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Panasonic Shows Viera Tablet

January 6th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Panasonic joins the tablet goldrush with the Viera Tablet. The tablet is described by the company as a TV companion and will be available in two screensizes (4.7” and 10”).

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Details Android 2.4 and 3.0 Hit The Net

January 6th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Today, details around Android’s roadmap surfaced on the internet as Google published a video about Android 3.0 and Dutch website Tweakers.net accidentally got handed a SonyEricsson Arc with Android 2.4 on it.

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Panasonic Opens App Market for Viera TV’s

January 6th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

During the CES, Panasonic announced their App Market for their line of Viera TV’s. The App Market is an extension to Panasonic’s IPTV platform called Viera Connect.

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Motorola Atrix Blurs the Line Between Smartphone and Tablet

January 6th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Next to the Xoom, Motorola had another surprise in mind for the press. The company also unveiled the Motorola Atrix 4G, a smartphone with tablet capabilities.

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Motorola Unveils the Xoom Tablet

January 6th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Motorola has finally unveiled their new Xoom tablet during the CES. The Xoom runs on Android 3.0 Honeycomb and has a Nvidia Tegra-2 1Ghz processor on board combined with 1 GB DDR2 memory.

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Microsoft Details Windows Phone 7 Update

January 6th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

To cut an end to the rumours, Microsoft has started to publish details about the upcoming updates to Windows Phone 7. The only thing the company didn’t detail yet is when we can expect them.

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Wild Needle Secures a $3 Million Investment

January 5th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

According to TechCrunch, mobile social gaming startup Wild Needle Games has picked up a $3 million investment. Playdom co-founder Rick Thompson has been identified as one of the executives behind the company.

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CES: Vizio Announces Android Line-up

January 4th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Hardware vendor Vizio has announced it will be bringing several Android based products to the market. Amongst them are an unnamed smartphone, tablet and TV.

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Firemint Acquires Infinite Interactive

January 4th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Firemint, maker of the successful Flight Control and Real Racing racing games on the App Store has acquired fellow developer Infinite interactive that is well known for it’s Puzzle Quest titles.

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Angry Birds to Hit PSP, PS3 and Netbooks

January 4th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: PSP Minis | No Comments »

Rovio will be expanding the Angry Birds franchise onto more platforms as the company announces collaborations with both Sony Playstation and hardware vendor Intel.