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Aug

12

2011

Acer’s Adorable 7 Inch Iconia Tab A100 Arrives in U.S. Stores

Acer’s little seven inch Iconia Tab A100 Android tablet — the first seven inch tablet to be released with Honeycomb — arrives in U.S. stores today, and it’s just precious. The little fellow has a 1-GHz Nvidia Tegra 2 dual-core chip, two cameras — 5MP rear and 2MP front — a seven inch screen and [...]

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Aug

12

2011

Uh oh, Motorola Might Enter the Patent Wars on Its Own Side…

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Ten days ago, my colleague Andrew wrote an article about how Motorola might be Android’s saving grace in the ongoing patent wars (Yeah, so I’m using the same graphic, sue me). The article talked about how many patents Motorola has, how much effort they’ve put into Android, and speculated that Motorola could be a strong [...]

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Aug

10

2011

News360 Launches Version 2.0 with More Personalization

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News aggregation app News360 has just launched version 2.0 of its app, which includes a much larger emphasis on personalization. While already a popular news aggregator, the new version of News360 will also read items from your Facebook and Twitter feeds (with your permission, of course) as well as from your Evernote and Google Reader [...]

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Aug

4

2011

Leaked Verizon Memo Details Smartphone and Tablet Holiday Releases

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Ah leaks, you gotta love ‘em, especially if you’re in the press like we are. Regarding Android, our latest leak comes from Verizon Wireless, from which IGN was able to get a memo detailing several holiday releases of upcoming Android smartphones and tablets (it also had Blackberry and budget phones on there, but we care [...]

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Aug

3

2011

Time Inc. Announces Tablet Apps for All 21 of Their U.S. Titles by End of 2011

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You know Time Inc.? The folks behind…er…Time, Sports Illustrated, Entertainment Weekly, InStyle magazines and a bunch of other brands? Well, they’ve announced that all twenty-one (dang that’s a lot) of their U.S. titles, including all of those above, will be available as apps for tablet PC’s — including those running Android — by the end [...]

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