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Acer beTouch E210 Android smartphone packs QWERTY and touchscreen

, Jan 6th 2011 Discuss [0]

Acer is at CES 2011 and it has pulled a new smartphone out that it is showing for the first time. The phone is called the beTouch E210 and it has a full physical QWERTY keyboard and a 2.6-inch touchscreen. The smartphone runs Android 2.2 Froyo and has all the cool Android features we are familiar with. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Week in Review – Week 1 2011

, Jan 2nd 2011 Discuss [1]

Welcome to the first Week in Review of 2011! I hope your hangover is gone and you had a good time this weekend! Last week was an eventful one leading up to CES 2011 kicking off this month and lots of cool stuff turned up. A British DJ created a cool set of records that when overlapped form the CMYK logo. I want them and I don’t even know what kind of music the artist makes. Read The Full Story

New Android Port Loads into HTC HD2 NAND ROM

, Dec 31st 2010 Discuss [0]

If you own an HTC HD2 that runs Windows Mobile 6.5 and you have a hankering for an Android handset, you don' t have to buy a new device. There are already hacks that will let you get Android on your HD2, but they aren’t ideal in most instances. A new port has surfaced on XDA-developers Forum that is a much better solution to those looking to move from WinMo 6.5 to Android on the HD2. Read The Full Story

US Android geeks can get Sharp Galapagos tablets in early 2011

, Dec 30th 2010 Discuss [0]

Late last month Sharp offered up a price on the Galapagos Android tablets for Japan. The things were selling for the equivalent of $474 for the 5.5-inch tablet and $654 for the 10.8-inch version. If the tablets piqued your interest, but you live in the US, we have good news for you. Sharp has announced that the tablets will be coming to the US and other countries in early 2011. Read The Full Story

SBN Tech Android videophone is more like a tablet

, Dec 29th 2010 Discuss [0]

A company called SBN Tech will be bringing a new video phone to CES next month that has a lot of features that make it sound more like a tablet than what we would think of as a traditional video phone. The device is the IP Video Phone and it has the Android OS onboard. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Week in Review – Week 51 2010

, Dec 26th 2010 Discuss [2]

Welcome to the first post Christmas Week in Review! I hope you had a great Christmas, let's get right to it. We heard Monday that wireless carriers were openly looking at ways that they can charge users a fee per service. It seems like a scheme to get user to take advantage of the sponsored services that the carrier offers rather than using third party services. Carrier services are expected to be offered free while things like YouTube would cost 50 cents monthly. Read The Full Story

Ambarella iOne SoC makes better photos and more for Android phones

, Dec 23rd 2010 Discuss [1]

One of the things that most folks use their smartphones for no matter what device they use is photos and video. I would bet the vast majority of smartphone users on all brands would want better photo capability. A company called Ambarella has announced a new camera application processor called the iOne SoC that is for Android devices. Read The Full Story

Geeks in Israel get hands on with LG Star

, Dec 1st 2010 Discuss [0]

One of the coolest and most exciting Android smartphones that I have seen in a long time is the LG Star. The cool thing about the smartphone is that it is the first to cram a dual-core NVIDIA Tegra processor inside and it should have some epic performance compared to other Android devices on the market. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Week in Review – Week 47 2010

, Nov 28th 2010 Discuss [0]

Welcome to this week's edition of the SlashGear Week in Review! I hope you had a good Thanksgiving and all those irritating family members you really didn’t want at your house have finally gone home. Early in the week Cox Communications unveiled a new whole home DVR solution that was sure to make fans of TV and movies with packed DVRs happy. The service lets you watch and play DVR programs on any TV in your home. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Week in Review – Week 44 2010

, Nov 7th 2010 Discuss [1]

Hey gang, welcome back to another installment of the SlashGear Week in Review. The Samsung Galaxy Tab hit the UK this week starting at £99.99 with a new contract or £529.99 sans contract. The 7-inch slate is expected to sell well all around the world. Logitech unveiled a really cool keyboard this week that is a first for the company and the market. The keyboard is called the Wireless Solar keyboard K750 and gets the power to operate from the sun or the light in your room. Read The Full Story

7-inch and 10-inch Creative Ziio tablets get official in London

, Nov 2nd 2010 Discuss [2]

The iPad is selling in droves and other tablets are finally starting to hit the market for the shopper that wants some tablet action, but now on the iOS platform. Today a couple new tablets have surfaced in London getting official for the first time from Creative. Read The Full Story

Take iTunes playlist WithMe on Android

, Oct 29th 2010 Discuss [1]

If you have gobs of music in your iTunes account but you aren't a fan of the iPhone and you don’t want to have to carry an iPod along with your smartphone in your pocket, WithMe has launched and will fix this problem. That is assuming you are on an Android smartphone. Read The Full Story
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