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Target Android tablet selection lifted above Apple’s iPad 2

, Oct 6th 2011 Discuss [23]

This week Target will be evolving their mobile selection in several places, most notably in the tablet department, where Android tablets will be much closer to the smartphone selection than the iPad 2. For those of you that follow my analytics of the Target department store chain (whose home is right here in sunny Minnesota), you know that I’ve had more than one conniption fit over both the placement of Android tablets and the arrangement of their entire mobile section in general. Just this morning while picking up some random oddities, I noticed that big red may well have heard my siren call: the Android tablets are now less than 10 feet away from the smartphones.

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Shadowgun for Android Review [Video]

, Oct 5th 2011 Discuss [11]

As you might well know, it’s not often that we review a single app for a mobile device here on SlashGear – not unless its so massive, so awesome, so significant that it cannot be ignored. That’s what we’ve got right here, folks, a third-person shooter by the name of Shadowgun, made by Madfinger games for iOS and Android – today the news being the optimized version for the Android-based NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core processor. We’ve checked the game out on the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and it’s time to show you the next plateau for immersive mobile gaming.

UPDATE: the final release version of this game is out now, check out our follow-up post and hands-on video once you get down reading about it here, then pick the game up in the market!

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Toshiba Thrive 7″ Tablet takes Honeycomb smaller, rubbery

, Sep 28th 2011 Discuss [1]

Toshiba has revealed its latest Android Honeycomb tablet, the Toshiba Thrive 7″, as as the name suggests it’s a 7-inch version of the existing 10-inch Thrive. Running at 1280 x 800 resolution and using what Toshiba calls AutoBrite, Adaptive Display and Resolution+ technology for better graphics and outdoor visibility, the Thrive 7″ runs Android 3.2 on NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 paired with twin cameras and either 16GB or 32GB of storage.

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Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet hands-on

, Sep 23rd 2011 Discuss [7]

For all the power users and business minded today we have the ultimate tablet for you. This is the Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet. With a similar design and feel to current and past Lenovo laptops, but with that flare we call Android 3.1 Honeycomb. This has it all from a dual-core processor, stylus support and even a full sized USB port for all your connectivity needs. Today we'll be doing a quick hands-on with the tablet and you can expect a detailed review soon. Head down past the break for the unboxing video and a few quick pictures. Read The Full Story

Motorola ELECTRIFY Review [US Cellular]

, Sep 22nd 2011 Discuss [61]

Do you want a top tier Android smartphone with a blazing fast dual-core processor and a kickstand running on US Cellular? If you answered yes then you’ll want to stick around and see our review of the new Motorola ELECTRIFY for US Cellular that was just made available to the public today. We’ve given it a one-over and enjoyed it for the past few days and so far its been a great device. Read on below for the full review.

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NVIDIA details Variable SMP, the brain of quad core mobile computing

, Sep 20th 2011 Discuss [7]

The folks at NVIDIA are coming out with a quad core processor for mobile devices this year, and they’re making no jokes about it happening sooner than later. We’ve just seen a Windows 8 tablet said to be running on the SoC already, and we’re pretty much betting the farm on there being an Android tablet and/or smartphone with the new CPU before the end of 2011. Today NVIDIA takes us on a short tour through vSMP or Variable Symmetric Multiprocessing, the technology which makes Kal-El work as well as it does. With the details of this tech comes a bombshell: Project Kal-El will have a fifth CPU core, called the “Companion” core, which will handle low frequency tasks in the background.

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NVIDIA expands on Project Kal-El, adds a fifth core

, Sep 20th 2011 Discuss [6]

Those interested in the processing power of mobile devices running any and all operating systems should be aware of NVIDIA’s Project Kal-El, a quad core CPU the group is prepping for a late 2011 released. We first learned about this project (and future projects with similar code-names) back at Mobile World Congress 2011 where we also got our first eyes-on look at the processing power it presented via a game called Great Battles: Medieval. It was here that we got our first glance at a quad core processor working on a mobile platform, and as it was said back then, multi-core processing is, and will continue to be, massively important to mobile computing. What NVIDIA provides us today is a stripped-down and simple look at why the next generation, quad core, is much better than dual core in basically every way.

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Google’s Next Nexus Phone Details Roundup [Mid-Sept 2011, pre-release]

, Sep 19th 2011 Discuss [13]

Each time Google creates a new version of Android, they work with a manufacturer of smartphones or tablets as well as a processor manufacturer to create a hero device to host a completely vanilla (otherwise known as totally nude, clean) version of their software. The most recent examples of this come in the Nexus S, out for sale now on three carriers across the USA working with Google’s latest smartphone OS, Android 2.3 Gingerbread. For tablets, there’s the Motorola XOOM, available as both a Wi-fi only device and a Verizon-carried device featuring Google’s latest tablet-based mobile OS, Android 3.0 Honeycomb. Though the XOOM isn’t technically following the naming scheme, each Google Android hero phone is part of the “Nexus” line, the next of these set to feature the Android system to tie handsets and tablets together in one: Ice Cream Sandwich. While we still do not know the Android number (2.4 or 4.0), we have a collection of details on this device that’s sure to get you salivating.

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Samsung prices Galaxy Tab 8.9 WiFi in US

, Sep 19th 2011 Discuss [2]

Samsung US has officially priced up its smaller Android tablet, slapping price tags on the WiFi-only versions of the Galaxy Tab 8.9. The 16GB version will be $469, Samsung has confirmed, while the 32GB version will be $569. Both will use the same 1GHz dual-core Tegra 2 processor and have dual-cameras, a 3-megapixel unit on the back and a 2-megapixel version upfront. Read The Full Story

Why the Windows 8 Tablet Market will dodge the iPad

, Sep 17th 2011 Discuss [93]

Just this past week we learned for the first time, or rather confirmed for the first time, that Windows 8 would be made to work not only on devices so large as servers carrying massive amounts of data, but devices so small as a tablet PC. We got the chance to take a look at an early iteration of a Windows 8 tablet as provided by Samsung and we got a taste of what it would mean to be working in a fully optimized Windows-based tablet environment. What I’m seeing here is not simply another contender in the already well-dominated by Apple tablet market. I’m seeing a whole new door being opened up for operating systems to thrive in the keyboard-less touch-display world.

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ACER Iconia Tab A501 with AT&T 4G hands-on

, Sep 14th 2011 Discuss [1]

Say hello to the newest 4G Android tablet, the ACER Iconia Tab A501. What we have here is the twin brother to the popular Tab A500 yet this bad boy has been treated to some AT&T 4G love. Before we get ahead of ourselves I’ll start by mentioning this is not 4G LTE, instead it features AT&T 4G HSPA+ speeds. We might not have LTE but she cruises along just fine, that and the dual-core NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor helps. Read on below for our first impressions and some hands-on video.

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NVIDIA Kal-El tablet support promised for Windows 8 developer program

, Sep 13th 2011 Discuss [0]

Soon after the big reveal for Windows 8 at Microsoft's BUILD conference, system on chip manufacturers NVIDIA stepped up to present their Windows 8 Developer Program, made to help those creating future applications for the Windows 8 platform. Noting that this program will include both tools and resources for "hundreds of millions of ARM and x86-based devices" that will soon be using Windows 8, NVIDIA added that all four of their processor brands will support Windows 8 in full. This includes, you guessed it, NVIDIA's upcoming quad-core Tegra processor codenamed Project Kal-El. Kal-El, for those of you that do not know, is an ARM-based system on what NVIDIA reminds us is "on a chip that will power lightweight, energy-efficient tablets and notebooks." Deliverance! Read The Full Story
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