Google has no plans to release an official version of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for the Google Nexus One. Even though the first phone to wear the Google Nexus name is just over two years old, Google claims it doesn’t have the hardware to support the newest version of Android. That hasn’t stopped independent […]
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Chainfire3D graphics driver for Android can boost graphics performance, reduce battery drain
Xda-developers forum member Chainfire has released an impressive new graphics utility for Android called Chainfire3D. He describes it as an “intermediary OpenGL driver” which can change commands sent from an app to your graphics driver. That allows you to do things like play games that require a specific graphics driver on unsupported hardware. But that’s […]
Tegra HD optimized games start to populate the Android Market
A number of phones and tablets are expected to hit the market with dual core NVIDIA Tegra 2 processors this year, bringing high speed 1 GHz processors and high performance 3D and HD graphics. But a platform is only as good as the apps designed to run on it. Fortunately, it looks like game developers […]
NVIDIA unveils Tegra Zone market for Tegra 2-optimized Android games
NVIDIA is pushing its new Tegra 2 platform pretty hard for Android phones and tablets. While the company is still best known for making high performance PC graphics cards, CEO Jen-Hsun Huang’s recent CES presentation was entirely about Tegra 2, and the company seems pretty excited about the astronomical growth of ARM-based mobile devices. Tegra […]