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Recently in Mobiputing (3-23-2012)

Brad Linder — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:00:58 +0000

Liliputing's sister site Mobiputing is where we feature some of the latest apps, news, and information about Android, iOS, Windows Phone, and other smartphone platforms. Here are some of the most interesting stories we've covered recently. Google Voice now works as visual voicemail in Android 4.0 If you're a Google Voice user and you have Android 4.0 on your phone, you'll...

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iPad review roundup (2012)

Brad Linder — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:06:05 +0000

Apple's third generation iPad will hit stores tomorrow, and the early reviews are in. The new tablet has a 9.7 inch, 2048 x 1536 pixel display, 1GB of RAM, and quad-core graphics. It's a little thicker and heavier than the iPad 2, but gets the same 10 hours of battery life despite the new CPU, higher resolution display, and the...

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Liliputing 2011 year in review

Brad Linder — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 15:00:46 +0000

2011 may go down in the history books as the year of the Android tablet... but for Liliputing it was clearly the year when people tried to pick up cheap HP TouchPad tablets running webOS software and hack them to run Google Android. When I decided to take a look at the articles that have generated the most traffic over...

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Liliputing’s 2011 mobile device reviews

Brad Linder — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:00:04 +0000

We've been following affordable ultraportable computers at Liliputing since netbooks first hit the scene in 2008. While 2011 wasn't a great year for new and interesting mini-laptops, this is the year when mobile tablets hit the scene. Big time. A handful of Android-powered portable media devices also hit the scene, finally giving the iPod touch a little competition. Here's a...

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Asus Eee Pad Transformer review roundup

Brad Linder — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:20:43 +0000

The Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime is the most powerful Android tablet to date. It's the first device to include a 1.3 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor with high performance graphics. It has 1GB of RAM, a 10.1 inch Super IPS+ 1280 x 800 pixel display, and a new high-quality camera. Like the original Eee Pad Transformer, the Prime...

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Sony Tablet S review roundup

Brad Linder — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:50:32 +0000

The Sony Tablet S is a 9.4 inch Android tablet which will ship next month for $500 and up. The tablet has a 1 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processor, a 1280 x 800 pixel display, and 16GB to 32GB of storage. It ships with Google Android 3.1 Honeycomb, but an Android 3.2 software update will greet you as...

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HP TouchPad review roundup

Brad Linder — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 01:17:39 +0000

The HP TouchPad goes on sale Friday for $499.99 and up. The tablet will be the first device to run webOS 3.0 and it represents HP's initial attempt to take on the Apple iPad and a growing mountain of Android tablets. It's a bold new vision for HP, which spent $1.2 billion to acquire Palm. The goal is to create...

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This week in Mobiputing (6-25-11)

Brad Linder — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 11:34:04 +0000

Disney launched a comic book app for iOS, we learned how to mount an Android device's SD card on a PC or Mac without unmounting it from your mobile device, and we rounded up every good place to download Android apps we could think of. We've been busy little bees at Mobiputing this week. Here are some of the highlights:...

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Recently on Mobiputing (iOS 5.0, Windows Phone Mango, and mobile photo editing magic)

Brad Linder — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 16:00:00 +0000

Apple is set to unveil the next version of iOS soon, HP is willing to license webOS to competitors, and Microsoft gives us a sneak peek at new music and podcast features in Windows Phone 7 Mango. Plus new apps for editing photos, creating documents, and restoring your iPhone to an older version of iOS. Here's a roundup of recent...

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HTC, Gigabyte, Motorola tablets hit the FCC

Brad Linder — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 20:05:30 +0000

The Federal Communications Commission has to approve virtually any consumer device with a wireless radio before it goes on sale in the US, so the FCC web site has become a go-to source of information about upcoming products. Sure, many of the details get hidden away behind confidentiality requests, but that doesn't mean you can't learn anything from FCC listings....

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Previously on Mobiputing

Brad Linder — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 20:31:46 +0000

You can always find the latest news and reviews on mobile apps by visiting Mobiputing.com in a desktop browser or mobile browser. Now after spending a year covering mobile apps, Mobiputing finally has one of its own. You can download out first Android app from the Android Market. An iPhone version is coming soon. And don't worry, a Liliputing mobile...

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This week in Mobiputing

Brad Linder — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 20:29:32 +0000

Apple released a minor iOS update this week, and within hours hackers figured out how to jailbreak it. A pre-release version of the firmware for a new phone with HTC Sense 3.0 software hit the web, and hackers have already figured out how to run the software on other phones. You've got to love hackers. But even if you've never...

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BlackBerry PlayBook review roundup

Brad Linder — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 02:56:50 +0000

The BlackBerry PlayBook tablet is set to go on sale April 19th with a starting price of $500. The tablet has a speedy dual core processor, supports Adobe Flash, and in addition to native apps, it will eventually be able to run Android apps. So how does it compare to the Apple iPad, Motorola XOOM, and other recent tablets? The...

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iPad 2 review roundup

Brad Linder — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 03:38:36 +0000

It doesn't have a higher resolution display than the original, but the Apple iPad 2 has a slimmer case, a faster dual core processor, and cameras on the front and back. It hits stores on Friday, but at least a dozen publications have posted reviews of Apple's new tablet tonight. The general consensus seems to be that the tablet is...

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Motorola XOOM Android tablet review roundup

Brad Linder — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 03:06:13 +0000

The Motorola XOOM Android tablet goes on sale in the US tomorrow, and a number of tech web sites are publishing detailed reviews of the XOOM in advance of the launch. The XOOM will be the first tablet to ship with Google Android 3.0 and Verizon Wireless will offer a 3G capable version of the tablet for $599 when you...

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