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Qualcomm : Dual-Core 1.5 GHz Chips Coming … At The End Of 2011. Yay?

Brian O'Toole — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:18:21 +0000

Looks like Qualcomm, the company responsible for the cherished Snapdragon and not-so-cherished MSM7200, is having a bit of a press event today.

While the prospect of 1.5 GHz dual-core processors in our smartphones remains a tantalizing one, the news that we’ll have to wait for what looks like it could be another 12 months is enough to dampen our spirits. Still, we should be seeing the 1.2 GHz dual-core MSM8X60 some time in early 2011, even though that itself is still quite a wait.

With Samsung and Texas Instruments having already made their...

Motorola Droid 2 R2-D2 Special Edition Live Wallpapers Leaked, Available For Download

Artem Russakovskii — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:46:55 +0000

The R2D2 is coming later this month, but in the meantime P3Droid from MyDroidWorld ripped apart the system dump and weeded out the special edition Star Wars themed live wallpapers. He was also kind enough to shoot a few handy videos demonstrating them, and I must say, they’re pretty cool and will definitely be appreciated by any Star Wars fan. Kudos, P3.

Millennium Falcon Asteroid Field

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Jump to Light Speed

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Interactive R2D2

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Space Slug

This one has no video because P3Droid...

The King Lives! Nexus One Developer Phones Back In Stock

Artem Russakovskii — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:35:36 +0000

The Nexus One died for the general public, sadly, but continued to live on with the help of Google’s own ADP (Android Developer Phone) program.

For an unsubsidized but reasonable price of $529, registered Android Market publishers (anyone can be for $25) could purchase this masterpiece, even though it was canned by Google and sold out pretty much everywhere else… until it sold out even as the ADP 3 weeks ago.

Nexus One Stock Update

Developers grew sad but Google got to work and started pestering HTC for more units. Happily, I can...

Camera ZOOM FX Review + Giveaway

Jaroslav Stekl — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:10:00 +0000

When it comes to photo editing on the fly, there are usually two kinds of apps: those intended for mindless fun, and those intended for actual work. Without a doubt, Camera ZOOM FX falls into the latter category, along with its mediocre UI, strange (though not necessarily poor) selection of effects, and (relatively) low price tag. So is it worth a look? A purchase? Read on for the full Android Police review.

The Review

Design

Like I said in the introduction, Camera ZOOM FX’s design is not exactly my definition of sexy. The problems...

Samsung Fascinate Buy-One-Get-One-Free Deal Now Available On VZW.com

Brad Ganley — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:37:13 +0000

The wait is over, folks! The buy one get one free deal for the Samsung Fascinate has just gone live on Verizon’s website. We know you’ve been holding out for it and it doesn’t get any better than paying for one and being handed two. It’s time for you to replace your old crappy phone with two Super AMOLED Android powerhouses. Get on it!

source: Verizon Wireless

Samsung Intends To Dominate The Tablet Market That Doesn’t Quite Exist Yet

Brad Ganley — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:57:05 +0000

As we all know, Samsung is very adamant about its famed Galaxy S’s older brother, the Galaxy Tab. We’re getting more details about it as days go by, but so far it appears that Samsung is planning on selling it exclusively through wireless carriers and has already secured several deals with Europe carriers.

What is very interesting is this quote they made in an article by the Wall Street Journal:

Mr. Yoon [Samsung's Product Executive] said Samsung expects to ship 10 million Galaxy Tabs and take a third of the global tablet market next year. Samsung is

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Froyo ROM Leaks Out For the Acer Liquid

Brian O'Toole — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:46:00 +0000

For one of the first phones out with a Snapdragon, this sure has been some time coming. Over at the MoDaCo Android forum, poster LIQUID_USER managed to obtain what he has described as a “very early build” for Acer’s 3.5”, Éclair-running slate. Despite this somewhat unofficial status, the build Acer_LiquidF_0.007.00_EMEA-GEN1_05.01.01) is said to be quite stable, with most device functions working as normal, including wireless tethering and Adobe Flash.

As expected, performance benchmarks have increased but the CPU still can’t quite catch the Nexus One at its current clocking (on the other hand, the Acer Liquid’s...

HP Zeen Android Tablet Spotted In The Wild, Printer Inexplicably Paired With It

Brian O'Toole — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:36:24 +0000

I’m not exactly sure how this strange pairing was birthed, probably somewhere in a boardroom of extremely bored HP executives… but it looks like HP’s Tablet plus Printer combo is drawing closer to readiness for release. I thought one of the driving tenets of the tablet revolution was to obsolete printers, but obviously HP disagrees – hey, they’re the experts. The Zeen, as it’s appellated, is a 7-inch capacitive tablet which will be bundled in a $400 package with the C510 PhotoSmart eStation. While thankfully printing does not appear to be the Zeen’s sole raison d’être, it is...

The Latest In The World Of Android Hacks: Jailbreaking A PS3 With A Nexus One

Jaroslav Stekl — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:01:46 +0000

Update: All good things must one day come to an end, and alas, it looks like Sony’s just decided to issue a mandatory update to all PS3s that breaks this jailbreak method. Heartbreaking, I know.

If Sony’s PS3 gaming system took a step backward in functionality when Sony disabled its ability to install Linux, it’s just taken two steps forward again.

t4nav, a Senior Member of xda-developers, has just discovered a method to hack the PS3 using a Nexus One or a Desire! All you have to do is:

Download this

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Google Pushing Chrome OS For Tablets, Bringing Android To TVs, May Be Confused

Aaron Gingrich — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:06:05 +0000

During his keynote speech at IFA, Eric Schmidt made some interesting comments in regards to Android, tablets, and TVs. Specifically, TV’s would be shipping with Google TV software on board (rather than as add-on hardware), and tablets will run Chrome OS rather than Android.

That tablets will primarily run Chrome OS may come as a surprise to some people – after all, nearly every tablet that doesn’t run Windows (or iOS) runs Android. Hell, just take a look at this list:

Dell Streak

RocketFish tablet

ICD Tablet

Flatpad A10

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