The Sony Reader PRS-T1 Â is a $150 eBook Reader with a touchscreen E Ink display. It’s designed to read EPUB books from the Sony Reader Store or from you personal collection, and it can also handle digital library books. But that’s only part of what makes the Sony Reader interesting. Out of the box, the […]
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DailySteals has the 32GB HP TouchPad for $240
You may not be able to find a $99 HP TouchPad at HP.com, Best Buy, or any other retail stores anymore. But the folks at DailySteals apparently got their hands on some of the discontinued tablets, because they’re offering 32GB TouchPad tablets for $240 today. As the bargain website’s name suggests, DailySteals only offers deals […]
How to install CyanogenMod 7.1 Alpha 2 on an HP TouchPad
Update: CyanogenMod 9 Alpha 0 is now available, making it possible to install Android 4.0 on the TouchPad. There’s a new version of Android available for the HP TouchPad tablet. CyanogenMod 7.1 Alpha 2 includes a number of improvements, but the biggest changes are You shouldn’t lose your WiFi connection when you put the tablet […]
CyanogenMod 7.1 Alpha 2 now available for the HP TouchPad
The CyanogenMod team has released a second alpha version of Android for the HP TouchPad tablet. Alpha 1 was released less than a week ago, and it was pretty functional — but included a number of bugs that could cause the tablet to crash, the WiFi to disconnect, or other problems. Alpha 2 is still […]
Google and Samsung introduce Galaxy Nexus smartphone
Google is introducing Ice Cream Sandwich — the latest version of the company’s Android operating system. Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandiwch will be available with new smartphones and tablets soon, and we’ll probably see software updates for at least some existing devices soon. But one of the first products expected to ship with Ice Cream […]
RIM launches BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 beta (with Android app support)
In addition to providing a sneak peek at the future of BlackBerry tablets and smartphones with the introduction of the BBX software platform today, RIM announced a few new updates for the existing BlackBerry Playbook tablet. First, the Native Software Developer Kit, or NDK has hit version 1.0 which means the tools to create native […]
8 Android alternatives to Apple’s iPod touch
The iPod touch is a pretty amazing little device that bridges the gap between a portable media player and a smartphone. It’s a handheld device that you can use to surf the internet, listen to music, watch movies, play games, or download hundreds of thousands of applications. With a starting price of $199, it’s cheaper […]
Opera Mobile web browser to offer speedier page loads on congested networks
The Opera Mini web browser has made a name for itself by enabling reasonably fast web browsing on slow wireless networks. That’s because when you want to load a web page on a smartphone or other mobile device running Opera Mini, the request goes to a remote server where Opera grabs the web page, compresses […]
Sony PRS-T1 eReader hacked into an E Ink Android tablet
The Sony PRS-T1 is an eBook reader with a 6 inch E Ink touchscreen display. It’s designed to run Sony’s Reader software for reading digital books — but the device’s firmware is based on Google Android and it turns out that the PRS-T1 can be hacked to run additional Android apps. One hacker has managed […]
11 Android games on the HP Touchpad – video
The HP TouchPad is a pretty powerful tablet with a 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon dual core processor and a 9.7 inch, 1024 x 768 pixel display. Games look great on the tablet — but unfortunately there aren’t really all that many high quality games available for the webOS operating system that comes with the TouchPad. […]