Not satisfied with the Samsung Galaxy S II or looking for a more affordable, yet highly capable Galaxy smartphone? Fear not, the Samsung Galaxy Z (currently available only in Sweden) will be repackaged and sold as the Galaxy R in the UK. If you’re worried the Galaxy R can’t compete with the beloved Galaxy S II, let’s just say the apple doesn’t far fall from the tree.
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The Sony Ericsson Xperia Duo is set to raise the bar for flagship smartphones. As Sony Ericsson’s worst kept secret, this little monster has found its way into several blurry shots and most recently, a stellar render (seen above). The Xperia Duo is exactly what Sony Ericsson needs to grab hold of the high-end Android smartphone market. Are you ready for a peak under the hood of this Samsung Galaxy S II killer?
Boom goes the dynamite. Now that we’ve wrapped up the major E3 press conferences and delivered hoards of gaming news, it’s time to slow things down and return with a fresh edition of the US Update. We’ve got all the heavy hitters on tap this morning, let’s begin.
The Xperia Play Experience Pack has just been announced by Sony Ericsson at E3. The pack includes the DK300 multimedia dock, a pocket USB cable, a music cable to connect the dock to your audio system and three games from Gameloft.
Prepare yourself for future of Panasonic Smart TVs powered by the blazing fast Cortex-A9 processor. By way of a press release this afternoon, Panasonic stepped up to the plate to deliver the shocking news — the 1.4 GHz dual-core Cortex-A9 processor will power its TVs, making it the fastest TV system LSI known to man.
Speed is one thing, but high-performance 3D graphics in full HD is what counts. The Cortex-A9 is no slouch in that department, capable of delivering up all the tasty digital goods your heart desires alongside a wide array of audio and video codec support.
The next wave of multi-core mobile processors destined to fill our smartphones and tablets is upon us. Texas Instruments, by way of a press release, introduced its new TI OMAP 4470 multi-core application processor this afternoon. Sporting two ARM Cortex-A9 MPcores running at a blistering 1.8GHz and two ARM Cortex-M3 cores, this beast of a chipset lays dual-core competitors to rest.
Somewhere in a dark corner Google TV is struggling to come to grips with the idea Geniatech, a Shenzhen-based electronics company, could deliver Android apps on your big screen first. The Android TV set top box is exactly what the name implies. It’s an Android 2.2 Froyo powered box which, when connected to your HDTV, delivers up all the tasty apps you could imagine.
Short of looking into a crystal ball, it’s a crap shoot trying to guess the future of mobile technology — that is unless you’ve been given access to Qualcomm’s presentation. It just so happens our friends at Electronista happened to come across a set of slides from such a presentation, outlining the entire 2011 and 2012 Snapdragon roadmap. Ready to meet the processors powering your future smartphones?
Rise and shine my gadget loving comrades, it’s time for your daily US Update. Breaking cover this morning is an unannounced HTC smartphone running Android 2.3 Gingerbread and packing a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, say hello to the HTC Doubleshot. We’ve got the scoop on the PSN hack and what information has been compromised. We even take a look at a teardown of the new Nikon D5100. Ready? Let’s go.