It’s quite a jump for Android versions it seems as Android 3.2 Honeycomb is the operating system being used on the 7-inch Huawei MediaPad. The MediaPad sports a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 5-megapixel camera, a front-facing 1.3-megapixel camera for video chats, support for HSPA+ and 802.11n Wi-Fi networks, HDMI-out, weighs 390g and is thicker than the iPad 2, and a microSD card slot for adding up to 32GB of storage. Huawei also says the MediaPad’s 4,100mAh battery lasts up to 6 hours on a single charge. It is planned to launch sometimes in the fall for an as of yet unknown price.
Via: Electronista, Huawei
It’s a new high-powered gaming rig (yay!), this time built by ASUS. The ASUS G74 has two configurations available, both of which contain a quad-core Sandy Bridge Core i7-2630QM CPUs, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M graphics with 3GB of video memory, 12GB DDR3 RAM (out of 16GB, yikes), dual 750GB speedy 7200RPM drives (!), a 1080p display, Blu-ray player, backlit keyboard and 3 USB 2.0 ports along with one USB 3.0, all of which comes down to $1,745 and is named the G74SX-A1. Not enough and want to spend a bit more? Then there’s also the $1,979 version with a 3D display, dubbed the G74SX-3DE. Either way, the above shot only displays the edges of the laptop, not the full width. Pre-order links are right next to this sentence.
It’s the same system as Google Voice Search on Android Honeycomb tablets and Android smartphones, but now available for desktops (meaning all computers thatn use Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux). The Voice Search tool is available in 27 languages and dialects, and which purportedly covers around 5 billion people or two-thirds of the world’s voices. The feature will be released soon this week for Chrome users.
What’s the catch? Well, it only works on AT&T 3G bands and T-Mobile 2G, as well as some phone carriers overseas (unless some hacking is performed). The price for a black 16GB model? $649. Pricey for sure, but if you have the extra dough lying around, it’s worth it if you don’t want to jailbreak your shiny new iPhone 4, which sooner or later this year, will get succeeded by new iPhone hardware of some sort. Just saying. Via: 
