The Gaming Gurus Ep 1 – Who Are the Gaming Gurus
Formerly known as EGRepublic, Willie “Skoopa” Wilkinson and Alex “Lettuce” Ison teamed up with The Gadget Gurus to formulate their new show: The Gaming Gurus. Though their name has changed, their content has not. They still discuss the happenings of the video game industry along with recent game and hardware reviews.
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DryCASE Review: Waterproof Case for iPad, Kindle, Tablets
It’s beach season, the sun is hot, the water is cool, but your gadgets are not waterproof. Until now. With this waterproof case from DryCASE, you can still enjoy all of your tech without worrying about it getting damaged by the elements. Is the DryCASE to good to be true, or does it pass the Guru Inspection? Hit the jump to find out!
Guru Gotta Have It: Android Apps Edition
What apps should I download? This is a question I see and get asked quite often. With apps in the Android Market numbering in the hundreds of thousands, it is pretty easy to get overwhelmed. Have no fear young Android user, for The Gurus are here to help! In this Guru Gotta Have It special, we will break down the first group of Android apps we recommend for any user.
Google and Motorola Teaming Up to Take Over?
Google and Motorola have been working together for a while now with Android and now this morning Google has announced that is has agreed, and is in plans to purchase Motorola Mobility. The purchase price is said to be for $40 per share and that evens out to around 12.5 billion dollars.
The deal has approval from both companies and has to go through the normal regulatory approval process first, but should be final at the end of this year or the first part of 2012. Motorola will remain named Motorola and ran as a separate company, however we can only imagine how closely their phones will be integrated with the “stock” pure Google experience.
As for the Nexus devices, Larry Page and Andy Rubin say that every year they select a manufacturer and work closely in one building together within 9 to 12 months to come up with these pure Google devices. They have reassured to all the other partners and manufactures that nothing will change. They plan to carry on like usual and select a company (possibly Motorola) to build their Nexus device.
Also, they tell all the manufactures that Android will remain an open platform and they can continue using the operating system just as usual. This is the reason they have been able to succeed with Android so much, so they want to keep that in place.
However, with Google owning Motorola, we cannot imagine how you wouldn’t want the Motorola devices being that they are owned and ran by Google. One would think that these will have the best Android experience being that they are working in conjunction with each other. Only time will tell how this all pans out, but to us it looks like Google is aiming for the same thing that Apple has and Microsoft wants with Nokia, control over the hardware and software. We shall see as time unfolds, what do you think Google’s plans are for Motorola?
(via Android Community and This is my Next)
Did Apple Doctor Evidence to Block Samsung Sales?
According to these images given to the Düsseldorf courts, Samsung’s tablet looks very similar to the iPad. The problem is that the Galaxy Tab in real life looks nothing like the images Apple provided. The Samsung tablet in these images have more of a 4×3 aspect ration and a metal casing, where as the real Galaxy Tab has closer to a 16×9 aspect ration and plastic casing. Did Apple doctor these images to help their case to block Samsung? Courts were pretty quick to approve the injunction without even hearing Samsung’s side. We are sure once Samsung tells their side of the story, they will be sure to point out Apple’s Photo Shop error.
