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If there was ever any doubt that the Motorola RAZR and the new all new and improved RAZR MAXX possibly weren’t the same phone, that has been laid to rest with this screenshot. As you can plainly see, both devices are running the exact same build, kernel — even the model number is the same. [...]

Cowon is upgrading their D3 line of Android media players featuring the same outer body, but brand spanking new internals (circa 2010). The Z2 Plenue will come with a 1GHz Cortex A-8 processor, 521MB of RAM and the same 3.7-inch 800×480 AMOLED screen as yesteryear’s model, along with the usual micro USB and HDMI ports. [...]

If you were looking to hit up another retailer on “ Galaxy Nexus Friday” in fear of the device selling out at Verizon locations, it looks like Radio Shack will be joining the ranks of retailers offering the device for sale. Pricing for the Galaxy Nexus wont be any cheaper than an “official” Verizon location [...]

How did Samsung manage to turn around and get a modified version of their Galaxy Tab 10.1 back on shelves just weeks after a verdict was passed down from a German court banning the device on grounds of infringement on Apple’s iPad design? It was simple really, they increased the size of the metal bezel [...]

Apple’s back in court manipulating evidence again, it seems. After being accused of manipulating evidence when it was found that they made the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 appear to have a 4:3 aspect ratio when it really had a 16:9 aspect ratio, Apple decided to bring their awesome photoshop skills to the phone side. In [...]

Looks like the locked bootloader of the HTC Sensation was only the beginning of a trend that will continue with the company’s other major handset launches. It was discovered that the HTC EVO 3D will also feature an uncrackable bootloader along with secure kernel images and locked recovery mode. As we learned with the Motorola [...]

During their quarterly financial report, Motorola’s CEO Sanjay Jha mentioned the Xoom’s LTE launch has been delayed until sometime around the summer solstice. Turns out this is the same time we will finally see the release of the recently rehashed, Droid Bionic. While answering questions as to what caused the delay, Sanjay attempted to beat [...]

Talk about device convergence. While we’ve already seen the tablet/netbook hybrids make their way to the forefront, Compufon looks to add another wrinkle into the fold – smartphones.Compufon boasts a powerful smartphone that you’ll be able to insert into a slate as if it were a video game cartridge. The processing power and storage option [...]

It’s that time of the month again – Google shows us a breakdown of Android versions across all officially certified devices. We last visited this two weeks ago, but much hasn’t changed since then. Without even looking at the numbers, Froyo is still on top by a wide margin, Android 2.1 is still out and [...]

To answer the question posed in the title of this article: it can, plain and simple. MIT’s rbAPPmit (name of the app) team developed an app for Android – which they tested using a Nexus One – that could come close to solving the same problems that a supercomputer can in just seconds. The caveat [...]