Along with the flagship Galaxy S4 Android smartphone, Samsung revealed a multitude of new accessories at last night’s Mobile Unpacked 2013 press conference. They include a prototype gamepad adapter for better gaming, the S Band for tracking fitness via a connected bracelet, S View Cover, Flip Cover, Wireless Charging Pad/Cover, Premium Pouch, Protective Cover+,...
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Here’s the first promotional video for the new Samsung Galaxy S4 Android smartphone. The introductory video gives a quick four and a half minute rundown of the hardware and software of the device. For full details on specifications and features, check out our post-announcement article. Video Description: Highly crafted design with a larger screen...
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After a lengthy delay, EA Mobile will finally release Firemonkeys’ Real Racing 3 game worldwide on February 28th for free. That’s right, the third iteration of the popular racing series will be a freemium title on both Android and iOS, unlike the previous games which were priced around $5 upon release. The game, which...
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The $99 OUYA Android gaming console is an attractive alternative to traditional systems due to its affordable price-point and flexibility. The downside of such a product is that it’s not as powerful as current dedicated units, like Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Sony’s PlayStation 3, which are seven years older than the OUYA. That’s why...
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The 7-inch Wikipad Android gaming tablet will be released for $249 at retail stores starting in Spring 2013, the company announced this morning. What makes the Wikipad stand out from other 7″ Android devices is its ability to convert from a standard tablet into a portable gaming system via an attachable controller with dual...
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In case you missed our CES 2013 coverage from earlier in the month, here’s a roundup of all our videos from the conference. We managed to film over 30 videos covering smartphones, tablets, gaming, smart devices, prototypes, fitness bands, various accessories and more. Check out the list with direct links below or head to...
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Here’s a quick look at what gaming looks like on the Sony Xperia ZL and Z Android smartphones and their identical 5-inch 1080p FHD Reality display powered by the Mobile Bravia Engine 2. The game demoed in the video is called Mini Motor Racing and you can purchase it from the Google Play Store...
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In this video from CES 2013, we go hands on with the ARCHOS GamePad Android 4.1 Jelly Bean tablet. The GamePad basically merges a 7-inch tablet with a full-featured gaming controller with exclusive button mapping capabilities. The gaming tablet is powered by a dual-core 1.6GHz processor, quad-core Mali 400MP GPU and 1GB of RAM....
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The biggest surprise of the 2013 International CES for Android fans had to be NVIDIA’s Project Shield announcement. How NVIDIA was able to keep the device a secret is beyond me, but it’s certainly making headlines around the globe now. As you will see in the video above, we stopped by NVIDIA’s booth to...
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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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While at NVIDIA’s booth at the 2013 CES, we took a quick look at an upcoming TegraZone game, called Blood Sword THD: Sword of Ruin, played on a Tegra 4-powered Android developer tablet. NVIDIA claims Tegra 4 is the world’s fastest mobile processor. You may not be able to tell from this particular gameplay...
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While at the 2013 International CES, we dropped by Qualcomm’s booth to check out their upcoming flagship quad-core mobile processor, the Snapdragon 800, which succeeds last year’s Snapdragon S4 Pro chipset (think: HTC Droid DNA & LG Nexus 4). Understandably, since the Snapdragon 800 won’t debut in retail smartphones and tablets until mid-2013, Qualcomm...
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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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UPDATE: NVIDIA Grid, Tegra 4 and Project Shield demo videos added. The show floor at CES 2013 doesn’t open until January 8 (we’ll be there to cover everything mobile), but the event festivities have already started! You can watch NVIDIA’s CES special event live stream in the embedded video above. The webcast will likely...
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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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