Tag Archives: Tegra 2

XBMC for Android available in nightly builds for that risky media fix

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We only just learned in earnest that XBMC was coming to Android last month, and yet we’re already looking at workable builds. Kermonine96 at the XDA-Developers forum has started offering his own, unofficial nightly versions of the media center front …


ZTE Grand X reaches UK shops a tad early through Phones4U

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Virgin Mobile had originally promised the UK version of the ZTE Grand X for early August. The carrier just can’t contain its enthusiasm: it’s letting retail partner Phones4U sell the budget smartphone as of today. While you’re busy skipping the start…


ZTE Grand X (U970 and N970) and Grand X LTE (T82) hands-on

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You may recall that ZTE unveiled its Snapdragon MSM8960-powered Grand X LTE handset (pictured right) just a few days ago, but as it turns out, the original Mimosa X design is still very much alive under that new Grand X moniker, and we were able to p…


ZTE Grand X (U970 and N970) and Grand X LTE (T82) hands-on

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You may recall that ZTE unveiled its Snapdragon MSM8960-powered Grand X LTE handset (pictured right) just a few days ago, but as it turns out, the original Mimosa X design is still very much alive under that new Grand X moniker, and we were able to p…


DRS unveils trio of ruggedized tablets in Windows and Android flavors

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Drops, shocks, heavy vibrations, dust, water and temperatures in the extremes — just the kind of punishment you’d expect a DRS Armor slab to put up with, and the firm’s latest do so without the briefcase-like look. With MIL-STD 810G certification an…


NVIDIA’s mobile GPUs to surpass Xbox 360 performance by 2014

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NVIDIA sees its mobile system-on-a-chip graphics solutions surpassing the performance of the Xbox 360 in the coming years. A new graph the company shared with AnandTech highlights the performance of Tegra chips in comparison to those found within PCs …


Acer Iconia Tab A200 review

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It’s a tired promise for too many gadgets: Ice Cream Sandwich, just like the Gingerbread man before it, is coming… soon. You have to hand it to Acer, then, for bypassing those vague release schedules and actually pushing out a software update to the…


ZTE to unleash eight new phones at MWC, hopes multi-core chipsets and LTE push them into third place

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If the trio of slabs ZTE announced earlier this week weren’t enough for you, sit tight, the outfit just announced it’s bringing a total of eight new phones to Barcelona next week. The new handsets will reportedly flaunt multi-core processors, LTE radi…


ZTE Mimosa X official: ICS, Tegra 2, HSPA+ and 4.3-inch qHD display, arriving in Q2

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And then there were three. Not 24 hours after announcing a pair of Android 4.0 handsets, ZTE is back with the Mimosa X, a 4.3-inch, HSPA+ device running Ice Cream Sandwich. Interestingly, this is the first time since NVIDIA acquired wireless chip mak…


RedPad brings Chinese patriotism to Android, costs each comrade just $1,590

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Well, it was only a matter of time. Hongpaiyihao (literally meaning “red group number one”), a Beijing-based pro-government new media company, has launched a 9.7-inch Tegra 2 tablet that’s “tailor-made for government officials” and patriotic consumers…