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[CES 2013] Pebble Bluetooth Smart Watch Ships To Kickstarter Backers January 23rd (For Real)

[CES 2013] Pebble Bluetooth Smart Watch Ships To Kickstarter Backers January 23rd (For Real)

Jeremiah Rice Jeremiah Rice

The long, long wait is finally over, at least for those of you who backed the phenomenally successful Pebble Kickstarter campaign. After initially promising to ship orders in September, then getting swamped with almost 70,000 pledges and more than $10,000,000 in funding, Pebble Technology has committed to shipping its e-paper Bluetooth watch on January 23rd. The email was sent to backers to coincide with Pebble's CES press conference. There is no word on when Pebble's watches will be available for general purchase.

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[CES 2013] Samsung Announces The Exynos 5 Octa, A Screaming 28nm 8-Core Processor

[CES 2013] Samsung Announces The Exynos 5 Octa, A Screaming 28nm 8-Core Processor

Eric Ravenscraft Eric Ravenscraft

Oh man, if you thought quad-core phones were crazy, your brain should prepare itself for at least twice as much explosion. Samsung just announced at CES its new Exynos 5 Octa processors. These chips, on a 28nm architecture (which means they're small and use less power) have eight dang cores. The company says that this will result in up to 70% battery savings (compared to what is unclear...we would assume the previous Exynos processor).

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Verizon: Our LTE Footprint Will Completely Cover Current 3G Areas By Year's End

Verizon: Our LTE Footprint Will Completely Cover Current 3G Areas By Year's End

Cameron Summerson Cameron Summerson

If you're a Verizon customer in an area that has yet to receive its share of the company's expansive LTE network, then every month's "new LTE list" is probably a nail-biter for you. Good news, though – you'll be covered by the end of 2013, according to a new post on Big Red's blog.

In its current state, Verizon's 4G LTE network covers an impressive 473 markets, which reaches roughly 273.5 million users.

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[CES 2013] Hands-On With The I'm Watch Color, A $400 Brick Of Failure That Straps To Your Wrist

[CES 2013] Hands-On With The I'm Watch Color, A $400 Brick Of Failure That Straps To Your Wrist

Ron Amadeo Ron Amadeo

I love the idea of wearable computers. When I heard I'm Spa was giving away the I'm Watch Color at CES, I ran over to their booth to grab one. The plan was to get it, review it, and maybe even use it after the review, even if it made me look a little geeky. I'm Spa has a new version of the OS, "I'm Droid 2.0," which is just a scaled down version of Android, so it should be very powerful and work well with my phone.

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T-Mobile Galaxy S III Available In Titanium Grey At Best Buy, But For The Love Of God, Don't Buy It Yet

T-Mobile Galaxy S III Available In Titanium Grey At Best Buy, But For The Love Of God, Don't Buy It Yet

Jeremiah Rice Jeremiah Rice

If the rather binary choices of blue and white for the current model of the T-Mobile's variant of the Samsung Galaxy S III don't appeal, there's another option available. A Titanium Grey color has popped up on Best Buy's website, at the same subsidized price as the other T-Mobile models, currently $179.99 with a two-year contract and a whopping $700 outright. Just be aware that if you actually buy a T-Mobile Galaxy S III at any time in the next month, your future self may come back Biff Tannen-style and smack you for being so shortsighted.

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Editorial: CES 2013 Is A Joke And I Honestly Don't Want To Come Back Next Year

Editorial: CES 2013 Is A Joke And I Honestly Don't Want To Come Back Next Year

David Ruddock David Ruddock

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When I went to CES in 2012, I had a pretty good time. I’m having a pretty good time this year, too, but that’s in no way thanks to the gadgets that have been unveiled thus far (well, with one exception).

2012 had stuff. Cool stuff. Samsung did a Smart Window thing. Moto announced the DROID RAZR MAXX. The DROID 4 was unveiled. Sony announced the Xperia S and Ion.

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[CES 2013] Hands-On With ZTE's 5" 1080p Flagship - The Grand S (Video)

[CES 2013] Hands-On With ZTE's 5" 1080p Flagship - The Grand S (Video)

David Ruddock David Ruddock

Fancy a new 5" superphone? ZTE may have something to pique your interest - if you live in China. The company's latest high-end device, the Grand S, was unveiled yesterday prior to CES, and we got some hands-on time earlier today. It hits all the right points: 5" 1080p display, 13MP rear camera, 1.7GHz quad-core processor, Android 4.1, LTE connectivity, and is a fairly stunning 6.9mm in profile.

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But, ZTE wasn't shy about discussing market availability: China.

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[CES 2013] Oh Look, An Oven That Runs Android (Hands-On Video)

[CES 2013] Oh Look, An Oven That Runs Android (Hands-On Video)

Ron Amadeo Ron Amadeo

I could probably count on one hand the amount of things at CES that are 1, new, and 2, run Android, so we are left with stuff like this.

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This is an oven, an oven with an embedded 7-inch touch screen that runs Android. It's called the Dacor Discovery IQ Wall Oven. Here are some specs.

  • Samsung S5PV210 1GHz CPU
  • PowerVR SGX 540 GPU
  • 512 MB DDR2 RAM
  • 16 GB Storge
  • "Hard Drive Expansion: 32GB Max"
  • WiFi

The oven runs Android 4.0.3 (I can't believe I'm typing this) in tablet mode.

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[CES 2013] Hands-On With Intel's Lexington Platform Reference Phone

[CES 2013] Hands-On With Intel's Lexington Platform Reference Phone

David Ruddock David Ruddock

If you hadn't heard, Intel actually unveiled a new smartphone chip at CES. It's just not a particularly exciting one. Lexington, as its known, will be marketed primarily in emerging parts of the world - think Southeast Asia and Africa - in handsets that will probably closely mimic the reference design you see below in the hands-on video.

I'll admit - there's not a whole lot to this thing. It has a tiny 3.7" screen, isn't particularly thin (actually, it's pretty thick), and feels cheap.

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Redbox Instant Updated To Support The Nexus 10, Still Won't Work On Rooted Devices

Redbox Instant Updated To Support The Nexus 10, Still Won't Work On Rooted Devices

Cameron Summerson Cameron Summerson

We have some good news, and some bad news. First, the good news: Redbox Instant was just updated with support for the Nexus 10! Now you can stream movies to your heart's content on that big, beautiful display. Fantastic.

And the bad news: it still won't work if you're rooted. So, if you were rejoicing that you can finally use it on your N10, you can probably stop now if it's rooted.

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