by Ian Lim on February 7, 2012 · 1 comment
in Android related,Audio, Video, TV Gear,iPhone, iPad, iPod related,News
Want to watch Television on your iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad or Android tablet ? Perhaps the Hauppauge Broadway is the solution for you. The Broadway connects between your TV source and home Wi-Fi network, converts the TV signal to be displayed on your mobile device, and sends the signal to your device via Wifi or [...]
Tagged as: Android, iPad, TV tuner
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by Julie on January 31, 2012 · 35 comments
in Android related,eBook Readers and Gear,Featured Items,Reviews,Tablet Computers and Gear
Amazon introduced their first Kindle device back in 2007 when the dedicated eBook reader population was made up almost exclusively by Sony’s Reader line of products. The eReader population has grown to include more brands than I can count and in the last 5 years, we’ve seen the technology in this category evolve from e-Ink devices to [...]
Tagged as: Android, ereader, Kindle, Tablet
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by Jackie Cheng on January 24, 2012 · 9 comments
Sony has extended their Walkman product line with the Z Series Mobile Media Player. This Android 2.3 powered Mobile Media Player has a 4.3” touch screen, runs on a dual core mobile processor, has built-in WiFi / Bluetooth, micro HDMI port, and has Sony’s S-Master MX audio technology to deliver a crisp audio experience. It [...]
Tagged as: Android, MP3 player, Sony
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by Janet Cloninger on January 19, 2012 · 3 comments
There aren’t a lot of speaker docks designed specifically for Android smartphones because of the sheer number of different styles. However, if you have an Android phone with microUSB and 3.5mm audio connectors, you can amplify your music with the speaker and control playback and volume with the included remote and the free SONR app. [...]
Tagged as: Android, Docking speakers
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by Julie on January 13, 2012 · 13 comments
Android fans have been eagerly waiting for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus because it is the first device on the market powered by Android 4.0. Otherwise known as Ice Cream Sandwich, this new version of Android merges the tablet (Honeycomb) and smartphone (Gingerbread) versions of Google’s popular OS into one version that will be used across both [...]
Tagged as: Android, Smartphone
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by Ian Lim on January 6, 2012 · 5 comments
Disclaimer 1: Rooting can have a difference connotation down here in Australia and I’m not sure if it means the same thing in other countries. This article has nothing to do with the Aussie colloquial term I literally fell into being an Android fanboi. After a raft of Sharp data organisers, Palm devices and then Windows [...]
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by Julie on December 24, 2011 · 6 comments
The JXD S7100 is a 7 inch Android 2.2 device with built in gaming controllers. Install Mame or another gaming emulator and this would make a great little gaming device. It’s available from isharegifts.com for $139.99. There’s a video on their site showing it in action and it does support English and other languages.
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by Julie on December 20, 2011 · 7 comments
Should Amazon be worried that ARCHOS has just announced a 7 inch Android 3.2 (Honeycomb) tablet for $199? If I were faced with a buying decision between the Kindle Fire and this new ARCHOS 70b Internet Tablet, I would pick the ARCHOS due to the specs alone. The processor is faster than the Fire’s at 1.2Ghz, [...]
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by Julie on December 12, 2011 · 7 comments
When it comes to Android powered smartphones, it seems like there is a new phone released every month or so. At this point, there isn’t a lot that can be added to a smartphone to make it different than every other smartphone on the market. There are only so many cores you can add to the processor to make it [...]
Tagged as: Android, Smartphone
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by Craig Froehle on December 5, 2011 · 7 comments
When Motorola burst onto the Android scene with the original Droid (a.k.a. Milestone), the company quickly ramped up to one of the more noteworthy smartphone makers. Then, over the course of a couple of years, their reputation dropped as their phones became less and less innovative, and less and less competitive against the likes of [...]
Tagged as: Android, Smartphone
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by Ian Lim on November 28, 2011 · 10 comments
in Android related,iPhone, iPad, iPod related,News,Tablet Computers and Gear
I’m sure there’s more e-doodlers out there than me , and Artist Hardware’s Sensu Artist Brush looks pretty cool for doodling and painting on the go on your capacitive screen device. Now fully funded on Kickstarter ( funding requested $7,500, funding recieved $68,823 !!! ) , the Sensu is a capacitive brush device that gives [...]
Tagged as: Android, Drawing, iPad, Stylus
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by Ian Lim on November 21, 2011 · 3 comments
Why carry around that big screen notebook or tablet or on the other hand have to put up with a small smartphone-sized screen when you can run Android on almost any device with a USB or HDMI port and a screen? The Cotton Candy from FXI Tech is a prototype USB-sized stick that allows [...]
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by Jackie Cheng on November 15, 2011 · 1 comment
Want to introduce your kids to the tablet world but you’re not quite willing to hand them your expensive iPad? Check out the Nabi Kids Tablet, a Toys “R” Us exclusive. This 7 inch capacitive multi-touch tablet runs on Android OS (not sure which version) and sports a Duo Core 1.1GHz processor. The Nabi is pre-loaded [...]
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by Julie on November 6, 2011 · 7 comments
HTC’s latest 4G Android smartphone is the HTC Rezound, which includes special multimedia features like Beats Audio Technology that offers enhanced bass, clarity and midrange audio that you can enjoy through the included pair of Beats headphones. The 4.3-inch true HD 720p super LCD display will allow you to enjoy movies using the HTC Watch [...]
Tagged as: Android, Smartphone
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by Craig Froehle on October 18, 2011 · 2 comments
Way, way back in early January at CES 2011, Motorola’s booth largely stole the show by featuring three massively exciting new products. While the DROID Bionic, a powerful Android smartphone headed for Verizon (hence the “DROID” moniker), was one of those products, it was largely overshadowed by the Atrix (an Android smartphone for AT&T that [...]
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by Ken Schoenberg on October 9, 2011 · 9 comments
The other day I was perusing the Amazon App Store and noticed that Graffiti Pro for Android was available. I immediately downloaded (it’s free) and installed it on three Android devices. I’ve been mostly pleased with the results. To those of you that are not familiar with Graffiti, it’s a character recognition system that utilizes [...]
Tagged as: Android, asus, Graffiti, handwriting recognition, Palm, PARC, Samsung, Xerox
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by Ken Schoenberg on September 27, 2011 · 20 comments
After months of rumors, blurry pictures of prototype cases (or someone’s old loafer) it appears that Apple is going to introduce a new iPhone model and I see little reason for all this excitement. Okay, give me a few minutes before you grab your torches and pitchforks. The iPhone is a fine smartphone. It has [...]
Tagged as: Android, iOS, iPhone, Mobile Phone
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Martin Drashkov has taken it on himself to hack himself a 23″ Android Tablet Costing him around $600 with off the shelf components “devices like this will make simultaneous use by two users a practicality and will let users more fully immerse themselves in apps and games ” Won’t fit in your pocket or gadget bag though and Swypes gonna [...]
Tagged as: Android, Android tablet
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by Ken Schoenberg on September 22, 2011 · 1 comment
in Android related,Articles,iPhone, iPad, iPod related,Windows Mobile related
In 1992 Nintendo won a lawsuit against Atari and was able to lock-out third-party software vendors from providing games for its gaming systems unless they purchased a key (license). Since then the Holy Grail of gaming, smartphone and now computer system companies was to bring to market systems where they had control of every third-party [...]
Tagged as: Android, Desktop, ecosystem, iOS, Mobile, operating system, Windows
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by Ken Schoenberg on September 20, 2011 · 8 comments
About a year and a half ago Steve Jobs introduced the iPad and declared that we were now in the “Post PC Era”. I purchased an iPad, then I bought an Asus eee Transformer (with dock) and finally bought an HP TouchPad. They all do about the same things with various strengths and weaknesses; overall [...]
Tagged as: Android, HDTV, iOS, iPad, post pc, steve jobs, Tablet
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