Mar 22
2015 Audi A3 First Drive
Posted in: Today's ChiliNo chances are being taken with the 2015 Audi A3. While the outgoing model never quite achieved the same cachet in the US as it did in Europe in five-door … Continue reading
Dec 04
This week the folks at Fuhu have released information about their next proposed hit for the kids market in tablets – a Tegra 2 dual-core processor-toting children’s tablet made to replace the original. This machine has a 5-inch display, bumpers around all the sides and some connection squares on the back (see why in our full review of the Fuhu nabi 2 to see what they’re all about). This machine takes out the greater specifications of the nabi 2 (including a Tegra 3) to drive down costs – and drive them they have!
This machine comes in two flavors, the first being the $99 4GB version – that’s 4GB of internal storage space, mind you, so watch out if you plan on adding a bunch of 3rd party videos to this beast. The other version will cost you $129 and has an internal storage space of 16GB. The display size is, again, 5-inches, with 800×480 pixel resolution – not the best, but certainly not the worst.
This device also offers a really strange – and awesome – rotating camera that your kids will be able to snap away with all day long. You’ll be working with Fuhu’s own kid-friendly app market where they can download at will. You’ll also have access through the parent-secured profile on the nabi Jr to the Amazon Appstore – side-loading apps like a pro!
Again take a peek at our review of the nabi 2 to get an idea of the direction this smaller tablet is coming from. The folks at Fuhu are not messing around when it comes to presenting a kid-centric experience for your family, and this new smaller (and less expensive) version of their nabi universe might be just what the doctor ordered for your tech-friendly toddler. Check it out!
Fuhu nabi Jr sub-$99 kids tablet brings back the Tegra 2 is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Aug 18
We only just learned in earnest that XBMC was coming to Android last month, and yet we’re already looking at workable builds. Kermonine96 at the XDA-Developers forum has started offering his own, unofficial nightly versions of the media center front end, both for regularly supported devices with Neon processor code (most often HTC and Samsung devices) as well as Neon-free hardware, like phones and tablets carrying Tegra 2 chips. Needless to say, the alpha-grade code shouldn’t be used as the heart of a mobile media center: hardware decoding isn’t functional, battery life is low and even a stable picture isn’t guaranteed. That said, anyone who’s willing to risk a skip-heavy movie or miss out on plugins now doesn’t have to receive the XBMC crew’s blessing to get a preview of its Android efforts.
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XBMC for Android available in nightly builds for that risky media fix originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 18 Aug 2012 14:13:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Aug 09
NVIDIA Q2 earnings bounce back through Tegra: $119 million profit on $1.04 billion in revenue
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NVIDIA’s fiscal performance in its second quarter shows the rewards of patience in the mobile sphere. It just saw its profit double versus a glum first quarter to $119 million, even though the company only slightly edged ahead in revenue to $1.04 billion. In explaining the success, the company is quick to point to a confluence of events that all worked in favor of its bank account: a slew of Tegra 3 phones and tablets like the Transformer Pad TF300 made NVIDIA’s quarter the brightest, but it could also point to a much-expanded GeForce 600 line on the PC side and the shipments of the first phones with NVIDIA-badged Icera chips. The graphics guru expects its revenue to climb more sharply in the heat of the third quarter as well — between the cult hit Nexus 7 tablet and a role as a major partner for Windows RT, NVIDIA has at least a temporary license to print money.
Filed under: Cellphones, Gaming, Tablet PCs
NVIDIA Q2 earnings bounce back through Tegra: $119 million profit on $1.04 billion in revenue originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 09 Aug 2012 17:43:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Jul 27
Virgin Mobile had originally promised the UK version of the ZTE Grand X for early August. The carrier just can’t contain its enthusiasm: it’s letting retail partner Phones4U sell the budget smartphone as of today. While you’re busy skipping the start of the Olympics, the store will give you a Grand X for free if you’re willing to spend at least £20.50 ($32) per month on a tariff instead of opting for the £190 ($299) pay-as-you-go hardware price. As we saw in China, the appeal of the Grand X is in those numbers — it’s more the temptation of stock Android 4.0 in a low-priced (if capable) suit than the hardware. Phones4U does hope to sweeten the pot through a contest. We hope you like the musical styles of Professor Green, as the British retailer is giving early Grand X adopters a chance to win both a custom Professor Green case as well as tickets to a private concert.
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ZTE Grand X reaches UK shops a tad early through Phones4U originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 27 Jul 2012 17:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Jul 18
When it comes to the world of smartphones, admit it – the name ZTE would not be right at the top of your list, and some of you might not have even heard of the company before. Well, fret not – ZTE intends to make sure that they are going to light up the world of smartphones, having just announced the ZTE Grand X which will retail for £189.99 as a prepaid device. This announcement came about at the 24 Club in London, where ZTE made sure that the world (or at least across the pond in Olympic city) is aware of the imminent arrival of the Grand X, which is powered by NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 chipset. Will the ZTE Grand X be able to live up to expectations as a portable gaming device which doubles up as a smartphone? Perhaps, but past experience has showed that even a big name like Nokia and their N-Gage project failed to eat into the PSP and Nintendo DSL’s markets.
Virgin Media is offering the ZTE Grand X for £189.99 a pop, while you can also pick it up on low price contracts as well. Other features include Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, a 4.3″ qHD display, a 5-megapixel camera, a front facing VGA camera, Dolby Sound, HD video capture capability and HD voice support.
By Ubergizmo. Related articles: ZTE has new flagship device coming up, T-Mobile Aspect spotted at the FCC,
Jul 18
ZTE Grand X coming to UK for £190 pay-as-you-go: 4.3-inch qHD, microSD, stock Android 4.0
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If this is the “advanced gaming smartphone” that ZTE teased a few days ago, then we can’t help but feel a little miffed. It’d be fairer to describe the Grand X as the most advanced phone in ZTE’s growing budget line-up, and if you look at it from that perspective then it’s rather more impressive. For £190 PAYG with Virgin Mobile in the UK, you’re getting a 4.3-inch qHD LCD touchscreen, dual-core 1GHz Tegra 2 processor (no Nexus 7 guts here unfortunately), microSD expandable storage (plus 4GB built-in and 512MB RAM), 5-megapixel rear camera and VGA front-facer, sub-10mm thickness and — ta-da! — stock Ice Cream Sandwich, albeit accompanied by legacy Gingerbread navigation buttons. We’d have liked to see the proper, up-to-date Android 4.0 button layout, but in any case the absence of ZTE’s Kanzi skin or indeed any other customization is a welcome change, because Google juice tastes fine served neat.
Now, we already did an early hands-on with this phone in June (not to mention its previous incarnation, the Mimosa X) and noted its fluid operation, solid build quality and capable display, and all of those things remain true in the retail-ready handset we’ve seen in the UK. The budget scene has certainly come a long way since last year, but do we expect the Grand X to have an easy ride on the market? Probably not — at least not when a phone like the Orange San Diego are offering a more modern processor, more RAM and better pixel density for just £10 more. That said, if a pure and uncluttered version of the OS is a priority, and if you can get this phone on a great deal when it arrives at Phones4U and Virgin Media stores at the beginning of August, then the Grand X is certainly worth a look.
Gallery: ZTE Grand X UK version
Gallery: ZTE Grand X hands-on
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ZTE Grand X coming to UK for £190 pay-as-you-go: 4.3-inch qHD, microSD, stock Android 4.0 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 18 Jul 2012 12:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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