Android

LG Officially Announces Optimus 4X HD – Android 4.0, Tegra 3, 4.7-inch HD Display and More

After numerous rumors today that the LG X3 would find itself launching as the LG Optimus 4X HD (and later, T-Mobile’s LG G4X) LG has finally taken the lid off their quad-core monster, now officially, the LG Optimus ...
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LG announces quad-core Optimus 4X HD

LG just couldn’t contain themselves and decided to unveil their entire 2012 lineup before Mobile World Congress. Tonight the Korean company has officially announced the Optimus 4X HD. This is the quad-core beast formerly known as the LG X3 and ...
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Nvidia Gives Tegra 3′s Fifth Companion Core An Official Name: 4-Plus-1

No, that’s not the name for my upcoming boy band, 4-Plus-1 is officially Nvidia’s new name for the Tegra 3′s fifth core as announced today via their blog. Known by many names in the past, like “Ninja Core” or “Companion ...
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4-PLUS-1, The 5th CPU core formerly known as Ninja

Ninja core. Stealth core. Companion core. Veriable symmetric multiprocessing. Those are all phrases that NVIDIA has used to describe their 5th processing core in Tegra 3. And to celebrate the 5th core, NVIDIA has now announced a 5th name, “4-PLUS-1.” Four ...
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Google Gets Android Ready For The Desktop/Laptop Market – Files For Trackpad Patent

Google’s latest patent application will no doubt step on a few toes, but it appears that the boys at Mountain View are looking to enter into the desktop/laptop market if this recently revealed patent is any indication. Ever since Android ...
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Google’s Down With California’s OPP Act – Developers Will Need To Include Privacy Policies For Apps That Collect Data

We saw this coming and now, Apple, Google, Microsoft, RIM, Amazon and HP have all agreed to make developers’ lives a little more difficult by including mandatory privacy policies to go along with their apps before a user can purchase ...
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How will Google top last year’s Android booth at MWC?

Last year at Mobile World Congress, Google had the coolest booth at the show, literally. I bet I downed a dozen of their fruit smoothies. This year they are planning something even more over the top, and they have a ...
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Asus teases Padfone, hints at phone, tablet dock, and keyboard accessory

When Asus announced the Padfone last year, many of us questioned the success of such an odd device. Who wants a phone that plugs into a tablet-sized display? Then Asus released their Transformer series of tablets with attachable keyboard docks ...
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HTC Evo Shift 4G and White EVO 3D Set to Hit End of Life?

- It looks like a couple of Sprint’s devices are about to hit end of life. One of them is quite recent. It’s the white edition of the HTC EVO 3D. Looks like black is the more popular choice ...
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TI says unreleased OMAP5 faster than commercially available quad-core devices

Sometimes less really is more. Qualcomm has been telling us their dual-core Snapdragon S4 is faster than competing quad-core chips and now Texas Instruments is echoing that same message. This time they take a direct shot at NVIDIA’s Tegra 3 ...
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