Latest Gadgets, Tablets and Smartphones
Acer has announced the Acer Liquid Metal smartphone. This particular phone runs the Android 2.2 operating system and is classed by Acer as the latest generation of Acer smartphones.
The Liquid Metal has a 3.6 inch screen, has an 800MHz Qualcomm MSM7230 processor and has 802.11n wireless networking.
The phone is a HSDPA device capable of connecting up to speeds of 14.4Mbps when in optimal network coverage. [Read more…]
The Elonex eTouch Android tablet is being made available at Toys ‘R’ Us here in the UK. Price wise, it is being listed as the cheapest tablet around at just £90 for the smaller 7 inch model.
This puts it about £100 cheaper than the nearest rivals, the Next and Disco tablets we mentioned previously.
Two new models are being made available which includes the 7 inch priced at £89.99 and the larger 10 inch model priced at £149.99. [Read more…]
Novatech is launching a new tablet called the nTablet. One of the main differences with this tablet is that it runs both tghe Google Android operating system as well as Windows 7.
When starting up the tablet, you are given the option to boot in to Android or Windows. The reason for wanting to do this could include using Android for a quick check of emails or a quick browsing session and then switching to Windows for more demanding tasks. [Read more…]
If you run an Archos Gen8 Tablet, you’ll be getting an official Android 2.2 update in the next few weeks it seems.
When the Android 2.2 update is launched, it will bring it up to the latest version of the Android sofware, until Gingerbread comes out of course. [Read more…]
Google [GOOG] has updated Google Maps for Android to bring a few new features to the service.
The new version is Maps 4.6 that brings a new design to the Place page reviews as well as Google Latitude real-time updating and more options to filter search results. [Read more…]
Google Instant is a service from Google that streams live search results as you type them out. It allows you to search a little quicker as you can see search phrases and results being built up and predicted as you type. When you see what you want you then don’t need to hit enter, rather you just click the link to go where you want to go.
The service at the moment is available to logged in users on the desktop although we now hear that users of Google Android smartphones are now starting to see this service while performing searches on their handset. [Read more…]
The Google [GOOG] Android market has hit another milestone by now having over 100,000 apps in the store.
It is still only 1/3 of the size of the Apple App store, but 100K apps is still an impressive amount that provides a lot of variety to users and a lot of options. [Read more…]
Google [GOOG] is getting ready to launch the next version of Google Android. What we do know is that the new Android version will be called Gingerbread. What we don’t know is what the Android version number will be. We have often referred to it as Android 3.0, as have many others. Some people refer to it as Android 2.5.
We now hear that the actual version number might be Android 2.3. [Read more…]
The Android 2.1 update for the Motorola CLIQ is now available. The software was quickly pushed out after just a day of testing by a select few CLIQ owners.
To get the update you need a microSD card with at least 100MB of free space on it. If you have that then connect it up to the USB port on your computer. Full details of what Android 2.1 brings to the CLIQ can be found over here. [Read more…]
For those few million of you who downloaded Angry Birds for Android, you now have a cheat available that allows you to skip through worlds.
The Angry Birds cheat doesn’t get you all the levels, but does allow you to gain access to a world without finishing all the levels in the previous world. [Read more…]
Samsung has announced that the Samsung Galaxy S Android 2.2 update will be made available in November. In the UK it will be available on all phones by the end of the month while the unlocked, SIM free devices will get it early in November. We believe that the US variants such as the Captivate, Fascinate, Epic 4G and Vibrant will fall in to this category (full press release is below for you to make your own interpretation).
The software will not be an OTA update like on most other devices. Instead, a new version of the Kies updater app will be made available that you can download to your computer and initiate the update process through your computer. [Read more…]
Barnes & Noble will be making an announcement this coming Tuesday. What they are announcing isn’t known just yet, but rumors are now pointing towards a full colour Nook eBook reader that runs the Google Android operating system.
The new Color Nook will also have a touchscreen allowing users to interact more easily with the device. It isn’t clear if these are just hopes, or if B&N will actually announce this. [Read more…]
