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ASUS Fonepad hands-on

By Robert Nelson
on 25 Feb, 2013

In addition to spending some hands-on time with the PadFone Infinity, we also set aside a few minutes to check out the Fonepad. This is a 7-inch tablet that will be arriving with full phone support. ASUS has said the Fonepad availability will begin in April and that it will be priced from $249. The key here, unlike the PadFone Infinity where the smartphone docks into the tablet, the Fonepad is the tablet, and the phone.

ASUS PadFone Infinity hands-on

By Robert Nelson
on 25 Feb, 2013

ASUS announced the PadFone Infinity here at Mobile World Congress. This device, or more specifically, these two devices are being touted as offering a "premium design with premium performance." The PadFone Infinity arrives as the latest generation of the PadFone family and the availability is expected to begin in March.

NVIDIA Tegra 4 hands-on: Benchmarks and Phoenix platform tested

By Cory Gunther
on 24 Feb, 2013

Back during CES the folks at NVIDIA announced their all new Tegra 4 quad-core mobile processor to take on the world. Then last week they revealed the new Tegra 4i with 4G LTE, as well as a new Phoenix reference smartphone platform. Now, this week at MWC we've had an opportunity to take a peek at their new superchip complete with benchmarks and plenty of pictures and video below.

HTC One vs the Android and iOS competition

By Cory Gunther
on 19 Feb, 2013

Now that the HTC One is finally here full of aluminum edges, an HD screen, and ultrapixel camera features how does the device stack up against the rest? Based on what we're seeing today the new HTC One is certainly ready to handle its own vs the competition. Whether that be the Galaxy Note II, the Nexus 4, or even the upcoming Galaxy S IV and iPhone 5s. Read on for more details and several pictures.

HTC One Hands-On

By Chris Davies
on 19 Feb, 2013

Look out, Samsung, because HTC is gunning for you in 2013. The HTC One takes a sensibly non-traditional route to success, opting out of the megapixel race for one, and instead focusing on where, the company insists, users will actually see the most benefit. That's not to say superlatives are in short supply: an incredible 1080p 4.7-inch display, beautiful aluminum construction, and swift 1.7GHz quadcore all take their place inside the cool, crisp chassis.

NFC by MOO app arrives in Google Play Store [Hands-On]

By Robert Nelson
on 15 Feb, 2013

MOO announced their NFC business cards way back in September 2012. Coming more recently however, they have released an app for Android users. The app is called NFC by MOO and can be found in the Google Play Store. In short, the app will allow you to program NFC cards (or tags). The catch is, the release of the app would probably have made much more sense if the NFC equipped business cards were actually available.

Battery Widget? Reborn! is a neat circle battery meter for Android [Hands-on]

By Cory Gunther
on 11 Feb, 2013

We've all seen and probably used tons of different battery meters, widgets, and mods in the past but today we have our personal favorite to share with everyone. Yes, crazy as it sounds it's actually called 'Battery Widget? Reborn!' and today is even being featured by Google with their new wireless charging orb in the Play Store. Goofy punctuation aside, this is hands down one of the best battery widget apps I've come across and it's available in beta for free, or a Pro version as we speak.

Vector brings Parkour side-scrolling action to Android [Hands-on]

By Cory Gunther
on 8 Feb, 2013

There's certainly no shortage of what we call 2D side-scroller platform games on Android. They're simple, easy to play, and usually a good bit of fun. Meet a new game called Vector that was just released and spotted by Android Police. The same free running side-scroller action we know and love has been mixed into an arcade style Parkour game. It's fun yet challenging so read on for more details and our hands-on video.

Classic puzzle game 7×7 hits Google Play [Hands-on]

By Cory Gunther
on 2 Feb, 2013

For those Classic 5 or Bejeweled fans we have an awesome and beautifully designed new puzzle game for Android to share with you all today. It's called 7x7 and was just recently launched in the Google Play Store this week. Just like Classic 5 and other puzzle games it's extremely easy to understand, but gets very addicting as you go along.

Epic Citadel released for Android with included benchmarking mode

By Robert Nelson
on 29 Jan, 2013

Epic Games has officially released Epic Citadel for Android. The game is available for free and can be found by way of Google Play and the Amazon Appstore. That said, it should be made clear from the beginning -- this game was released to demonstrate the Unreal Engine 3 (UE3) technology. To drive that point home, Epic Games has included a benchmarking mode.