The last time we wrote about Ematic, the company was selling its eGlide Prism tablet for just under $160 on ShopNBC. Today Ematic is back with another Android 4.0 tablet, but it’s even cheaper than its previous offering. The eGlide Steal will be sold for $119.95 from online retailers such as Walmart.
Author: Jeremy Hill
Android purists swear that stock Android is the way to go. This is especially true for Android 4.0 since it is much sleeker and lighter than most skins manufacturers place on their devices. There’s at least one more Android skin on the way next month, this time from Huawei. The Emotion UI is set to debut on June 9, and will be placed on the first Huawei device in July.
Asus makes some of the best Android tablets around. In addition to their quality, the Transformer tablets also carry pretty decent price tags. If you’re thinking about purchasing the Transformer Prime or even the Transformer Pad 300, you may want to wait until Computex 2012 is over. It’s there that Asus will debut a new addition or additions to the Transformer family.
GameStop has expanded into the mobile market even further by announcing the availability of Android tablets in more than 1,600 of its stores across the United States. There are a handful of tablet models right now, which should be enough to prevent GameStop customers from getting overwhelmed. You can also purchase the tablets online with free shipping.
A group of indie game developers have decided to team up and collectively discount their games from May 24 to June 1. This initiative is called Because We May, and its purpose is to celebrate online stores that give developers the choice to price their games however they like. Luckily for us, Google Play is on the list.
It has been awhile since the Amazon Appstore offered a free App of the Day game that was exciting enough to write about. I’m happy to tell you that Gunman Clive has been chosen to wave the free flag today. Gunman Clive is normally $1.99, so we’re definitely getting a good deal. Try to be quick about downloading Gunman Clive because it’ll stop being free about 10 hours from the time of this writing. You don’t even need a Wi-Fi connection to do so.
The Wall Street Journal (via Engadget) is reporting on something that is good news for customers and not so good for mobile carriers. Apparently Google is partnering with five different device makers to create new Nexus devices for the 2012 holiday season. These devices will allegedly run Android 5.0 (rumored to be called Jelly Bean), and will be sold in unlocked form straight from Google.
Another day, another Kickstarter project that needs your help to get off the ground. This time a company named Moveable Code is asking for $100,000 to fund the first release of its mobile game called Incantor: Magic Made Real. Incantor is unique because it uses a physical Bluetooth wand to connect to smartphones. The game was also made to behave like a real world MMO.
The wait is almost over for HTC Sensation 4G owners on T-Mobile. The carrier has confirmed that Ice Cream Sandwich and HTC Sense 3.6 will be pushed to the Sensation 4G starting on May 16. A previous report suggested the update would not arrive until June. It appears as if the HTC Amaze 4G will receive its ICS update around that time instead.
If you’ve ever wondered where the flood of video game Kickstarter campaigns began, it would be a good idea to start with Double Fine Adventure. Even though Double Fine Adventure was not the first video game to seek funding through Kickstarter, it was the first game that showed it is possible to raise over $3 million by appealing directly to fans. The Kickstarter campaign is long over, but there’s still an opportunity to make a donation and get the game for Android.