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Samsung has announced this evening that they’ve shipped a surprising five million Galaxy Notes in only five month’s time. The 5.3-inch phablet has received a lot of attention from Samsung, ever since it was launched overseas in October. Samsung touted the larger screen and stylus, and even showed it off during the Super Bowl.
If you’re jealous of ASUS getting Android 4.0 and happen to own an Archos G9 tablet, you’re about to get some good news. According to sources over at Android Police, Archos will be updating all their G9 tablets to Ice Cream Sandwich within the first week of February. In addition, all G9 tablets sold in February should come pre-loaded with Android’s latest operating system.
![Philips Unveils Its GoGear Connect 3 Media Player Along With A Variety Of Android Headsets [CES 2012]](http://cultofandroid.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/gogearconnect-640x476.jpg)
Philips unveiled its GoGear Connect 3.5’ media player along with a slew of Android headsets at CES. While there wasn’t much information about the GoGear Connect 3, we do know it will feature Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), 720p HD video, Skype communication, and more than 300,000 apps and games from the Android Market. This Wi-Fi enabled touch screen MP4 player is also said to bring a superior sound experience through Philips’ FullSound and Surround for Movies technologies. No word was given on price, but it is supposed to be available in April 2012.
Google TV will be getting OnLive gaming support very soon, and in preparation of this monumental event, users can now start spectating these live games via the OnLive Viewer app. OnLive is a popular cloud gaming service that streams high-end console video games straight to your screen without the need for high-end hardware. Cloud based gaming is considered by many to be the future of gaming and will free gamers from hardware restraints and allow for a truly unified mobile gaming experience across various platforms. It’s only fitting that the OnLive service be coming to Google TV, as GTV has been working hard on bringing on-demand multimedia to your TV, and what better addition than on-demand gaming.
![Motorola’s Televation To Provide An Independent TV Feed To Your Mobile Device [CES 2012]](http://cultofandroid.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/mototelevation.jpg)
There have been various ways to access live TV on your mobile device, my personal choice being Slingplayer, but up until now, you were forced to watch whatever was being played through your main cable feed (or visa versa). Motorola hopes to change all that with their Televation product. With Televation, users will have an independent, dedicated content feed from their cable provider that can be streamed to any connected IP device for viewing across a user’s wireless network. The product was actually announced back in June but they had some demos here at CES to show off just how well it works.
![Huawei Announces New MediaPad Series [CES 2012]](http://cultofandroid.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/mediapad.jpg)
![Sony Introduces Its Smart Extras For Android [CES 2012]](http://cultofandroid.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/SmartTags_Group-640x448.jpg)
While many companies are touting their newest Android devices, Sony has not only released new devices, but has some pretty cool accessories to go along with them. These aren’t your average run of the mill Android accessories either, they’re “Smart Extras” for Android. Sony announced three new “Smart Extras” and one in particular has me dreaming up endless possibilities. Let’s take a look at what Sony has presented us with and see just how “Smart” they are.
![T-Mobile Waves From The Back, Announces Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G, Enhanced Bobsled Messaging Service, And More [CES 2012]](http://cultofandroid.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/galaxysblaze.jpg)
T-Mobile seems to be the last to make any sort of announcement regarding future plans and devices. After looking at the press release, I can see why. Not much going on over at T-Mo other than an expanded 4G network, an enhanced Bobsled messaging service, and another Samsung Galaxy variant. But hey, let’s not hang them out to dry, stay tuned for a few of the specifics after the break.
![Intel Announces First Intel Powered Phone As Well As Multi-Year Partnership With Motorola [CES 2012]](http://cultofandroid.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/intelatom.jpg)
![Polaroid Announces The Android Powered SC1630 Camera [CES 2012]](http://cultofandroid.cultofmaccom.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/androidpolaroid1.jpg)
With the advances in smartphone cameras, it’s getting to the point where separate point and shoots are no longer needed. Although we’re not quite there yet, Polaroid has taken an opposite approach and brought the smartphone to the camera. Introducing the Android powered SC1630. It’s half smartphone, all camera. Although I’m still not keen on having to carry around two devices, the SC1630 makes a strong argument for one to put their phone back in their pocket and start using a camera again.
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