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Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 series developer platform first look

By Cory Gunther
on 18 Jun, 2013

Today we're lucky enough to be getting a first-hand and up close look at the latest and greatest in mobile computing from the folks at Qualcomm. Their Snapdragon 600 series is an extremely impressive quad-core chipset powering all of today's most popular handsets, but now we're looking at what's next which is what many are waiting for, and that is the 2.3 GHz quad-core 800 series.

Huawei Ascend P6 “Beauty Shot” hands-on demo shows smooth-skin oddity

By Chris Burns
on 18 Jun, 2013

With Huawe's newest smartphone effort comes the newest edition of their "Emotion" user interface, this bringing with it their IMAGESmart software and a feature called "Beauty Shot." This feature comes with the Huawei Ascend P6 and has the ability to bring about, as Huawei notes, "instant facial beauty." What we've found, on the other hand, is that there's no two ways about it: this software changes the basic structure of your face and makes the user look... downright strange.

Huawei Ascend P6 hands-on

By Chris Burns
on 18 Jun, 2013

It's time to get a closer look at what's currently the world's thinnest smartphone in the Huawei Ascend P6. This device is made by the company to be both the world's slimmest and their premiere release - it's the hero strategy spreading across the world, hitting Huawei with a device that'll be coming in black, white, and pink, too. The pink edition is especially unique, of course, with not only pink plastic and metal up front (the plastic existing under glass, of course), but a pink metal rim, as well.

Nyko Dock for NVIDIA SHIELD hands-on

By Cory Gunther
on 11 Jun, 2013

Earlier today the popular accessory maker Nyko, most known for their budget game console products, announced a slew of cases and options for us Android gamers. Most notably, some cases and a new dock for the upcoming NVIDIA SHIELD game console. Their cases are nice, but the dock turns your quad-core Tegra 4 powered SHIELD into a traditional console. It's interesting, so lets take a peek.

Nyko NVIDIA SHIELD gaming accessories hands-on

By Cory Gunther
on 11 Jun, 2013

After hearing that the popular gaming and accessories company Nyko was working on some NVIDIA SHIELD accessories this morning, we ran down to the E3 halls to get our hands-on some ourselves. Not only do they have a pretty neat SHIELD dock that will make it operate like the OUYA, but some nice cases too. Check em out after the break along side a production-ready SHIELD game-console.

Falcon Pro 2.0 adds multi-account support, new color theme [Hands-On]

By Robert Nelson
on 6 Jun, 2013

Falcon Pro v2.0 was released in beta form a short while back and it looks like there must not have been many issues. Or in other words, Falcon Pro v2.0 has since ditched the beta tag and come available for any and all. The app is available by way of the Google Play Store where has arrived with some new features, a new color, a new look and more.

Sony XPERIA ZL hands-on: would a Nexus experience help?

By Cory Gunther
on 6 Jun, 2013

Today we're taking a look at the latest smartphone from the folks at Sony. That being their impressive XPERIA ZL flagship device. It has been available to buy unlocked in the U.S. for a little while already, but we wanted to take a closer look at the hardware and software in a quick unboxing, while also pondering the idea of an XPERIA Nexus edition. Take a peek below at the video and plenty of hands-on pictures.

Next Browser hands-on: GO Launcher team customizes the web

By Robert Nelson
on 28 May, 2013

The GO Launcher Dev Team recently updated the Next Browser and while we hadn't been spending lots of time with this browser in the past, this latest update arrived as one that was hard to ignore. The Next Browser has been updated to v1.0 and plenty of new features have been added. Not to mention, having recently spent some time browsing the Play Store comments and well, we had to install the app and spend some time playing around.

Coolpad Quattro II 4G and 8920 hands-on

By Robert Nelson
on 22 May, 2013

Coolpad is a name that may not be all that familiar for those in the US market, however the company has had some success. MetroPCS launched the Coolpad Quattro as one of their first 4G LTE devices and managed to sell more than 1 million units. Up for this year though, Coolpad has the Quattro II 4G which has been announced for C-Spire. The Quattro II 4G is running Jelly Bean and sporting a 4.5-inch (960 x 540) display and we recently spent some hands-on time with the handset during CTIA.

Kyocera Hydro XTRM and EDGE hands-on

By Robert Nelson
on 22 May, 2013

Kyocera has been showing a pair of smartphones during CTIA, both of which will be coming available for those in the US market. These are both rugged devices and will be arriving as the Hydro XTRM and the Hydro EDGE. We spent some time with each of these handsets during the show and even managed to get them in some water. Of course, we also played with the Kyocera Torque not that long ago and did the same.