Philips has unveiled a new portable media player called the GoGear Connect 3. It’s a handheld device with a 3.2 inch touchscreen display and Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system. You can use the device to listen to music or watch videos, but it also ships with the Android Market for access to over 300,000 Android apps. In […]
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HP TouchPad can dual-boot Android and webOS (kinda)
It’s only been a few weeks since hackers seriously started trying to get Google Android to run on the HP TouchPad, and we’re already seeing some major progress. A few days ago the developers of the popular CyanogenMod Android distribution posted a video showing Android booting on HP’s tablet, and now the folks behind the […]
Sony’s latest Walkman runs Android
Once upon a time the Sony Walkman was the portable music player of choice. But that was back when it seemed like a good idea to store 12 songs on a long strip of electromagnetic tape surrounded by a big plastic case. The company’s digital music players have never been as popular as Sony’s cassette players […]
Sony Tablet S slated for mid-September debut in Canada
Sony has been showing off its upcoming Android tablets — the Sony Tablet S and dual-screen, clamshell Sony Tablet P — since April of this year. The Tablet S is thought to be arriving in the U.S. in mid-September, and it’s now thought that Canadians will see the slate debut at the same time. That’s […]
Sharp Galapagos 7-inch Android tablet for $1 in Japan, on contract
Earlier this year, Brad got to spend some hands-on time with Sharp’s 5.5 and 10.8 inch Galapagos tablets. Now, Sharp is offering a new model that splits the difference in sizes — the 7.7 inch Sharp Galapagos A01SH. Like the previous models, the A01SH features a customized version of the Android operating system. This time, […]
Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 spotted in first blurry photos
Brad previously mentioned that Samsung plans to unveil the Galaxy Tab 7.7 as a scaled-down addition to its Android tablet line-up some time soon, so it’s no surprise to see that the veil of secrecy has been briefly lifted this morning. A handful of blurry and not-too-revealing photos have been posted by An.droidlife.com. The pictures […]
CyanogenMod bringing Android to the HP TouchPad tablet
You may soon be able to install Android on an HP TouchPad tablet thanks to the developers of the popular CyanogenMod Android distribution. Update: You can now install Android on the HP TouchPad using CyanogenMod’s tools. The HP TouchPad ships with webOS 3.0 software, but after HP discontinued the tablet and its webOS smartphones and […]
Samsung Galaxy 8.9 to offer LTE connectivity
Unlike the recently-outed Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 — which was discovered hiding inside a Samsung demo app in the Android Market — the Galaxy Tab 8.9 has had details leaked more than a few times this year. It was expected to launch this summer for around $469, though that doesn’t seem likely to happen at […]
Motorola XOOM 4G LTE upgrades kick off with pilot program
Like so many tablets that have hit retail shelves this year, the Motorola XOOM launched in a slightly unfinished state. Updates have been rolling out, of course. Back in July a software update allowed owners of the Motorola XOOM to finally make use of the tablet’s microSD card expansion slot. Around the same time, a key […]
Android HP TouchPad system dumped, tablet up for sale on eBay
While independent developers are hard at work trying to figure out how to get Google Android to run on HP’s recently discontinued TouchPad tablet, one guy has been claiming to have a model that shipped with Android preloaded. His colleague brought attention to the device (which may be some sort of prototype that was accidentally […]