Technology Effect

        As I wrote before, I find it hard to believe that Google ever expected or planned for the Nexus One to be a commercial success. The Nexus One was the pinnacle of a phone designed and distributed for the tech elite, early adopters and other geeks. No one else would be willing to brave buying a phone sight unseen from a web store. No one else would be likely to do the research needed to understand the benefits of the stock Android experience. No one else would be likely to look past the fairly utilitarian UI after seeing the far prettier options like the Sense UI from HTC. Now, Google is distributing the Nexus S to the masses via Best Buy and Carphone Warehouse, but, as far as I see, it’s still a geek-only device. While the phone will be available in brick-and-mortar stores, so people will be able to discover and play with it, the issues of the stock OS are still there, and the device is currently only available on T-Mobile ...

    We just got our hands on the new Motorola DROID PRO from Verizon Wireless and we are going to put it through its paces in the coming days. We will take a look at how the phone performs, its software, the hardware including camera and build quality, as well as how the phone performs as a business device as that is how Verizon and Motorola are marketing it. Today we will crack open the box and give our first impressions. The DROID PRO is the latest Moto device on Verizon Wireless and is intended to cater to the business user rather than the consumer. The phone has a unique form factor, as it features a full portrait QWERTY keyboard and reminds one of a BlackBerry with a much larger screen at 3.1-inches and at 320×480 resolution. The PRO feels solid in the hand and feels a bit heavier than most phones of the same form factor. The screen is responsive and the device seems to run Android 2.2 with the custom Moto enhancements and its 1GHz OMAP 3630 proces...

Samsung continues its Android-based invasion with another Galaxy release, but this time it's not a phone or a tablet: it's a personal media player called teh Galaxy Player (YP-GB1). It looks very similar to the Samsung Galaxy S and rumors say it's capable of making VoIP calls. According to the latest news, the unit will be introduced at CES 2011 next month. At the moment it's known that 3 models will be available a 8GB, 16GB, and a 32GB. The media player runs Android 2.2, it's powered by a 1GHz processor, sports a 4-inch display with a front facing camera and a 3.2MP rear camera and has WiFi. It appears that it will support video calling. The screen is not AMOLED, but it is said to be Super Clear LCD. The media player will also have access to Samsung Apps and Android Market Apps. In my opinion it will be a cool gadget, but for some reason it reminds me of Apple's iPod. ...

Having written two previous articles about Android 2.3 Gingerbread and the Google Nexus S, I can present to you my long-awaited verdict on Google's second generation "superphone." In short, the Nexus S was a real disappointment for me. There wasn't a great deal of excitement flying around the blogosphere about this device, but I was excited. I expected the device to feature one of the next generation dual core processors; having seen the pictures, I wanted the Nexus S to destroy the opposition, so to speak. When it was released, however, myself and a few others were underwhelmed by its specifications. Sure, it was running Gingerbread, but is Gingerbread a colossal leap forward for Android? No, it isn't.  Being Samsung-manufactured, the Nexus S has a distinctly plastic feel; a stark contrast to the gorgeous metal back of the (HTC-manufactured) Nexus One. It's light, which may appeal to some, but for me the quality didn't live up to the stan...

It looks like the promise held in the Android-platformed nook eReader that was released last year may finally be realized - by the nookColor . The new eReader that Barnes & Noble started shipping only last month has become the single biggest seller in the company's 40 year history of doing business. It was also, obviously, the best selling holiday gift in 2010 even though it was released only eight weeks prior to the big day. Now, I do understand that their their product line thus far has for the most part been books, and millions of different titles, but it's still an incredibly impressive showing for a piece of technology on the market for only 2 months. The nookColor, in addition to being, well, color, does run apps, though it does not have access to the Android Market, and BN has said that thus far there are no plans to allow such access (of course, there are people out there rooting the device to gain access, but clearly that's not supported by the ...

Now we're getting somewhere. After months of iPads being the only viable choice in the tablet market, then the Samsung Tab pretty much carrying the banner for Android tablets all by itself, we've finally got some new and interesting products becoming available. Archos just announced the immediate availability of the Archos 70 Internet Tablet, and it's pretty impressive. It ships running Android 2.2 on an ARM Cortex A8 chip that runs at 1 GHz. It's got 250 GB hard drive, a 7-inch TFT screen with 800 x 480 resolution that supports 720P video playback and Flash 10.1, has HDMI output, a built-in web cam, is equipped with WiFi (of course), supports tethering to a mobile phone, and weighs only 14 ounces. But it gets even better, because out of the bod it can dual-boot into Linux, Meego or Windows. The price? Just $350. If this is an inkling of what we can expect at CES, it's going to be a pretty exciting week in Las Vegas

  Motorola 10-inch tablet i.e Motorola Droid XOOM is coming soon. Recent report disclosed that the upcoming Droid XOOM will be made official next week at CES 2011 event (6-9th Jan, 2011 in Last Vegas, USA). You will be surprised, this 10-inch Android tablet might be running on Android Honeycomb OS (v2.4/3.0?). If it will be true, then it’s sure that, we’re going to get this tablet bit delay. If you will look at its specs, then you will find all powerful inside it. It’s powered by a Nvidia Tegra 2 processor, comes with onboard 32GB of flash storage memory, and much more. But sadly it will not come with Verizon’s 4G LTE connectivity. Well lets go for a detail specs list of the new Motorola Droid XOOM 10-inch Honeycomb tablet at below, just have a look. Motorola Droid XOOM Tablet Runs on Android Honeycomb OS (v2.4/3.0?) Powered by a Nvidia Tegra 2 processor 32GB of onboard flash storage 5 megapixel back camera 2 megapixel front-facing camera Supports a S...