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Get your Android apps ready for the BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 launch

Dolphin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:14:09 +0000

Hey everyone! James here from the Developer Relations team at Research In Motion® (RIM®). At CES 2012 in Las Vegas, we previewed the upcoming BlackBerry® PlayBook™ OS 2.0 software, which is designed to have the BlackBerry® Runtime for Android™ Apps built-in! This offering will allow developers to repackage their existing Android™ applications to run on ...

Sony Walkman Z Hands On (video)

Dolphin — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:22:15 +0000

The device runs Android 2.3 on a 4.3 inch touch screen, set at an 800×480 resolution. The Walkman Z is a fully-licensed Google product, so it brings full Android experience, including Android Market, Gmail, Maps, Books, and more Google goodies. In addition to that, Sony adds their own services, such as Sony Music Unlimited (a ...

Nokia Lumia 900 4G LTE Hands-On at PEPCOM Digital Experience 2012

Dolphin — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:10:03 +0000

The Lumia 900 has a 4.3-inch ClearBlack AMOLED display, larger than the 3.7-inch display of the Lumia 800 and 710. However, it basically has the same polycarbonate, unibody chassis as the Lumia 800. It has an 8 MP, rear-facing camera with a dual-LED flash, and the ubiquitous (to Nokia phones) Carl Zeiss optics. There’s also ...

Lenovo IdeaPad K2 tablet runs on Tegra 3

Dolphin — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:56:51 +0000

Lenovo has another excellent Tegra 3 powered performer in its K2 10-inch tablet. As shown in this video hands-on,Tegra 3 makes it very responsive, and helps drive very sharp 1920×1200 display smoothly. The LCD is IPS-based and has the richer colors and wider viewing angles you’d expect. Lenovo has added that the back camera will ...

Gigabyte T1006 Convertible Cedar Trail Netbook Officially Announced

Dolphin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:05:04 +0000

Gigabyte is still holding down the convertible netbook market with a new addition to its line up with the Gigabyte T1006 netbook with a hinge that allows it to turn into a tablet. This 10.1 inch tablet looks pretty much like every other Gigabyte convertible netbook with the same chassis design that has ever come ...

Gigabyte’s Windows 7 Tablet Gets an Update with the S1081

Dolphin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:57:14 +0000

The Gigabyte S1080 of Windows 7 tablets has gotten an update to the S1081. It is nearly identical to the S1080 apart from a Cedar Trail processor up grade to the N2800 processor. The 10 inch tablet features a “hot touch” button, scrolling toggles, up and down buttons, power button, volume rocker, SD card slot, ...

Toshiba Excite X10 Android 4.0 Tablet Announced

Dolphin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:46:20 +0000

Toshiba is coming into CES with the Excite X10 tablet which boasts being thinner than the Apple iPad and claims to be the thinnest tablet on the market. Under its 10.1 inch AutoBrite display we’ve got a 1.2 GHz TI OMAP 4430 Dual-Core Processor. It will launch with Android 4.0, is a mere 7.7 mm ...

Mobi Products Skin Case for HTC Rezound only for just $4.95

Dolphin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 04:39:36 +0000

Deal of the Day for Dec. 28 is the Mobi Products Skin Case for the HTC Rezound. Available in six colors — black, blue, red, purple, pink or clear — the case comprises a durable material that feels great in the hand thanks to its anti-slip properties, has an anti-dust coating and has cutouts for ...

All HTC phones launched after September 2011 are now ‘unlockable’ from HTC Developer site

Dolphin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 04:15:22 +0000

HTC has updated their developer site’s bootloader unlock page, and the news is good: All HTC Android devices launched after September 2011 are unlockable. The website will be updated accordingly to reflect this in the coming weeks. Source Android Central Related posts:Three UK: HTC Desire S now available, Samsung Galaxy S Gingerbread update coming in two ...

ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Gets an OTA Update

Dolphin — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 20:44:58 +0000

The Transformer is a 10.1-inch tablet, the most recently released version of Honeycomb, the Google’s tablet version of Android, running Android 3.0.1. ASUS may be working frantically to get the Transformer Prime shipping to meet the huge demand, but that doesn’t mean that they haven’t forgotten about the original Transformer. Head on in to ASUS‘ ...

JXD S7100 Portable Gaming Console is Also Android Tablet

Dolphin — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:59:15 +0000

Created by Chinese manufacturer JinXing Digital, the JXD S7100 is an Android-based gaming console: It can be used as an Android tablet, as can be seen in the photo above. You can use instant messaging apps, a web browser, e-mail client, etc. And you can play regular touchscreen-based games like Angry Birds and Fruit Ninja. ...

Acer Iconia Tab A500 with $50 off for both models

Dolphin — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 09:15:06 +0000

Acer Iconia Tab A500 price A chance for anyone still considering for an Acer Iconia Tab A500 as Acer has made the the rumored price drop mentioned in July and May come true. Acer offers $50 off for both 16GB and 32Gb models, now you only have to pay $399 for the 16GB model and $449 for the ...

Nokia C2-01 already at Bell in Canada

Dolphin — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 09:01:56 +0000

The avaibility of Nokia C2-01 at Bell has been officially announced with a surprising price tag. You now can own one just for $119.95 without any contract or you can pay $0 on a 3-year. Nokia C2-01 has a 2.2-inch display with a resolution of 240 x 320, 3.2 megapixel camera that shoots videos, ...

Sony Alpha NEX-C3 (Interchangeable Lens Camera): Pre-Order Available at Amazon

Dolphin — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:43:53 +0000

Sony Alpha NEX-C3 (Interchangeable Lens Camera) ‘Alpha NEX-C3′, the Sony’s upcoming interchangeable lens camera can now be pre-ordered at Amazon. Sony Alpha NEX-C3 specs: This compact camera comes with a 16.2-megapixel Exmor APS HD CMOS sensor, a 16mm wide-angle lens, a 3.0-inch Xtra Fine LCD screen, Sony’s BIONZ image processor, slots for Memory Stick PRO ...

HP TouchPad up to Europe & Canada

Dolphin — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 03:30:48 +0000

HP TouchPad In Europe & Canada The HP TouchPad is now available in the US just after being offered in these locations for a little over two weeks. And now it is up to Canada, the UK, France and Germany . HP TouchPad specs: We can find no difference between the international models. the tablet ...

iPhone 4 ready at Koodo Mobile system in Canada

Dolphin — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 02:54:26 +0000

iPhone 4 release date Canada And the Koodo Mobile stores in Toronto and Vancouver were the places where customers could first grab the iPhone 4. But now iPhone 4 is available at all Koodo Mobile locations across Canada. At Koodo Mobile, the purchasing method is carried out with a different way even though it is ...

Amazon tablets: release schedule for 10 inch & 7 inch

Dolphin — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 19:15:35 +0000

Amazon tablets Now we have had the answer for the the manufacturers for the Amazon tablets. Foxconn is building the 10.1-inch Amazon tablet but it is rumored to be roughly 9-inches in size and Quanta is the maker of the 7-inch Amazon tablet. As for the shipping date for these tablets ship, according to Digitimes ...

Best Android Phone 2011 (Top 5 HTC Phone)

Dolphin — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 20:57:54 +0000

HTC is one of the truthful brand on the mobile phone market, owning some of the finest smartphones in existence, adding in the latest HTC Sense 3.0, and laying it on a plush bed of Android 2.3 Gingerbread goodness and it is also the one heading to the right direction. So this is easy to ...

Motorola Droid 3 ready at Verizon stores

Dolphin — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:10:15 +0000

The Motorola Droid 3 smartphone, the latest generation of the Motorola Droid, has already been launched online for a week. So now you can be confident in the avaibility of this device, just come there and pick up one. Just paying $199.99 with a new two-year, you can own a device with a 4-inch, qHD ...

Asus Transformer Update Android 3.2 in the Testing Process Now

Dolphin — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:45:52 +0000

Recently, we have picked up some pieces of good news via Google telling about the Android 3.2 update for Motorola Xoom, including the fancy new zooming app feature. Perhaps none of us were thinking that the Asus Transformer would also get this Android 3.2 zooming goodness. But it did happen. The update, according to the ...

iPhone 5 Release Date on Oct 4th – Promising Speculation

Dolphin — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:55:57 +0000

“iPhone 5 Release Date” has become hot topic to be mentioned in most tech-forums recently, which leads to more and more speculative guesses about this iPhone 5 release date. At first, September 7th, 2011 is the first prediction of the iPhone 5 release date then so many reputed websites are pretty firm that iPhone 5 ...

Motorola Xoom Wi-Fi Tablet (32GB only) with Special Offer

Dolphin — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 08:20:22 +0000

The Motorola Xoom Wifi has just been upgraded with Android 3.2 Honeycomb at the beginning of this week. And that’s not all. Just very recently, Motorola has issued another special offer to Wi-Fi XOOM owners: Chopping off $100 off the refurbished Motorola Xoom Wi-Fi (only available with 32GB of storage) and today you can have ...

HP TouchPad Wifi Price with 6% off

Dolphin — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 07:48:52 +0000

HP TouchPad Wifi Price with 6% off Both Amazon and Best Buy are offering good deals for the HP TouchPad. You can save $10 for a 16GB model as this version has dropped from $499 to $489. As for the 32GB version, the price drop is a little more drastic, from $599 down to $565, which ...

Motorola XOOM Wi-Fi updated to Android 3.2 Honeycomb

Dolphin — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:31:05 +0000

Motorola Wi-Fi XOOM Android 3.2 Update On Tuesday, an over-the-air software update was rolled out by Motorola and now the Wi-Fi XOOM owners may feel pleased that their tablets can be updated to Android 3.2 (Honeycomb) by downloading and intalling it directly on the device. Thanks to this update, the Xoom will receive the adds ...

Acer Chromia 700 (AC700) Chromebook: Shipment available

Dolphin — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 09:28:47 +0000

Acer Chromia 700 (AC700) Chromebook It is stated on Amazon.com that the shipment for Acer Chromia 700 (AC700) Chromebook is now available but for the Wi-Fi flavor only (The 3G model of the Acer Chromia 700 will be released sometime this summer). Acer Chromia 700 (AC700) Chromebook specs: The AC700 comes with 11.6-inch display, same Atom N570 ...

Samsung Galaxy Tab to get Android 2.3 Gingerbread in UK [Coming Soon]

Dolphin — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 08:18:22 +0000

UK Samsung Galaxy Tab Gingerbread Update After the launch of Android 2.3 Gingerbread for The Samsung Galaxy Tab on Sprint, it takes turn for the Galaxy Tabs in the UK, though they are not tied to a specific carrier, to be updated. And this will be soon, within only a few weeks, if the news ...

New Mac Pros + MacBook Airs: Shipped with OS X Lion this week

Dolphin — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 07:30:41 +0000

New Mac Pros and New Macbook Airs Are you ready to welcome “a big land” from Apple? Yes, if you are waiting for just new MacBook Airs, you will be getting more than expected as the ultra-thin notebooks won’t be the only new Macs this week. With the appearance of part numbers for an upgraded ...

Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread Firmware Revealed for Samsung Galaxy S II

Dolphin — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 07:00:26 +0000

Built on July 5th, the Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread firmware update has leaked out for the international owners of Samsung’s second-generation dual-core flagship Android smartphone – Samsung Galaxy S II (while the the U.S. is still awaiting the release of this device). Now you can grab this for your own and enjoy the improvement on cellular reception ...

Best Deals: Dell XPS 15 Intel Core i5 2.3GHz For $645

Dolphin — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 01:01:25 +0000

Dell XPS 15 Intel Core i5 Dell Home offers Dell XPS 15 Intel Core i5 2.3GHz Notebook in Elemental Silver Aluminum for $644.99 + free shipping via coupon code “932N$0ZCCHWZB9″. Check out it here. Dell XPS 15 Intel Core i5 specs Features include an Intel Core i5-2410M 2.3GHz “Sandy Bridge” dual-core processor, 15.6″ 1366×768 LED-backlit widescreen LCD. ...

HTC Droid Incredible 2 updated Android 2.3 “Gingerbread” [Coming soon]

Dolphin — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:08:02 +0000

HTC Droid Incredible 2 Gingerbread Update So far, we have seen the campaign to apply Android 2.3 Gingerbread to the Verizon’s Smartphones, one by one. And now it’s the HTC Droid Incredible 2’s turn to taste the “Gingerbread” update – version is 2.18.605.4 with many improvements. The update is total of 116MB including many improvements such ...