While the iPad’s Retina display has traditionally been considered the finest tablet display on the market, that’s no longer the case thanks to Amazon. Its new high-end Kindle Fire HDX has the best tablet display ever tested by DisplayMate expert Dr. Raymond Soneira, “significantly outperforming” the iPad Air’s in several key areas.
The popular U.K. online retailer, Zavvi, has officially listed Google’s first media streaming dongle, the Chromecast, on its website with a price tag or £39.99 (approx. $63), which is a bit more than it retails for in the States, but that does include postage and packaging.
The Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom has been lurking around in the background for some time now and pretty soon the photo-centric smartphone will touchdown on its first US carrier. AT&T has officially announced that starting Friday, November 8, Samsung’s monstrous camera/smartphone hybrid, will be available on its network.
HTC is in the process of pushing out a rather hefty, unexpected over-the-air (OTA) update to all One SV handsets in Europe. The upgrade brings the latest build of Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean and Sense 5 to the device, complete with a multitude of additional bug fixes and speed enhancements.
While Apple has aimed to keep the design of the iPhone consistent over the last six years – same screen size, same form factor, same metal band antenna on the outside – Google has managed to keep fans excited by providing different variants of its flagship Nexus device every single year.
Sure, all those different screen sizes and hardware changes have helped push the state of horrific fragmentation in the Android market, but at least fandroids get new design choices every year. To celebrate the release of the Nexus 5, our friends over at GadgetLove created an awesome GIF GIF showcasing how the Nexus has evolved over the years.
Check it out below:
