This afternoon Samsung has made their first interchangeable-lens-toting 3G/4G LTE and wi-fi enabled camera running Android, the Samsung GALAXY NX. This device works with a 20.3MP APS-C Sensor up front as well as a Advanced Hybrid Auto Focus (AF) System inside, while the full-panel back-display on this machine works with Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, including
It would appear that the Samsung Galaxy NX is all-but revealed now that press photos have leaked in full, right on top of tipped information on specifications for release later this month. At the June 20th event in London we’ll quite likely be seeing this machine up close – for now we’ll have to make
It’s not that T-Mobile will stop trying to compete with Verizon and AT&T when July comes, but here in the first few warm weeks of summer the pink carrier will make a move on one of the most popular out-the-gate Android smartphones of the year with a unique proposal. While earlier this year it was
While Android 4.3 never actually materialized at Google I/O last month, the latest version of Jelly Bean keeps popping up and making cameos all over. It most recently appeared in the specs for LG’s Optimus L7 II Dual (that name’s a handful, we know) on the company’s website. The handset was running Android 4.1 when we played with it at Mobile World Congress and appears to have shipped with that OS version in some markets. Obviously, it’s only a matter of time until Android 4.3 becomes official but we fully expect it to debut on Google’s own Nexus 4 flagship before coming to any other device. In light of this, and considering the Optimus L7 II features a 4.3-inch screen, perhaps we’re just looking at a typo? We’ve reached out to LG for clarification — we’ll keep you posted.
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Source: LG
When the Verizon HTC One hit the same process we’re seeing a new HTC One Mini (aka HTC M4) entering today with the Bluetooth Special Interest Group, it was unveiled by the carrier later that day. Today, on the other hand, it’s a bit more likely that this machine will remain under cover. The HTC
Earlier today an NVIDIA demonstration at Computex revealed a bit about their upcoming tablet processor Tegra 4, doing so on a tablet that looked – if we had to guess – like something HTC would deliver to the masses. Instead of this 7-inch tablet being the HTC One slate we’ve always dreamed of, NVIDIA has
Toshiba has announced a variety of new products, among them being three new Excite tablets offering Tegra 3 and 4 processors and high-resolution displays. The slates are all set to be available online the end of this month, and will hit major retailer shelves in July. We’ve got a gallery, as well as the specs, after the jump.
The three new tablets are comprised of the Excite Pure, Excite Pro, and Excite Write. All three of them are adorned with 10.1-inch displays, two of which (Excite Pro and Excite Write) are Toshiba’s PixelPure 2560 x 1600 Retina-competitors. Likewise, all of them run Android Jelly Bean 4.2, and feature respectively a touchscreen digitizer (Excite Write), Harman Kardon speaker, and, best of all, NVIDIA Tegra 4 processors (Pro and Write). The Excite Pure features a Tegra 3.
Speaking of the Excite Write specifically, the addition of a touchscreen digitizer aims it at digital artists and others who require a more precise touch than the average tablet offers. Toshiba says the Write offers a “pen and paper experience,” which makes doing things like drawing and handwriting notes more natural and detailed. This tablet in particular comes with the TruNote app for note taking and organization, as well as the ThinkFree Office Mobile for Android app.
Said Toshiba’s VP of Marketing: “With more and more consumers adopting tablets as their go-to devices for entertainment and travel, we wanted to push the boundaries even further and equip our new Excite tablets with the technology and features needed to maximize the potential of these devices. By focusing on boosting the capabilities of the screen – from increasing the resolution to adding a digitizer option – we’re also evolving the way consumers can use these devices from consumption to creation.”
The Excite Pure is the cheapest of the bunch, starting at $299.99, featuring specifically 16GB of memory, 1GB of RAM, and a 3-megapixel camera. The Excite Pro is next at $499.99, offering twice the storage and RAM with an 8-megapixel camera. And the Excite Write rounds the three out at $599.99, with the same features as the Excite Pro, with the addition of the touchscreen digitizer.
They’ll hit ToshibaDirect.com on June 25, and elsewhere sometime early in July.
Toshiba unveils Tegra 4-based Excite Android tablets is written by Brittany Hillen & originally posted on SlashGear.
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This week the folks at Microsoft have let it be known that Windows 8.1 hasn’t yet spilled all of its details, coming in with Miracast wireless display support standard. This is an implementation of the standard technology that Google introduced with Android 4.2, also working with Miracast, here bringing the technology to every PC able to upgrade to Windows 8.1 – with implementation of the software as made real by the manufacturer.
To make Miracast wireless display technology work, one needs a Miracst-certified source device and a Miracast-certified display device. Microsoft’s announcement of Miracast integration makes it clear that they intend Windows 8.1 PCs to work at source devices. What’s not clear at the moment is if manufacturers will seek the approval of the Wi-fi alliance to make their machines Miracast-certified display devices as well.
The Wi-fi alliance maintains an official list of both sources and displays that are Miracast-certified, including devices such as the HTC One and Samsung GALAXY S 4 on the source side of things and a variety of smart TVs and specialized Miracast dongles on the receiving end. We spoke about this list back when Miracast was introduced with Android 4.2, warning that it certainly wasn’t an extensive enough cross-section of devices that it was safe to head out and pick up just any old “wireless display capable” machine on the market.
Since then, this list has expanded significantly. With both Google’s Android and Microsoft’s Windows 8.1 supporting the ability to work with Miracast, manufacturers are sure to adopt at a much quicker rate than we’ve seen thus far.
Microsoft’s implementation of the technology includes notes that pairing future Windows 8.1 devices with Miracast will be as easy as connecting with Bluetooth or NFC – the end product still requires both devices to be on the same Wi-fi network, but the pairing should be a snap.
SOURCE: Microsoft
Windows 8.1 Miracast tap has Microsoft join the wireless display party is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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This week at Computex, ASUS has revealed the MeMo Pad HD 7, a direct competitor for the Google Nexus 7, both of them working with a 7-inch display and both of them made by the same company. Though it may seem strange at first for ASUS to create a tablet that’s so extremely similar to the machine they’ve got in their deal with Google, the different bits and pieces offered with this new machine may make all the difference. And it all starts with color choices.
With the ASUS MeMo Pad HD 7, users will get the choice of several different color back panels – yellow, pink, gray, and white are included in this initial release. The Nexus 7 comes in black – or white, if you’ve got the limited edition Google I/O 2012 iteration. If you put color aside, this machine looks so similar to the Nexus 7 that it is, at first, difficult to tell the two apart.
Both devices have the same display size and resolution, 7-inches and 1280 x 800 pixels strong, that being 221 PPI. Both machines work with Android, but the MeMo Pad HD 7 works with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich out of the box with ASUS’ own custom user interface on top.
It’s important to note here that the Nexus 7 benefits from being part of Google’s Nexus program, meaning that it works with Google’s most basic non-skinned version of Android and receives regular updates whenever Google brings new versions of Android to the market. The MeMo Pad HD 7, on the other hand, still works with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and has no such promise of updates on any schedule.
The new ASUS tablet works with an unnamed ARM Cortex-A7 quadcore processor while the Nexus 7 employs the NVIDIA Tegra 3 quadcore processor we know to have support from its manufacturer. While for most common users the brand of the processor has little effect on their end experience, here we know the Tegra 4 to be reliable in its ability to conserve battery life (with 4-PLUS-1 technology, that is), and it has a whole dedicated gaming environment to boast in the NVIDIA TegraZone, as well.
One thing the ASUS MeMo Pad HD 7 has that the Nexus 7 doesn’t is a back-facing camera. While the Nexus 7 famously had its camera axed because ASUS said it wasn’t necessary, the MeMo Pad HD 7 works with a 5 megapixel camera on its back and a 1.2 megapixel camera on its front. The Nexus 7 works with just the front-facing camera on its front for selfies and video chat.
The original release of the Nexus 7 was bafflingly cheap when it was launched, but here in 2013 it appears that the price point is ready to drop once again. While you’ll pay $199 USD for the smallest version of the Nexus 7 (small in 16GB of internal storage, that is), the MeMo Pad HD 7 starts at $129 for an 8GB model. There’s also a $149 model incoming with 16GB internal storage, though there’s still a question of availability.
ASUS hasn’t been clear quite yet on where the MeMo Pad HD 7 will be available, while the ASUS-made Google Nexus 7 is available, and has been available for some time, in both the USA and in international markets. Because of this, the question of which machine is better for your living room is academic: you’ve only got one choice (for now).
ASUS MeMo Pad HD 7 vs Nexus 7: what you gain and what you lose is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Though such an appearance of a smartphone in Bluetooth certification listings would be a non-news situation, the code corresponding to the HTC One with Verizon-friendly innards has kicked up the proverbial fan dust this morning. What’s happening here is that a device with the code HTC6500LVW has appeared seeking Bluetooth certification for the USA, this code corresponding to the HTC M7 working with Verizon’s collection of wireless data radio bands. This effectively means there’s another HTC One on the way, the one Verizon fans have been waiting for. UPDATE: The Verizon HTC One is now official.
While the Verizon-friendly HTC One works with the code HTC6500LVW, the DROID DNA works with the code HTC6435LVW. The DROID DNA appeared in Bluetooth certification listings just like this one not too far ahead of its initial Verizon announcement. Now, according to Phone Arena, the HTC One (with the code HTC6500LVW) has appeared in Verizon’s inventory system as well, just this morning.
The description of this device in Verizon’s system has been reported to be simply HTC M7 -perhaps to hide it from the slightly less fanatical eyes that would see it – as well as HTC6500LVW-DU. The DU generally stands for Demo Unit in carrier stock systems – this meaning the device will, of course, be in stores as well.
Though the time between Verizon’s stock systems being updated with a device and the actual launch of said device do not always collide in a matter of weeks, we’ve got reason to believe that it’ll be sooner than later that the HTC One will finally arrive in stores. With the DROID DNA giving way in the news to word of a larger HTC “phablet” device and the HTC One’s arrival on Verizon knocking out its own fair share of forum and social networking hubbub, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see the HTC One before the month is out.
Have a peek at our original HTC One review and check the HTC One AT&T review as well to see how the carrier adds a bit of app flare to the situation to see how Verizon may handle this release. With the Google Edition of the HTC One well on its way as well, it’ll be interesting to see how Verizon will market this device, especially since it’s been available through other channels now for several months.
Thanks for the tip, Vlad!
VIA: G for Games
SOURCE: Bluetooth SIG
Verizon HTC One enters Bluetooth certification process is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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