The Samsung GALAXY Nexus (Image: Samsung/supplied)
RUMOUR MILL: By Thanksgiving, we could see five new ‘Nexus’ smartphones and tablets – the title given to Android’s flagship phone for a particular version – being sold directly to consumers through Google, as opposed to the traditional carriers. Well, that’s if a report by the Wall Street Journal is true.
Crowd-sourced funding is beginning to look like the next big thing, with another Kickstarter project breaking funding records .Kickstarter allows anybody to invest in an idea or product, giving as much money as they would like, with rewards being given to those who spend more money. If a project does not reach its goal, set by the creator, then no money is sent.
Box, who provide online cloud storage, have announced that they are going to upgrade all Android Box user’s accounts and give them 50GB worth of storage. This is in an effort to get teams who work on the go or who are just looking for online collaboration on Box.
As if Google Chrome OS wasn’t irrelevant enough, Google has today announced a beta for Google Chrome on Android. It’s only available in select countries, which includes Australia, and only works on Android 4.0, or Ice-Cream Sandwich.
Sony Ericsson’s hit-and-miss Xperia Play will be getting another exclusive game this November, adding to the 150 games currently optimised for the phone including Minecraft:Pocket Edition.
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light was released on iOS, PS3 and Xbox 360 in August and will make it’s Android debut exclusively on the Xperia Play in November. The exclusivity is timed, so the game will eventually come to regular Android phones, but the deals length is unknown.
Want to play Minecraft on your phone, but don’t own an Xperia Play? Well, if you own an Android phone you’re in luck! This week on Friday 30th (AEST), Minecraft will be available for any Android device. The game will, like all mobile games, use on screen touch controls, unlike the physical controls of the Xperia Play, and presumably be available for the same price of $6.54.
New phones from HTC with Sense 3.5, such as the HTC Rhyme, will now recieve an extra 3GB of space on top of the 2GB default on Dropbox thanks to a partnership between HTC and Dropbox.
Here is the Acer Iconia A500 tablet computer running the brand new version of Android, Honeycomb. This version of Android has been optimised for tablet’s and it has really shown.
The Iconia features an NVIDIA processor, plenty of RAM and plenty of internal storage. Check out the full review of this tablet after the break.
Welcome to the fourth episode of Gadgetlyst Bytes – our new monthly podcast recapping the month in gadget news. This month, we take a look at the PSN, HTC Mozart hacking and more Android shenanigans…
Get ready for a tablet duel off. The much-anticipated Motorola XOOM tablet now being officially confirmed to be heading to Telstra, after weeks of rumours pointing to such a deal was going to emerge.
Image: Fertala/Flickr (Creative Commons)
New Zealand is about to get a three-strikes law that remains very controversial, in how it got passed and what’s in the law. The TECHGEEK Weekly Podcast discuss the impact it has, while also discussing about Android’s latest security flaw and the BlackBerry Playbook.
Vodafone has announced the pricing and date for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, the long-awaited successor to the Galaxy Tab. Vodafone has exclusive rights to sell the tablet, thanks to a worldwide deal, and will launch the device on May 4.
James Wilson, holding his new partner at the iPad 2 Launch (Image: Stewart Wilson/TECHGEEK.com.au)
Despite the fact that Tom, James and Stewart aren’t on, the TECHGEEK Weekly Podcast still lives on, and we discuss the launch of the iPad 2, talk about the BlackBerry Playbook to come with Android applications and the fact that Duke Nukem Forever is delayed (again!).
Remember last year when we reported that the OFLC was looking into forcing games on App Store’s to get classifications? Well today Ben Grubb from The Sydney Morning Herald interviewed Home Affairs Minister Brendan O’Connor about the matter.
LG joins the long list of companies trying to dilute the tablet market with their own tablet after an announcement at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Called the Optimus Pad, it will feature a unique 8.9-inch display and will run on Android 3.0 Honeycomb.