Budget phone maker BLU is introducing 3 new smartphones with 5 inch and larger displays. They may not have the best screens, the fastest processors, or the most storage. But the new BLU Studio line of devices do have a few things that help set them apart from bigger-name smartphones. First, they all come unlocked, Second, they run stock Android…
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The developer of the Cydia app store for jailbroken iOS devices has ported one of the most popular tools for tweaking a jailbroken iPhone or iPad to Android. Saurik’s Cydia Substrate is now available for Android, and the Winterboard theme engine which makes use of it is available as a free download as well. Android phones and tablets are easier…
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Google offers tools that let Android developers collect payment for in-app purchases using Google Checkout. But now developers that want to let users make payments using a credit card or PayPal can offer that option, thanks to a new Android SDK from PayPal. PayPal says the SDK supports Android 2.2 or later, which should cover the vast majority of Android…
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E Ink displays are low power screens which you can see without a backlight. They’re most often found in eReaders like the Amazon Kindle or B&N NOOK Simple Touch, but Chinese company Onyx is showing off new products including an upcoming smartphone featuring an E Ink display. The company also has a product which looks like an eReader, but which…
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The Acer Iconia W5 is a 10 inch Windows 8 tablet that makes a pretty good case for why you probably don’t want to buy a Windows RT device. This tablet has a 10 inch screen, an Intel Atom Z2760 Clover Trail processor, and it can do pretty much everything a Windows RT tablet with an ARM-based processor can, including…
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Microsoft plans to launch a public preview of the next version of Windows on June 26th. It’ll be called Windows 8.1, and eventually it will roll out as a free update for all Windows 8 and Windows RT users. Up until now the next-gen operating system has been code-named “Windows Blue,” and most of what we know about the update…
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BlackBerry Messenger has long been one of the killer features of the BlackBerry platform. But soon you won’t need a BlackBerry smartphone to use it. The company announced today that it’ll launch BBM for iOS and Android this summer. BBM will be available as a free app for iOS and later or Android 4.0 and up. At launch users will…
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It’s been about a year since the Raspberry Pi team announced plans to launch a camera module for the tiny computer, and now limited quantities are finally available for purchase. The Raspberry Pi is a small, inexpensive, low-power computer board designed for use in educational environments — and the device has also proved very popular with DIY folks looking to…
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BlackBerry has introduced a new smartphone aimed at developing markets. It’s called the BlackBerry Q5, and it’s a phone with a QWERTY keyboard, a 3.1 inch touchscreen display, and BlackBerry 10 software. The handset sports all the usual BB10 features including BBM messenger, video chat, screen sharing, and the BlackBerry Hub social app. BlackBerry hasn’t provided a lot of…
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NVIDIA’s SHIELD is a handheld game console with a Tegra 4 quad-core processor, a 5 inch display, 2GB of RAM and 16GB of storage. The company introduced Project Shield at CES earlier this year, and now NVIDIA has announced a price and has started taking pre-orders. Folks who registered for the newsletter at shield.nvidia.com can already pre-order one for $349….
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Nokia’s latest Lumia phone has the same Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 dual-core CPU, 1GB of RAM, and 8.7MP PureView camera as the Lumia 920. But the new Nokia Lumia 925 is thinner and lighter than its predecessor, has an aluminum frame, and a glass camera lens. If you’re in the market for a Windows Phone handset, this might be one of…
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Rockchip’s RK3168 is a new ARM Cortex-A9 dual-core processor which should be a little cheaper than the quad-core RK3188, but which uses less power than last year’s RK3066 dual-core chip. The Chinese chip-maker just introduced the new processor last month, but it’s expected to start showing up in tablets soon. One of the first may be a new version of…
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It looks like Google is getting ready to roll out an Android update that will allows users to synchronize app data across multiple devices. In other words, if you have the same game installed on your phone and tablet, you’ll be able to start a game on one device and pick up exactly where you left off on the other….
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The Toshiba Kirabook is the first Windows ultrabook to feature a display that rivals the ones found on the MacBook Pro with Retina and Google Chromebook Pixel. But according to one of the first reviews of the Kirabook, that screen might be a mixed blessing on a Windows laptop. Here are some of the day’s top stories from around the…
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The Sony Xperia Z is an Android smartphone with a 5 inch, 1920 x 1080 pixel display, a 1.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 quad-core processor, a 13MP camera, and a water-resistant case. But if you’re looking for something a little smaller, Sony has you covered. The company just introduced the Xperia ZR, which has many of the same features as its…
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