Hasta La Gadget!

It’s time again to head down to the Tegra hub and check out not just the massive amount of Tegra-powered content, but no less than three 16GB Google Nexus 7 tablets we want to give away to you! Over the next week both SlashGear and NVIDIA will be sending out three of these next-level tablets to you, the readers! All you’ve got to do is dive in to the Tegra hub and pick out your favorite Tegra-powered game, smartphone, or tablet!

The rules of this particular send-off of these three super-powered Google beasts are simple. We’ve got a Tegra hub, and we want you to check it out. We’ve also got three Google Nexus 7 tablets (see our full review of the Nexus 7 here) that we and NVIDIA want you to have. See what we’re getting at? ALSO NOTE: Android Community has a similar giveaway going on with three more tablets connected to their forums – you can only win once between our two sites, but that’s double the chances of winning anyway!

All you’ve got to do is follow these simple rules:

1. Visit our [NVIDIA Tegra hub] and check out the Phone Reviews, Tablet Reviews, and Games on Tegra Zone.

2. Pick your favorite NVIDIA-powered Phone, Tablet, or Game and post it in [this Facebook thread] along with a link to the SlashGear post and your reason for choosing it!

3. Cross your fingers and hope that we’ll love your entry the most!

This giveaway starts on Friday, August 10th, 2012 and runs until Friday, August 17th at midnight. We’ll pick a collection of our favorite entries and from that set we’ll choose three winners at random – we’ll announce the winners on Monday, August 20th on Facebook and right here in this original giveaway post!

Competition is open to residents of the US only, over the age of 18. One entry per person. Family members of NVIDIA, ASUS, Google, and SlashGear/Android Community are not permitted to enter. Competition entries are only accepted via the specified SlashGear Facebook page; entries left in the comments section of this or any other post will not be recognized.

The winners will be contacted by an Android Community/SlashGear staff member upon being selected and will be expected to respond to that staff member; they will be expected to respond within 24 hours else their prize may be forfeit and another winner selected. Editors decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. Winners agree that their name and details of their entry may be used for promotional purposes by, but not limited to Android Community, SlashGear, and NVIDIA.

Prize packs consist of a pack including one Google Nexus 7 tablet, and that’s it! There are no other alternative for prize winners unless this prizes become unavailable, in which case SlashGear reserves the right to substitute another prize of equal or greater value.

Giveaway provided by SlashGear/Android Community. Prizes provided by NVIDIA. Any questions regarding this giveaway should be directed to giveaway [AT] slashgear.com.

SlashGear’s Gigantic Tegra Hub Nexus 7 Giveaway! is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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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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TI may have blazed the trail, but today NVIDIA has announced that it’ll support Miracast as an integral part of its Tegra mobile platform. If you’ll recall, Miracast is a creation of the Wi-Fi Alliance, which aims to create a new standard for wireless displays by way of a reference specification and certification program. There are few concrete details to share at this point, as the Miracast spec has yet to be ratified, but NVIDIA has already engaged a number of manufacturers in an effort to drum up support for the new standard — think it’s reason enough for the WiDi and AirPlay crowds to worry?

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NVIDIA throws support behind Miracast as wireless display standard originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This week the Android-based HDTV connected gaming device known as OUYA has blasted past its initial Kickstarter goal straight into the news media’s eye for up-and-coming powerhouses in the mobile universe. As such, each time they send out an update as large as what they’ve just pushed, it’s time to pay attention. Today’s update includes their first meeting with NVIDIA on how the quad-core Tegra 3 processor plays into this whole fabulous situation.

The folks at OUYA have let it be known that NVIDIA has thus far been “incredible” in their support and in the help they’ve given the team in getting off the ground with developing the console for the future of Android gaming. They’ll continue working side-by-side as NVIDIA always does with great hardware manufacturers and software developers aiming for greatness with their Tegra chipset.

The OUYA team has acknowledged the fact that they’ll need to address the issue with their current controller in that it’s not going to work too great with color-blind users. They’ve noted that they’re now considering an Ethernet port for the device. They’ve let it be known that they’re still working on both discovery and curation.

And of course they’ve brought on an update about the future of games on the console, showing off some support from the indy game makers at Meteor – they’ve made a soon to be released game by the name of Hawken, as seen here:

Finally, they’ve assured the developers out there looking to get into OUYA with contributions via Kickstarter in the short term that they’ll be adding additional rewards in the near future since the current set of rewards has dried up entirely! They’ve suggested that they might release the software build for the device earlier than the device itself, that they could release the innards of the device to contributing developers before the actual device is released, and have noted that they’re very open to suggestions, of course.

Have a peek at our timeline of Ouya stories below, and let us know if you’re thinking about purchasing the $99 beast of an Android device when it comes out some time soon!

OUYA begins talks with NVIDIA and pledges more rewards for investors is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Bad news from the land of Tegra. NVIDIA has shut down its Developer Zone forums after noticing what it calls “attacks on the site by unauthorized third parties.” While the nature of the attacks isn’t clear, what’s troubling is that these attackers “may have gained access to hashed passwords.” Users are of course encouraged to change their secret codes and, with all the hackery going on lately, we might recommend you just go ahead and change them all — just in case.

[Thanks, Alfredo]

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NVIDIA Developer Zone shut down, may have been hacked originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 13 Jul 2012 07:09:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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