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Skytex Primer Pocket 4-inch Wi-Fi Android Device Now Available

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<img alt="" class="aligncenter" height="229" mce_src="http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/2254/skytexprimerpocket.jpg" src="http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/2254/skytexprimerpocket.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px;" title="skytex-primer-pocket" width="283" />So you’re in the mood for something relatively tiny and extremely low in cost considering it’s attached to no data plan? How about an Android device by the name of Skytex Primer Pocket? It’s certainly not the most magnificent device you’ve ever beheld, it having a 4.3-inch 480 x 272 pixel resolution multi-touch resistive touch panel LCD display, a 600 MHz MIPS Xburst processor with a 400MHz DSP for video playback, and Android 2.2 Froyo onboard. On the other hand, think of how awesome this little number would have seemed a year or two ago!</div>
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Today though, such a tiny and woefully underpowered device is doomed to fail – though I wouldn’t mind having one for free just to fiddle around with. You can purchase this device today for $89 USD from Abe’s of Maine if you like, this apparently being $10 less than the Skytex group had originally announced the “tablet” as being. Skytex is indeed calling this device a “media tablet”, and I suppose there’s no reason why they shouldn’t, as a tablet, last I hear the Viewsonic company define it at MWC 2011, was anything bigger than 4-inches.</div>
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This device also has 4GB of onboard storage, up to 16GB more via its microSD card slot, and 256MB DDR2 RAM inside. Connections include 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, a 3.5mm headphone jack, mini USB, single microphone and a 1Watt speaker. You’ll also get the necessary USB cable you’ll need to plug this device into the wall and your desktop computer, though one thing missing from this equation: the Android Market. Instead you’ll have to work with the Amazon App Store or some other third-party site to gain access to all your favorite apps and games.</div>
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Skytex Primer Pocket 4-inch Wi-Fi Android Device Now Available

So you’re in the mood for something relatively tiny and extremely low in cost considering it’s attached to no data plan? How about an An...

Froyo for Samsung Continuum leaks

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Remember the <span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="em" mce_style="font-style: italic;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.5;">other</span> Galaxy S phone that was released on Verizon? No not the Fascinate, the other one. The special variant that was released with an extra tiny display under the main screen? In case you haven’t gotten the answer yet – it’s the Continuum we’re talking about. While just when we thought Samsung/Verizon has forgotten about it, a very special update for the phone has managed to leak onto the internet.</div>
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Froyo for Samsung Continuum leaks

Remember the other Galaxy S phone that was released on Verizon? No not the Fascinate, the other one. The special variant that was re...

Pierre Cardin shows off a 7-inch designer Android tablet

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The tablet is called the Pierre Cardin PC-7006 and gets power from a Samsung Cortex A8 processor running at 1GHz. The tablet comes with 512MB of RAM and has 4GB of internal storage. The tablet also has a microSD card slot for memory expansion with up to 16GB of more storage space. The PC-7006 will support 3G and WiFi as well.</div>
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To get the 3G support you do have to buy a separate 3G dongle. Other features include a 1.3MP camera, mini USB port, and a HDMI output. The little tablet measures 195 x 123 x 14mm and weighs 520g. The tablet also comes with a branded case and a gift box. The screen has a resolution of 800 x 480 and the OS the tablet runs Android 2.2. The battery is a 4400mAh unit.</div>
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Pierre Cardin shows off a 7-inch designer Android tablet

I have seen my share of designer gadgets over the years. There were several designer smartphones on the market before. This is the first ...

T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide gets Android 2.2 Froyo

<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="mytouch3g update T Mobile myTouch 3G Slide gets Android 2.2 Froyo" class="size-full wp-image-219915 aligncenter" height="267" src="http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/1646/mytouch3gupdate.jpg" title="T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide gets Android 2.2 Froyo" width="455" /></p><br/>HTC has released the Android 2.2 Froyo update for the T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide. It’s not an over the air update, and you’ll need a PC (or BootCamp on a Mac) to install it.<br/><br/>First you’ll have to grab the HTC Sync 3.0, which you can download from HTC’s website. Moreover, you should make sure there’s at least 25MG of user data available on the device itself. Then just follow instructions provided on the screen and soon enough, you’ll have Android 2.2 running on your myTouch 3G Slide.<br/><br/>As you probably know, Froyo brings improved Microsoft Exchange support, better browser, WiFi hotspot capability, WiFi calling, USB Tethering, while many of the known bugs have been fixed.<br/><br/>‘nough said. Proceed to this page at HTC’s website and take it from there. <img alt="icon wink T Mobile myTouch 3G Slide gets Android 2.2 Froyo" class="wp-smiley" src="http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/9171/iconwinkm.gif" title="T Mobile myTouch 3G Slide gets Android 2.2 Froyo" />

T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide gets Android 2.2 Froyo

HTC has released the Android 2.2 Froyo update for the T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide. It’s not an over the air update, and you’ll need a PC (or B...

Samsung pulls Froyo update for Bell's Vibrant after reports of fried internal storage

<DIV class=separator style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE6YTCFqPp6hPcurxMHjghWIvfrpueI_0WDwyA2LTWf9VljvIOZuBl7GNJ4Y8gduTPU3FQTFiZWFtTju1TVHhYP_vA6-VeNip-PRWByFQC3JayxWGdY-59VEp_gzG2JcWCd5m6-kIsOHM/s1600/bell-vibrant-sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE6YTCFqPp6hPcurxMHjghWIvfrpueI_0WDwyA2LTWf9VljvIOZuBl7GNJ4Y8gduTPU3FQTFiZWFtTju1TVHhYP_vA6-VeNip-PRWByFQC3JayxWGdY-59VEp_gzG2JcWCd5m6-kIsOHM/s1600/bell-vibrant-sm.jpg"></A></DIV>We have no idea why Samsung's having such a hard time delivering its overdue promised Froyo upgrades worldwide for the Galaxy S series, but it's not looking any easier for them this weekend: the only Canadian Galaxy S to get upgraded so far, Bell's Vibrant, has just had its update pulled. Seems a healthy number of users attempting the upgrade using Sammy's Kies desktop software ended up with inaccessible internal storage, which sucks for a variety of obvious reasons -- and that would be the apparent reason for the removal of the update. Here's the official statement: <br /><BLOCKQUOTE>"There have been intermittent issues reported during the firmware upgrade process with Kies for the Samsung Galaxy S i9000M series of phones. Samsung's development team is currently aware of this issue and working towards a solution. Accordingly, The firmware update feature, which affects the ability to upgrade to Android 2.2, is temporarily disabled until a solution is released. We apologize for the inconvenience."</BLOCKQUOTE>Maybe we can just go straight to Gingerbread or Honeycomb at this point?

Samsung pulls Froyo update for Bell's Vibrant after reports of fried internal storage

We have no idea why Samsung's having such a hard time delivering its overdue promised Froyo upgrades worldwide for the Galaxy S series, ...