The ARCHOS TV connect turns any HDTV into an Android 4.1 Jelly Bean powered smart TV. Coupled with a TV Touch Remote, which doubles as a gamepad, the TV Connect essentially delivers the full Android OS right onto your TV. Like an Android tablet, users can tap, swipe, zoom in, zoom out, select or...
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At the 2013 CES, NVIDIA was easily the star of the show for gamers, as they announced the Tegra 4 mobile processor, Project Shield portable Android gaming console, and NVIDIA GRID cloud gaming service. In this video, we go hands on with NVIDIA GRID to see if it really has the potential to be...
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CTIA, the Wireless Association, typically holds two conferences focused on mobility each year. CTIA 2013, geared for technology and consumer electronics, is scheduled to take place on May 21st in Las Vegas while MobileCON, centered around IT solutions, is set for October 9th in San Diego. Well, next year, the association will consolidate its...
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In this video, we check out how Verizon’s HTC Droid DNA smartphone performs when playing three highly rated Android games. We demo Glu Mobile’s Contract Killer Zombies 2 (third person over the shoulder shooter), Gameloft’s Zombiewood (dual-stick shooter), and Madfinger Games’ Dead Trigger (first-person shooter). Coincidentally, they’re all zombie games available for free in...
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The ESPN ScoreCenter app has been updated to version 3.0 with a completely redesigned and optimized user experience for Android smartphones and tablets, as well as iOS devices, including the iPhone 5 and iPad. The new, simplified UI is said to make it easier to access the latest scores, news, alerts and video highlights...
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Redbox Instant by Verizon is now available for Android on the Google Play Store and for iOS on iTunes (iPhone, iPad). The movie streaming app is currently in Beta form and won’t go final until 2013, so an invite is required for access – simply sign up with an email address on Redbox to...
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This is a video review update for Christmas HD, one of the best live wallpapers available for Android this holiday season. We demo every feature using a Samsung Galaxy Note II smartphone running Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean and Google Nexus 10 tablet running Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. If you’re interested, grab the festive Christmas-themed...
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The official Facebook app for Android has been updated to version 2.0, delivering a faster experience overall when looking at photos and navigating the interface. The team behind the popular social media site rebuilt the news feed, notifications and timelines for speed. Furthermore, users can open photos quicker and scroll through without leaving the...
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Google has updated its official YouTube app for Android to better accommodate devices with large displays. Specifically, version 4.2.16 of the app delivers a revamped UI for 10-inch Android tablets, like the Samsung Nexus 10 and Galaxy Note 10.1, as you can see in the screenshot below. The presence of the Guide will help...
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Gameloft is apparently planning to release 30 new Android and iOS games in 2013, at least according to a list that was reportedly leaked over the weekend. The list, which can be viewed below, was originally accompanied with descriptions, screenshots and some gameplay video, but all of that was subsequently removed at the request...
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The recently released TomTom app for Android has been updated to support smartphones with higher resolution displays. The initial launch of the app included exclusive compatiblity for WVGA and FWVGA resolutions, but now it fully supports up to 1280×800 HD screens. That means popular handset like the Samsung Galaxy S III, Samsung Galaxy Note...
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The Google Drive apps for Android and iOS have been updated to allow users to edit spreadsheets on the go. Furthermore, the mobile Drive app has been improved by including better text formatting when pasting between documents and allowing text editing within tables in documents. You can even add a file shortcut on the...
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Amazon opened its Mobile App Distribution Portal to Android developers in Japan in October, but now, in late November, the Web giant is ready to transition to the next phase in the process. That’s right, the Amazon Appstore, or アンドロイド アプリストア in this case, is now open for business to the Japanese market as...
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Skype 3.0 for Android is now available for free in the Google Play Store. With the update, the popular video calling app’s user interface is now optimized to take advantage of larger screens found on tablets and it also offers a boost in audio quality with support for the company’s wideband audio codec, called...
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Alphonso Labs has revamped its popular news reader application and released Pulse 3.0 for both Android and iOS. The new app offers unlimited pages, improved navigation, improved notifications, an enhanced widget and more. Check out the details below, then grab it for free for Android on Google Play and iOS on iTunes. Pulse 3.0...
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