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Droid Razor MAXX Unboxing [video]

Derek Anderson — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:43:10 +0000

LG Spectrum Review [video]

Derek Anderson — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:56:55 +0000

The LG Spectrum is currently the top smartphone offered by LG.

Here is a two part video review from wirefly.com

2nd part

source: http://www.wirefly.com/learn

Asus MeMo Pad: Hands-on pictures with the $249 Tegra 3 tablet – Recombu

Derek Anderson — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:01:57 +0000

Asus MeMo Pad: Hands-on pictures with the $249 Tegra 3 tablet – Recombu.

This is the King of 7″ tablets right now! …and it isn’t even available for purchase. ($249)
I’ve seen some forums indicating that people will ditch other affordable 7″ options (read Nook, Fire) to get their Tegra 3, Android 4.0 fix.

There’s a 5-megapixel main camera unit on the back and a 1.2-megapixel front facer for video calls. That main camera is capable of shooting 1080p HD video which would no doubt look a treat when played back on the screen – we weren’t able to test the camea out on this model though.
Running on Nvidia’s Tegra 3 chip and coming in 16GB and 32GB versions the Asus Memo will be arriving on shelves Stateside in the second quarter of this year and will ship with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

I may even do this. How can you go wrong with Tegra 3 and Android 4.0 ?

Ectacto Jetbook Color eReader already available in Russia – Liliputing

Derek Anderson — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:48:16 +0000

Ectacto Jetbook Color eReader already available in Russia – Liliputing.

This is the future of E-Ink and e-books as far as I am concerned. There is no other way to go.

This is the final nail in the book coffin.

Barnes & Noble doesn’t really want you sideloading apps on a NOOK Tablet – Liliputing

Derek Anderson — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:50:54 +0000

Barnes & Noble doesn’t really want you sideloading apps on a NOOK Tablet – Liliputing.

The actual number of Barnes & Noble customers that want to ‘customize’ their device in this way is something like 3%. The other 97% of customers can surely support B&N in their hour of need.

The reason the NOOK Tablet has a locked bootloader and the NOOK Color does not, it turns out, is because of hardware security features built into the TI OMAP4 dual core processor in the new NOOK Tablet. In order to provide HD quality video from Netflix, B&N locked the bootloader for security purposes.

This is only a small part of the truth.

B&N wants to keep you in their ecosystem supporting their brand and not venturing off the farm to get that app that is actually supposed to be FREE.