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[Hands-On] Sony Xperia P and Xperia U

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [4/3/2012 - 11:10] - 0 - Phones

Here you are Sony’s top of the line Xperias, behold the Xperia P and Xperia U. The First model, the Xperia P is a true wonder and comes with a gorgeous 4”WhiteMagic display powered by Mobile BRAVIA Engine, a 1Ghz Dual Core CPU, with 16[...]

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[Hands-On] LG’s best and brightest at MWC !

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [27/2/2012 - 10:01] - 0 - Phones

LG fans rejoice, our good old chap Cutkillavince was this year again at MWC for AkihabaraNews and make sure to attends LG’s press event to get some first hands-on experience with the company latest and brightest devices like the : Opti[...]

[Hands-On] LG’s best and brightest at MWC !

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LG introduces the LG-SU870 or Optimus 3D Max at MWC 2012

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [24/2/2012 - 05:58] - 0 - Phones

LG Optimus 3D Max is a powerful smartphone in both 2D and 3D mode and a pleasure to view with LG’s exclusive brightened display. 3G’s network speed has been also improved to HSPA+ 21Mbps. LG Tag+ offers advanced NFC (Near Field Communi[...]

LG introduces the LG-SU870 or Optimus 3D Max at MWC 2012

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Docomo introduces New waterproof Android Aquos SH-06D and Medias Tab N-06D with NOTTV support

By DigInfo TV - [18/2/2012 - 08:54] - 0 - Press Conference Phones Tablet - PDA

Docomo has announced two new Android devices, the AQUOS PHONE SH-06D smartphone and the MEDIAS TAB N-06D 7-inch tablet. Both models support NOTTV, a TV service for smartphones, which will begin transmission on April 1. NOTTV is a new t[...]

Docomo introduces New waterproof Android Aquos SH-06D and Medias Tab N-06D with NOTTV support

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Sony still keep faith in Google and announces its 2nd Gen Google TV Solution

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [10/1/2012 - 09:32] - 2 - Home Entertainment

Alongside the NSZ-GP9, a Google TV Ready Blu-ray Player, Sony also introduced today at CES the very interesting NSZ-GS7, a new Google TV Network media player. Schedule to hit both the US and European Marker later this summer, the NSZ-G[...]

Sony still keep faith in Google and announces its 2nd Gen Google TV Solution

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Tokyo Cable Network and NEC bring Android Tablet to the Masses!

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [30/8/2011 - 11:11] - 0 - Press Conference Tablet - PDA

There is not a day without an Android related news and here is the turn of NEC that announced this morning a partnership with TCN or Tokyo Cable Network to bring NEC’s LifeTouch Android Tablet to the masses with a series of dedicated s[...]

Tokyo Cable Network and NEC bring Android Tablet to the Masses!

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Google and AP offering $20,000 scholarships to aspiring tech journalists

By Tom LESKIN - [29/8/2011 - 06:15] - 0 - Misc

I know that here at Akihabara News people often complain of numerous spelling and grammar errors since not all of us are native English speakers or have a journalism background, although those of us that are try to fix the mistakes whe[...]

Google and AP offering $20,000 scholarships to aspiring tech journalists

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Google to ‘supercharge’ Android with $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility

By Tom LESKIN - [15/8/2011 - 11:47] - 3 - Phones Tablet - PDA

It’s Monday morning and we already have some major news coming from none other than Google with its next acquisition. According to a post on the Google blog by CEO and co-founderw Larry Page, the company is going to acquire Motor[...]

Google to ‘supercharge’ Android with $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility

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Facebook releases standalone Messenger app for Android and iOS

By Tom LESKIN - [10/8/2011 - 07:34] - 0 - Software

If you’re a heavy texter, it seems like Facebook now has its sights on you! Let’s face it, most of the big companies that have their own apps, have their own messaging service. For example, Google has Google Talk and Huddle[...]

Facebook releases standalone Messenger app for Android and iOS

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Honeycomb for Logitech Revue leaked, update now at your own risk

By Tom LESKIN - [2/8/2011 - 12:58] - 0 - Home Entertainment Software

If you decided to jump aboard the Google TV wagon after the price was recently slashed to $99, or if you were planning on purchasing one soon, here’s something interesting you should check out. Although Google is planning to rele[...]

Honeycomb for Logitech Revue leaked, update now at your own risk

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Logitech slashes its Revue price to $99

By Tom LESKIN - [29/7/2011 - 11:03] - 2 - Home Entertainment

After a net loss of $29.6 million for the first quarter, it seems like Logitech wants its Revue, which was the first Google TV device, to be able to take a bigger share of the market from its competitor, the Apple TV, during the second[...]

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T-Mobile MyTouch 4G getting a late Christmas treat starting tomorrow

By Tom LESKIN - [20/7/2011 - 12:03] - 0 - Phones Software

Hey, MyTouch 4G users, here’s some news letting you know that you haven’t been forgotten. If you’re still running a non-rooted phone with the stock firmware, you’ll be happy to note that today T-Mobile and HTC a[...]

T-Mobile MyTouch 4G getting a late Christmas treat starting tomorrow

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Samsung’s Nexus S Aboard NASA’s Final Shuttle

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [11/7/2011 - 02:50] - 1 - Phones

Samsung and Google today announced Nexus S, is aboard NASA’s final space shuttle. As a leader in technology and innovation, Samsung is pleased to be a part of this moment which will most certainly be marked in history. Nexus S from Goo[...]

Samsung’s Nexus S Aboard NASA’s Final Shuttle

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Panasonic new SV-ME970 1Seg TV now supports Web Surfing

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [6/7/2011 - 04:09] - 0 - Home Entertainment

Panasonic announced today in Japan the SV-ME970 Series, a new portable 7” 1Seg TV that comes with an IPX6/IPX7 (Waterproof) body but with a new and improved UI allowing you to use your SV-ME970 as a tablet for web surfing thanks to a d[...]

Panasonic new SV-ME970 1Seg TV now supports Web Surfing

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Android music streaming choices expand with the Sony Music Unlimited app

By Tom LESKIN - [16/6/2011 - 01:13] - 0 - Phones

With a few music streaming services making headlines lately from Apple, Amazon and Google, today Sony finally jumped into the game with the arrival of their Music Unlimited service on Android, which is powered by Qriocity, a service we[...]

Android music streaming choices expand with the Sony Music Unlimited app

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Next Google Nexus detailed with Android Ice Cream Sandwich and 4G LTE

By Tom LESKIN - [16/6/2011 - 12:35] - 0 - Phones

As a fan of the Google experience devices, since I own the original HTC Nexus One, I was excited to read today about BGR announcing they exclusively learned details of Google’s upcoming Nexus device. Unless you’ve been under a ro[...]

Next Google Nexus detailed with Android Ice Cream Sandwich and 4G LTE

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[Computex 2011] ASUS Padfone Hands-on

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [31/5/2011 - 02:10] - 0 - Tablet - PDA

Asus unveiled yesterday its new Padfone, the company first two in one devices in a shape of a Tablet hosting a smartphone with dynamic display switching that not only allows you to expand your Web, Mail, or phone experience on a bigger[...]

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[Computex 2011] ASUS Upgrade its Eee Pad MeMO by offering it a 3D Screen

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [31/5/2011 - 02:09] - 0 - Tablet - PDA

Like the Slider and Transformer, the Eee Pad MeMO has been introduced for the first time earlier this year at CES, but Today, ASUS unveiled yet another variation of its Eee PAD MeMO that comes for the first time with a 3D Glasses-Fre s[...]

[Computex 2011] ASUS Upgrade its Eee Pad MeMO by offering it a 3D Screen

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ASUS unveils the Padfone and Eee Pad MeMO

By Tom LESKIN - [31/5/2011 - 01:17] - 1 - Phones Tablet - PDA

It seems like we’re going to have lots of great news coming out of Computex this year and it starts with ASUS Chairman Jonney Shih announcing the highly anticipated ASUS Padfone and ASUS Eee Pad MeMO. As all of images floating ar[...]

ASUS unveils the Padfone and Eee Pad MeMO

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Deal: 7-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab for $260

By Tom LESKIN - [26/5/2011 - 01:55] - 1 - Tablet - PDA

If you’ve been in the market for a high quality e-book reader size tablet, today is your lucky day. Over at Woot they’re selling the 7-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab tablet that runs on Wi-Fi and Sprint 3G and comes with 16GB of b[...]

Deal: 7-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab for $260

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Acer to sell Intel Oak Trail powered Android Honeycomb tablets

By Tom LESKIN - [25/5/2011 - 11:08] - 0 - Tablet - PDA

Today the Digitimes reported some interesting news coming from the Taiwan-based company about an Intel Atom-based Honeycomb tablet. They said that Acer is expected to launch it in July at the latest. Apparently production on these Andr[...]

Acer to sell Intel Oak Trail powered Android Honeycomb tablets

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New Acer and Samsung Chromebooks coming June 15

By Tom LESKIN - [12/5/2011 - 04:44] - 0 - Laptops

These last couple days of Google I/O news have certainly been exciting. Today Google unveiled something I’ve been waiting to hear about for quite a long time, notebooks running Chrome OS. The first is an 11.6-inch Chrome OS netbo[...]