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Samsung Announces Dual-Core Orion Processor, Arrives in Q4
Samsung has joined NVIDIA, Texas Instruments, and Qualcomm as a company working on dual-core mobile processors. Dubbed the Orion, Samsung’s new chipset contains a pair of 1GHz ARM Cortex A9 cores, and is capable of 1080p video playback and recording.
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Bloomberg: Samsung “Reviewing” Android-Based TVs
Android lovers who are in the market for a new HD TV might want to hold off just a little bit longer. Samsung, the top TV maker in the U.S. at nearly 20% market share, is considering Android for its line of televisions. Speaking to …
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LG Announces Dual-Core CPU Based on NVIDIA Tegra, Coming to Optimus Series This Year
LG and NVIDIA have teamed up to bring you the next generation of super phones. Based on the new, world first Tegra 2 dual-core CPU, LG’s Optimus Series of phones will see a level of performance that today’s smart phones can only dream of. The …
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Official: Verizon Drops Samsung Fascinate in Two Days (Sept 9)
It doesn’t get much closer than this. For some reason, Verizon decided to wait until the eleventh hour to make the announcement that their Samsung Galaxy S series phone, the Fascinate, is dropping soon. Officially confirmed today, the long held rumor was that September 9 …
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Samsung Exec: Galaxy Tab Likely to Retail Between $200 and $300
Good news for those of you interested in picking up the Galaxy Tab announced last week. According to Samsung product executive Hankil Yoon, the Android 2.2 tablet could sell for between $200 and $300 when it debuts with wireless providers. The final pricing will depend on carrier subsidy, but this is an encouraging starting point.
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The Ticker (September 3rd)
We get an awful lot of emails from you guys wanting to share news, promote links, tips, etc. As much as we’d love to share everything that comes across the inbox, we simply can’t. So, we decided to start a semi-regular series of posts called “The Ticker”. These will be items that we think are worth covering, but not necessarily in a dedicated post. And away we go!
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As Promised, Angry Birds Beta Arrives
The emails have begun rolling out. Angry Birds beta has hit the Android Market. If you signed up for the beta test, you’ll be getting your notice any minute now. For those of you who didn’t, we’ll give you the details. Rovio is aiming to …
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ViewSonic Announces Dual-Booting ViewPad 100
ViewSonic announced the “world’s first” dual-boot Android/ Windows 7 tablet earlier today at IFA 2010. The Android side of things is 1.6 which might turn away tech savvy early adopters, but the rest of the tablet sounds good on paper.
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Toshiba Folio 100 Announced
Samsung isn’t the only company announcing Android tablets today. Toshiba just dropped the Android 2.2-powered Folio 100 on the world. The specs read like a strong device, with its 1024 x 600 10.1-inch capacitive touchscreen, Tegra 2 processor, and 16GB of built-in memory. Other features, …
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Huawei Announces Android 2.2 Powered ‘IDEOS’
Huawei announced four new Android phones today, including the entry-level IDEOS. Built with Android 2.2, the IDEOS is expected to be priced between $100 and $200 when it arrives in European, Asia-Pacific, North American and Latin American markets. We’re waiting on Huawei to open up …
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Reader Submission: Customizability on Android [VIDEO]
We like to occasionally feature guest bloggers and reader submissions on AndroidGuys as it helps the community get a feel for what others are doing with their Android phones. One reader we’ve featured here a couple of times, Roy, has sent us another post. This …
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Vlingo Continues to Evolve, Partners with foursquare
Vlingo continues to push their voice application forward, adding new features and enhancements all the time. Today finds the company partnering with foursquare to make check-ins even easier. Now, it’s possible to tap the screen and say “Check in to Taco Bell” rather than opening …
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Samsung Starts Advertising Galaxy Tab [VIDEO]
The first official TV spot for the Galaxy Tab has hit YouTube and we’ve embedded it below. Samsung crams as much as they can in the 30-second spot so that users can see just how helpful one of these guys can be. We can’t wait …
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T-Mobile SCOOP Confirms G2 With 800 MHz Scorpion Processor
T-Mobile has confirmed that their next Android handset, the G2, will not be a 1GHz processor after all. But it’s not all bad news as the carrier tells us the phone will be powered by an 800MHz Scorpion.
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Samsung Makes Galaxy Tab Official with IFA Announcement
We can finally put the Galaxy Tab rumors to sleep. Samsung has officially unveiled the Galaxy Tab earlier today at the IFA conference in Berlin, Germany. Looking very much like a giant Galaxy S phone, the Tab features a 7-inch TFT-LCD, WSVGA (1024 x 600) display, Cortex A8 1.0GHz processor, 3-megapixel camera with auto-focus and LED flash and a front-facing 1.3 megapixel camera for video telephony.
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