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Sprint has made their $ 99 ZTE Optik tablet official, announcing that the device will go on sale on February 5th. The details match those that were leaked last week with the 7-inch slate featuring Android 3.2 Honeycomb, a 1.2GHz dual-core Qualcomm processor, 1GB of RAM, and 16GB of onboard storage. The Optik is immediately [...]

Formspring is relatively new to the social network realm and it’s quite unlike the more popular services out there. Formspring prides itself on anonymous user interaction as it’s a service driven by the Q&A model. Simply ask someone a question – anonymously or otherwise – and if someone wants to answer it they can. It’s [...]

In the days before CES, we told you guys not only that the Motorola Droid Razr’s price had dropped to a more reasonable $ 200, but that Moto would introduce an all new purple version of the device “in the coming days.” Well, if you have a lady friend or significant other who is particular [...]

Wikipedia fanatics have long had to rely on a third party service to browse the user edited encyclopedia natively on their Android smartphones, but just as the knowledge bank shutters its site to protest SOPA the official app has hit the Android Market. The app has several key features including the ability to save an [...]

UK retailer Clove has posted a few more “official” press shots of the white version of the Galaxy Nexus hitting overseas in February. You’ll notice unlike the white G-Nex which was previously posted, showing an all white face plate (similar to the white Epic 4G Touch hitting Sprint in a few days), the updated images [...]

Accessory maker Anymode may have found themselves in bit of hot water after a PR rep inadvertently let slip the existence of the Samsung Galaxy Note for AT&T. And not only did they tie in the device with AT&T but they even went as far as revealing the a general release date on when we [...]

The LG Optimus lineup found its way to nearly every corner of the globe last year, and it looks like its predecessor is already on tap. The LG Optimus 2 has surfaced on the manufacturer’s website showing a 3.2MP camera, 3.2-inch display, and 800 MHz processor. The handset will run Android 2.3 out of the [...]

Some folks that go by the name IBF Programs named “Steam for Android,” and while the name makes it sound as if the application is official, it isn’t. It’s a third party companion app that helps users keep up to date with their friends’ activity on the go, the daily specials Steam tends to offer [...]

All you CES 2012 showgoers have a lot of planning to do in the next week or so as we’re just seven days shy of the show’s kickoff. The folks at CEA want to make things a bit easier with their official application for the show, developed by Core-Apps. You’ll get access to maps, the [...]

NORAD has made a holiday tradition out of tracking Santa’s whereabouts as he hurries around the glob to deliver Christmas gifts to millions of children, and this year is no exception. Except this year Santa can be tracked from Android smartphones using the official NORAD Tracks Santa app. Beginning Christmas Eve users will be able [...]