Aaron Connor

28 Mar
Huawei Ascend P1 Release Pushed Back to April in China

Huawei Ascend P1 Release Pushed Back to April in China

If you can remember back as far as CES 2012, you will remember that Huawei was showing off their 2012 flagship device, the Huawei Ascend P1. After making the initial rounds during the event, there was some speculation that the company would be releasing the device to the Chinese market before going international and that it could hit Chinese shelves by late March. Well, March is here already and there’s ...

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27 Mar
Sony Tablet S And Tablet P To Get Android 4.0 ICS Update In April

Sony Tablet S And Tablet P To Get Android 4.0 ICS Update In April

Sony continues to trek on as they introduce more Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich updates with the latest news coming in that they will have a spring release for both the Tablet S as well as the Tablet P sometime toward the end of April. According to the manufacturer, the upgrade that will be released next month won’t just be to bring the OS up to speed with the latest ...

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30 Jan
Logitech Discontinued Revue Google TV After Massive Sales Drop

Logitech Discontinued Revue Google TV After Massive Sales Drop

Well, the Logitech Revue is officially discontinued according to its manufacturer’s at Logitech though I can’t really say I’m that surprised. At the end of last year, Logitech had already said that putting the device out had “cost [them] dearly” so they have decided to no longer produce the device. Recently Logitech posted up their earnings reports for Q3 2012 (yes, I know that it’s only January 2012 but they ...

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29 Jan
Sony Xperia S To Come With Rapid Charging Battery And Dirt-Repellent Coating

Sony Xperia S To Come With Rapid Charging Battery And Dirt-Repellent Coating

More details have surfaced on the Sony Xperia S today as the release date for the device continues to approach. While CES revealed the basic hardware for the Xperia S, a Swiss technology site released a post stating some more features that will come on the flagship smartphone from Sony which include a coating meant to repel dirt and a battery that charges extremely fast. The Sony Xperia S will ...

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29 Jan
Motorola Starts Shipping Motorola Droid Xyboard 10.1 And 8.2 Wi-Fi Models To US

Motorola Starts Shipping Motorola Droid Xyboard 10.1 And 8.2 Wi-Fi Models To US

Pre-orders for the Motorola Wi-Fi Only XYBOARD 8.2 and XYBOARD 10.1 have been going on for a while and Motorola has finally sent out word that the tablets will be available for purchase. I try to see where manufacturers are coming from with their pricing for new releases, but I honestly don’t understand this one. If you want to get your hands on a WiFi only Motorola XYBOARD you’ll be ...

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28 Jan
Android Developers Want Users To Move Away From Traditional Menu Buttons

Android Developers Want Users To Move Away From Traditional Menu Buttons

Scott Main, the lead technical writer over at Google’s developer blog released a new post today geared toward developers on the use of the traditional menu-button app designs, the capabilities of Android 4.0, and a good guide to help bring apps up to speed with new technology all in hopes of getting developer, and users, used to using the new software-based buttons that are built into the OS. We’ve seen ...

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28 Jan
Google Makes Changes to Google Music Manager To Make Song Downloading Easier

Google Makes Changes to Google Music Manager To Make Song Downloading Easier

I’m not sure which I enjoy more: Google Music, or when stuff gets updated to make things easier. Luckily today there’s a little of both in the works as Google has updated their Google Music Manager app to make it easier for users who have purchased songs from the Android Market or uploaded songs to download them. The news definitely has me excited as I had recently transferred from Zune ...

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27 Jan
Grand Theft Auto III Update Makes Game Playable On Asus Transformer Prime

Grand Theft Auto III Update Makes Game Playable On Asus Transformer Prime

When Grand Theft Auto III launched for Android, a lot of people (including myself) were quite excited to have the game on their handset, but there was one problem: not many devices could run the game when it first launched. Today that changes a little as a new update for Grand Theft Auto III makes the game playable on the Asus Transformer Prime. In addition to being available on the ...

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26 Jan
LG Prada 3.0 Now Available For Pre-Order At Phones4U From Friday 27th January

LG Prada 3.0 Now Available For Pre-Order At Phones4U From Friday 27th January

Phones4U, the independent phone retail company based out  of the UK said in a new press release today that they will be the first retailer to have the new Prada phone (aka the LG Prada 3.0) in the United Kingdom. According to the retailer, the Prada Phone will be in stock tomorrow, January 27th and will be available with a contract via O2, Vodafone, as well as Orange. The LG Prada ...

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26 Jan
ZTE Optik 7-inch Budget Android Tablet Heads To Sprint For Just $99 On February 5

ZTE Optik 7-inch Budget Android Tablet Heads To Sprint For Just $99 On February 5

There have been quite a few budget friendly tablets hitting the market lately, and the latest addition is the ZTE Optik that comes in at just $99 with a new agreement at Sprint according to their latest issue of the Sprint Playbook. The ZTE Optik is going to be a 3G only device, but for less than $100 that’s not too shabby. The decision to release the device with only ...

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