Archives for "March, 2011"
HTC wants to show you why the Flyer is unlike any other tablet
If you were ready to dismiss the HTC Flyer as HTCs spin on the Samsung Galaxy Tab then HTC would like just six minutes of your time to try to convince you otherwise. It’s a well made video and worth checking out if you are mulling over a tablet purchase this Spring.
We’ve been over the specs before and they are solid but not world-beating; 1.5 GHz processor, 1 GB of RAM, 16/32 GB Storage and a 7″ screen with 1024 x 600 resolution. But the specs aren’t really the story of the Flyer. The work…
A Nerf ball with 9-axis inertial sensing motion processing with integrated Bluetooth? There’s an app for that.
File this under things you didn’t know existed but now that you do you totally want one. We were just emailed a video of someone demonstrating Perfect Spiral Trainer, an app powered by what the guy is calling his Replay Football system, which tracks a modified Nerf ball in-flight and reports back all sorts of interesting data via Bluetooth.
Uhhh, what? Just watch video below:
From the YouTube page and original creator:
It employs a Nerf football with a 9-axis motion sensing pack and a visualization / throw analysis application on an Android platform. The football transmits real-time motion data…
What’s with the mobile exec level smack talk?
The fanboy groups, forum nazis, and various other online community groups of every persuasion have essentially the same thing going for them, the internet is their battleground for violently bashing the other guy. Sure, I’ve been known to drop the occasional iHate, or shake my head knowingly at the guy all excited about how he’s going to mod his Droid X, but I’m a fan. We’re users, our fanatical drive is what motivates other people to make the leap to Android in the first place. With Android, we’ve even enjoyed some Google developers taking the leap into slamming the competition….
Asus Claims People Do Genuinely Want Windows 7 on Tablets [Tablets]
Despite Asus offering up a couple of Android tablets, they’re still finding that customers want nothing more than Windows 7—because that’s what they’re used to. While Asus may privately agree that Android—or iOS&mdas…
Staff picks: Free time-wasting games, aGibbets, Mathematiles Demo, Roller Lite, FatBooth
Let me preface today’s game-centric episode of Staff Picks by saying: I know these aren’t the most technically impressive specimens and they won’t be pushing your phone to its absolute dual-core-powered goodness, but that’s OK. More often than not, I find myself playing with silly little games or lightweight time-wasters over the old-school gaming epic. I just don’t have time for that mess.
Saving people being hanged with a bow and arrow, though, or doing some simple math? Bring that on! A quick game of Skeeball? Making my friends fat in a matter of seconds? I’m there. Today we’re focusing…
How Much Did the iPad Crush Everyone Else in 2010 [Chart]
There’s not much else to say about this chart. According to Gartner, the world spent $9.6 billion in tablets. According to Apple’s official numbers, the iPad got $9.566 billion. More &…
HTC Pyramid: More Pics, More Specs Add Up to Great-Looking Phone [Unconfirmed]
Our first look at the HTC Pyramid showed us a glimpse of the exterior, but now a truckload of images have backed up at the XDA Developers forum. What can we learn? That this is, as we thought,…
Verizon’s spring roadmap has 8 Android phones releasing in less than 60 days
Our friends at Phandroid got their hot little hands on the table below which shows that Verizon is about to really put the pedal to the metal on Android.
April doesn’t hold any big surprises with the very tough sounding Casio Commando and Droid Charge blazing the trail on April 7th.
The next week will see the launch of the long awaited Sony Xperia Play (The Playstation Phone). Casual gaming on phones has seen an explosion over the last couple years, but the gaming phone concept has not fared well in the past…
Android Market In-app Billing is available at last
We’ve known this was coming for some time, but the light finally turned green for in-app billing in the Android Market.
In-app billing has been a very successful model on iOS and is likely to entice some new blood to branch out to Android. Most commonly developers using this functionality make their apps available for free and then charge for upgrades, virtual goods or additional levels after users have gotten a taste of the app.
When used properly this can extend the life of an app or game and keep it interesting or useful, but when abused it can feel…
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