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A handful of Android devices this week became the first to gain access to Hulu Plus, a subscription-based service for online movies and television programs. The software is free, but most content on Hulu Plus is only accessible by paying a .99 monthly fee. Similar to Netflix, Hulu Plus is only available for small subset of Android phones during the initial rollout; likely due to testing each individual Android phone model to ensure it meets the appropriate Digital Rights Management (DRM) requirements.

For now, Hulu Plus is only supported on the Nexus One, Nexus S, HTC Inspire 4G, and three Motorola phones: the Droid 2, Droid X, and Atrix 4G. In a blog post announcing the new software, the folks at Hulu Plus said it “expects to add to the number of Android smartphones and will be making additional device announcements throughout the year.”

I have both a Nexus One and a trial subscription to Hulu Plus, so I gave the software a try earlier this week. I found it to work quite well, even over a 3G connection. The menus are intuitive and the video quality is on par with other high-quality video streaming services.

In other Android news related to video quality, Sony Ericsson announced two new smartphones that borrow from Sony’s high definition television technology. The Xperia Active and Xperia Ray both use the Bravia Mobile Engine to enhance video playback on their “Reality Displays”, bringing improved contrast, color management and noise reduction. Although I haven’t seen either of these phones yet — they aren’t due to arrive until the third quarter of 2011 — the video demonstration shows promise:

Aside from the display technology, Sony Ericsson is trying to differentiate the Active by ruggedizing it for exercise. The capacitive touch screen works even with water or sweat on the screen and can survive up to one meter in water for 30 minutes. Various sports tracking software applications are also pre-installed.

These models may help Sony Ericsson’s market share, but Android’s as a whole is showing some slowness; at least in the U.S. Earlier this week, Charlie Wolf, an analyst from Needham & Co., suggested that out that Android’s market share in the U.S. fell to 49.5 percent from 52.4 percent in the first quarter of 2011.

This marks the first decline for Android in any region of the world and is largely due to the Verizon iPhone, thinks Wolf. If true, it’s likely that Android’s market share will continue to be challenged this year as a new iPhone is expected for both Verizon and AT&T in September. In addition to new hardware, the iPhone’s software looks good too; even from an Android owner’s point of view.

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The first dual-core Android tablets only arrived in February, but Nvidia is already showing off an improved quad-core chip that’s expected to power tablets by August. The system-on-a-chip, codenamed “Kal-El,” has four computer cores and a dozen graphics processors that will offer a huge performance boost in mobile devices. Nvidia announced the chip in February, with support for 1440p video playback, which is higher than most HDTV sets.

To get an idea of what to expect from Nvidia’s new mobile chip, the company shared a video demonstration with me last week, which is now available for public viewing. Take a peek at the game demonstration that focuses on dynamic lighting and detailed physics on an Android Honeycomb tablet at 1280×800 resolution.

The video prowess of the upcoming chip is impressive; you can get a real feel for it when the demonstration drops down to using just two of the four processing cores. Kal-El should bring faster device response times, vastly improved graphics, quicker camera applications and more. But perhaps the chip is too impressive when it comes to product timing.

If the first dual-core tablets launched in February and slates using this new quad-core chip could be available by August, that means the very young Google Honeycomb tablet market is essentially running through a product cycle in six short months. Improved performance is always welcome, but I wonder if the growing number of consumers who are shopping for a tablet will simply hold off for a few more months.

The same can be said of smartphones because Nvidia expects handsets to run on Kal-El chips by this holiday season. I’m generally an early adopter but I haven’t yet moved to a dual-core handset. I’m in the process of choosing the device that will replace my Nexus One and this development makes the decision a little harder: Do I wait or just pull the trigger now, knowing that there’s a good chance of a big hardware boost by the end of the year?

Regardless of the increasing technology cycle and what that will do to consumer purchase decisions, the advancements shown in Kal-El are a positive development for mobile technology. This year might be known as the year of dual-core chips, but if Nvidia has anything to say about it — not to mention competitors such as Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, Marvell and others who are working on their own faster chips — 2012 is looking to be the year of quad-core devices.

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In addition to 3G connectivity, the Nexus One offers Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g) for accessing home and business networks as well as hotspots while on the go and Bluetooth connectivity for both hands-free devices and stereo music streaming. Other features include assisted GPS (AGPS) with Google Maps Navigation providing turn-by-turn voice guidance, memory expansion via microSD memory cards (a 4 GB card is included with the device), threaded messaging for seamless on-the-go conversations, and up to 7 hours of 3G talk time.

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  1400 mAH battery Charges at 480mA from USB, at 980mA from supplied charger
• Talk time Up to 10 hours on 2G Up to 7 hours on 3G Standby time Up to 290 hours on 2G Up to 250 hours on 3G Internet use Up to 5 hours
• 3G Up to 6.5 hours on Wi-Fi Video playback Up to 7 hours Audio playback Up to 20 hours ProcessorQualcomm QSD 8250 1 GHz
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• Size (LWH): 4.69 inches, 0.45 inches, 2.35 inches
• Weight: 4.64 ounces

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HP has launched a range of new economic laptop called the HP Mini 210. It is the successor to the Mini 110 was released in the previous year. There are not many significant differences between these two netbook. The newest Intel Atom N450 processor is used by HP 210 laptop. It also offers color lid options. Mouse buttons are pushed down the touch pad, fix one of the weaknesses of the Mini 110. It also uses optional Broad Crystal Accelerator, which enables video playback.

This aesthetic design includes gently curving edge HP lid, slightly rounded corners, a long narrow body and medium screen hinge. It comes with a default color crystal silver lid, which looked a bit plain. Red, Black or Blue color cover additional costs $ 20. HP Mini 210 outer casing looks similar to previous HP laptop such as the Mini 110.

Mouse buttons mounted on the bottom right and left corner of the touchpad, and entire pad pressing with every click that is same with MacBook. The touchpad design is also very good, which was similar with HP’s Envy laptop series. Touch panel has a better response. You can disable it if you do not use it.

HP 1030 is designed with a good laptop. Its keyboard and touchpad are very comfortable. Ergonomics of both a keyboard and a touch of the best. Laptop looks stunning design perfect complement. Laptop base price of $ 299 will include the same features as $ 299 laptops from Acer, Dell or Asus.

The keyboard has a good size Tab, Shift and other important buttons are very important for laptop small size .Keyboard chicklet style has been adopted from HP’s business line laptops like the HP Mini 5101 and 5102 models in the Mini 210. This keyboard offers a large, flat keys that facilitate broad spaces easier and faster typing. You can adjust the volume and brightness using the F1-F12. They serve an alternative purpose here. It weighs about 3.5 pounds including the AC adapter.

Apple iPod classic – 6th generation – digital player – HDD 160 GB – AAC, MP3 – video playback – display: 2.5″ – silver

Decisions, decisions. Who needs ‘em? Why should you have to choose what to put on your iPod? With large storage capacity, iPod classic lets you carry everything in your collection – up to 40.000 songs or up to 200 hours of video – everywhere you go. In a completely new, even thinner, all-metal design, this iPod is a modern classic.The iPod classic gives your music and video room to move. It also has plenty of energy (up to 40 hours of audio playback), good looks (a sleek, all-metal design), and a great personality (a brand-new interface with Cover Flow). In other words, iPod classic makes an ideal companion. Why not get to know it better?

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Price: $ 220.00