Tuesday, September 13, 2011

drag2share: Firefox for Android Tablets Is Open for Testing [Blip]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5839918/firefox-for-android-tablets-is-open-for-testing

Firefox for Android Tablets Is Open for TestingMozilla has made the latest nightly builds for Firefox for Honeycomb ready for download. It's already optimized for the tablet real estate and Android's quirks, and will let you use Firefox Sync to share data with your desktop. [Mobiputing]

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drag2share: Dolphin Browser HD for iPad: The Best iPad Browser Not Named Safari [Video]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5839954/dolphin-browser-hd-for-ipad-the-best-ipad-browser-not-named-safari

Why do we like it?

Here's where I explain why I really like the sidebars that hide "beneath" the browser. I usually hold my iPad in portrait mode where I have my two hands on the two bottom corners. When I want to go to one of my favorite pages in Safari, I have to move my hand, run it all the way to the top of the iPad's 9.7 inch screen and hope my fat fingers can tap 'giz' to load Gizmodo. It usually doesn't and I try again. To put it bluntly, it's a freaking pain in the ass. It's not the magic the iPad promised! And though the Dolphin browser ain't Copperfield, it's close. I just side swipe to reveal the side bar favorites, tap the favorite site I want to go to and watch it load. No hand movement necessary. Now that's what I'm talking about!

Also, I like "privacy mode".

Dolphin Browser HD

Download this app for:

The Best

Webzines!

The Worst

Gestures are sort of silly

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drag2share: Channel Master TV Will Let You Cut The Cord And Keep The Sports [Video]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5839979/channel-master-tv-will-let-you-cut-the-cord-and-keep-the-sports

Channel Master TV Will Let You Cut The Cord And Keep The Sports Channel Master's newest DVR is a cord cutters dream. It lets users record over-the-air programming so they can ditch cable and still follow their local news and sports. And there's no monthly fee, just the cost of the device.

Besides OTA television, the Channel Master TV also streams VUDU content. VUDU is a nice add-on, but it does have a limited video catalog. It's too bad the device doesn't include some of the larger services like Netflix or Amazon Video.

On the hardware side, the OTA DVR includes WiFi, a 320 GB hard drive to store 35 hours of HD video, and variety of audio and video outputs to connect to your TV. The Channel Master TV is on the pricey side. It'll cost you $400 when it ships this November. [Channel Master and Crave]

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drag2share: Medfield-based Android phone shown at IDF 2011, future Android builds to be 'optimized' for Atom

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/13/andy-rubin-shows-off-medfield-based-android-phone-at-idf-2011-r/

Google's Andy Rubin just came up on stage here at the IDF keynote, joining Intel CEO Paul Otellini who was holding a bona fide Medfield-powered smartphone running Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)! Hard to be sure, but the device looks eerily like the Aava Mobile handset we've seen before. The cameo was part of a much larger initiative, which will see Intel working concurrently with Google in order to optimize future processors for use with Android. We were actually tipped off on this a few days back, but at the time, it was difficult to tell how much of a consumer impact it'd have. Given Andy's showing, though, it's looking better and better in that regard. The most impressive tidbit, however, is the promise that all future Android builds will be "optimized" for Intel's low-power Atom clan. We've compiled a gallery for you below, and hopefully we'll have a hands-on later today.

Dante Cesa contributed to this report.

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drag2share: Intel hypes Ivy Bridge, leaves poor old Sandy in its wake

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/13/intel-hypes-ivy-bridge-leaves-poor-old-sandy-in-its-wake/

Intel reps just can't resist whispering about their 2012 Core i-series. AnandTech is reporting a claimed 60 percent boost in 3DMark Vantage scores from the next-gen integrated graphics compared to Sandy Bridge, which could well put an end to Intel's frame-rate humiliation at the hands of AMD's A-series APUs. The bragging also extended to Quick Sync, which is "privately" said to deliver video encoding at twice the current speed. However, these claims only relate to the top tier of the Ivy Bridge range and they skirt around the key battlegrounds of raw CPU power and pricing -- which is precisely where we suspect AMD's FX series will bring the ruckus.

Intel hypes Ivy Bridge, leaves poor old Sandy in its wake originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:42:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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