Thursday, January 6, 2011

Tech News Flash: Android Honeycomb and other CES tech

Android 3.0 Honeycomb video demo: Google's CES demo for the next generation of Android is out.


[AndroidPolice via Gizmodo]

BlackBerry PlayBook coming to Sprint with 4G: RIM has said that the BlackBerry PlayBook is coming to US network Sprint with 4G support. BGR also got to test this tablet hands-on.
[Boy Genius Report]


Touchscreen Wi-Fi universal remote by Sony at CES: The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has a lot in store for us for the next few days. Sony is demoing a new platform called HomeShare with some wireless speakers and iPod docks. There is a touchscreen console (pictured above) that will control them all. The new Sony TVs with Wi-Fi can also be controlled via the remote.
[CNET]

AT&T will get 4G now: Ralph de la Vega, CEO of AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets has said at CES that their network will get at least 20 phones that will utilize 4G speeds on their network.
[Mashable]

nVidia launching new GPU series for laptops: nVidia GeForce 500 series will be included in laptops from numerous brands. This series is built for gaming and power-saving graphics. Some of them will also support 3D Vision.
[CNET]

'Windows 8' will also support ARM: Windows 7, unlike Windows Phone 7, doesn't support ARM chips. It runs on x86 and x64 chips from AMD and Intel. But the next version of Windows (Windows 8 is not yet an official name) will support ARM chips too.
[Mashable]


Zynga acquires Flock browser: Flock, the social browser initially based on Mozilla, and now Chromium has been acquired by social gaming giant Zynga (creator of FarmVille and CityVille).
[Flock Blog via Download Squad]


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