phones that I find interesting with one of them being the Samsung Galaxy Note. This Android phone has a massive 5.3-inch Super AMOLED HD screen. The Galaxy Note will be available on February 19 for $299.99 with a two-year contract.
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Asus tweeted out they would be releasing a Android Root tool for there very popular Transformer Prime Tablet. This Android tablet features 32 or 64 gigabyte configurations running Android 3.2 Honeycomb OS and is 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich upgradable. Many of the Android fans that own this device would love to Root it and there time is coming next month.
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Even though the Amazon Kindle Fire just released a few months ago that has not stopped Amazon from releasing their first update. If you have not received it yet, be on the lookout for the Kindle Tablet update that will bring enhancements to the fluidity and performance, improves support for manually set up e-mail providers in the Email app, and offers a new full screen mode for viewing web pages.
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Motorola has made available for pre-order their new Android Tablet named the XYBOARD. The Motorola XYBOARD comes in two sizes a $499.99 10.1-inch version and a smaller $399.99 8.2-inch model. Both of the Android Tablets are Wi-Fi only so we are sure they will be releasing an LTE version later on.
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There is an effort to see who can build a tablet with the least number of buttons. The Amazon Kindle Fire has a single power button, which is a win for design simplicity, yet a flaw for usability.
The volume control for the Kindle Fire is on screen, so when playing games, video, or audio, there are issues in getting to the controls, same as when playing video that is embedded in a web page. In my usage I have issues playing web video on Revision 3, as it uses an embedded player vs. TWIT.TV that launches the native video player app. This is a minor but annoying flaw.
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Well after my wife dropped enough hints weeks ago, she will be happy to know her Kindle Fire has arrived. Unfortunitely, I get to do the unboxing before her. While we will certainly have a more in depth review of the Amazon Kindle Fire, we wanted to put up some shots of the unboxing and some quick initial impressions of Amazon’s new tablet.
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Motorola has announced the Xoom 2 and Xoom 2 Media Edition tablets. The Xoom 2 will be powered by Android 3.2 Honeycomb and sporting a dual-core 1.2 GHz processor, 1GB RAM, 16 GB storgage, 10.1 inch display, 5 megapixel rear camera and 1.3 megapixel front camera. The Xoom 2 has an 8.2 inch display and 20% graphic performance improvement over the original Xoom. Pricing and US availability is unclear at the moment. Checkout the Video and images after the break
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I have been running the Cyanogen 7.1 Android ROM on my HP TouchPad for about 4 days. While it is great for an Alpha build, there is no doubt that this is an Alpha build. This is not an insult, rather a reality of what the development group has communicated. WebOS is actually a nice platform to interact with. I loved the keyboard and every element RIM stole and added to the PlayBook. That said, given HP has waived the white flag so early in the game, it is not likely that any developers will build for WebOS. I purchased the TouchPad with the intentions of installing Windows 8 and/or Android, so this conclusion was foreseen.
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This is an intervention. Don’t worry, you’re surrounded by friends who just want what’s best for you. The Amazon Appstore has been available for Android phones and tablets since March 2011, so why are you still not using it? Perhaps you didn’t know about it? Maybe you don’t know how to install it? I’m not judging you, I just want to show you how to get free android apps. Follow along, and I’ll help you to understand why the Amazon Appstore is an essential part of your Android experience.
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If you are one of the lucky few that have purchased and HP TouchPad in hopes to install a Windows 8 Arm build or a custom ported version of Android, then today is your lucky day. CyanogenMod 7.1 has a version of Gingerbread built for the HP slate. This CyanogenMod is an Alpha build it does support multiboot, ten-point multitouch, WiFi, camera and video chat, but there is limited support for GPU acceleration, app compatibility, and power consumption is not optimized. This will only get better over the coming weeks. See video after break
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