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Polaroid Unveils Android-Powered SC1630 Smart Camera
Polaroid introduced an Android-powered digital camera, the SC1630 Smart Camera. The 16-megapixel camera has 3x optical zoom, a touch-screen display, and built-in Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and optional connections to mobile data networks.
Features include automatic face and smile detection and an automatic sort feature that files photos by date, location, and people.
The camera supports apps from Google’s Android Market. Editing features (from the touchscreen) include cropping, red-eye removal, resizing, and color correction.
Sprint Releases its First 4G LTE Devices
Sprint unveiled the first of its 4G LTE network-enabled devices at CES in Las Vegas. Over the next year, Sprint plans to launch ca. 15 4G LTE devices as it moves forward with Network Vision, the company’s network consolidation plan.
The Samsung Galaxy Nexus, which runs pure Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), features a 4.65″ HD Super Amoled touch display with 720p resolution, 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, facial recognition, mobile hotspot …
Mercedes-Benz Unveils Telematics, Smartphone Apps, Driver Assistance Systems, SL
Mercedes-Benz, which is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year, previewed a new in-vehicle infotainment and safety system, mbrace2, at the Consumer Electronics Show. The system will support cloud-based apps, speech recognition, Web browsing and search, in addition to existing features such as concierge services, automatic crash notification, and traffic information.
The new mbrace2 smartphone app adds new features over the existing app, including the ability to set valet parking protection and …
Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 Comes to Verizon
Samsung announced that the new Galaxy Tab 7.7 will be available on the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network.
The Galaxy Tab 7.7 is the latest in Samsung’s line of Android tablets of varying sizes, and features HD 720p (1280 x 800) resolution, a 1.4 GHz dual-core processor, mobile hotspot capabilities, front and rear facing cameras, and an HTML 5 Web browser. The tablet runs Android 2.3 Honeycomb and Samsung’s TouchWiz interface, …
HTC Launches its First 4G LTE Windows Phone
HTC announced the HTC Titan II, the company’s first 4G LTE Windows Phone. The new smartphone will be coming to AT&T in the coming months.
The HTC Titan II has a 4.7″ super LCD capacitive touchscreen, 1.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 processor, and 1,730mAh lithium ion battery for longer battery life. The camera features on the devices include a 16 megapixel camera with wide-angle lens, autofocus, dual-LED flash, red eye reduction, …
Garmin Unveils Smartphone Link and New Nüvis
At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Garmin unveiled the Smartphone Link Android app that provides live data services to a navigation device using a tethered smartphone.
Garmin also unveiled the new nüvi 3500 series of navigation devices that have a thin form factor and a 5” glass display.
