| Engadget Giveaway: win a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro dev tablet! Aug 27th 2012, 15:01  The Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro Mobile Development Platform (MDP) tablet is not your typical Android-based slate -- it's a developer's best friend. This particular MDP houses a quad-core Snapdragon S4 APQ8064 chip, Adreno 320 GPU and 2GB LPDDR2 RAM, and its primary purpose for even existing is to help devs test their games and apps on a true-blue device before OEM products begin hitting the market later this year. It's the most impressive quad-core tablet (in terms of performance) we've ever played with, but at $1,299 a pop, it isn't cheap. But that's where you, dear reader, come in: the slate you see above is going to be handed out to a lucky winner, and all you have to do is leave a comment in the usual place. Don't forget to read the rules below, and best of luck! Continue reading Engadget Giveaway: win a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro dev tablet! Filed under: Announcements Engadget Giveaway: win a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro dev tablet! originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 27 Aug 2012 11:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | | Email this | Comments | | Fujitsu and Acacia resolve patent disputes with settlement, keep it out of the courts Aug 27th 2012, 14:33  Fujitsu's bank balance may be a little lighter today, since Acacia Research Corp. has reported that subsidiaries of both companies have signed a settlement deal over patent disputes. As usual, Acadia is keeping tight-lipped about exactly what the patents cover, but a little digging on our part has revealed they are related to flash memory and RAM technologies. The agreement resolves lawsuits in the works at district courts in Texas and California, which is probably a good thing. After all, these cases can get pretty messy when they go to court. Continue reading Fujitsu and Acacia resolve patent disputes with settlement, keep it out of the courts Filed under: Cellphones, Laptops, Tablets Fujitsu and Acacia resolve patent disputes with settlement, keep it out of the courts originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 27 Aug 2012 10:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink |  Ropes & Gray (1), (2) | Email this | Comments | | Amazon says more items are now shipped with Prime than free shipping, dishes a few other stats Aug 27th 2012, 14:08  Amazon isn't one to provide a lot of specific numbers on the products and services it offers, but it has confirmed today that its $79 a year Prime service recently crossed a fairly significant milestone. The company says that more items are now shipped with Prime's two-day shipping than with its standard Free Super Saver Shipping -- which is, presumably, quite a lot. Of course, Prime has grown to become considerably more than just a premium shipping option since it launched in 2005, and Amazon has also taken the opportunity to divulge a few other details on the service. On Prime Instant Video, it says that it now offers 22,000 titles for streaming, a growth of 70 percent this year -- it also notes, somewhat interestingly, that 96.4 percent of the Prime video catalog is viewed in any given week. As for the Kindle Owners' Lending Library, it now counts 180,000 titles, the most borrowed of which is The Hunger Games. Continue reading Amazon says more items are now shipped with Prime than free shipping, dishes a few other stats Filed under: Misc, Internet Amazon says more items are now shipped with Prime than free shipping, dishes a few other stats originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 27 Aug 2012 10:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Amazon | Email this | Comments | | LG announces infrared-equipped Optimus Vu II and universal remote app Aug 27th 2012, 13:32  LG just outed the Optimus Vu II for the Korean market, designed around a remote control app, QRemote. The company's translated PR claims (erroneously) that the new device will be "the world's first smartphone using infrared," letting it operate gear like set-top boxes and home appliances, including other companies' products. The device is scheduled to launch next month in the maker's home country, around the time the Tegra 3-powered Optimus Vu will go on sale in the US as Verizon's LG Intuition. The company hasn't released any technical details for the phone -- in fact, other than the remote functions, we don't even know if there are any changes from the current pen-capable model. In any case, it might give pause to another Korean maker about to announce an awfully similar product. Filed under: Cellphones, Home Entertainment, Household, Tablets LG announces infrared-equipped Optimus Vu II and universal remote app originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 27 Aug 2012 09:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | LG (translated) | Email this | Comments | |
