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Philips W920: new Android device with Froyo OS

Although Philips is a very important producer, has never entered the mobile phone industry in a convincing way. Were so many cell phones and smartphones on the market that have seen over the years, but nobody has found particular success. Now come a new device – Philips W920 – that, riding the green wave, might be able to have greater success even if the distributions Android Froyo hardly help.

If in terms of aesthetics and design, the Philips W920 is attractive and sophisticated, the technical characteristics are certainly not top range despite the large 4.3-inch display. Read on »

Source code of Kindle Fire is released

Amazon has created a fork of Android with the Kindle Fire, that is, a modified version of Android enough to consider a new branch. Based on GNU / Linux, Amazon has released the source code that includes large changes in Android 2.2, at the lower layers (libraries, drivers, etc…) and in the higher layers (interface, etc.)…

Why is it interesting for us? Because with this source code, hackers will be able rooter the Kindle Fire and add applications that may be lacking, such as Google, for example, or ROMs based this time on the main branch of Android. Kindle Fire

HP TouchPad has delivers investigate with Android 2.2

Manufacturer HP as they investigate the TouchPad tablets sold that were shipped with Android 2.2. The manufacturer says it himself in any case behind it.

Phil Robb, open source program director at HP, please let know the manufacturer after a request from a consumer refused to take the tablet with Android 2.2 a closer look. The TouchPad, which normally run on webOS, were suddenly provided with the operating system from Google, even to the amazement of some buyers.

HP touchpads with Android 2.2

“Right now we think that an unknown person or persons unknown number of the delivery of these instances running on Android has cared for and that is against policy and the authorization of HP,” said Robb. Read on »

The first information of Amazon Kindle Tablet

Well, no more speculation, TechCrunch could take over the Amazon Kindle Tablet 7 inch, the first that will be available on the market. Basically, it’s a tablet that is placed in direct competition Nook, very popular in the United States, which will run on Android 2.2 completely revised and will not, of course Android Market… so you expect a quad- core of Tegra 3, and at least 10 inches of the Honeycomb, and even the Ice Cream Sandwich? Me too…

The tablet will be called every banal Amazon Kindle Tablet features a dual capacitive touch screen (two points simultaneously). The general appearance is, according to the journalist, that of a PlayBook. The interface, on-hand, is a kind of carousel applications and multimedia content, directly connected to the Amazon Store: this tablet is not really a tablet “Google”; all this, as announced, to $ 250.

Then filled by a technically outdated, software-behind, no later Android, which does not pierce in France because half of the Amazon services are US-only, and that anyway the Kindle Store sells 90% of books English? Tsk … at least, the Amazon Kindle Tablet price is met; thank goodness.

Huawei become high-end Android smartphones maker

China Huawei, which has grown with the development of telecommunications equipment, is a major global player in the smartphone market as a manufacturer and tablet.

Suggests that Steven Gray, chief executive at Huawei, in a presentation in Santa Clara, California where NU.nl was present.

Huawei is now even telephones primarily considered as feature phones and low-end smartphones. The company currently competes primarily on price so other phone makers, but that should change rapidly. Read on »

The application TeamSpeak has available for Android

That’s it, the application TeamSpeak is finally here on the Android Market.

In short, this tool can communicate with one or more users from a channel created and pre-configured by the original host. Currently, the application is currently being ‘beta test’ and includes key features necessary for its use. The four sections are proposed: Bookmarks, which allows finding and connecting to the servers favorite Identities that displays the identification key (editable) of Android, and Help, which consists of a small tutorial in English explaining the ways of taken into the hands of the application. Pressing Menu enough to view the settings and see three options, the first displays all audio channels but are not necessarily connected, the second to record the vocal exchanges of yourself and other users directly on their mobile, and the last can speak only when the microphone button is activated.

The ergonomics of the application TeamSpeak is significant; however, the design is perfect. Read on »

Switch for Android, a new and addictive 3D space racer

In this review we discuss Switch, a new and highly addictive 3D space racer.

Switch

We all know the tunnel racer SpeedXS 3D, Switch also works on the basis of the accelerometer in your Android device is quick and very addictive. The game does not take place in a tunnel but in the space where you should try to avoid obstacles as far as possible distances. Beware, very addictive.

Gameplay

Like the roller coaster starts the race slowly. You’re the spacecraft on a four-lane highway space where the tension is built slowly. You have obstacles like “energy beams” and avoid enemy ships. Just click with your thumb left or right of the screen. Faster you move on while the four-lane highway changing room. Straight ever becomes spectacular cornering while you still need to dodge obstacles. Fortunately, you can later in the racing game “shield power-ups so that you collect are equally protected from collisions with other vessels and ernerg beams, you can now fly right through.

The speed at which you should try to move between the obstacles is like a roller coaster ride, fast and addictive.

Integration with OpenFeint

The achievements and high scores you achieve are shared with OpenFeint your account so you can compete with friends or the rest of the world immediately. Also you can click on the leaderboards and scores of others, your friends and compare.

Conclusion

Switch is a simple but very addictive racer space with beautiful graphics and fast music, making it difficult to get away with walking away. The graphics for Switch are nice but not spectacular on the machines I’ve tested the game on. Otherwise, it is with them, install on SD card, easy to play Android tablets and it’s free. You do have a minimum Android 2.2 on your Android device already for take Switch.

Pandigital introduces trio Media Tablets (Planet, Star, and Nova)

Pandigital has announced three new media tablets. The Planet, the Star and Nova are available during August.

All three tablets run on a Cortex-A9 processor, have a 7-inch touchscreen, Wi-Fi and an HDMI connection. The Star has a screen resolution of 800 by 480, while the Planet and Nova a resolution of 800 by 600. As to memory, have the Planet and Star on the 2GB and Nova over 4GB. The Planet and Star run on Android 2.2 Froyo, the Nova on Android 2.3.

The prices of the devices are about 115 euro’s for the Star and 135 euro’s for both the Nova and the Planet; a fourth tablet, SuperNova, would at the end of the third quarter to appear.

Android Gingerbread for LG Optimus 3D Speed ​​will still take arrive

Recently we published our review of the LG Optimus 3D Speed. A nice phone from LG and the first smartphone with a 3D screen. The device is released Android 2.2 and according to the latest news will be updated to Android Gingerbread for a while in coming.

Android Gingerbread Update for LG Optimus 3D Speed

Until now it seemed that the Optimus 3D Speed ​​update to Android Gingerbread would get around the end of September. This is actually later than we had hoped, but the news was given out today is a bit negative. LG has announced that it is expected that the Android Gingerbread update for the device in December will take place. This enabled LG today announced via Twitter. Read on »

Unboxing of the LG Optimus 3D Speed

LG tries lately more involved in the high-end world. So you can already buy a while LG Optimus 2X Speed​​ the first commercial device with a dual-core processor; another device from the high-end range, the LG Optimus 3D Speed. This is LG first phone with 3D display and a 3D camera. LG can see the future, not for nothing is then deployed.

Today we LG Optimus 3D Speed ​​for unpacking and soon you will see a review on Android World. Read on »