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Philips GoGear Connect available for pre-order ovearseas

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Adobe Air for Android coming Q4 2010

In case you’re not following our live coverage of the Adobe / Android conference in San Francisco, you’re missing some good stuff. One of those things is that Adobe will be releasing Adobe Air to the Android platform sometime in Q4 of 2010. There was no mention of OTA updates or being pre-installed on devices, so you’ll just have to keep your eyes peeled for more updates from TalkAndroid.

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WeTab Android tablet slated for September release in Germany

Remember when we said that Android tablets were in the news a lot lately?  This time, all the way from Germany, we’re bringing you the WeTab.  This device will run on not only Android, but Linux and Adobe Air as well, in addition to featuring USB ports and Flash.  From the WeTab website:

Its looks will leave you breathless, and its measures will drop your jaw.  Wait until you get it in your hands: The WeTab lays the world at your hands.  Browse the internet, watch movies, write e-mails, chat on Facebook – do whatever you want! You can even get some work done, if you absolutely must.

The WeTab will come in two different models: a 16 GB that runs on WiFi for 449 € ( roughly 575 US$) and a 32 GB with WiFi and 3G capability for 569 € (roughly 880 US$).  Both devices will boast an 11.6 inch screen that will function in both portrait and landscape mode.

There hasn’t been an official announcement yet regarding a US release, but you can check out more information on the official WeTab website.

[Thanks to our tipster!]

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DaVinci Video Processors Bring New Possibilities to Android

Texas Instruments has a new set of video processors out that are making some pretty big claims. The new DaVinci DM37x combine a 1GHz ARM Cortex and 800MHz C64x+ DSP, and enable 720p HD video. According to TI, the new hardware “offers 50 percent increase in ARM performance, 40 percent increase in DSP performance, double the graphics performance with 40 percent less power consumption over OMAP3530 device”.

Those are some pretty big expectations. Texas Instruments says that their new video hardware has support for both Linux and Android as of right now, and support for Windows CE should be coming in Q4 of this year. Full presser below.

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Tumblr app released on the Android Market

Tumblr, the popular micro-blogging site, released an Android application to the Market over the weekend.  The app gives you all the features you know and love about tumblr, including the ability to post photos, videos, audio, and much more.  Check out the Market link below, and have fun tumblring on your Android device!

Market link

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in.]

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$399 Android tablet expected by end of this year

Android tablets have been in the news a lot lately, with the upcoming Samsung Galaxy tablet, and the recently announced Motorola-Verizon offering.  It seems as if a new kid is coming to town in the form of a device from Indian start-up Notion Ink.  The tablet, called Adam, will merge Android with an NVIDIA Tegra SoC, as well as a Pixel QI transflective display.  The device will also feature a rear touchpad and a camera that rotates 180-degrees.  Notion Ink founder Rohan Shravan had the following to say:

The product will shoot for FCC certifications in the second week of November. And then it depends on them. Currently we will ship LCD and PQ Variants, both available in Wi-fi only and 3G modes. I believe you will get a range of around $399 to $498 for these four.

Shravan has also said he hopes to build a team of dedicated app developers to bring some unique elements to Adam. There is word yet as to when the device will be released, or if there are plans to expand beyond the market in India.

[via Hexus.channel]

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Details about the Samsung Galaxy tablet emerge

It seems as if the firmware for the European Samsung Galaxy tablet has leaked, and is finally giving us some clues as to what the device has in store.   The firmware has a build date of August 10, 2010, and features some of the following important details:

• Screen resolution 480 x 800
• Camera Max resolution 2048 x 1536
• Camcorder Max resolution 2048 x 1536 (unconfirmed)
• Front cam Max resolution 240 x 320
• CPU Profile ARM11
• CPU Core S5PC110
• CPU speed 1.0 GHz
• Flash
• GPS
• Wi-Fi
• SyncML support
• Swype
• JavaScript 1.5
• Bluetooth
• Android 2.2

The only thing that seems a bit unusual is the 480 x 800 screen resolution, which is slightly confusing on a 7 inch device.  Hopefully this aspect is subject to change, but for now we’ll stay on the lookout for more information as it becomes available.

[via BoyGeniusReport]

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TalkAndroid Live from the Adobe / Android Conference

Welcome to TalkAndroid’s live coverage from the Adobe / Android conference in San Francisco, California! Not everything covered here will be 100% Android related, but it’s all great content. Well the conference has started, so let’s get blogging!

9:41 – Flash 10.1 took 12 months to develop

The challenge for mulitouch is how it’s enabled in OS and does the browser support it. If Flash can’t get interface of multitouch from browser, then they can’t implement it in Flash.

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College game streaming added to Sprint Football Live

Sprint announced today that they have made a series of updates to their popular Football Live mobile app, including the addition of streaming College games from ESPN Mobile TV and NBC Sports Mobile.  The application also features all the usual suspects, including scores, stats, video clips, schedules, photos, and more.  The application is free to Sprint customers who subscribe to their Everything Data Plan, which you can check out here.  Continue reading after the break for the full press release.

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Tiny DVR for Android brings your security cams to your Android device

With the ease of installing IP security cameras these days any IT consultant with half a brain should be adding cameras to their proposals as they are a nice simple way of generating extra revenue. The biggest issue these days is actually what to do once you have the cameras installed. Sure most of them can record to disk, but what if you are away from the office and want to do know right now what is happening on multiple locations? So far the answer is to bring up multiple web pages, its fairly clunky and doesn’t give you any real options, so what if you could manage multiple cameras very easily on your phone? Continue reading after the break to learn how Tiny DVR brings you this level of functionality.

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