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May

24

2012

And the winner of the ASUS Transformer Pad Prize Pack for Week 2 is…..

by Robert Nazarian
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As you know, we have three ASUS Transformer Pad Prize Packs to hand out. We’ve already given out our 1st pack, we just finished week two. Congratulations goes out to Andrew Kuczkowski who is going to receive an ASUS Transformer Pad TF300, a matching keyboard dock, a Logitech controller, and a Jambox speaker. Andrew voted Zen Pinball THD for [...]

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May

24

2012

Sony Xperia P, U, and Sola Now Available In Most Regions Across the Globe

by Jack Holt
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During MWC this year Sony made the world aware of the Xperia P and Xperia U with the Xperia Sola being announced a few weeks after. While initially released only in Asia they are now available across the globe. Slated as low to mid-range devices they’re appearing to round out Sony‘s 2012 line. All three [...]

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May

24

2012

Apple and Samsung’s mediation meetings amount to nothing

by Robert Nazarian
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Apple and Samsung’s battles in the courts have been so heated that Judge Lucy Koh ordered them to meet on May 21st and 22nd to settle their differences. In the no shocker news of the day, there was no agreement. The festivities were led by Magistrate Judge Joseph C Spero, and company representatives included Samsung [...]

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May

24

2012

Google Acquires Mike and Maiike, the Design Studio Behind Android’s G1 and Microsoft’s X-Box

by Stacy Bruce
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If you were to look deep within Bloomberg’s lengthy recap of Google’s recent Motorola acquisition, you would notice that Motorola wasn’t the only company Google acquired throughout the whole process. Google also purchased the San Francisco industrial design studio, Mike and Maaike, who can be credited for designing the G1, Google’s first Android phone, and [...]

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May

24

2012

UK To Receive LG Optimus L7 For £234

by Joe Sirianni
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The L7, LG’s top model of the new L-series slim devices to hit the market is going on sale in the UK with online retailer, Handtec.  Now’s your chance to snatch the ICS 4.0, 4.3″ IPS LCD displayed handset for a reasonable £233.99 ($367).  Recall that the monster handset also sports 4 GB of storage, [...]

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May

24

2012

Google tablet scheduled to land next month, Could it be called the Nexus Prime?

by Robert Nazarian
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We heard a lot of talk about a Google (possibly) Nexus Tablet, but things cooled off. All talk seemed to point towards ASUS manufacturing it with a June release. Well DigiTimes is reporting that 600,000 tablets will be made available in June and ASUS continues to be the manufacturer of choice. Projected sales for 2012 [...]

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May

23

2012

AT&T announces Samsung Galaxy Appeal QWERTY slider for GoPhone prepaid service

by Robert Nazarian
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AT&T just announced the Samsung Galaxy Appeal for their prepaid phone service, GoPhone. This one is a QWERTY slider and its got entry-level written all over it. It features a 3.2-inch (480 x 320) display, 800 MHz processor, 512MB RAM, 3MP rear camera with video recording, 1.8GB of storage, micro SD for up to an [...]

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May

23

2012

Android Malware Genome Project aims to understand Android Malware in order to develop effective solutions

by Robert Nazarian
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Android Malware is the craze these days. Everyone’s talking about it like it’s the biggest things since sliced bread yet I’m yet to run into anyone who was infected by any of them. Everyone’s trying to make a name for themselves so throw in the Android Malware Genome Project. It was started by researchers at [...]

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May

23

2012

[Deal] Amazon Offering Hot Deals on Select Android Phones

by Stacy Bruce
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We’re always looking for a good deal, right? I mean, who deoesn’t like buying a new Android device on the cheap! Well, cheaper than if you were to go purchase one directly from a wireless carrier, cheap. Either way, Amazon Wireless just listed some new sale prices on a few hot Android phones that you [...]

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