Angry Birds fans, it's confirmed, a new edition of the blockbuster smartphone and console game is coming in March, and it'll be called Angry Birds Rio.
Interspersed with characters from Rio, the upcoming animated feature from 20th Century Fox, Angry Birds Rio will revolve around the kidnapping of those annoyed avians.
Internal Best Buy documents apparently leaked to Engadget seem to indicate that the Xoom will be available on February 17th with a price tag of $700. The tablet will feature a 3G connection compatible with Verizon, which will be upgradeable to take advantage of Verizon's new 4G network as well.
Android fan site Droid Life has put together a handy chart comparing the Xoom to Apple's 3G-equipped iPad.
DETROIT—Nothing marked the long-awaited revival of glitz and giddy optimism at this city's annual auto show Monday more than Porsche, which, after a three-year absence, returned to the event with one of its most exotic sports cars yet, a gleaming 918 racing coupe.
Porsche returns to the Detroit auto show this year with the stylish, hybrid 918 racing coupe, a concept car boasting more than 760 horsepower. Detlev von Platen, president of North American operations, talks with WSJ's Jonathan Welsh about the company's hybrid pipeline and its outlook for the U.S. market.
The much buzzed-about return reinforces the high hopes that Porsche Automobil HoldingSE, as well as other luxury-car makers, have for this year's U.S. auto market, where Porsche's sales rose 29% in 2010. Speaking at the Detroit auto show, Porsche's chief executive, Matthias Mueller, said he expects Porsche's global sales to climb again in 2011 after rising roughly 25% to 95,000 last year.
But the high-performance concept car's premiere belies what is driving much of the German sports-car maker's sales and profit growth these days: its nonsports cars, the Panamera luxury sedan it launched in 2009 and its Cayenne sport-utility vehicle. And Porsche plans to shift further into nontraditional sports cars soon with a smaller version of the Cayenne that is tentatively dubbed the Cajun.
Mobile operators were out in full force at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week, promoting their improved data networks and unveiling new devices. But with their marketing efforts in overdrive, the operators may confuse rather than attract users.
"Today, we're seeing 4G on HSPA+ in markets with enhanced backhaul, with speeds up to 6Mbps," said Ralph de la Vega, AT&T Mobility's president and CEO, during his company's developers' summit held at CES.AT&T, for example, started calling its current upgraded HSPA+ network 4G instead of 3G. It's not the fastest major network in the country -- that's Verizon's LTE, based on advertised speeds -- but AT&T says it has a better transition path to its next-generation network.
AFP/Getty Images/File – The brand new all-electric Ford Focus is displayed at the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show...
LAS VEGAS (AFP) – Automakers are taking a drive into the future at the Consumer Electronics Show.
The annual event is traditionally a showplace for mobile phones, computers and television sets but car makers are grabbing a lot of attention this year with the latest in automotive technology and a glimpse at what's to come.
US automaker Ford even chose Las Vegas over next week's Detroit Auto Show to reveal its first all-electric car, the Focus Electric, which can get up to 100 miles (160 kilometers) on a single battery charge and goes on sale this year.
Audi attracted crowds to its CES stand with a demonstration of a "head-up display" that resembles a videogame, projecting important information like a car's speed or directions in hologram fashion on the windshield directly in front of the driver.
Who wants to pay $100 for a single pair of active-shutter 3D glasses? Good question—and maybe that's why 3D TV sets using cheaper, polarized 3D glasses are making such a big splash at CES.
Bargain TV maker Vizio is just one of the manufacturers showing off its passive-glasses 3D displays this year (LG is another), and yes — they work as advertised, using (more or less) the same polarized glasses you'll find in movie theaters. Unfortunately, there are trade-offs.
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The Apple rumor mill has had a busy week. The latest report came Friday from Digg founder Kevin Rose, who said on his blog that the next iPad is imminent.
"I have it on good authority that Apple will be announcing the iPad 2 in the next '3-4 weeks,' possibly Tuesday February 1st.," Rose posted. "The iPad 2 will feature a retina display and front/back camera. If you're thinking of buying an iPad, hold off for now."
Other rumors that have been reported about the next iPad include that it will feature a USB port, a larger speaker, and slimmer design.
LAS VEGAS – Big tablets and small tablets, white ones and black ones. Cheap ones and expensive ones. Brand names famous and obscure at the starting line of a race where the iPad is already a speeding dot near the horizon.
It's impossible to walk the floor at this year's International Consumer Electronics Show without stumbling across a multitude of keyboard-less touch-screen computers expected to hit the market in the coming months. With Apple estimated to have sold more than 13 million iPads last year
NEW YORK (AP) — To fight dwindling camera sales, manufacturers are slashing prices for point-and-shoots — often below $100 — and offering more features for the money.
Camera makers unveiled dozens of models this week at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the largest gadget show in the U.S. Here's what to look for once they go on sale over the next few months.
Google may have asked it to hold back, but Sony is proudly showing off its Internet TVs at CES this year. Our impressions inside.
Google may have asked TV makers to hold back Google TV, but that isn’t stopping Sony. At Sony’s CES booth, Internet TV is all over the place, and it’s all powered by Google. We first tried out these TVs at Sony’s launch event back in October, and it doesn’t appear the software has changed since then. Though the concept is good, Google TV is still underwhelming, both in set-top boxes like the Logitech Revue and embedded in TVs, as seen here.
LAS VEGAS—Motorola Mobility Inc. is rolling out to roll out a tablet computer that will run on Verizon Wireless' new next-generation wireless network and use an upcoming version of Google Inc.'s Android software designed for such devices.
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