Linux Mint is an easy-to-use operating system that’s based on Ubuntu Linux. It comes pre-loaded with support for Flash, Java, and a range of media codecs that you’d have to install yourself with Ubuntu. While Linux Mint supports a range of desktop environments, the default user interface also looks a lot more like the classic […]
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Brad’s mobile reporting kit (CES 2013 edition)
CES 2013 is about to start up, which means its time for me to put my mobile reporting kit through the paces. From Sunday through Thursday I’ll be running from press event to press event, wandering the show floor, meeting with consumer electronics companies, and somehow trying to find time to write about all of […]
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HTC announces One X+ smartphone, promises faster speed, better battery life
HTC is giving its flagship HTC One X smartphone a spec bump. The HTC One X+ will hit Europe and Asia starting in October. It features a faster processor, more storage, and longer battery life than its predecessor. A North American release date hasn’t yet been announced. But HTC is also promising to roll out […]
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HTC releases kernel source for AT&T One X
Good news for you U.S. HTC One X owners out there: HTC finally released the kernel source for this version of the phone. That’s the model with a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 dual-core processor and 4G LTE radio. HTC released the kernel source code for the international model with an NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core CPU ages […]
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XBMC Media Center coming to Android, early build already available
XBMC is one of the most popular media center apps available Windows, Mac, and Linux computers. And soon it will be available for Android as well. The team has released the source code for a pre-release version of XBMC for Android, and a downloadable, installable package for folks that don’t want to compile it from […]
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Android 4.1 now available for Galaxy Nexus, HTC One X (unofficially)
Google handed developers about 6,000 Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphones loaded with a pre-release build of Android 4.1 yesterday. But the official over-the-air update for all the folks that already bought Galaxy Nexus phones isn’t due out until mid-July. If you can’t wait that long, some of the lucky folks who got their hands on the […]
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HTC Media Link will stream HD video from your phone to TV
HTC is getting ready to launch a new line of Android smartphones under the HTC One name with high resolution displays, fast processors, and a few other nifty features… including support for a new accessory called the HTC Media Link HD which passed through the FCC this weekend. The HTC Media Link HD is a […]