Google makes no profit from selling the Nexus 7 tablet
Yesterday at Google I/O 2012, Google introduced the Nexus 7 with much fanfare. It’s a powerful tablet with high end features for a bargain basement price starting at just $199 for the 8GB model and $249 for 16GB. So how did they pack a quad-core ...
Nexus 7 tablet announced at Google I/O, it’s everything we expected and more
The rumors are finally over. This morning at Google I/O the Nexus 7 tablet finally got official. The specs are pretty much along the lines of what had been leaking the past week or so. Manufactured by Asus, the Nexus 7 will have a 7 inch screen with ...
Alleged press images and full specs of the Google Nexus 7 tablet leaked out
This week is all about Google I/O, but before everything gets kicked off in San Francisco, we’ve got some juicy news from the other side of the world. Gizmodo Australia as published what they say are the official press images and full specs of the ...
HBO Go now available for the Kindle Fire
Just in case there already weren’t enough ways to consume video content on your Amazon Kindle Fire tablet, there’s now one more. HBO has released their HBO Go app optimized for the Kindle Fire. The app allows customers to instantly access ...
Recent benchmark user agent points to 7-inch Nexus tablet running Android 4.1 Jelly Bean
There’s been rumblings of a Google-backed Nexus tablet for some time now. The rumored tablet was said to be made by Asus, based off the 370T, which had been announced then reported pulled for retooling. To add further evidence, a recent benchmark ...
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 gets a teardown
Samsung’s latest budget tablet, the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 has received the teardown treatment courtesy of Tech Republic. While it looks nearly the same as the Tab Plus 7.0, the slimmed down specs also slash $200 off the price tag making the Tab 2 7.0 ...
TED launches official Android app with over 1,200 audio and video lectures
There’s no shortage of apps in the Android Market Google Play Store that allow you to access videos from TED Talks. Today TED Conferences launched their official app for Android devices. It features over 1,200 audio and video presentations for ...
Amazon AppStore celebrates birthday with discounted apps and Kindle Fire giveaway
It’s hard to believe the Amazon AppStore has been around for almost a year already. 360 days ago Amazon launched their own AppStore and kicked it off by giving away Angry Birds Rio for free. Since then, they’ve had a different free paid app ...
Nook Tablet gets an easier root method using the SD card
Although the Nook Tablet has been rootable for a while now, the method was a bit complicated for the average user. Now a new method has been released making it simple enough to root merely by copying some files to the SD card and rebooting the tablet. ...
Early Alpha Ice Cream Sandwich ROM up and running on the Amazon Kindle Fire
While the Kindle Fire may not be getting Ice Cream Sandwich any time soon (if at all), that’s nothing to stop some determined developers from porting Android 4.0 to the $199 device. The port is still in the early Alpha stages, but most everything ...


