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Lenovo IdeaCentre Horizon brings 27-inch Android gaming with BlueStacks

, May 7th 2013 Discuss [0]

If you were wondering about the app and game limitations of the Lenovo IdeaCentre Horizon gaming table before today, you’ll be glad to know that BlueStacks is in full effect. SlashGear has this massive oddity in the house here in its first week of launch, and amongst the surprising number of pre-loaded touch-friendly games included with the unit we’ve found BlueStacks, right out of the box. BlueStacks is an app interface which allows Android apps and games to be used on a Windows or Mac machine, here expanding the world of the Lenovo IdeaCentre Horizon with essentially every app an Android user works with on a daily basis.

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OPPO Find 5 unboxing and hands-on

, Apr 30th 2013 Discuss [0]

This week we’re having a peek at the OPPO Find 5, a device aimed at China’s Android-loving smartphone market made by a manufacturer that, if this handset is any indication, has a very bright future. This device delivers a 5-inch 1080p display – the same resolution as the DROID DNA aka HTC Butterfly, works with the same Qualcomm Snapdragon quad-core processor as the Google Nexus 4, and comes with a 13 megapixel camera on its back. It’s also quite charming to see.

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Google Now for iPad and iPhone hands-on: Exclusivity Ends

, Apr 29th 2013 Discuss [0]

This week the until-now Android-exclusive system Google Now reaches out to iOS inside the Google Search app for Apple’s iPad and iPhone. Both versions are tuned to the display size they appear on, with sets of “cards” appearing in a single column for iPhone and a set of two columns for iPad. These cards contain information about current events and the environment around the user based on their search history and interests.

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Canon PowerShot N sample shots: Lifelogger or Instagimmick?

, Apr 25th 2013 Discuss [0]

Canon‘s PowerShot N may not have the heft of a DSLR, but it’s arguably more interesting: small enough to be wearable, with Instagram-style filters that can be automatically added, and an unusual control system that puts shutter and zoom around the lens itself. Having been unveiled at CES back in January, we finally got a chance to see what sort of images the PowerShot N could take when we caught up with Canon in – of all places – an abandoned London tube station.

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Kobo Aura HD ereader hands-on

, Apr 19th 2013 Discuss [0]

Is there room in the market still for e-paper ereaders? Kobo says yes, and has the consumer research to prove it and the new model, the Kobo Aura HD, it claims will fit the bill. A survey of 10,000 of the company’s existing users found that 90-percent plan to buy a new, dedicated ereader sometime in the next twelve months, Kobo says; 36-percent apparently have both a tablet and an ereader, and 53-percent use their ereader every day. We caught up with Kobo to take a look.

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Twitter Music iPhone app hands-on

, Apr 18th 2013 Discuss [0]

Today the Twitter #music app has been launched for iPhone and the web. While you’ll be able to use this app on your iPad and iPod touch, right here at the start it’s really an iPhone-specific interface – and yes, you’ll not be seeing an Android app for some time. Right out of the box you’ll find that this app shines forth with four distinct ways for you to discover and share new music.

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Moshi Mythro Earbuds offer high-end sound with Tolkien twist

, Apr 16th 2013 Discuss [0]

Fans of the JRR Tolkien novel series Lord of the Rings will remember the mystical metal known as Mithril, rare and precious as the finest diamonds, as strong as the hills themselves. Here in the earbuds known as Mythro from the folks at Moshi, the excellence in the name is called upon to present a pair of sound blasters that are surrounded by a durable metal casing, bring on high-quality sound, and don’t cost a mint doing so. Have a peek at what the makers of fine accessories have conjured up!

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HTC One screen protection gets serious with Spigen SGP’s Steinheil

, Apr 16th 2013 Discuss [0]

With the HTC One hitting the streets in the United States very, very soon, we thought it time to take a peek at what the good folks at Spigen SGP had to offer in the way of screen protection. As it turns out, the protection of the display you’ve got on the HTC One is just about the easiest job a screen protection company will ever have as it’s just one big rectangle. Of course you don’t want to slap on just any old protector when it comes to your several hundred dollar machine though, so it’s Spigen SGP to the rescue!

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Sony XPERIA ZL hands-on: do refinements perfect the Z?

, Apr 15th 2013 Discuss [0]

With our review of the Sony XPERIA Z we saw the company create a smartphone that was easily their best, and certainly waterproof as it was powerful. With the XPERIA ZL, Sony has quite obviously taken the criticisms they’d heard since the launch of the Z and have made a phone that keeps the design language on the whole, but makes a device that’s refined – could it be that this unique piece of effort makes the device ready for a grand USA launch after all? Let’s have a quick first look!

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Facebook Home vs Homeless: should you go blue for Android?

, Apr 12th 2013 Discuss [0]

If you’re planning on adding Facebook Home to your device this weekend, you might want to consider the positives and negatives of doing such a thing. If you’ve got an HTC First, you’ll likely have purchased the device because you want Facebook on your device, and there’s really not a whole lot you need to consider. If you’re a Facebook user and have an Android device, you’ve got what might be a rather easy decision ahead of you.

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Facebook Home hits Android today – Chat Heads first!

, Apr 12th 2013 Discuss [0]

Today is the day that Android gets Facebook Home - but at this very moment, the big changes exist outside the final Facebook Home app, inside Facebook Messenger and the basic Facebook app instead! What you'll be seeing inside Facebook Messenger is a push to what's effectively Chat Heads. Chat Heads is a bit more of an aesthetic change than it is a change to your whole going-about of things. Read The Full Story

Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 Hands-on and Unboxing

, Apr 10th 2013 Discuss [0]

The Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 is about to hit stores in the United States, and with it, Samsung’s next push for a new display size attached to next-generation smart pen abilities. This device is essentially the larger wi-fi-only version of what we’ll be seeing with the Samsung GALAXY S 4, hovering abilities and all. It might not have the same processor, and it might not be connected to mobile data, but it’s certainly keeping with the friendly theme. UPDATE: See our Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 full review now!

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