Samsung just got finished with their Unpacked event over at CTIA and have announced two new tablets coming our way very soon, summer in fact. The Galaxy Tablet 8.9 and the Galaxy Tablet 10.1 will be heading into our hands this summer with some seriously good pricing to top it all off. Oh, did we mention they are dual-core?
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T-Mobile G2X dual-core Android phone officially announced. First to come pre-loaded with Tegra Zone.
The T-Mobile version of the Optimus 2X by LG was rumored to be coming and was even spotted in a picture as booths were being set up at CTIA. Well it has now been officially announced with the name G2X which was recently leaked as well. This will be T-Mobile’s first dual-core Android phone and also the first to come pre-loaded with nVidia’s Tegra Zone app.
Well it is a trio of Amazon news in this post starting off with the fact that the Amazon App Store is now open for business! We knew it was going to happen and while the offerings on the App Store (3,800 apps/games at launch) are what you can get on the Android Market, Angry Birds Rio is exclusive only to the Amazon App Store.
Well CTIA has started today and one bit of news coming out already regarding the Xperia Play is that at least one North American model of the phone will be heading for Verizon. While we say one model, that is because there are rumors it will eventually land on all carriers in the USA. However, the Verizon one is the first one spied with actual branding.
Herocraft has made some pretty unique and fun games in the past for Android devices and their new game, Battle Boats 3D, looks to be up there as one of their best games yet. You will be thrust into a war between three rival gangs in a post-apocalyptic war except battles are fought on the water in boats with big weapons.
Spacetime Studios, developers of the hit MMORPG for Android Pocket Legends and the upcoming Space MMORPG called Blackstar, can now chalk up another 1st for the company in the form of a being one of the first mobile games to push out a national television ad for their current MMORPG, Pocket Legends.
Breaking from the tradition mold of RPGs that have ever existed, Godville Games brings their self-titled zero-player game, Godville, to Android. What the hell is a zero-player game? Well according to Godville Games, it is where you are not actually playing as the story’s main character but instead as something else, in this case, a god.
Just to round off Adobe’s recent update to Flash which is providing Honeycomb support and performance improvements for non-Honeycomb Android devices, Adobe Air just had its update released onto the Android Market this morning as well. Included in this update is Honeycomb support, so all your XOOM owners should be happy now.
In what can only be looked at as down right annoying for anyone who has just recently purchased a new Android phone (or any phone for that matter) from T-Mobile, if this apparent merger goes through, you’ll need to replace it already with one that supports AT&T 3G bands if you want to have 3G speeds.
Sony Ericsson giving away Xperia Plays during pre-launch competitions. Great if you’re in the UK.
Well all of our UK-based readers are getting a little bit of good news this morning regarding the Xperia Play. It seems that Sony Ericsson is giving you a chance to win one during a bunch of pre-launch competitions. There are a total of 10 Xperia Play phones being given away through various news sites between now and launch time.