As an adult, why should your kids be left out of the tablet fun, right? Well if you’re planning to get your child a tablet but want to restrict what they can do/view on it, you might be interested in checking out the Kurio Android tablet that has been designed for children in mind.
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If you’d rather not be tied down to a contract but you’d still like to own the Motorola Droid Xyboard 10.1 and 8.2, the good news is that both devices are now available for purchase via Motorola’s website with a free two-day shipping offer from Motorola for orders over $75, which we’re sure you will exceed with a purchase of a single tablet.
Read full post →WiFi only Motorola Droid Xyboard 10.1 and 8.2 now shipping

Yup, if the Motorola Droid RAZR’s battery did not sit well with you, it looks like its upgraded sibling, the Droid RAZR MAXX is finally available from Verizon for $299 on a new two-year contract. For those who are unfamiliar, the Motorola Droid RAZR MAXX is identical to the Droid RAZR in every way possible, with the exception of its battery which is nearly double that of the Droid RAZR, and at the same time due to its new battery will be slightly thicker as well. The Droid RAZR MAXX is touted by Verizon and Motorola to feature 21 hours worth of talk time, but we think that most of us are probably more curious as to how well it holds up on Verizon’s 4G LTE network, whereby LTE connectivity has been known to be somewhat of a battery drainer.

Wondering what HTC has in store for us in 2012? Well, based on HTC’s Q4 earnings that was revealed a couple of weeks ago, we guess the Taiwanese company wasn’t too thrilled about how they did, which while wasn’t bad could have been better, at least that’s what they think. Well come 2012 it seems that the company has a new strategy planned and will instead start their focus on more quality hardware as opposed to trying to put out as many phones as possible. According to HTC’s UK chief, Phil Roberson:
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If you happen to make use of Valve’s Steam service on your computer, especially to play games and what not, the good news is that Valve has released a beta version of Steam for iOS and Android devices. While you will not be playing Team Fortress 2 any time soon on your iOS or Android devices, what the app does is that it allows Steam users to connect with the rest of the Steam community even when away from the computer. The app will allow Steam users access to the store and basically keep in touch with what’s new and what’s not as far as Valve is concerned. Honestly I think that we could use a break from gaming once in a while, but we guess for those hardcore gamers out there, this app is probably for you.

HTC Rezound owners, it looks like Verizon has a maintenance update planned for you guys. Unfortunately this is not the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update, but we guess updates are generally welcome, right? The update includes several bug fixes and improvements, such as improvement of audio quality during calls, reduced force closes in the People application, improved device stability and supposedly resolves the issue of the Task Manager stopping Mail background service. If you’d like more details on what the maintenance update will be bringing to your device, head on over to Verizon’s website.

While Bada may not be sitting up there with iOS and Android in terms of preferred smartphone platforms, we guess that Samsung’s very own smartphone OS still has its fans, and good news for those fans is that Samsung has decided to re-release the Samsung Wave Y S5380 in a La Fleur Edition. It appears that the La Fleur Edition is mostly just a cosmetic change, perhaps done so in order to attract a more feminine audience.

As far as its hardware is concerned, the Samsung Wave Y S5380 (for those who might have forgotten) packs a 3.2” HVGA display, Samsung’s TouchWiz UI, GPS, NFC, an 832MHz processor under the hood, a 2MP rear-facing camera, 2GB memory card pre-installed and runs on Bada 2.0. The device was spotted in the Ukraine and appears to be retailing for $165.

One of the cooler features of the Windows Phone platform would be its exclusive access to Microsoft’s Xbox Live titles for the phone. Well if you enjoy gaming on your handset, you will be pleased that in addition to Xbox Live titles, it seems that EA has some games planned for the Windows Phone device although at the moment no word when the publisher will be releasing them.

These games includes Mirror’s Edge, Real Racing 2, Sims Medieval, Tiger Woods PGA Tour, Monopoly, Spy Mouse, Yahtzee, The Game of Life, Vampire Rush, Parking Mania and Picnic Wars. Granted this couldn’t really be considered to be an exhaustive list of games, but it’s a start and it wouldn’t be a stretch of the imagination to think that EA will be releasing more games for Windows Phone in the future. In the mean time, which games are you guys most looking forward to?

Some time last month, a Samsung phone with the model GT-i9070 made an appearance on the WiFi Certification site, Samsung’s User Agent Profile site and lately it seems to have cleared the FCC sporting GSM/EDGE bands 850 and 1900. Based on the appearance of the device that was leaked (pictured above), it would appear as though the Samsung GT-i9070 is a variant of the company’s Galaxy S2, albeit a lower-end variant.

Based on its specs, the GT-i9070 features a 1GHz processor (unknown if it is dual or single core), an 800×480 display, 6GB of internal storage, a 5MP camera with LED flash and will run on Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread. While Samsung has yet to officially unveil the device (perhaps at MWC 2012?), it seems that signs are pointing at the GT-i9070 headed China’s way, although it should be noted that its GSM/EDGE radio bands make it a candidate for AT&T’s network as well, although some argue that it is unlikely since AT&T already has a Samsung Galaxy S2, and a lower-end variant wouldn’t make much sense.

If you were looking forward to the Sony Xperia S, well you’re in luck as it appears that there is more to the device than Sony had let on. Granted these aren’t exactly trade secrets or leaked information, but oddly enough we weren’t sure why Sony did not go around advertising them as they are pretty interesting features that could sway those still sitting on the fence.
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