ASUS Transformer Pad TF300

ASUS Transformer Pad TF300


ASUS certainly makes some good tablets and the Transformer Prime was an example of that. It was one of the first tablets that featured a quad- core processor and the price can be considered to be quite cheap at that time as well. However, those that want to get a cheaper alternative can look forward to the ASUS Transformer Pad TF300.


Sporting a 10 inch screen with IPS display, the ASUS Transformer Pad gives out accurate colors with a good viewing angle. Inside it is the Tegra 3 goodness that was already present in the Transformer Prime and along with it is a 1GB RAM as well. The performance on this device is still one of the best in the market and with its cheap price, it might be a favourite of many as well. Other interesting features include an 8MP camera at the back and also the dock which is quite synonymous with the ASUS tablet series.
Battery life on the other hand stands at around 8 hours although this number is 2 more when you connect it to the docking station. As far as the pricing is concerned, it is only $379 for the 16GB version and $399 for the 32GB. To get any other tablets at this price with similar specs would be hard if not impossible.



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Asus Transformer Pad 300 starts Shipping for $379

Asus Transformer Pad 300 starts Shipping for $379




On Sunday, Transformer Pad 300 tablet has been started shipping by Asustek in the U.S. The company is launching the device as a laptop replacement and gaming device.
Features and prices of the tablet
The tablet is fully equipped with 10.1- inch display, a Tegra-3 quad-core processor, and a Google android 4.0 OS with the running speed of 1.2GHz. The price of the gadget would start from $379.99 with 1GB RAM and 32GB of storage. The other features are similar to its predecessors with much lower starting price. The added new features are pre-installed in the device, such as, new OS and GPS capabilities.
Other features
The Transformer Pad 300’s has a battery life of 10 hours, which can be extended up to 15 hours. In the keyboard dock, it has an extra battery of $149. To make the tablet working as a functional laptop, the dock has a touch pad and a full keyboard. To get the quick access for the tablet functions the port is supplied with android specific functions, with SD card slots and USB 2.0.
Tablet can capture video with its 8-MP camera at 30 frames/second. A 1.2 MP camera is there on the front of the tablet, which can be connected to the TVs with micro-HDMI port. Micro SD slot is also there for expanding the memory.



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IPS tablet goodness for $150 from Xtex

IPS tablet goodness for $150 from Xtex

As of date, the only noteworthy tablet that comes with an IPS screen and falls under the $150 is the refurbished version of the Kindle Fire. The new one would set you back for about $199. Nonetheless, it doesn’t mean that a less reputable country can’t make the same device for $150. We are taking about the My Tablet by Xtex.



This is a 7-inch tablet that comes with an IPS screen. This type of display is known for its color accuracy and sharpness but it isn’t available to a lot of tablets. In addition to that, it has a 1.5 GHz CPU along with 1GB worth of RAM. The storage space on the other hand is 16GB although this is expandable to up to 48GB through the microSD card slot which supports expansion of up to 32GB.
Xtex My Tablet costs only $150 which is certainly cheaper than most tablets. In fact, its features certainly make it quite a worthy purchase especially for those that are in need of a cheap tablet. As it is powered by Android ICS, you can be certain that you are getting one of the latest operating system that the company has to offer. Besides, $150 isn’t a lot of money considering that you are spending that much on a tablet..



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Motorola Will Release Droid RAZR HD

Motorola Will Release Droid RAZR HD




Motorola RAZR is lining up in the list of new android smartphones. This news about the Motorola DROID RAZR HD has been discovered in data of photo EXIF. Motorola is all set to add another device to their Droid RAZR gadgets, the RAZR HD, if rumors are to be true. Motorola earlier sparked surprises when it released the RAZR Maxx with a 3300mAh battery just two months after the debut of the original Droid RAZR. The rumors are based on the EXIF data from some Picasa photos
posted by a Motorola employee..
Specifications
The main thing is known from the photos relates to the camera of the new device. The camera will have a lens similar to that of the iPhone 4S with and f/2.4 aperture. Previous rumors have put the camera at 13 MP! The device in all probability will feature the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich given that the phone was listed under ‘Vanquish’ under ‘Software’ with a reference to 4.0.3.
What is ‘HD’?
So what is the ‘HD’ about in the new RAZR device? As we have seen in the leak of the Motorola Droid Fighter, a 4.6-inch smartphone seen in China, the HD screen might be a 720p high- resolution display.
Other than this nothing, much has been known about the RAZR HD, and there has not been an official word about the RAZR HD or when it would be released.



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Adobe Updates its Android and iOS Reader App

Adobe Updates its Android and iOS Reader App

It seems like everyone is busy updating their app on the various online app stores these days. The latest one to take the mobile app market by storm is the Instagram app for Android, which hit the 5 million download mark in just 6 days of its arrival. Some of you may be aware that Facebook, which was keeping a keen eye on this app’s progress, is now believed to be planning to purchase the same. Anyways, that is besides our main point. Now, Adobe has also released a major update to its Reader apps both for Android and iOS.
This new Adobe update comes with several new features and bug fixes. Basically, the originally version of this app was available in the desktop version of the Adobe Reader.



The latest update to the Reader include the ability to annotate PDFs, fill out PDF forms online, add signatures and sticky notes to the original PDF document and also to send them online after they have been duly signed.
Personally, I had been looking forward to this update myself, as I am sure many among you would be too. This nice new updates definitely goes a long way in making things a lot easier for many of us.
The new Adobe Reader version for Android and the iOS is available for free download at the Google Play Store and the iTunes App Store respectively. Try it out and do let us know what you feel about the same.



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New Ultrabooks and Atom Tablets Offering by Intel in 2012

New Ultrabooks and Atom Tablets Offering by Intel in 2012




Intel chips have not yet been able to emulate the performance and efficiency of Apple processors, and in small mobile gadgets, Intel is nowhere in the game. In the race against the big players in the mobile device, chips and gearing up to meet the market threat posed by Macbook Air and iPad, Intel brings about 75 new Ultrabooks and 10 new tablets will be released by other Original Equipment Manufacturers based on Atom tablets.
Ultrabook Threat to Macbook

It is being said that over 178 million shipments of Ultrabooks are expected by 2016. The third generation Ultrabooks- with the Ivy Bridge processors- will hit the stores this spring, and it will include touch gesture systems too- 32nm Clovertrail Atom processors will come this year while 22nm will be launched in 2013.
Improvements to Intel Chips
The key to success of Intel is the power consumption of the processors- heavy power drain has been the reason Intel chips until recently have not been preferred by OEMs for the manufacture of smartphones and tablets. The new Ivy Bridge chips are coming with improved graphics capabilities supporting the onboard HD Graphics 2500/4000 GPU and OpenGL 3.1. The Intel Medfield brings the system-on-a- chip architecture to mobile gadgets. Power consumption will be brought down by the Shark Bay Intel platform and connectivity will improve using Thunderbolt.



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U.S. Cellular Unveils its Very First LTE 4G Smartphone

U.S. Cellular Unveils its Very First LTE 4G Smartphone




U.S. Cellular has now come out with its very first LTE 4G smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S Avaitor. This wonderful new handheld sports a stylish and slim form factor and is basically an Android 2.3.6 or Gingerbread-powered smartphone, which comes with a whole host of features and functionalities. U.S. Cellular has announced that this device is now immediately available for sale.
The main features of the Samsung Galaxy S Aviator include a 4.3-inch WVGA SAMOLED touchscreen display, which gives you sharp images even under direct sunlight; an 8MP rear camera with LED Flash; front-facing webcam; WiFi support and HDMI port.

Comprising 1.4GB of internal memory and pre-loaded with several useful Android apps, this phone also gives you instant access to all the apps featuring in the Google Play Store.
Meant for entertainment purposes as well, the Galaxy S Aviator enables you to download your fave movies and TV shows from the Samsung Media Hub and also enjoy chat while on the go.
The Galaxy S Aviator is priced at $199.99 after a mail-in rebate of $100. Please note that this offer is on for a limited time only. Users who reside in the areas covered by the U.S. Cellular LTE 4G network will be able to get this phone at a mere $99.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate. These areas currently include certain select cities in Maine, Iowa, North Carolina, Texas, Oklahoma and Wisconsin.



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Google Tablet, Not Until July

Google Tablet, Not Until July




After all, publicize about Google bringing out gadgets- Verge reports that the Android OS builder will be bringing out tablets, not until July this year. The much-awaited Google tablet that was to be launched in May 2012 is expected to come in 7-inch displays working on a quad core processor..
Google Tablet Rumors
Verge reports that the Google tablet will be a co-branded affair involving Google and Asus. The tablet will come with the Nvidia Tegra 3 quad core CPU and Android Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 OS. The slate will feature a now common 7-inch display and will have Wi-Fi connectivity.


It was just last month Android and Me reported that the slate would retail between $149 and $199. Moreover, two weeks from then the Wall Street Journal reported that it would be sold through Google’s online stores. Now the Verge report citing reliable sources is the latest news about the Google slate.
Kindle Fire Killer Again
It is clear that the Google tablet has just one aim- to capture the low-end tablet market share from Amazon’s Kindle Fire, which scored 5 million sales in the fourth quarter results. The Fire is also a 7-inch tablet, and it retails at $199!



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HTC One Series Out for Sale

HTC One Series Out for Sale




The HTC One X and One S have hit the Android smartphone market- the Ice Cream Sandwich Android gadgets will be launched with agreements by carriers. Meanwhile, the SIM free models of the devices have already been started shipping via pre-order sales.
Specs and Cost
With the introduction of a dedicated HTC imaging chip, the image quality that lagged behind is sure to catch up to the likes of Apple and Samsung. The new HTC Sense 4.0 also is introduced in the new one smartphones along with 23 GB of free DropBox storage.


The SIM free HTC One X will cost £492 from Clove stores in UK while the HTC One S retails at £420 from the same vendor. In the US, they will roll out of the AT&T and T-Mobile stores- nothing is announced yet. AT&T will carry out a dual core version of the One X that replaces the chipset Tegra 3 by Snapdragon S4 from Qualcomm.
Will HTC fight back?
The performance of the HTC Android smartphone product line was far from satisfactory last year as Apple and Samsung bagged the honors- we might yet see a resurgent run by HTC this year with improvements. The smartphone market is in for more surprises!




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Windows 8 Transformation Pack For Windows 7 / Vista / XP Now Available – Download Now

Windows 8 Transformation Pack For Windows 7 / Vista / XP Now Available – Download Now


Have you been hearing alot about the metro styled new OS from Microsoft? Yes, the Windows 8, and are you anxious to try it out but don’t want to go over the fuss of installing the consumer preview version? Well then worry no more because now you can just skin your old windows to feel and look like windows 8 with out ever installing the customer preview and its simple too.


Using the Windows 8 Transformation and UX pack 4.0 you can turn any version of the windows starting from XP and up into windows 8 look alike while the UX pack is only for use with Windows 7.
According to the developers, both packs have the same version number as to avoid confusion but to make things clear the UX pack does not modify any system files to bring you the metro styled UI on your old windows but it will only work on Win 7, while the transformation pack has been rendered more reliable and bug free with the help of user feed back that has brought-in some much needed improvements.


To better mimic the new UI the 4.0 version finally uses the Windows 8 Segoe UI font and includes all of the desktop wallpapers, pictures of guest and user accounts from the consumer preview. For those who couldn’t get around working with the immersive UI, charms bars have also been added as an alternate.
I would recommend these two great skinning apps for those who want to get the taste of this new metro UI without going over the trouble of installing the preview at the same time I would caution novice users to go ahead only if they know what they are doing because it may effect system performance and might not be all that easy to uninstall.
Download Link

Download it here




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Instagram now available on Android

Instagram now available on Android



It should have been an application only an iOS user can be proud of but that isn’t the case anymore. Instagram, one of iOS most famous camera application has decided to expand its platform support to another famous one which is the Google Android. This comes to no surprise because the Android community had been trying to get their hands on the application and now with Instagram fulfilling their wish, iOS users has one less thing to be proud of.



Instagram for Android was released in April 3, 2012 and as of the time of publication, it managed to reach 1 million to 5 million downloads in Google Play. In fact, in just a day, there are already 62,000 reviews made by users with an average of 4.5 out of 5 stars. Some of the users have complained of a few bugs but that didn’t stop the application from being one of the fastest growing in the Android world.
The best thing about Instagram is that it is free and its filters make the photos taken look incredibly good. With Android having millions of users worldwide, you can expect that the number of downloads to be increased significantly with the days to come.




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HTC Evo One to be released soon by Sprint

HTC Evo One to be released soon by Sprint




HTC’s Evo is a wonder gadget. It exceeds all the other Android based phones with its features like 1GHz CPU extra fast, 4.3” screen; it comes with a dual camera, Sprint’s 4G WiMax connection. On top of it HTC’s Evo even has HDMI port.
All these terrific features made HTC Evo a wonder gadget and a personal favorite of its own owners.
Sprint’s plans:
Sprint’s hidden agenda is unveiled, and it appears Sprint is planning to bring that magic on once again by making announcements about HTC’s Evo one to be a re-branded HTC One X gadget. This announcement will be officially made in a press conference, in the night of Wednesday by next week, as sources at Android Central say.
HTC’s tie up with Sprint is an effort to make HTC Evo a model of HTC One X instead of its European brother. Evo brags about its extremely fast 4G LTE data network by Sprint, and that overtakes WiMax. ConsideringBatterylife, Evo will not give much on that.


More goodies included:

It includes Qualcomm Krait CPU with a 1.5GHz power, OLED screen of 4.7”, phone memory of 16 GB with a micro SD expansion, a 2650-mAh high-life battery, a dual camera having 8 megapixels in the rear and 2 megapixels in the front, including a beats audio feature.


For more icing to the cake, it includes Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and HTC’s 4.0 Interface. All this to be in stores after being released in a press event on 4 April!



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Nokia announces the Nokia Ice, literally in frozen H2O

Nokia announces the Nokia Ice, literally in frozen H2O



In an attempt to put all of the products in the market to shame, Nokia decided to release a super-cool phone, the Nokia Ice. This is a technological breakthrough product that would definitely put other devices nowhere near the company’s devices. You would simply be astonished on the capability of the phone.


Charging is relatively easy because all you need to do is to put it into the freezer and let the endothermic chemical reaction do the charging. The internal hardware on the phone on the other hand uses a superhydrophobic coating which would repel any water that are available around it. This is quite the same as the technology used in Liquipel. Nokia claimed that all of these technologies aren’t easy but it has already existed and the company is doing its best to make use of it to its fullest potential..


As far as the design is concerned, you can pretty much sculpt the phone to whatever design you would like. The company had also talked to a few renowned ice sculptors on the possibility of what the design would be. If you have already read this long and want to know more about it, we would like to wish Happy April Fools’ Day to you too!



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Sony to Introduce Android 4.0 Upgrade Next Month

Sony to Introduce Android 4.0 Upgrade Next Month



Sony has now officially announced that it plans to introduce the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS version upgrade for some of its select smartphones, starting as early as next month. The devices receiving this upgrade would include the Xperia arc S,Xperia neo V and Xperia ray in mid- April. This upgrade rollout, Sony mentioned, would take place gradually and would take about 3 to 4 weeks to complete the process.
Sony further mentioned that this upgrade would not be available over- the-air as is been the case most of the time with other upgrades. In order to install the said upgrade, hence, users would have to use their PC or Mac and then connect their device to transfer the entire process. It is expected that the Xperia PLAY, Xperia mini, Xperia mini pro, Xperia pro and some other smartphone would receive their upgrades by the end of May or in early June this year.


I personally am very excited about this latest announcement from Sony. The Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, which is filled with many features and functionalities, is now long overdue. I suppose there will be a large number of Sony Xperia users who will be awaiting this release with bated breath as well.


The exact date of availability of this software upgrade will depend upon the specific Xperia model and also on the market location and carrier specifications in that particular location.



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Black & Cyan Lumia 900 up for pre-orders from AT&T

Black & Cyan Lumia 900 up for pre-orders from AT&T



The Lumia 900 is a device that so many people have been waiting for. It has taken such a long time to arrive ever since it was first announced. Those that have been waiting can now rejoice because the device is available for pre-order from AT&T already. However, the not-so-good news is that there are only two colors that are available from the company and these are Cyan and Black.


This device is Nokia's top-range product when it comes to its Lumia line. It has a TruBlack display which makes it possible to view the screen even under the brightest of conditions. In addition to that, it also supports the 4G LTE network in the United States which would definitely be a plus for many people that wants to experience the fastest internet access possible.


The Lumia 900 should be released sometime around 08 April 2012. The no commitment pricing of this device is at $449.99 although a two year contract would bring the number down to only $99.99. What's better is that you can also get a free $100 rebate for new AT&T customers and this means that the device can be yours for absolutely free.



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