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Feb

18

2011

Radio Shack announces $149.99 price for Motorola Atrix 4G sans rebate

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If you are looking to pick up a Motorola Atrix 4G when it comes out, you might want to get over to the Shack,  Radio Shack that is.  They just announced their pricing on this beast of a phone at a sweet $149.99.  That’s $50 bones less then what AT&T will be offering it at, [...]

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Feb

11

2011

Android tablets built into Indian buses

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Lookout dub rolling Escalades and high class airliner planes cause it looks like buses are going to be the new mode of transportation to have integrated screens in their headrests.  And not just any screen, but an Android tablet screen!  That’s right, buses in India are now sporting 7″ touch screens that run their own [...]

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Feb

11

2011

Broadcom announces BCM21850, a dual-core ARM Cortex A9 clocked at 1.1GHz

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If you  have ever built a computer or happen to work in IT, Broadcom should be a name familiar to you.  They are well known of their WiFi  and bluetooth chips, but they also have a few new chips coming to the mobile market game.  The most anticipated one is their BCM21850.  Aside from being [...]

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Feb

9

2011

LG G-Slate video shows off hardware and 3D

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If you are itching for more details on the upcoming LG G-Slate on T-Mobile, there’s a short video out there showing off the externals of the Android tablet, as well as its 3D capabilities.  While we are impressed with the specs, and snazzy external styling (love that kickstand!), we aren’t sure the 3D video recording [...]

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Feb

2

2011

Samsung Fascinate gets Froyo the XDA developers way

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It’s Unofficial – the Samsung Fascinate is finally running Froyo, albeit from the bright minds over at XDA-Developers.  User “punk.kaos” managed to compile together the latest leaked Froyo ROM (DL30) for the Fascinate and has it available for download.  It’s pre-rooted, and has all the normal Verizon/Samsung bloatware included so you can get the full [...]

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Jan

26

2011

Google App Market to bring in-app pay system, carrier billing, improved user discovery, and more

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The battle between mobile OS app stores has been an on-going saga since their inception.  While Android has managed to bring in the developers, providing a nice open-source platform to work with, the amount of quality apps and purchased apps, haven’t brought in as much profit as Google expected. In a recent Q&A with Google’s [...]

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Jan

25

2011

Samsung Galaxy Tab getting another price cut on Jan 26th

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That’s right folks, T-Mobile is dropping the Samsung Galaxy Tab price yet again!  This time, by another 50 buckaroos.  That brings down the cost of the popular Android tablet to $250 after a $50 mail-in rebate.  Of course this will require a 2-year contract, but now we are getting down to that impulse buy range. [...]

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