Acer still hasn’t actually announced that it’s building a new Android tablet called the Acer Iconia Tab A200. But the company has put together a demo video for the tablet which is designed to tug at your heartstrings a bit. The video confirms that the tablet will have a full-sized USB port as well as what […]
November 2011
Amazon Kindle Fire tops Amazon bestseller list 8 weeks running
The Amazon Kindle Fire may not be the best Android tablet ever made. But it looks like the $199 device may be on track to be the best-selling. Amazon hasn’t provided any detailed sales figures, but we already knew that the company had built “millions” of Kindle Fire devices due to strong demand. Now Amazon has […]
BlackBerry PlayBook rooted, still won’t run custom firmware anytime soon
The BlackBerry PlayBook has been available since April, 2011… so it’s about time someone figured out how to root the 7 inch tablet. And that’s exactly what developer Chris Wade claims to have done. Research in Motion’s tablet runs software based on the QNX operating system. Rooting it provides a user with escalated privileges, which […]
Cyber Monday 2011 deals on mobile tech
Black Friday may have come and gone, but many of the price cuts we saw on items last week are still available today… and retailers are running a number of new promotions for Cyber Monday. While there are some great deals on hardware that you can order online, some of the best deals are software, […]
Use a third party keyboard with a (rooted) Amazon Kindle Fire
Amazon offers Kindle Fire users the opportunity to download and install thousands of third party apps from the Amazon Appstore. But there are some apps you won’t find there, including apps that require phone, camera, or microphone capabilities, because the Kindle Fire doesn’t have the hardware to support them. You also won’t find alternate home […]
Add a mic to the Amazon Kindle Fire for just a few dollars
The Amazon Kindle Fire is a 7 inch tablet with a high quality display, a speedy dual core processor, and the ability to run thousands of Google Android apps. But one thing Amazon’s tablet doesn’t have is a built-in microphone. You’d think that would mean you cant run sound recorders or voice communication apps such as […]
Linux Mint 12 is now available
Ubuntu may grab more headlines than most Linux-based operating systems (unless you count Android, which uses a Linux kernel), but over the past few years Linux Mint has been nipping at Ubuntu’s heels. Today the Mint team released Linux Mint 12, which packs a number of software improvements and new artwork. For the past few […]
Android 4.0 is coming to Rockchip tablets – video
Chinese chip maker Rockchip is starting to show off tablets with Rockchip processors running Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Google released the source code for the latest version of Android recently, and it looks like Rockchip plans to offer the software for some tablets running its 1.2 GHz RK2918 processor during the first week of December. […]
Rumor: Samsung may pull out of the netbook market in 2012
Korean electronics maker Samsung has been producing high quality netbooks since 2008. But there’s an unconfirmed report from Blogeee suggesting that Samsung could get out of the netbook game in 2012, instead shifting its focus to notebooks with 11.6 inch and 12.1 inch displays, including ultrabooks. The move wouldn’t be a huge shock. Ultraportable laptops […]
Cedar Trail netbooks might not arrive until 2012, but Asus is getting ready
Intel unveiled its next-generation Atom chipset for netbooks this summer, but netbooks with the new Intel Atom Cedar Trail platform hasn’t actually hit the streets yet. VR-Zone says the delay is due to problems with graphics drivers, which could push the launch date for the chips until the end of December, which means we won’t […]