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Feb

8

2012

Autonome is a Charger, Battery Module and Case All in One

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by Emily Aquin
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A mobile phone isn’t really “mobile” if your battery is running low and you’ve forgotten your charger at home.  Even if you own the DROID RAZR MAXX, with its fabulous 3300 mAh battery, you don’t want to stray too far from your charger for too long.  Designer Francois Rybarczyk has a sophisticated solution to this [...]

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Feb

3

2012

Costco Has Online/In-Store Deal for Galaxy Nexus, Comes With Free Extended Battery

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by Jack Holt
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Even with all that hoopla about the CDMA Galaxy Nexus no longer being an official developer device it is still an amazing phone (with a lot of developer support still). If you are wanting this phone but aren’t wanting to drop the $299.99 for it Costco is running an online deal congruent with local Costco [...]

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Feb

3

2012

Droid Loot Brings One-of-a-Kind Tee’s to a Nerd Near You

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by Jack Holt
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Okay, I’ll admit it. I love anything and everything that is Android. I have the figurine, key chain and the Dark Knight Andy tee shirt and even went and purchased a new Android mousepad last night. Well I feel bad for my wallet because the folks at Droid Loot have created some really awesome tee [...]

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Feb

2

2012

Augmented Reality Meets the XAPPR, Coming Soon To Android

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by Emily Aquin
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Augmented Reality (also known as AR) has turned quite a few heads recently. It involves using your smart device like a “looking glass” to manipulate the world around you.  The technology has been integrated into several apps from the Qualcomm Augmented Reality Competition, and is making its way into many exciting new applications that we could use [...]

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Feb

1

2012

Stanford Students Demo 5 Cool Tricks Using Your NFC Capable Phone &Television (Video)

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by Joe Sirianni
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I bet you didn’t know Stanford had some cool nerds on their roster did you?  Yep, some of the folks over there decided to tinker around using an NFC enabled Android device along with a remote control also housing an NFC chip.  Check out what these guys have managed to come up with: Display photos [...]

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Jan

26

2012

Official Google Modify Watches

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by Jim Farmer
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Modify Watches are “super-dope”, interchangeable watches. They’re built so you can mix-and-match faces and straps to create the “Mod” that allows you to make your statement, whether (quiet) or LOUD. While not the smart watch we’re all waiting for, Google has officially teamed up with Modify Watches to create a custom set of Google watches. [...]

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Jan

24

2012

Dead Zebra to Have Year of the Dragon Special Edition Android Figurines Available Tomorrow In Celebration of Chinese New Year

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by Jack Holt
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Dead Zebra is known for putting out awesome Android figurines and are doing so again. This time they are commemorating the Chinese New Year by releasing three Android toys in celebration of the Year of the Dragon. While aimed at Asian markets Dead Zebra will be bringing a few sets over here to the U.S. as [...]

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Jan

23

2012

Ping gets updated with new look, Adds Twitter and Facebook integration [Video]

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by Robert Nazarian
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Seven Networks just released version two of Ping. If you’re not familiar with Ping, it’s a social messaging app that allows you to keep all your conversations in one place. They just added Facebook and Twitter integration which might make this the “ultimate push-based social messaging app” available in the Android Market. With Ping you [...]

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Jan

19

2012

The new Nike+ FuelBand for fitness

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by Jim Farmer
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Mobile fitness monitors are alive and well this season and the new kid on the block is the Nike+ FuelBand. The FuelBand is most easiliy decribed as a high tech LiveStrong bracelet. The device is capable of keeping track of calories, steps, time, to name a few, but most notably Nike Fuel; a goal value [...]

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