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Sep

23

2011

Dark Maze – a game reminescent of Labyrinth [Courtesy of XDA]

by Jim Farmer
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A cool thing about phones and tablets are their accelerometers. Those accelerometers make games like Dark Maze a perfect match for these devices. Now granted there are quite a few maze type games in the market, but this one is a bit more special. The maze starts out dark until you explore an area, and [...]

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Sep

21

2011

Homemade Android MegaPad brings a monster 23-inch screen

by Robert Nazarian
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Bigger is better right? Our phones are getting bigger and bigger, but our tablets seem to be stuck at 10-inches. I would think manufacturers will start to push the 10-inch boundary soon. Android modder Martin Drashkov is already thinking ahead because he just made the largest Android device I have seen. He more than doubled [...]

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Sep

21

2011

[Leak] T-Mobile Galaxy Tab Plus smiles for the camera

by Robert Nazarian
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We have pictures of the new T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus, which is the follow up to the Galaxy Tab. This should not be mistaken for the Galaxy Tab 7.7 that was unveiled a couple of weeks ago at the IFA Conference in Berlin. This model will have 4G HSPA+, but we aren’t sure if [...]

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Sep

20

2011

Samsung hosting Galaxy Portfolio Event on September 26

by Robert Nazarian
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We just got word that Samsung will be hosting a Galaxy Portfolio Event next Monday, September 26th in New York City. It looks like they are going to show off the upcoming Galaxy Tab 8.9.  Right now you can pre-order one at Best Buy for $469.99 for the 16GB version and $569.99 for the 32GB [...]

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Sep

20

2011

Samsung Flexes Its Muscles To Apple Over iPhone 5

by Justin Routhier
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One of the most bloodied battlefields in the on-going patent wars exists between Samsung Electronics and Apple, Inc. Presently there are as many as 23 lawsuits pending between the two companies all over the globe including the US, France, Japan and the much newsworthy Germany, where Samsung recently had to pull their Galaxy Tab 7.7 [...]

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Sep

13

2011

GameStop to Release Android-Based Gaming Tablet

by Mitch Wright
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Traditional “brick-and-mortar” retailers are in a bit of a pickle. Due to the evolution of technology and the advent and rising popularity of digital mediums, physical media is becoming less and less profitable. You only have to look at the recent fate of Borders to see that if a company doesn’t change with the times, [...]

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Sep

9

2011

Canada Gets Samsung Galaxy 10.1 Tab Offerings From Rogers and TELUS

by Justin Routhier
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While Samsung and Apple battle over the Australian release of the Galaxy Tab 10.1, the Canadians may now begin weighing offers from Rogers, TELUS and other retailers for this Android Honeycomb device. Although technically it had been available before this point, the new carrier release versions allow users to connect the tab over WiFi or [...]

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Sep

8

2011

CyanogenMod7 Almost A Daily Driver On The HP TouchPad

by Joe Sirianni
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It looks like everyone’s favorite selling tablet, thanks to its ridiculous price drop, is surely going the way of the Nook Color in that no one ever gave it a second glance as a worthy contender in the “cheap but effective as hell” tablet market.  The HP TouchPad has certainly come a long way since its first [...]

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Sep

6

2011

Pierre Cardin tablet gets Gingerbread update and lower price

by Robert Nazarian
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Remember the Pierre Cardin 7-inch tablet (PC-7006) we told you about last month? We weren’t too impressed with it especially since it came with Android 2.2 Froyo. It looks like they are moving up in the world as they have updated it to Gingerbread, and added a G to the model number which is now [...]

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Sep

6

2011

Amazon redesigns website for tablets

by Robert Nazarian
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Amazon’s website design has been around for many years, and whether you are a fan of it or not, all things must change. With Amazon about to enter the tablet war, their website (and offerings) might be the most important piece to the success or failure of the upcoming 7-inch Kindle. They are currently testing [...]

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