Start your day with a bit of green as Canalys statistics show Android became the world’s leading smartphone platform Q4 of 2010. Next, fall into some drama as Netgear’s CEO rants about how he thinks Apple is too closed and Steve Jobs is ego-led. Then seek the truth in an inside tip – iPad 2 uses 1.2GHz dual-core, 30-35% slimmer display – sound reasonable? Get yourself a Full Macworld Roundup including best in show winners. Read a column by Tim Bajarin entitled Technology meets the History of Jazz. Visualize ASRock in the Android game. Take another peek at the LG G-Slate. Cry over Notion Ink Adam touchscreen damage. Get your Android 3.0 Honeycomb on with two full guides: [USER FEATURES] and [DEVELOPER FEATURES], and ask Why Has Honeycomb Disappeared? Then get your ANGRY BIRD on in the next expansion: RIO! Finally, WIN A TELEVISION in SlashGear’s Final Football Matchup Toshiba TV GIVEAWAY! All this and MORE on SlashGear Morning Wrap-Up!

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Editor’s Choice
What Went on at Macworld This Weekend? [Best of Show Winners Listed]
Google recruiting for internal devs as App Store war escalates
LG G-Slate makes second video tease; ports & flash on show [Video]
Canalys stats show Android became world’s leading smartphone platform in Q4 2010
MLG Vault case makes your Xbox 360 look evil

SlashPhone
Nokia E7 Available For Pre-order in Indonesia
Amazon German Offered LG Optimus 2X and Optimus Black For €499
Lenovo May Partner up With NEC on Smartphone Project
Samsung Introducing Four Varieties of Galaxy Smartphone

Android Community
LG’s Optimus 3D caught in wild?
Dell Streak 7 $200 from February 2 confirms T-Mobile USA
Enspert E201 7-inch Android tablet breaks cover
ASRock to enter Tablet market with Android offerings
Canalys reports Android is the top smartphone platform in the world
Motorola Xoom may land as early as February
Google pushing internal app development in play for mobile software market
LG gives G-Slate another video outing
AT&T to Launch Massive Amount of Android and 4G Devices in 2011
Notion Ink Adam touchscreen damage means Valentine’s delay for some tableteers
Android 3.0 Honeycomb Full Preview Guide [USER FEATURES]
Android 3.0 Honeycomb Full Preview Guide [DEVELOPER FEATURES]
Why Has Honeycomb Disappeared?
Japan Brings Android Tablet-Based Home Phones to Market
Android 3.0 Honeycomb Running on NOOKcolor [VIDEO]
What Android Fans will be Doing on February 3rd at 3AM [LOL]
Boku and Zong Partner Up With Verizon to Offer BilltoMobile Payments
Angry Birds RIO Coming Soon! [With Movie Tie-In!]
NOOKcolor Receives Android 3.0 Honeycomb
Android Honeycomb Event Announced by Google

SlashGear
SlashGear’s Final Football Matchup Toshiba TV GIVEAWAY! [GIVEAWAY]
Apple Xserve axed today
LG Optimus 3D leaks ahead of MWC 2011 debut?
Nintendo 3DS browser & eShop delayed until May
Intel Medfield smartphone prototype gets brief preview
T-Mobile Dell Streak 7 due February 2 for $200
Samsung adds LOVEFiLM streaming to Blu-ray players in the UK
HyperDrive for iPad updated with more storage and features
Bullet counter leaps off PC FPS shooter screen and lands on real weapon
SunBook netbook ships with Pixel Qi transflective display
Nintendo Battle & Get! Pokemon Typing DS keyboard surfaces
Canalys stats show Android became world’s leading smartphone platform in Q4 2010
MLG Vault case makes your Xbox 360 look evil
MeeGo UI update goes covert ahead of “feature complete” reveal
Angry Birds Rio Coming to smartphones and tablets in March
Blind man drives tech laden Ford Escape around race track alone
Active Media Products SATA Disk-on-Modules are first to hit 64GB
Google recruiting for internal devs as App Store war escalates
LG G-Slate makes second video tease; ports & flash on show [Video]
Apple too closed and Steve Jobs ego-led rants Netgear CEO
Facebook Places Deals hits UK and Europe
iPad 2 uses 1.2GHz dual-core, 30-35% slimmer display, tips analyst
AT&T leak: 12 new Androids in 2011, 20 4G devices
What Went on at Macworld This Weekend? [Best of Show Winners Listed] [FEATURED]
SlashGear Week in Review- Week 5 2011
Nokia E7 hits Indonesian pre-order with big promotions push [Update: Scans!]
Technology meets the History of Jazz [COLUMN]

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So you’ve got a love for tech, right? And you might just happen to also have a love for that big giant game at the end of the American football season, right? The one that the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers are going to be going head-to-head in, the one whose name we’re not allowed to speak because of legal ramifications? That one. You’ll be watching that one, and you’ll want something gigantic to watch it on. How about a big fat Toshiba television? We just happen to have one to give away. Would you like one?

Contest begins at 8:01 a.m. PT on Monday, January 31, 2011 and end at 11:59 p.m. PT on Thursday, February 3, 2011 (“Entry Period”).  Winners will be announced on Friday, February, 4, 2011.
 
HOW TO ENTER:
1. Become a fan on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ToshibaHomeEntertainment and SlashGear; and
 
2. Follow @ToshibaTV and @SlashGear on Twitter and twitpic an original photo (with @ToshibaTV and @SlashGear in your tweet) that demonstrates his or her football team spirit using the #toshball hashtag.

Limit one (1) entry per person.
 
PRIZE: One (1) Toshiba 46WX800U Cinema Series 3D LCD NetTV.  Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”): $1,470.49. ARV – Basically a 46” 3D TV.

Be sure to read the huge PDF file of the official rules to make sure you’ve got all your legal business in order. Win this TV, and have an awesome time watching all kinds of football then use it to play all kinds of video games: SlashGear-com-Toshiba-TV-Sweepstakes-v-1-28-111.pdf

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Begin your journey today in a Don Reisinger column that even I agree with: More Action And Fewer Cutscenes In Video Games, Please. Then behold, as it’s the day of the NGP: 3G and WiFi-only, trailer revealed [Video], 82-strong NGP studio support list, Sony PlayStation Suite & PS Store for Android gaming, and XPERIA Play vs Sony NGP (PSP 2) ULTIMATE SMACKDOWN! PLUS a bonus peek at the Play, and another battle between Samsung Galaxy S 2 vs Galaxy Tab 2! And a bonus tidbit of possible bad news along the lines of Notion Ink Customer Service – no stalls!

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Editor’s Choice
NOOKcolor firmware v1.1.0 adds pinch-zoom, more
Sony PlayStation Suite brings gaming to Android
Official Android 3.0 Honeycomb Logo Revealed
Square Enix announces Crystal Defenders for Android [FINAL FANTASY FOREVER]
Ballistic trots out new cases for Droid X, HTC Evo, and Samsung Fascinate
Sony’s first bizarre NGP PSP2 trailer revealed [Video] [WEIRD]
HTC smartphone caught in wild ahead of MWC 2011 debut
Android Disney Phone Detailed [Video] [WANT]

SlashPhone
Sony Confirmed Bringing PlayStation Suite for Android Smartphone
Google US Accepts Mobile Number Porting to Google Voice Service
Samsung Galaxy S 2 Unveiled on MWC

Android Community
HTC Verizon smartphone latest to leak
Awesome Super Mario Android wallpaper
NOOKcolor firmware v1.1.0 adds pinch-zoom, more
Android app for ATM repair techs launches
Square Enix announces Crystal Defenders for Android
HTC smartphone caught in wild ahead of MWC 2011 debut
Sony PlayStation Suite brings gaming to Android
Official Android 3.0 Honeycomb Logo Revealed
Notion Ink Customer Service Purposely Stalling Past 7 Day Return Period? [WATCH OUT]
Samsung Galaxy S 2 vs Galaxy Tab 2 THURSDAY NIGHT BRAWL [BATTLE]
RunKeeper Now Indefinitely Free
Android Disney Phone Detailed [Video]
Motorola XOOM 3G Launch Might Slip To March
Sidekick 4G Spotted in the Wild
Motorola Atrix 4G Launching at the End of February, Droid Bionic in Q2
Samsung to be Manufacturer of New SideKick? [Update: Confirmed]
Android 3.0 Honeycomb Wallpapers [FROM THE FORUMS]
XPERIA Play vs Sony NGP (PSP 2) ULTIMATE SMACKDOWN! [BATTLE]
Facebook Denies Phone Rumors, Again – Hints at HTC Utilizing APIs
Further Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc Photos and Video Published
White Nexus S Spotted in the Wild
AAA Roadside Assistance App Now Available in the Android Market

SlashGear
Pandora open-source console goes on general sale
Qualcomm First Quarter Results Report $1.17 Billion in Net Income, Up 39% Compared to Last Year
OWC Media Center bundle turns Mac mini into a home entertainment system
Facebook denies HTC phone rumors
Skype for Mac drops beta, charges for group video calls [Video]
Nokia “must build, catalyse or join a competitive ecosystem” says CEO
Verizon HTC Android phone latest to leak
RIM insists “no possibility” of BlackBerry backdoor for India
Assero Defender will make you look like an asshat
Apple will support TD-LTE standard says China Mobile
AT&T finances: 4.1m iPhones & 442k tablets activated
Trimble Ranger 3 rugged outdoor computer debuts
Yahoo Mail gets YouSendIt integration
Parrot names Horizon Hobby as distributor for AR.Drone in the US and Canada
Tesla launches battery recycling program in Europe
iKit AutoCharge + USB keeps USB gear powered on the go
MSI GT680R-008US Gaming Notebook uses Sandy Bridge
Nokia market share drops; needs to “change faster” says new CEO
SAVANT unveils new 16-channel multi-room amp called AMP-1640
Scosche flipSYNC II keychain charge cable ships
New HTC Android phone caught in wild: HTC Desire replacement?
PS3 update v3.56 released; blocks unofficial firmware
Renesas 16MP smartphone SoC does Full HD, 15fps stills
Ballistic trots out new cases for Droid X, HTC Evo, and Samsung Fascinate
Sony’s first bizarre NGP PSP2 trailer revealed [Video]
Everything Everywhere contactless phone payments due Q2 2011 in UK
Hulu facing free show cull as “virtual cable operator” plans considered
Motorola sales dip under Verizon iPhone 4 pressure
MacBook Pro stock shortage could point to imminent Sandy Bridge refresh
Sony unveils 82-strong NGP studio support list
Sony PlayStation Suite & PS Store for Android gaming
Sony NGP is “next generation portable” PSP2
Notion Ink Battles Insinuations of Unevenly Bright Screens, Broken Cameras, Customer Service Stalls
Samsung will ship half of its processors to Apple in 2011
Speck Debuts new Covers and Sleeves for the MacBook Air 11” and 13”
Official IRS App for iOS and Android
“Touch the Magic” as Disney launches its own Android phone
State of the Internet 2010
iPhone 4 Class Action Lawsuit after “Glass Gate”
George Lucas Mines Star Wars Movies for Last Scrap of Un-merchandised Content in “Frames”
Coconut fiber concept iPad case straight out of Gilligan’s Island
AT&T grabs #1 spot from Verizon as nation’s largest carrier
Verizon iPhone – New pre-order details available
Lenovo and NEC team up for PCs and smartphones
More Action And Fewer Cutscenes In Video Games, Please
Double USB – It goes both ways
Netbook shipments expected 18% decline
Sony NGP to come in 3G and WiFi-only versions
Verizon HTC Thunderbolt to do simultaneous voice & 3G data?
Sony Ericsson XPERIA Play caught in wild [FEATURED]

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SlashGear is looking for a new writer to join the team, helping us report at the front line of consumer electronics. We need a flexible early-adopter, passionate about technology, with a strong grasp of written English and the creativity to contribute to editorial and unique content.

An adaptable schedule and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment and under pressure are essential. You’ll need to be able to quickly acclimate to the ever-changing world of online reporting, and have a solid understanding of the technology landscape and the major players and themes in the industry today.

Being based in the San Francisco or NYC areas is a plus but not essential. If you think you’ve got what it takes, email us at jobs@slashgear.com with your bio and CV for more information.

There’s less than 24 hours to go until Verizon’s last-minute event in New York City, and SlashGear is getting ready to liveblog the whole process at http://live.slashgear.com. According to the rumor mill, we’re expecting Verizon’s first iPhone to make its debut at the event, bringing AT&T’s years of exclusivity in the US to a close.

Verizon and Apple are tight-lipped as to what we can expect, but that hasn’t stopped the leaks from supposedly confirming the CDMA iPhone complete with an unlimited data plan. We’ve also got a comprehensive run-down on why the Verizon iPhone is so eagerly anticipated, and earlier today analyst Ben Bajarin ran through some of the outstanding questions we’re hoping the carrier will answer tomorrow morning.

So, join us at 11am EST on Tuesday January 11 2011 – that’s 8am Pacific or 4pm London – for all the details in the SlashGear liveblog. We’ll be kicking things off at http://live.slashgear.com and we’d love to hear your opinions and feedback during the event with our live comment system.

We’ve already told you what to expect from 2011 and the imminent CES 2011 show next week, courtesy of Tim Bajarin’s excellent editorial, but it wouldn’t be fair to the departing twelve months to let them pass without a SlashGear wrap-up. 2010 has seen its share of highs along with a fair few worrying lows, with Apple extending its much-coveted brand to include a best-selling tablet, Android growth bursting through the roof, and privacy becoming the buzzword seldom from headlines.

Apple iPad

We were calling 2010 the year of the tablet all the way back at CES in January, and there are two companies that have epitomized that theme in the intervening months. Apple’s iPad put years of rumors to rest when Steve Jobs confirmed the tablet’s existence in late January, and went on in April to do what Microsoft never quite managed: drive tablet computing into the mainstream. Decried and praised in almost equal measure for the structured nature of its software environment – labeled both as limiting and user-friendly – the iPad prompted dozens of knock-offs and even more analyst pondering on what exactly the Apple tablet was cannibalising.

Notion Ink

The second company shaping tablet discussion this year could hardly be more different in scale, but still managed to muster a hugely loyal and forgiving fanbase. Notion Ink burst onto the Android tablet scene back when it was in its fledgling stages, and has punctuated the year with its own share of highs and lows. Branded vaporware and the “one true iPad killer” by those to whom extremes are everything, it’s been a fascinating story of an ambitious start-up that promises to culminate in early January 2011 as the first units are finally delivered. Still, pushing out a product is almost the easy part – just ask the JooJoo team – and it remains to be seen how Adam will fare against the torrent of tablet alternatives expected next week.

Android

A fair chunk of those alternatives are expected to run Android, and 2010 has seen Google’s mobile OS bulldoze its way to a significant chunk of market share and an impressive amount of consumer brand recognition. Android smartphones have arguably been at the forefront of the year’s key developments: WiMAX on the HTC EVO 4G, Google’s attempt to usurp carrier dominance with direct sales of the Nexus One. In the course of twelve months, Android handsets have effectively replaced BlackBerry devices as Verizon customers’ smartphones of choice, and turned the smartphone race into, for many, a two-horse battle between Google and Apple.

iPhone 4

Apple’s response was the iPhone 4, the company’s fourth-generation smartphone and an advance in both performance and usability. The high-res Retina Display shook the WVGA handset world out of its complacency, while the A4 processor left the iPhone 4 as the smoothness benchmark against which other devices were measured. Almost as interesting, though, was the growing backlash among the industry toward the handset, a love/hate relationship that saw the smartphone’s launch scooped with a controversial pay-for-play leaked prototype, vultures circulating as reception and durability concerns plagued the iPhone, and Apple’s ecosystem control mentioned alongside such traditional bogeymen as Microsoft. The iPhone 4 ended up at the top of many 2010 retrospectives, but getting there was not the smooth ride Steve Jobs perhaps expected.

App Stores

Manufacturers continued to push smartphone hardware, but chipsets and megapixels increasingly had to share space with software in 2010. Apple’s App Store set the blueprint for mobile software downloads, the benchmark that joined device sales in judging the success of a platform. Ironically, in the race to secure the “most apps of any platform” title, how users would actually wade through that software and pick out the gems was left unexplored. Microsoft made a play to capitalize on that with the launch of Windows Phone 7, working with – and in some circumstances paying – developers to build them a best-of-breed grounding to get the Windows Phone Marketplace off to a solid start.

Smart TV

Apps are a trend that look set to jump to our larger electronics, too, with the growth in attention toward Smart TV offerings like Google TV and Apple TV. Netflix announced a shift in direction as it placed increasing emphasis on streaming content over DVD mail-outs, and the idea of cloud-based media being a solid alternative to downloads grew more acceptable as home broadband speeds increased. For all its subscribers and bandwidth, though, it’s still a fledgling industry, and questions over DRM and content owners getting paid will carry on into 2011. When content can be blocked from Boxee, Google TV and others at the simple whim of the networks, companies can’t expect user confidence that their new STB will continue to do what was promised on the box.

Net Neutrality

Seldom understood and bitterly contested, net neutrality has in many ways been the fight for the internet that many users haven’t even realised was going on. At stake is the equality of our connectivity, and the rights that ISPs and others have to limit, block or otherwise control what we can connect and at what speed. Recent FCC rulings in the US have addressed some, though not all, concerns, and the arguments and legislation are no way near over yet.

Privacy

Data leaks are a fact of life when we live digitally, but privacy stories clinched headlines repeatedly in 2010 as we generally failed to successfully walk the fine line between sharing everything or sharing nothing. Whether it was hacked, accidentally disclosed or simply misused, we’ve seen big companies, websites and more get their hands burnt with increasingly valuable personal information and location data. Over-arching all of that has been WikiLeaks, itself prompting arguments over the compromises we accept in the name of security, the rights of governments to their own kind of privacy, and journalistic integrity. Over-sharing isn’t going away, and now the stakes are much higher. Facebook has overtaken Google as the most popular site, and there are rumors of Apple, Google and others planning social networks of their own.

SlashGear Team

Online publishing is always evolving, and the SlashGear team love being at the forefront of what’s brightest and most exciting (and, yes, shiny) in this electronic world. We’ve had some exciting additions to our line-up, too, with both industry analysts helping us put today’s tech into tomorrow’s context, and columnists voicing at times challenging views on digital lifestyle. We also launched our own iPhone and iPad SlashGear apps. 2011 promises to be even bigger, and we’ll continue to bring our independent voice to help you sift through the best and worst of consumer technology.

So, that’s 2010 over and done; remember to check out Tim Bajarin’s editorial on what to expect at CES, Ben Bajarin’s 2011 tech predictions, and join us next week for all the SlashGear CES 2011 coverage! From all on the SlashGear team, we hope you have a very Happy New Year!

Agree with our wrap-up or think we’ve missed out something obvious? Let us know your high – and low – points of 2010 in the comments.

In the best case scenario, when a giveaway happens, we would love more than anything to be able to pick a winner fairly and easily, but when we have the amount of participation we did for something like the Pad&Quill case for the iPad, it’s hard. And, it takes time. Luckily though, we were able to find one lucky winner that managed to follow the rules, and catch our attention with their review for the SlashGear app for iOS. That winner? Well, he just so happens to go by the name of ImperfectLink.

ImperfectLink will be taking home the grand prize: one Pad&Quil iPad case. The case is what some would call high-end, and it happens to be one of our favorites for Apple’s tablet device. So, ImperfectLink stay tuned for instructions from us on how to get your special prize, and we certainly hope you enjoy it. And stay tuned for more SlashGear giveaways, as we’ll have plenty more in the future. And, you never know — you could be the next winner!

Congratulations ImperfectLink!

Welcome to the Tuesday edition of The Daily Slash. First up, as we take one last look over the Internet for something interesting, we find that our story from around the Web has Activision officially releasing the DJ Hero 2 bundle, just in time for their Fall predictions made at the beginning of the year. And then, as we wrap up the night, we’ll take a look at what’s been going on around the R3 Media Network.

From Around the Web:

Activision Unleashes DJ Hero 2: Activision had originally said that they’d be able to get DJ Hero 2 out onto shelves by the Fall of 2010, and while no one out there probably didn’t believe them, it’s still good to see the company reach their goals. DJ Hero 2 is officially on sale, starting now, and you can find different retailers offering up different incentives to choose them for your next purchase. For example, if you choose Amazon to order yours online, you’ll get a complimentary copy of Linkin Park’s new CD, A Thousand Suns. If you go to Best Buy tomorrow to pick up your own model, you’ll get a hard-shell turntable carrying case. What’s better though, is that the DJ Hero 2 bundle includes a pair of turntables, and a microphone. You can pick up yours, without the bundle, for $59.99. But if you want the whole ordeal, you’ll have to fork over $149.99.

R3 Media Network

SlashGear

Nissan Leaf Features Windows Embedded Automotive 7 and Silverlight
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Palm Pre 2 Official, Coming to Verizon Soon
I Don’t Use It, Why Should You?

Android Community

Google and TweetDeck Founder Make a Comment to Steve Jobs
HTC Tablets Delayed, According to Analyst

SlashPhone

AT&T Putting U-Verse App on Android Handsets
Samsung SMT-i9100 Tablet Heading to KDDI Japan

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Hopefully you survived your weekend unscathed, and your week started off well. Welcome to the Monday edition of The Daily Slash. Tonight, in our story from around the Web, we look at the fact that Apple’s managed to sell quite a few Apple TVs. And then, as we wrap up the night, we’ll take a look at what’s been going on around the R3 Media Network. So let’s get right into it.

From Around the Web

Apple Sells 250,000 Apple TVs: Today, Apple went ahead and revealed their quarterly earnings, which surprised some, but not many. Apple posted record revenues, and Steve Jobs also came forward to talk about a few more details. Part of which, was the revelation that the Apple TV doesn’t seem to be that much of a hobby anymore. Jobs announced that, as of the announcement, Apple had managed to sell 250,000 of the set-top boxes. Pretty good numbers, and Apple will obviously rake in the rewards. Next up: Wednesday, where a few more surprises should still be in store.

R3 Media Network

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ASUS Eee PC 1215N Reviewed

Android Community

Verizon Bringing Tiered Data Plans to the Forefront
HTC Desire HD Unboxed and Caught on Video

SlashPhone

Motorola Flipout Available Now on AT&T
Samsung Galaxy Tab Heading to Russia

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If you’ll recall, it was the end of September when we decided that we’d go ahead and do one of our giveaways. This time around, it was a You Rock Guitar, which is still billed as one of “the most versatile rock guitars on the planet.” Pretty bold words, but considering the features that come packed in this guitar, they could be right. And, while we know the anticipation has been intense, we can finally say that we’ve chosen our winner: Ryan Neary.

So, what did Ryan Neary win? Let’s recap. Ryan won an electronic guitar, which will work with either Rock Band, or Guitar Hero, as well as work as a full functioning MIDI controller instrument. And, if that’s not good enough, it will also function as a standard digital guitar, which you can use with an amp. There are 99 pre-loaded preset sounds on the instrument, 25 professional guitar sounds, 50 synths for non-guitar noises, and the ability to use your own custom sounds. You’ll be able to hook up your new digital instrument to a Mac or PC, and it will work with many audio packages out there.

So there you have it, ladies and gentlemen. The winner of the SlashGear You Rock Guitar Giveaway has been announced, and he will be contacted very soon. Stay tuned for our next giveaway, where you could possibly be the next winner.

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