Archos has been offering Android tablets in the US for a few years, but the company’s upcoming Archos TV Connect is something a bit different. It’s designed to let you run Android apps on a TV, turning your television into a game console, web surfing machine, and internet video player. Introduced at the Consumer Electronics […]
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Nuidroid wants to bring 3D motion control to Android devices
We’ve been interacting with computers through keyboard and mouse input for decades. Touchscreens have added another dimension, and a number of companies are banking on touch-less gestures being the next big thing. Microsoft’s Kinect lets you control video games by moving your body. Leap Motion wants to bring the same sort of controls to the […]
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NVIDIA updates Tegra roadmap: Kepler graphics, 64-bit processing on the way
NVIDIA is outlining plans for its next-generation Tegra processors for mobile devices… and for the generation after that as well. NVIDIA’s Tegra 4 chips are scheduled to hit the market this year, but in 2014 we’ll see faster chips with the same graphics core NVIDIA is currently using in the PC market. By 2015 NVIDIA […]
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GCW-Zero $159 Linux-based retro gaming handheld coming in May
The GCW-Zero is a portable gaming device designed for playing retro games — basically anything up until the era of the original PlayStation. It packs a 3.5 inch display, a 1 GHz MIPS processor, and and an open source Linux-based operating system called OpenDingux. Thanks to that operating system, you’ll be able to run a […]
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JXD S5800 gaming tablets coming this summer
Chinese device maker JXD‘s Android tablets aren’t like those from most companies. They’re designed for playing video games, feature gamepad buttons built into the case, and some take their cues from handheld gaming consoles like the PlayStation Portable. Archos may have the GamePad 7 inch tablet, but JXD has a whole family of inexpensive Android […]
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Sony to launch Android, iOS apps for PlayStation 4 second screen experience
Sony unveiled the PlayStation 4 this week… or at least some aspects of the next-gen game console. We still don’t actually know what it will look like, for instance. But one thing we do know is that in addition to adding a faster processor,  a new game controller, and support for cloud-based gaming services, Sony is […]
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GameStick’s $79 Android gaming system is available for pre-order
PlayJam plans to ship its first Android-based GameStick video game consoles in April to backers of the company’s Kickstarter campaign. But if you didn’t pledge any money during the fundraising campaign, now you can pre-order a GameStick from the company’s website for $79. The GameStick is a game console on a tiny stick about the […]
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WikiPad is back with a 7 inch, $249 gaming tablet: Smaller and cheaper than before
The Wikipad is an Android tablet built for gaming — and it has the detachable game controller grips to prove it. Last year the company promised to sell a 10 inch gaming tablet for $499.. and then ran into a series of problems delivering on that promise. Now Wikipad is back at it, and this […]
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Dolphin Emulator could bring Wii, GameCube games to Android… eventually
Dolphin is an emulator that makes it possible to run Nintendo GameCube and Wii titles on a device that’s not a GameCube or a Wii. Right now that pretty much means a Windows or Mac computer with fairly powerful hardware. But the developer is also working to bring the Dolphin Emulator to Android. Dolphin for […]
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RetroArch lets you play classic PS1, NES, GameBoy games on Android… and much more
Developers have been offering video game console emulators for Android almost as long as Android’s been around. While there are some top notch games designed for Android, there’s nothing quite like firing up an emulator to play Final Fantasy VII on your phone. Up until now if you wanted to handle PlayStation, NES, Sega Genesis, […]