People Of Lava has developed the Scandinavia HDTV that runs on Google’s Android OS. The Scandinavia HDTV will be available in a variety of sizes such as 42-inch, 47-inch, and 55-inch. Each HDTVs is powered by an 833MHz ARM Cortex A8 processor and Android 1.5 OS. Additional specs include a couple of USB 2.0 ports, a DVB-T digital TV tuner, HDMI and the ability to playback video in Full HD and 1080p. The 42-inch model is priced at $2,500
Experience the best of TV and the best of the web in one seamless experience? Imagine turning on the TV and getting all the channels and shows you normally watch and all of the websites you browse all day — including your favorite video, music and photo sites. That is the concept behind Google Android-based Smart TV platform. Sony and Logitech will manufacture devices that are supposed to be on the shelves in time for the holiday season. Will you buy them?
“companion set-top box,” meaning that you connect it to your TV set as well as your TiVo, your DISH set-top box or whatever else you have on your living-room shelf. The box extends the full functionality of a Logitech Harmony remote and a WiFi access point to your TV, providing not only Google TV but also allowing you to control your entire entertainment system (including DVR) with a still-in-development keyboard / touchpad remote or an iPhone or Android smartphone app over WiFi.
Pandigital, best known for making digital photo frames, announced today an Android-powered e-book reader called Novel, a slick device with a 7-inch touchscreen LCD. Let's first check out the specs: the Novel has a 7-inch color 800-by-600 LCD. It lacks 3G and a camera, but the Novel has an ARM 11 processor, Wi-Fi, and 1GB of internal memory (a 2GB model will be available in June) as well as slot for SD/MMC cards. The battery life is purportedly good for around six hours, or about one flight across the US.
Android still looks like an inferior system compared to the iphone.
Google will unveil the Nexus one, a cell phone running on Android OS, on January 5 in California. Nexus One will cost $529.99 or $179.99 with a two-year T-Mobile contract. (PC magazine)
Being the "gadget-er" that I am, I'm a power user and will "early adopt" new gadgets, but, in the long run, a committed user of great devices, I have to ask this question...
Tired of people nagging you to let them play with your Android, draining the battery? It's as bad as the first weeks of the iPhone, somedays. Download the free Fake Battery app, so you have a legitimate excuse not to lend your phone to someone.
The new Notion Adam Ink tablet includes an amazing 3.2MP camera built on a swivel mount, so that the user of the camera need not always be in front of the screen, as is the case with many traditional notebook and tablet cameras. This swiveling camera is great for use with camera software for the Android OS. Which of these camera apps would you most like to use on your Adam tablet?
The Notion Ink Adam is a revolutionary new tablet computing solution that uses the latest in display and chip set technology and Google's open Android operating system to bring mobile computing to the masses. The device can run all existing Android applications, including those free travel applications featured here. Which of these will you most likely download and install on your now Notion Ink Adam tablet?
Google announcement - As we make Nexus One available in more countries we’ll follow the same model we’ve adopted in Europe, where we're working with partners to offer Nexus One to consumers through existing retail channels. We’ll shift to a similar model globally. From retail to viewing. Once we have increased the availability of Nexus One devices in stores, we'll stop selling handsets via the web store, and will instead use it as an online store window to showcase a variety of Android phones available globally.
