Smartphone and tablet makers may be moving on to quad-core ARM Cortex-A15 chips like the Samsung Exynos 5 and NVIDIA Tegra 4. But that means that last year’s top-of-the-line chips are getting cheaper. Recently Hyundai and Ramos have released tablets with quad-core Samsung Exynos 4412 processors — the same chip used in the Samsung Galaxy […]
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Samsung’s HomeSync 1TB Android-based media server streams apps to your TV, keeps your data in sync
Samsung makes phones, tablets, and televisions that can run apps. Now the company is also offering a set-top-box that can bring Android apps to your TV, let you stream content from your mobile device to a TV, or keep your data synchronized between devices. It’s called the Samsung HomeSync, and it’s a home media server […]
Tronsmart Prometheus Android TV box with Amlogic CPU
Tired of Android TV boxes that look like USB flash drives? The Tronsmart Prometheus looks more like a USB hub… or maybe a spaceship… or  visor… Whatever it looks like, the Prometheus is designed to turn your TV into an Android-powered media center. It’s available from several retailers for about $99. Under the hood the […]
$85 hackable Android TV Box supports XBMC
Oval Elephant is selling a new Android TV box for $84.99. It’s a small set-top-box designed to let you run Android apps on a TV. For instance you can stream video from YouTube or Netflix, surf the web, or play games. You can also run a pre-release build of the XBMC media center developed for […]