Saturday, February 19, 2011

Moto: 4G Support Makes $800 Xoom Price Fair


It's the 4G you're paying for!
If you recoiled when you saw the $800 price tag Motorola has planned for its Tegra 2-powered Xoom tablet, you’re not the only one. Many people believe it’s simply too expensive for the majority of people in the market for a tablet. Still, Motorola must have had a reason to believe it could get away with attaching such a high price tag, right? Well, yes, but you might not agree with it.

Friday, February 18, 2011


Dell 2011/12 Roadmap Reveals Windows 8 Tablet


Whoops!
Dell’s already given us quite a few sexy smartphones and tablets (the Streak, the Venue Pro?) but it’s always nice to know that the company doesn’t plan on resting on its laurels. Round Rock’s 2011/beginning of 2012 roadmap for smartphones and tablets has been leaked to Windows Phone Central and if the documents are anything to go by, we’ll be seeing a few more exciting mobile devices from Dell before the year is out.

Thursday, February 17, 2011

IBM Watson Hits Jeopardy to Destroy All Humans


It's not self aware... yet.

IBM designed a computer that could beat a chess player. While a computer-run chess program isn't new, it was an achievement for a program to best the best chess player in the world.
Now more than a decade later, IBM has set out to own the game show of trivia known as Jeopardy. IBM and the game show have teamed up to deliver a special charity edition of the show where the top two human Jeopardy players faced off against IBM's Watson supercomputer and program.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Samsung Shows All-new Galaxy S II Android 2.3


A new Galaxy is born.

The line of Galaxy phones has been tremendously successful for Samsung. Its use of the homegrown Hummingbird processor and great Super AMOLED screens have made it a great Android choice. Google even selected the hardware platform for its Nexus S flagship phone.

Monday, February 14, 2011

This New Android Phone Has Two Useful Displays


It looks a little bit like a DS.

Sprint teased that something big was coming and we now know that it was partnering with Kyocera Communications to bring the first dual-touchscreen Android smartphone, called the Kyocera Echo.
The Echo features two high-resolution 3.5-inch WVGA touchscreen displays connected by a patent-pending "pivot hinge" that enables the two displays to operate independently, side-by-side or combined to form an oversized 4.7-inch (diagonally) integrated display.