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Verizon’s dual

Thanks to a recent FCC listing, we may have a pretty good idea of what Verizon Wireless’s next big Android phone might be. Listed as the HTC PD42100, the slider phone boasts what appears to be a 4-inch screen with a spacious keyboard spread across four rows. A quick glance and one might mistake it for the upcoming G2 from …

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Android TV: Googlebot on the gogglebox

Android is coming to your telly. Crave chatted to to manufacturers working on televisions powered by Google mobile operating system at technology trade show IFA this week. As all the big names showed off their Internet-connected tellies, less well-known names are going ‘Droid. The amazingly-named Swedish company People of Lava is the first to develop an Android-powered television, while Vestel …

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LG LEX8 with Nano lighting: A revolution in LCD TVs?

LCD TVs have evolved significantly in the past five years. They’ve gone from sporting unsophisticated fluorescent-tube backlights to LED arrays with hundreds of different, independently dimmable areas, for improved contrast. So, what’s next? LG reckons its Nano lighting technology is, because it improves light distribution across the screen. The technology will make its debut on the company’s LEX8 TV, which was …

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