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Jan

13

2012

Samsung GT-N8000 Gets WiFi Certification, Another Galaxy Note On The Way?

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by Roy Alugbue
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Is there another follow-up to the uber-cool Samsung Galaxy Note in the works? The above screenshot sure indicates there may very well be a follow-up to the Galaxy Note. We’ve already seen one possible successor in the works and now we likely have another. A mysterious device called the Samsung GT-N8000 received WiFi certification for [...]

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Jan

3

2012

Wi-Fi Only HTC Flyer Begins Receiving Honeycomb Update

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by Stacy Bruce
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It was a month ago that the European HTC Flyer was issued the well-deserved Honeycomb update and at that time HTC said the Wi-Fi version would receive the same treatment in the near future. Well the near future is hear my friends, as HTC began to push out the Android 3.2 update this morning. Users [...]

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Dec

30

2011

SiriusXM Shows Off Lynx, An Android-Powered, Portable Radio

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by Jack Holt
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When I was flipping through my SiriusXM player the other day I was thinking about how cool it would be if it had some flavor of Android running it (seriously). Well it appears that someone over at SiriusXM can read minds because today they unveiled their latest portable satellite radio, the Lynx. Here’s the kicker, it runs [...]

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Nov

23

2011

Xbounds Allows Android Users To Display Content Real-Time From Devices To Big Screens

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by Roy Alugbue
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Score one for Android users. We’ve been clamoring for an option to wirelessly view our content from our Android devices to a bigger screen in real-time and Dream Chip Technologies has created Xbounds which allows us to do just that. Using a small dongle, you will to connect your Android device to the dongle via WiFi and voila, have your content [...]

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Nov

15

2011

Galaxy Tab 10.1 Update Has WiFi Glitch, Leaves Many Users Abstaining And Others Wishing They Had

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by Justin Routhier
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Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 has released a 63.12MB update to users which brings the device to Android 3.2 and, oh yeah, it has a serious glitch which is causing all kinds of WiFi connection problems. Since the Android tablet is WiFi-only, users that have already completed their update are left with a relatively useless device. [...]

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Oct

31

2011

European WiFi Xoom To Receive Android 3.2 Update, Moto Adds MOTOPRINT and Quickoffice To The Mix

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by Joe Sirianni
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Well, better late than never I always say.  Looks like the European version of the Motorola Xoom, the WiFi version will be getting a little bump to Android’s Honeycomb 3.2 after all.  If you reside in any of the following areas and own a Xoom, keep a sharp look out for the update on your [...]

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Oct

11

2011

5″ Samsung Galaxy S WiFi is now available in the UK

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by Jim Farmer
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Samsung announced its UK launch of the Galaxy S WiFi 5.0 yesterday. This 5″ personal media player, reminiscent of the company’s Galaxy line of phones, is powered by a 1GHz single-core TI OMAP processor and runs Android Gingerbread 2.3 with TouchWiz UI on top. Still no official word on pricing. Check out the press release [...]

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Oct

3

2011

ViewSonic’s Viewpad 7x Hits The FCC, On Track For October Release

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by Justin Routhier
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The Viewpad 7x Android Honeycomb tablet that was announced by ViewSonic at the Berlin IFA conference back in early September has now made its way through the FCC, scoring wins with both its WiFi and Bluetooth capabilities. Word is that you’ll see the device sold for $379 when it is made available later this month. [...]

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Sep

30

2011

Motorola Xoom WiFi Gets OTA Update With New Android Market

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by Justin Routhier
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The Xoom forums are buzzing with word of a new OTA update for Motorola’s WiFi edition tab. The latest build, #HTK75D, brings with it the new Market and still runs Android 3.2.1. If you haven’t yet been prompted, check for the update in your settings menu and let us know what you think! [via ac]

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Sep

26

2011

Samsung Unveils Galaxy Tab 8.9 WiFi Version To Be Released In Less Than a Week’s Time

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by Joe Sirianni
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Today Samsung Mobile finally unveiled, from their popular line of Galaxy devices, the Galaxy Tab 8.9.  A happy medium for those wanting more than a 7-inch device but not quite a 10.1-inch. Samsung delivered tonight with their device weighing in at 447 grams and coming in at 8.6mm thin, this is the thinnest tablet to hit [...]

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