Friday, December 31, 2010

Notion Ink Demos Adam Panel System and Desktop in Eden

Notion Ink Demos Adam Panel System and Desktop in Eden: "

This video is clearly a response to the fans of the Adam across the web that have been bothered by the slightly less-than-perfect demo videos of the Eden system inside. This video is the result of a direct HDMI out from Adam captured on Notion Ink’s unnamed computer. This video shows of the desktop of the system as well as more about the leaves (the cool panels showing each of your different app widgets, etc.) They say Eden presents “a new way of multi-tasking” that allows minimal suffering because of having too much running at once. Leaves across the universe for great justice!




The leaves, they explain in the video, are a form of distributed focus (multi-tasking) – each of their first examples being smaller-task items such as Facebook, playing songs, email, all things that they note shouldn’t need a full featured application running to work. Each “Leaf” or panel, is an app instance that sits on your desktop in a series, allowed to be pulled back and forth along the screen right or left. They snap into place and can be pulled apart. Looking at panels in this way is “Browser in Leaf mode” and is considered a mini app, running “mobile optimized” sites for quick access to the web – keeping an eye on bandwidtch and Data Plans all the while. When you reach the end of a row, your leaves pull apart and snap back together.


All the way on the left of your leaves is your Home or Alpha Leaf – providing access to all of your current activities in a series of icons. Weather, time, currently playing music, facebook updates, and calendar entries are shown from all of your synced accounts. You can access the calendar more in depth by clicking it, the same with all of your icons that can become leaves. The same is true with all of your leaves, each of them able to turn into their full-fledged self when clicked.


They go through the keyboard again noting the lack of lines around the keys, show how fast everything is basically no matter what. They note that a blinking red light up in the left hand corner, while normally showing battery time, turns into your notifications bar when you click.


Dual Cores are handled by Eden by keeping the CPU hot-plugged. Whenever it requires it to be so, one of the Dual Cores can be shut down. If you need less than 250Mhz of processing, you have one core, as soon as the requirement jumps to 500MHz, the second is turned on.


To see the desktop, all you’ve got to do is a simple two-finger swipe-down. Two fingers back up brings your leaves back into view. Icons are scrollable if you’ve got a billion of them, as usual. Take a peek at the video!




[Via NotionInk]


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The Power of Twitter in Information Discovery | AlwaysOn

The Power of Twitter in Information Discovery | AlwaysOn

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Verizon Wireless LTE

How will 4G LTE change YOUR life? Watch a live webcast on Verizons Facebook fan page January 6th of our “sneak peek” of products from CES 2011

SAY IT LOUD AND CLEAR - Motorola USA

SAY IT LOUD AND CLEAR - Motorola USA

8 Emergency Notification System Resolutions

8 Emergency Notification System Resolutions

Motorola Droid XOOM will get its 4G zoom from optional LTE modem

Motorola Droid XOOM will get its 4G zoom from optional LTE modem: "

Motorola’s upcoming Honeycomb tablet will arrive in just six days and it looks like the official product name is going to be the Droid XOOM, according a tip posted by the often-reliable Kellen of Droid Life. His source also went on to say that the device will not have a built-in LTE radio which lead many to believe it would not support Verizon’s 4G network, but don’t that news burst your 4G-bubble quite yet.


Our sources say that Verizon will be selling an optional LTE modem that will plug in to a PCI express expansion slot found on the tablet. This would make sense because not everyone lives in Verizon’s 4G coverage area (it’s only 38 markets) and most people will not want to pay the $50-80 monthly fee for 4G data.


I’m one of those people that does not have access to Verizon 4G quite yet, so I’m actually quite happy with the no-LTE-modem news since it’s likely to keep the overall cost down. If anything, this will increase the chances that I go out and buy the XOOM when it launches.


While we are on the topic of Motorola’s tablet, I’m still hearing that Honeycomb will in fact be Android 2.4 and not Android 3.0 like many sites are reporting. I’ve already seen several devices that were running Android 2.4 in our site analytics logs, so it looks like some of the testers have been reading our Honeycomb news.


We have also heard that Verizon will be advertising this tablet during the Super Bowl on February 6th and it should go on sale by February 14th. In addition to being Valentines Day, that is also the opening of Mobile World Congress where Google CEO Eric Schmidt will be giving a keynote speech. Everyone knows how these products get delayed at the last minute and launch dates get shifted, but the February 14th date looks pretty certain at this point.


Check back next Wednesday and hopefully we will have some hands-on videos of the Motorola Droid XOOM.


Bonus video: For an idea of what the LTE modem might look like check out this video from Vincent Nguyen of Slashgear that was filmed during the last CES. This is of an older ICD Ultra prototype that was being shown off, but it was running on Verizon 4G using a Motorola LTE modem and powered by NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 processor.



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Skype for iPhone now with video calls

Skype for iPhone now with video calls

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Audible for Android

Audible for Android: "

Audible for Android. Audible, the premier provider of digital audiobooks, is now available for Android. This free app features the most comprehensive audiobook experience ever! We’ve included 7 excerpts from some of our favorite authors to get you started. Fully supports: Audible.com, Audible.co.uk, and Audible.de

Price: Free, Purchase Audiobooks Separately

AndroidTapp.com Android App Review:

Pros & Cons:

Pros

  • Audiobook reader client loaded with features
  • Purchase audiobooks directly from the app with access to thousands of books
  • Sync with Audible.com, Audible.co.uk, and Audible.de accounts

Cons

  • Very small gripe: needs direct link to purchase sample audiobooks

Features:

Audible for Android is a great audio book client that reads books to you! For starters you get a handful of free excerpt teasers enticing you to sign up and download other free audiobooks or pay for them. The app is loaded with cool features aside from core audio player controls; features such as syncing with Audible.comAudible.co.uk, and Audible.de accounts, shop for audiobooks within the app, audiobook details, chapter navigation, ability to create bookmarks and jot notes, sleep-timer, sharing books read with social sharing apps, plus Button-free mode which will allow you to navigate, play and pause without having to search for or press a button.

I really like the virtual incentives like Listening Level meter that grows as you listen to more books, plus virtual badges awarded. If you dig more into the Stats you can get a novelty timer and various graph charts of you reading progress by current, daily, monthly and grand total.

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Usefulness:

Audiobooks are great for those like myself, too busy to take the moment and read a physical book or e-reader. I find audiobooks great while preparing for bed, commuting, or driving. Great huh! Safely read a book while driving!

Ease of Use:

All of the work is virtually done for you regarding the act of reading, however there are some features you can take advantage of such as Button-free mode, some of the stats tools, and social sharing of audiobooks read.

One thing I wish were easier was a link to purchase sample excerpt audiobooks directly from the main player controls. This would have to be purchased through your Audible account accessible by pressing Menu button » Shop within the app.

Frequently Used:

User preference on frequency… however if you enjoy audiobooks then Audible for Android may very well increase that appetite.

Interface:

The user interface is intuitive, easy to control and navigate.

AndroidTapp.com Rating

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Should you Download Audible for Android? Yes! Audiobook reader that is a must have for anyone, especially bookworms!

This content was originally posted at AndroidTapp.com

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HTC Thunderbolt: A Verizon Evo 4G With Google Kickstand

HTC Thunderbolt: A Verizon Evo 4G With Google Kickstand

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Michalak & Kuhr: Social media as part of the emergency notification toolkit

Michalak & Kuhr: Social media as part of the emergency notification toolkit

VLC player set to arrive at Android Market in a matter of weeks

VLC player set to arrive at Android Market in a matter of weeks: "

VLC-player-set-to-arrive-at-Android-Market-in-a-matter-of-weeksVLC already brought an easy way to play videos on iOS devices without conversion a few months back, despite some made-up drama around Apple’s DRM requirements. It is now Android’s turn to be blessed with one of the best video players out there, whose catch phrase is “It plays everything!“.


Android has pretty solid video players already, but the more the merrier, and the folks at VideoLan have said the porting project should finish in a “matter of weeks”. The new NDK that was released by Google recently really spearheaded the development, but the coders say that the VLC player might not be completely compatible with all Android handsets, despite the fact that most libraries have been ported over already.


As usual, Android’s fragmentation is the cause for the delay, but we were more than willing to wait a few weeks for the kinks to be ironed out from a much-desired VLC Android app anyway.


source: GigaOm

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New Jersey Mayor Uses Twitter to Help Residents Through Blizzard

New Jersey Mayor Uses Twitter to Help Residents Through Blizzard

Monday, December 27, 2010

Notion Ink Adam GPS Mapping App Demoed in Official Video

Notion Ink Adam GPS Mapping App Demoed in Official Video: "

Hot on the heels of the other holiday-weekend videos boot screen, browser demo, and hardware demo, this is the demonstration of Notion Ink Adam’s GPS Mapping app. This app is developed by Merio, and rather than just enlarging Google Maps to its giant 10.1-inch display, Adam brings forth this whole new lovely situation supporting POIs, turn-by-turn directions, and of course, 3D!




Merio is a developer group that’s little known to the world as of yet, but with wild creations such as this, they’ll soon be coming out with a vengeance we bet. It’s still unclear whether the data for this mapping app is cached, locally stored, or accessed over Wifi since no technical details beyond what’s shown in the video are revealed. Take a look at this, the other demos from this weekend, and don’t forget the rest of our Notion Ink Adam coverage in the past and into the future!




[Via SlashGear]


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Onkyo Introduces an Android 2.2 Tegra 250 Tablet Called TA117

Onkyo Introduces an Android 2.2 Tegra 250 Tablet Called TA117: "

What a lovely name! TA117, it rings in the ears like an oncoming storm of bits. Onkyo Japan has just sent out a press release introducing their newest Android tablet, the TA117, much faster than its crappy ol’ slow TW317 predecessor, this new tablet comes packed with a Tagra 250 Chipset (1Ghz) and a bit of the soon-to-be ancient Android 2.2 Froyo. TA117 has a 10.1″ (1024×600) screen, Bluetooth, microSDHC slot, HDMI, two USB 2.0 ports, WiFi, a 1.3Mpix Camera sensor in 267x173x14.8mm and 800g.




The TA117 comes in two versions, either the 16GB or the 8GB with individual prices for both we’re sure. This tablet will only be available in Japan at first, but of course if you’re savvy enough to head over to somewhere like GeekStuff4U.com tomorrow, you might be lucky enough to be one of the folks able to buy this device on pre-order and have it shipped to your home basically anywhere in the world. That is, of course, if you’re the sort of person who buys without trying or at least seeing a review. Not for me! Take a peek at the full press release below in the gallery.



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2010 Hubble Space Telescope Advent Calendar - The Big Picture - Boston.com

2010 Hubble Space Telescope Advent Calendar - The Big Picture - Boston.com

notion ink - introducing eden - V the browser

Introducing Eden – V The Browser

Posted in Uncategorized by Rohan Shravan on December 27, 2010
Hello,

Hoping you all enjoyed Christmas. Here we are with our next video in series. This time we present browser, letting the screen speak for itself. (Apologies for posting late, it’s Sunday here in India as well, and somehow this one is little longer with 4 mins with few benchmark tests! Remember I told you about some news in the last post? Let me write all that on the next post. From this week, we will limit the number of videos to 1 per 2 days)



(YouTube might take a little time for processing. The sides of the Adam are not visible this time, tried to make the visual screen little bigger, but I don’t think it added any visual advantage I think the lighting caused bad recording, sorry will do better next time.)

With Warm Regards

Rohan Shravan

notion ink - the momentum

The Momentum

Posted in Uncategorized by Rohan Shravan on December 27, 2010
Hello All,

This week is exciting for Notion Ink as it is a week before CES 2010. We released information on Adam on 18th December 2010 and since then we knew people will be expecting a lot. Things have changed a lot, but like in love, feelings haven’t. Your comments are more than inspiration for all of our developers and creates a solid feedback system (and help them revise the next update).

In the last one year one important thing which we have learnt is that you should never lose your momentum. In troubling times, the road becomes steeper and if you increase your efforts you can keep up the same speed as it was on flat road. And the best thing is that with the new increased momentum, when the road in indeed flat, your speed increases dramatically.

There is something I can share more on the hardware front. 3G devices will work on 2G networks as well (haven’t tested in all the countries and with all the carriers, but we have tested in India, China and US with some carriers, theoretically the 3G module supports 2G networks, i.e. EDGE.) SMS will also works and if there is any developer reading this, you can think of brilliant ideas of how with a simple sms you can make Adam do things remotely.

Today we show you a video (with sound ) shot by one of our EAP Partners, Mireo, and they showcase a Mapping application. We were really excited to see it working on Adam and took permission from them for posting it here. See it for yourself:



(Seems something killed the sound after 1 min, will try to update full one later (there is voice notification) )

There were a lot of people in the EAP 2 selection list. Notion Ink will soon start communicating with good news with EAP 2 members.

With Warm Regards

Rohan Shravan

Friday, December 24, 2010

BenQ R100 Android tablet due Q1 2011

BenQ R100 Android tablet due Q1 2011: "

BenQ apparently intends to launch an Android-based tablet, the R100, in Q1 2011. The slate supposedly runs Android 2.2 on an 833MHz Samsung processor, and has a 10.1-inch 1024 x 600 resistive touchscreen, 8GB of storage and an HDMI port.



There’s also mini USB, a microSD card slot, WiFi b/g/n and Bluetooth, and BenQ reckons the R100 will last for up to 12 hours of use on a single charge. It’ll come with a stylus, in China at least, to support handwriting recognition. BenQ is supposedly looking to put together digital content deals – including a “BenQ Book” ebook store – in time for the R100′s launch. No word on pricing at this stage.


[via MP4Nation]


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Motorola sends e-mails touting tablet

Motorola sends e-mails touting tablet: "

Motorola Tablet

In case you missed the teaser last week, Motorola's sending out e-mails touting the upcoming Honeycomb-based tablet it'll show off at CES. Needless to say, we're not getting tired of watching this video just yet, and so you can find it again after the break. Thanks to everyone who sent this in!


Motorola sends e-mails touting tablet posted originally by Android Central

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Thursday, December 23, 2010

Notion Ink Introducing Eden - IV Canvas

Another update: Skype stabilized

Another update: Skype stabilized

A further update on Skype downtime

A further update on Skype downtime

A further update on Skype downtime

A further update on Skype downtime

A further update on Skype downtime

A further update on Skype downtime

Motorola: Split won't negatively impact public safety

Motorola: Split won't negatively impact public safety

Pantech Vega X to be the first Android phone with desktop-grade DDR2 memory

Pantech Vega X to be the first Android phone with desktop-grade DDR2 memory: "

Pantech-Vega-X-to-be-the-first-Android-phone-with-desktop-grade-DDR2-memoryWe guess the X in the Pantech Vega X name stands for Xpress speeds, since the Android smartphone will be the first to feature DDR2 memory clocked at speeds previously reserved for desktop computers. The chipset is no slouch either – inside it is having the same 1GHz Snapdragon MSM8255 processor, which is present in the HTC Desire HD, and is showing graphics capabilities almost on par with Samsung’s Hummingbird.


Other then the screaming fast chipset and memory speeds, the Pantech Vega X sports a 4″ LCD screen. 5MP camera and a 1500mAh battery. Still, the handset is almost as thin and light, as the Samsung Galaxy S. Unfortunately, it is only destined for Korean telecoms for now, but here’s for hoping it might appear across the Pacific at some point.


Pantech says that just the presence of DDR2 memory makes the handset 1.5 times faster than phones with regular memory. Don’t take the company’s word for it, we are also willing to believe the two cute Korean models, posing in front of labels like “Merry Vega Xpress“, and “Goodbye~ PC“. The phone will appear this week with Korean telecoms.


via Mobile-Review (translated)










Pantech Vega X to be the first Android phone with desktop-grade DDR2 memory


Pantech Vega X to be the first Android phone with desktop-grade DDR2 memory

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Net neutrality won’t apply fully to wireless, Steve Wozniak cries to high heavens

Net neutrality won’t apply fully to wireless, Steve Wozniak cries to high heavens: "

Net-neutrality-wont-apply-fully-to-wireless-Steve-Wozniak-cries-to-high-heavensIt takes a talent to craft a negative for the consumer decision, and spin it as if it is democracy at work. That’s precisely what the Federal Communications Commission did yesterday, when voting on the so-called “net neutrality rules”.


Network neutrality, in a nutshell, advocates “no restrictions by Internet service providers and governments on content, sites, platforms, the kinds of equipment that may be attached, and the modes of communication“. Like, for example, your ISP throttling down P2P traffic, citing illegal torrent downloads, although you signed up for certain download speeds, or Verizon allowing Skype, but rerouting the calls over its voice network.


Although yesterday’s decision was mainly focused on wired, such as the one from your cable broadband provider, the FCC spilled the beans on wireless too, and it is not looking pretty. Citing the advent of open platforms like Android, and the fact that the FCC imposed on carriers an openness requirement, when they auctioned the 700MHz C-Block spectrum (which Verizon uses for its LTE network), the FCC argues that wireless can make do with softer net neutrality rules. Last time we checked, the “openness” of Android didn’t prevent Verizon from banning Google Search and swapping it with Bing on a number of Android phones.


The wording of the rules mean that potentially carriers won’t be allowed to block content, or cripple safe apps, but they can charge you more is you are using YouTube, for example, or uploading albums on Facebook, compared to text email and chat, for example, and there is no shortage of tools to do that, even over encrypted access. The carriers can do it under the pretenses of “reasonable network management“, provided they prove the access to data-hogging sites like YouTube is affecting the quality of their networks, hence other users.


These ambiguities caused one of the Silicon Valley icons, Apple’s co-founder Steve Wozniak, to send an open letter to the FCC:


Please, I beg you, open your senses to the will of the people to keep the Internet as free as possible. Local ISP’s should provide connection to the Internet but then it should be treated as though you own those wires and can choose what to do with them when and how you want to, as long as you don’t destruct them…


Imagine that when we started Apple we set things up so that we could charge purchasers of our computers by the number of bits they use, the personal computer revolution would have been delayed by a decade or more… every time and in every way that the telecommunications careers have had power or control, we the people wind up getting screwed…


I don’t want to feel that whichever content supplier had the best government connections or paid the most money determined what I can watch and for how much. This is the monopolistic approach and not representative of a truly free market in the case of today’s Internet.


Still, the rules barely passed with 3:2 votes, there is a possibility that the decisions will be challenged in court, and, to top it off, the FCC might not even have the mandate to impose them, so for now it is business as usual for the telcos.


via HuffingtonPost & Moconews

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HDTV Magazine - Avatar - Why not a CinemaScope Option on Blu-ray?

a departure from my life in the clouds

HDTV Magazine - Avatar - Why not a CinemaScope Option on Blu-ray?

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Google TV Update Ready for Release

Google TV Update Ready for Release: "

Google is sending out emails stating that the Google TV update that we heard about last week is ready for release, and with it, many new features will be made available. Some of these features include: Netflix changes, Dual View, a Remote Control App, and Movie Results, these are detailed after the cut.



1. Netflix – A totally revamped UI for Netflix on Google TV makes it easier to browse and watch movies and TV shows in Netflix’s streaming catalogue.

2. Dual View – Watch TV and the use the web how you want, now that you can resize your screens and move them around to your liking.

3. Remote Control App – Starting today you can use your Android phone as a TV remote. Even change the channel with your voice. Find ‘Google TV Remote’ in Android Market.

4. Movie Results – Find the movie you want to watch in the our new movie search results page. Finds movies that are on TV, the web, Netflix, and Amazon VOD.


The Google TV has been the topic of mixed reviews. Many think that it’s just an unneeded device, while others think that it is a welcome addition to the living room. However, both sides of the argument agree that it definitely is optimal yet, and with some improvements it could be a great system. These new features, along with the bug fixes included with the update bring the Google TV system more up to par with what we would expect from a set-top box.


Check out a video walkthrough of the new software:


Click here to view the embedded video.


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Google Blog Gives Us Some Android T&T

Google Blog Gives Us Some Android T&T: "


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The Official Google Blog just posted some nifty tips and tricks for us to take advantage of. A lot of the things listed are pretty obvious, but quite a few can serve as a great refresher for all of the little things we may have forgotten over time as we developed our Android habits. When reading over the list, bear in mind that it was written in the eyes of Gingerbread so a few things haven’t quite made it to the majority of our devices.


Here is about half of the tips they provided:




  • Visual cue for scrolling: When you are in a scrollable list (like your Gmail inbox) and you reach the end of the list it shows an orange hue--a visual cue that you can’t scroll anymore.
  • Notification bar icons (Wi-Fi, network coverage bars, etc.): Turn green when you have an uninhibited connection to Google, white when you don’t. Hint: if you’re in a hotel or airport using Wi-Fi, the bars won’t turn green until you launch the browser and get past the captive portal.
  • Voice actions: Tell your phone what to do by pressing the microphone icon next to the search box on the home screen, or long press the magnifying glass. You can tell it to send an email or text message ("send text to mom, see you for pizza at 7"), call someone (”call mom”), navigate somewhere ("navigate to pizza"), or listen to music (”listen to Mamma Mia”).
  • Find things you’ve downloaded from your browser: Your downloads are now neatly collected in a Downloads manager, which you can find in the apps drawer.
  • Turn a Gallery stack into a slideshow: In Gallery, when you are looking at a stack of photos, put two fingers on the stack and spread them. The stack spreads out and the pictures flow from one finger to the other, a moving slideshow that lets you see all of the photos.
  • Walk, don’t drive: Once you’ve gotten directions within Google Maps, click on the walking person icon to get walking directions.
  • Easy text copy/paste from a webpage: To copy/paste from a webpage, long press some text, drag the handles around to select the text you want to copy, and press somewhere in the highlighted region. To paste, simply long press a text entry box and select paste. Gmail is a bit different: you need to go to Menu > More > Select Text.
  • Turn your phone into a Wi-Fi hotspot: Go to Settings > Wireless & Networks > Tethering & Portable Hotspot. (You may have to pay extra for this feature.)
  • Look at Maps in 3D: With the latest release of Google Maps, you can now look at 3D maps. Tilt the map by sliding two fingers vertically up/down the screen, and rotate it by placing two fingers on the map and sliding in a circular motion, e.g., from 12 and 6 o’clock to 3 and 9.
  • Cool shutdown effect: When you put the phone to sleep, you’ll see an animation that resembles an old cathode tube TV turning off.


Definitely hit the link below and check out the rest of the T&T.


[via Official Google Blog]

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Notion Ink Demos Adam’s custom Mail’d App [Video]

Notion Ink Demos Adam’s custom Mail’d App [Video]: "

Notion Ink has released another video demoing their much anticipated Adam tablet, this time it’s their custom email client. The “Mail’d” app is said to be one of the fastest around and includes some useful features such as the ability to recall messages that you didn’t mean to send.



The app supports multiple accounts and boasts some impressive organization and color-coding features in its 3-panel design. Check out the full video demo below!


Click here to view the embedded video.


[Via SlashGear]


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Motorola Launches Tablet Teaser Site With Countdown

Motorola Launches Tablet Teaser Site With Countdown: "

This year’s CES will be quite the event for Motorola. With expected Android-based handsets and the ever popular Honeycomb-equipped Everest, we will be seeing a lot of impressive announcements out of the company. And, of course, there is a lot of hype regarding this new ultra-powerful tablet, so much that they have released an official countdown.



You can check out the countdown to the codename Everest at their official site. With its leaked specs, images, and tips we fully expect this tablet to be one of the best Android-based tablets far into 2011.


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Web-based Android Market imminent as Google updates app links?

Web-based Android Market imminent as Google updates app links?: "

The online version of Google’s Android Market – as promised earlier this year – may well be just around the corner. Developer René Hesse spotted that Google has updated its Market URL convention, now using a http://market.android.com/ prefix, and indicating that a more iTunes-like system is about to be launched.



Old version: market: / details? / Id = de.appsplus.widgets.footballwidget


New version: http://market.android.com/details?id=de.cellular.ottohybrid


In the iTunes ecosystem, clicking on an iTunes link – whether for software or multimedia – opens a webpage for that content that automatically loads the Apple software if present on the computer you’re using. While Google has online listings for some of the most popular apps available in the Android Market, you can’t yet buy them online nor browse the entire catalog. Back at Google I/O, Vic Gundotra previewed the online Android Market; you can see it from around the 31 minutes point in the video below:




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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Notion Ink sells out of Adam as pre-orders snapped up

Notion Ink sells out of Adam as pre-orders snapped up: "

Notion Ink has sold out of its pre-order stock of the Adam tablet, though the 10-inch Tegra 2 powered slate isn’t expected to ship until early January 2011. Supplies of the Pixel Qi version of the Adam were snapped up within hours of the tablet going on sale earlier this month; it’s taken around a week and a half for stock of the cheaper LCD version to be accounted for.



Without solid stock numbers it’s hard to say how much of a success this is for Notion Ink, though given the understandable wariness many have experienced regarding a new start-up and an unproved design, it’s still reasonably impressive.


[via SlashGear]


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Motorola’s Honeycomb tablet CES teaser features the new red logo

Motorola’s Honeycomb tablet CES teaser features the new red logo: "

Motorolas-Honeycomb-tablet-CES-teaser-features-the-new-red-logoClay tablets, Motorola, really? The company is obviously alluding, in its CES 2011 teaser, how ancient the current high-end tablets like the iPad and the Galaxy Tab will look like, compared to its own svelte and powerful creation.


Motorola has uploaded a CES 2011 teaser for its Android Honeycomb tablet, pointing out that the iPad is a big iPhone, and the Samsung Galaxy Tab runs Android made for a phone. Nothing wrong with capitalizing on the fact that Moto’s slate will probably be the first with Google’s tablet-focused Android Honeycomb UI. A direct take on the main competitors is very American and patriotic, we must say, in the spirit of Coke and Pepsi.


It all ends with a busy bee landing on the company’s new crimson red logo, stamped on the tablet’s pedestal, which suspiciously resembles the Monolith from Arthur Clarke’s “2001: A Space Odyssey. It’s not something to show in your ancient history class, but is fun to watch nonetheless.


The CES 2011 starts January 6th – considering that Verizon might announce some LTE handsets then, and Microsoft will showcase its Windows tablets onslaught, all indications point to a flying start for the mobile industry next year.


source: Motorola via Engadget



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Verizon confirms LTE enabled Android phones will be on display at CES

Verizon confirms LTE enabled Android phones will be on display at CES: "

Verizon-confirms-LTE-enabled-Android-phones-will-be-on-display-at-CESIn a tweet sent out by Verizon, the nation’s largest carrier has confirmed that it will be displaying some LTE 4G Android handsets at the CES next month in Las Vegas. Big Red recently turned the power on its LTE network in 38 markets and more are expected to be operational early next year.


Verizon did not mention the name of any manufacturer that is expected to have an LTE phone ready to display next month although Motorola could have both a phone and a tablet ready for Verizon to show off.


Besides the new 4G/LTE enabled devices, this year’s show will also feature handsets and tablets using a dual-core processor. In fact, some of the new models with 4G/LTE capabilities are the same units running the dual-core chipsets.


source: AndroidandMe












Verizon confirms LTE enabled Android phones will be on display at CES



Verizon has confirmed that Android flavored LTE handsets will be on display at the CES next month



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