Asus is working hard to get the Transformer Prime GPS problems solved as soon as possible, cites the Transformer Prime unibody construction material as the cause for its GPS problems, a workaround is being worked, Asus is from now on removing the GPS capability from the specification sheet and the marketing material of the Transformer Prime. The best part is that the only way for Asus to solve the ...

Glu Mobile announced the company’s popular village-building game, Bug Village, on Google+. Social games on Google+ bring the engagement of real-life sharing to the web, enabling consumers to connect and discover in new ways. Glu plans to bring additional titles to the Google+ platform in the future. Google+ games offers consumers control over how (and when) they discover games and with whom they share their experiences. By clicking the games button at the top of the stream, users can see the ...

BEIJING, Nov.8 (Xinhua) — China’s smartphone adoption rate ranks among the world’s top five due to a rapid expansion of smartphone use in cities, said a survey released in Beijing on Tuesday. About 35 percent of urban Chinese consumers have smartphones, the third-highest level in the world. China ranks behind Singapore and Australia, with 62 percent and 37 percent respectively, according to a survey jointly conducted by Google Inc. and research service company Ipsos. The survey is based on interviews with over 30,000 people from 30 countries and regions, including 1,000 interviewees in China. According to the survey, smartphone users in China use ...

mophie today announced its new juice pack outdoor edition, a hardware and GPS app bundle that gives iPhone 4 and 4S users access to twice the battery power and more than 650,000 map images for on-the-go navigation. The outdoor edition is the first solution from the company to merge its award-winning battery charging capabilities with enhanced function through a supporting application. Available now in a new, eye-catching orange and gray color combination, the mophie juice pack outdoor edition’s 2,000 mAh battery capacity and sophisticated GPS app effectively transforms the iPhone ...

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Dell introduced an expanded consumer portfolio featuring next-generation 4G capable devices and high-definition 3D-capable laptops that deliver the ultimate in mobility, entertainment and gaming experiences for just about everyone. The new products include: • Streak 7, Dell’s first 4G tablet on T-Mobile’s blazing fast new 4G network; • Venue, Dell’s new unlocked GSM Google Android 2.2 smartphone; • A new XPS-branded laptop with full-resolution 3D screen; and • New Alienware 3D capable gaming systems In addition to the distinctive new solutions, Dell today announced it is extending its innovative Dell Stage software interface across its entire consumer ...

Dell and T-Mobile USA unveiled Dell’s new 7-inch Android tablet, the Streak 7, both companies’ first 4G capable tablet specifically designed for the super-fast mobile broadband speeds of T-Mobile’s 4G network. The sleek compact form of the Streak 7 combined with T-Mobile’s super-fast 4G mobile broadband network make it the ultimate entertainment hub for families and consumers craving a rich multimedia and web experience both at home and on-the-go. Portable, passable and easily shared, the Streak 7′s brilliant seven-inch WVGA touch screen with Gorilla Glass is ideal for Web browsing, streaming video, ...

Verizon Wireless and Motorola Mobility unveiled the innovative new tablet Motorola XOOM ? the first device on Google’s new Android 3.0 Honeycomb operating system designed from the ground up for tablets. The Honeycomb user experience improves on Android favorites such as widgets, multi-tasking, browsing, notifications and customization and features the latest Google Mobile innovations. Boasting a dual core processor with each core running at 1 GHz, delivering up to two GHz of processing power, and 10.1-inch widescreen HD display, Motorola XOOM gives Verizon Wireless customers a new type of mobile computing ...

VIZIO announced today the VIA Plus ecosystem, the next generation of VIZIO Internet Apps that will provide consumers with a connected CE experience unlike any other. The new ecosystem will allow for unified on-demand content and application consumption across multiple consumer electronic devices including VIZIO HDTVs, Blu-ray players, SmartPhones and Tablets. VIA Plus expands upon the VIA experience and extends it to new devices creating a world-class connected ecosystem that combines the latest technologies and a unified user experience to provide the very best HD entertainment experience. Consumers will be able to ...

Middle school receives an initial 65 Kindle e-readers as part of a special reading program, “Putting E(xcitement)-Books in the Hands of Students.” Do e-book readers have a positive impact on learning? Riverside Middle School is going to find out by using technology to help improve student achievement. The school today received 65 Kindle e-readers as part of a special reading program, “Putting E(xcitement)-Books in the Hands of Students.” The program is a collaboration between the Rotary Club of Fort Worth and Riverside Middle School, which will receive a total of 110 Kindles ...

8.4-inch Android Tablet Features Wi-Fi, Borders eBook Store and Multimedia Functions E FUN has introduced the Next3 Tablet, with built-in e-reader, Android 2.1 and Wi-Fi. Built-in Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g) convenience allows users to browse the Internet, receive and answer e-mails, watch YouTube videos, listen to Internet music providers and get real-time weather reports. Turning pages and choosing applications is as easy as lifting a finger with the touch-screen feature. Additional functions include a calculator, clock, and alarm. The Next3 features Google’s powerful ...

The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10, available in early 2010, is slated to be “the first phone in a family of phones” to deliver a consistent user experience where communication truly becomes entertainment, according to the London-based handset manufacturer. The X10 will be the first to introduce SE’s new UX platform that will evolve across the product portfolio and expand over time with new features and capabilities. Sony Ericsson’s first handset to incorporate the super-hip Google Android operating system, the XPERIA X10 model sports a four-inch-wide touch screen, and is loaded with an ...

Sony Ericsson’s newest phone in the Xperia(TM) range, the X8, is meeting the needs of those consumers who find many touchscreen smartphone (http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/mobilephones/overview/xperiax8?cc=gb&lc=en) handsets too big or too small and also not within their price range. With features taken from both the Xperia(TM) X10 and mini, the X8, which started to be available globally from October 2010 is expected to attract even more phone users to the smartphone ( http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/mobilephones/overview/xperiax10?cc=gb&lc=en) market. The size is one of the main reasons for its appeal. Neatly placed between these two popular Sony Ericsson Xperia(TM) phones ...

Today, Flipboard released the latest edition of its popular social magazine for Apple’s iPad, taking the way people browse social content to the next level. Now, in addition to Facebook and Twitter, Flipboard’s readers can flip through photos and articles shared via Flickr and Google Reader as well as easily browse more of what these social networks have to offer including favorites, folders, groups, and friend lists. Users can now also post updates, tweets and photos from anywhere within the magazine. With these additions, Flipboard, recently named iPad app of the ...

All Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile specialty stores launch Nexus S in-stores and online at BestBuy.com on Thursday, Dec. 16. Nexus S, from Google and Samsung, is the world’s first smart phone with Android 2.3, Gingerbread. Here are some important details for the launch of Nexus S: Timing: Online sales of Nexus S begin at 8 a.m. Eastern time to coincide with the opening of Best Buy stores on the East Coast. As a reminder, all Best Buy stores have adjusted their holiday hours to open at 8 a.m. Availability: Nexus S is ...

LG Electronics (LG) announced the 72-inch LZ9700, the world’s biggest 3D Full LED HDTV. At 59 inches wide and 40 inches tall, the LZ9700 will let viewers see life-sized action on a beautifully crisp picture. With full HD resolution on an LED display, the LZ9700 delivers pictures as large and colorful as paintings at an art gallery. The extra spacious screen size also makes the picture more immersive than ever, offering viewers a 3D experience every bit as good as the screen in the local multiplex. The LZ9700 is also ...

Google’s Andy Rubin tweeted yesterday about the daily Android phone activation number, it has reached 300,000, this come a day after Google launched Gingerbread, the new Android update where Google itself noted that the Android activation was 214,000 daily or 1.5 Million/weekly. The release memo said that more than 200,000 were actually activated in a daily basis. Rubin tweets reflects two things: 1) that the PR department is just sleeping or 2) just didn’t summed the BOGO units. Google is giving Android for free, so counting the units activation is ...

Google is working hard to get the Chrome OS up and running, certifying hardwares and polishing its recently introduced webstore, the idea is to bring an always connected computer (or dull NetPC) which will operate as net client for Google applications, partners are launching their web-based apps to the store and everything looks interesting. So far, fine, Google is betting on people needs to be always connected where Google can profit from ads on its search engine. I like the idea, an always connected device with dedicated applications and services, but for ...

Two months ago, Amazon launched Kindle for the Web, making it possible to read free first chapters of Kindle books through web browsers. Today, Amazon announced that Kindle for the Web will expand to enable anyone with access to a web browser to buy and read full Kindle books – no download or installation required. For the first time ever, bookstores, other retailers, authors, bloggers and other website owners will be able to offer Kindle books from their own sites, let their readers start enjoying the full text of these books ...

Flixster, Inc. announces the launch today of its service as an app in Google Inc.’s new Chrome Web Store, at https://chrome.google.com/webstore . “Flixster’s app for Google Chrome takes what we’ve learned on mobile devices and brings it back to the web. With more than twenty-three million users on mobile devices, we’ve learned how much they care about speed, interface and discoverability,” says Flixster co-founder and CEO Joe Greenstein. “We created this app using HTML5, making it the fastest version of Flixster we’ve built yet.” “The web has become an incredibly powerful platform for ...