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Taylor's New Year's tech resolutions for 2013

Android Today is the last day of 2012, so there's no better time than now to reflect on how things have gone this year. And there's no better day than today to determine which areas need improving. There's something symbolic and significant about...

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Nexus 7 32GB available for $229.99 as part of eBay Daily Deals

Android Got some holiday cash burning a hole in your pocket? If so, there's a sale on an Android tablet that may be able to help put that fire out. One of today's eBay Daily Deals is a 32GB Nexus 7 for $229.99, which is a full $20 less than Google...

from 2012 by Alex Wagner 1

Open webOS now up and running on the Nexus 7

News First it was the Samsung Galaxy Nexus that played host to Open webOS, and now it looks like another Nexus device has been tweaked to run the open source version of HP's mobile operating system. WebOS Ports team member Simon Busch, also...

from 2012 by Alex Wagner 2

New Sprint promotion knocks $100 off the price of 4G LTE tablets with smartphone purchase

Android Sprint has kicked off a new promotion to entice smartphone buyers to pick up a tablet to go alongside their new handset. The carrier is knocking $100 off the price of a 4G LTE tablet with the purchase of any smartphone, though customers...

from 2012 by Alex Wagner 3

Toshiba Excite 10 getting its own Jelly Bean update

Android Looks like Toshiba's Excite 7.7 isn't the only tablet from The Tosh that's getting treated to a Jelly Bean update. According to a report from Android Police, the Toshiba Excite 10 is also in the process of being updated to Android 4.1.1....

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Toshiba Excite 7.7 receiving Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean update

Android Looks like owners of Toshiba's Excite 7.7 tablet are getting a nice holiday surprise, as Toshiba has begun rolling a Jelly Bean update to its 7.7-inch slate. As noted by Android Police, the update weighs in at around 348MB and brings the...

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What tech gifts did you receive this holiday season?

Android With the number of sold out gadgets left out of stock in the wake of the holidays, it's apparent how tech-crazed consumers are and how popular mobile devices have become as perfect holiday gifts. For example, five out of seven devices in...

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Taylor's Top 5 tablets (December 2012)

Android I'm a tablet lover. I always have been and likely always will be. I love the extra display space, ultra portability and fantastic battery life. And when applications are optimized for the display size and resolution, nothing looks better....

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Samsung GT-N5100 appears in benchmarks, rumored to be new Galaxy Note tablet

Android Samsung has released a trio of Galaxy Note devices to date, with two smartphones and a tablet making up the current Note family. It looks like Samsung may have another Note on the way, though, as a device with the model number GT-N5100 has...

from 2012 by Alex Wagner 1

More Nokia Windows RT tablet details rumored, including keyboard cover with built-in battery

News Hungry for more details on Nokia's rumored tablet after last week's morsel? That's precisely what we've got for you today, as a new report from The Verge claims to have some more information about the Finnish firm's Windows RT slate....

from 2012 by Alex Wagner 3

Archos 97 Titanium HD tablet packs high-res display and aluminum casing

Android Archos unveiled the first device in its Elements line of tablets earlier this year with the 97 Carbon, and now the latest member of the Elements family has been made officially official on Archos's official website. Dubbed the 97 Titanium...

from 2012 by Alex Wagner 5

Best Buy to offer discounts on Samsung Galaxy S III, multiple HTC handsets this weekend

Android The month of December continues to march on, and luckily for anyone that's got some holiday shopping left or is just in the hunt for a new smartphone, the stream of mobile deals is also continuing on. Best Buy announced this evening that...

from 2012 by Alex Wagner 4

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Have you added a tablet to your wireless plan?

Android From the time smartphone adoption started growing rapidly, shared data plans were inevitable. Quick and simple or ongoing text message conversations and always-on data connections began to replace the brunt of voice calls that were being...

from 2012 by Taylor Martin 1

Nokia rumored to be prepping 10-inch Windows RT tablet for February debut

News The rumors of an upcoming Nokia tablet have bubbled to the surface again, this time with the claim that we may actually see the device pop into reality in the next couple of months. A new report from Digitimes claims that Nokia has been in...

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Is a 6-inch phone too big?

Android Let’s talk rumors. Let’s sit down, together, (you are sitting, right?) and look into the future, where everything is truly a mystery, and we’re having fun going over pure conjecture and estimations. I want to do...

from 2012 by Evan Selleck 37

AT&T Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 Ice Cream Sandwich update officially announced

Android AT&T back in March announced a list of 10 products that would be updated to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, and by now the majority of those products have been bumped up to ICS. One that hasn't, though, is the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9....

from 2012 by Alex Wagner 3

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Microsoft to make Surface with Windows RT available at more retailers [UPDATED]

News Folks interested in picking up a Surface with Windows RT tablet either as a holiday gift or an end-of-year treat for themselves will find doing so to be just a tad easier starting later this month, as Microsoft has announced that it's...

from 2012 by Alex Wagner 5

iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S being discounted by $50 at Best Buy, Amazon offering Kindle Fire HD 8.9 deal

Android Still working on getting your holiday shopping for yourself or others done? If so, there are a couple of sales going on today that you may want to look into. Best Buy has revealed that it's slashed $50 off of the cost of both the iPhone 5...

from 2012 by Alex Wagner 0

Amazon Kindle Fire HD 7 update rolling out, bringing Camera app and Swype with it

Android Amazon today announced some updates for a pair of its Kindle Fire tablets that include some new software that owners may want to check out. The 7-inch Kindle Fire HD is receiving an update to software version 7.2.2, which brings with it a...

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Is Microsoft digging its own grave with Windows 8?

Android Whether it’s Windows Phone 8, or Windows 8 in general, the software released from Microsoft doesn’t seem to be getting the best press regarding their new product lately. From a backfired campaign to being called...

from 2012 by Anna Scantlin 45