For the past several days I've been playing around with Futuremark's new 3DMark for Android, as well as Kishonti's GL and DXBenchmark 2.7. All of these tests are scheduled to be available on Android, iOS, Windows RT and Windows 8 - giving us the beginning of a very wonderful thing: a set of benchmarks that allow us to roughly compare mobile hardware across (virtually) all OSes. The computing world is headed for convergence in a major way, and with benchmarks like these we'll be able to better track everyone's progress as the high performance folks go low power, and the low power folks aim for higher performance. The previous two articles I did on the topic were really focused on comparing smartphones to smartphones, and...
Google Nexus 7 and Android 4.1 - Mini Review
Today was an extremely busy day for Google, with the formal announcement of both Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, and two new members of the Nexus family – the Nexus...
189 by Brian Klug on 6/28/2012
Google Announces Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and Project Butter
Back at Mobile World Congress, both Anand and I heard rumblings that UI performance would be a huge emphasis in the next major release of Android. I remember being...
17 by Brian Klug on 6/27/2012
Google Makes ASUS Supplied Nexus 7 Tablet Official - Update: Play Store Page Live
Google just announced its first Nexus tablet, the Nexus 7. The specs are pretty much what we expected, including a 1280x800 LCD display, Tegra 3 SoC (probably T30L, we're...
31 by Brian Klug on 6/27/2012
Google I/O 2012 Keynote Day 1 - We're Here Live
We just got seated inside Moscone Center for Google I/O 2012. While some details of the Nexus 7 tablet and Q have been already released before the keynote...
7 by Brian Klug on 6/27/2012
ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity (TF700T) Review
Since the release of the first Eee Pad Transformer (can you believe it's only been about a year?), ASUS has released several members of the Eee Pad and Transformer...
112 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/25/2012
Microsoft Surface - We Go Hands On [UPDATE: Detailed Impressions]
Post-announcement, Microsoft took us to a backroom in Milk Studios to give us hands on experience with the Surface. They weren't lying, even the preproduction units feel awesome in...
161 by Vivek Gowri on 6/18/2012
Microsoft's Major Announcement in LA - We're There!
We're at Microsoft's major announcement in LA - it's been shrouded in secrecy, with Redmond only releasing venue details earlier today (a mere 5 hours before the start of...
26 by Vivek Gowri on 6/18/2012TI Demos Windows RT UI Performance on OMAP 4470
Last week at Computex, TI showed Anand Windows RT running on one of their own reference tablets. While performance was good according to Anand, Microsoft has instructed partners to...
20 by Brian Klug on 6/14/2012
The Acer Iconia Tab A700 Brings 1920x1200 to $449
We've been hearing about the impending ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity with its 1920x1200 display for some time now with no concrete word on when it's coming to market, but...
19 by Dustin Sklavos on 6/13/2012
Apple Introduces New Smart Covers
Continuing its onslaught of new products and accessories this morning, Apple has silently launched a 3rd variant of its Smart Covers for the iPad. The new Smart Covers now...
9 by Saumitra Bhagwat on 6/11/2012
Siri in iOS 6
Apple is going through its demo of Siri in iOS 6. Siri is getting significant updates, Apple is now demonstrating Siri's extensive knowledge of sports statistics. Player stats, league...
6 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/11/2012
Acer's Iconia W700 Ivy Bridge Windows 8 Tablet: The Start of Something Big
My first meeting of Computex wasn't a meeting at all, rather it was Acer's press conference a day before the show officially started. In its press conference, Acer introduced...
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The Archos G9 Returns: Reclocked GPU Raises The Pace
So, yes. They're back. Not long after our review of the Archos G9 tablets went live, we got wind from our commenters that Archos had released a new test...
5 by Jason Inofuentes on 6/8/2012
ASUS Tablet 810 & 600: Giving us Almost Exactly What We Want in a Windows 8 Tablet
ASUS had another amazing Computex press conference this year. Along with the dual-screen Taichi notebook, the Transformer All-in-One and the Ivy Bridge based Transformer Book, ASUS announced two more...
13 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/4/2012
TI Shows off OMAP5430 GPU Performance before Computex
Before MWC 2012, TI showed off OMAP5 performance in a video which compared CPU performance to Nvidia's Tegra 3 SoC. The occasion this time around is Computex, and TI...
19 by Brian Klug on 6/3/2012
Nvidia Announces Icera 500 - The Baseband in Grey
During Nvidia's Tegra analyst day, more details were disclosed about both Nvidia's plans for Icera, and the upcoming codename Grey SoC with Icera inside. Earlier today we talked about...
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The Archos G9 Tablet Reviews: Fast Enough
There's nothing quite like being fastest. Even to be atop the heap of competitors for a second can be a thrill and a great story. And so it was...
39 by Jason Inofuentes on 5/23/2012
Sonic 4: Episode II Now Available for Tegra 3
Earlier this year at Mobile World Congress, NVIDIA and Sega announced Sonic 4: Episode II would be coming to TegraZone in an optimized version for NVIDIA's Tegra 3 hardware...
17 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/16/2012
The iPad 2,4 Review: 32nm Brings Better Battery Life
When Apple launched the 3rd generation iPad (as the new iPad), it also dropped the price of the entry-level 16GB WiFi iPad 2 to $399. Apple's products tend to...
100 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/4/2012
ASUS Transformer Pad 300 (TF300T) Review
Before the $399 iPad 2, before the $199 Kindle Fire, there was the $399 Eee Pad Transformer from ASUS. Like nearly all first attempts in the tablet space, the...
37 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/22/2012