Vivid Games has released Real Boxing for Android. The aesthetically-stunning game powered by Unreal Engine 3 is currently a Tegra exclusive, so device support is severely limited at this time. For those of you with access, you can hook, jab and uppercut your way to the Google Play store to purchase the new fighting...
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Google posted a new advertisement on YouTube for its popular Nexus 7 Android tablet. After the video went public recently, Google quickly removed it or set it to private, presumably because it wasn’t meant to go live in the first place. Fortunately, YouTube user spangler736 made a copy and uploaded it for our viewing...
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We were rather impressed with Canonical’s presentation of Ubuntu for phones at CES 2013 last month, especially since it was demoed on a Galaxy Nexus Android smartphone. Now, the UK-based company is focused on expanding the Ubuntu ecosystem to tablets. As you can see in the video above, the Google Nexus 10 Android tablet...
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Google has started updating the GSM Galaxy Nexus smartphone, as well as the Nexus 7 and 10 tablets, to Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean build JDQ39. Details on what’s changed are vague, but we imagine the update comes with a host of bug fixes, performance improvements and a sprinkle of enhancements. In fact, the Nexus...
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The choice in processor has often determined the success level of new Android smartphones and tablets in recent years, so it’s fairly big news to learn that Google may actually switch from Nvidia to Qualcomm for the second-generation Nexus 7 by Asus. According to Michael McConnell, Pacific Crest analyst, Google has specifically selected Qualcomm’s...
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Today, Asus launched its 7-inch MeMO Pad Android 4.1 Jelly Bean tablet, which appears to resemble the Google Nexus 7 at first glance. While the two devices look similar, the MeMO Pad isn’t as feature-packed as the Nexus-branded tablet. The MeMO Pad sports a 7″ LED Backlight 1024×600 display, 1GHz VIA WM8950 processor, 1GB...
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A new leak of Qualcomm’s roadmap nearly confirms Google’s plans to announce Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie on May 15 at Google I/O 2013. The roadmap itself is dated December 2012 and specifically refers to the next major OS update as “Key Lime Pie” and “K-Release.” Some generic key lime pie artwork compliments...
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Google has selected ASUSTeK Computer to manufacture the second-generation Nexus 7 Android tablet, according to a source close to the situation. Google must be quite content with Asus’ first attempt at a Nexus-branded tablet to continue business with the Taiwan-based manufacturer. That’s not too surprising considering the first-generation Nexus tablet was often sold out...
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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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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: Winners have been selected and contacted by email! Congratulations to: S. Baranco, L. Imutan, S. Rener, Asa, A. Baroudi, D. Hansen, G. Ries, and R. Jeffries. Thanks to everyone who participated and stay tuned to our YouTube channel and smartkeitai.com for more giveaways. We, at SmartKeitai, want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas,...
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Google’s Android team has posted a seasonal video on YouTube to wish all their fans happy holidays for 2012. The clip features a Nexus 4, Nexus 7, Nexus 10 and Bugdroid wearing a Santa hat. It’s a heartwarming story of the familiar green Android robot wishing for some holiday cheer. The Android team surrounds...
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The $200 Google Nexus 7 tablet by Asus has been a huge success in the second half of 2012, as evident by its ongoing “sold out” status on the Google Play Store this holiday season. Well, it seems Asus will be following up with a pair of Nexus 7-like tablets of its own, sans...
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We have the Google Nexus 10 tablet in the SmartKeitai labs for review and this is the unboxing video for the device. The Nexus 10, manufactured by Samsung, sports a 10-inch WQXGA Display (2560 x 1600 pixel resolution, 300 ppi), 1.7 GHz Samsung Exynos 5250 dual-core Cortex A15 processor with Mali T604 GPU, 16...
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“It is a dark time for the Rebellion. Evading the dreaded Imperial Starfleet, a group of freedom fighters has established a new secret base on the remote ice world of Hoth. Unfortunately the evil Darth Vader discovers their hideout, and the desperate Rebel birds must escape the AT-ATs and Pigtroopers hot on their trail....
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