We can count the number of 3D Android games worthy of a mention on a single hand. There's Riptide, Galaxy of Fire 2 (previewed in our Xoom review) ... Well, that's really about it. Madfinger's Shadowgun brings that number to three. The company was behind Samurai II: Vengeance, but this is a much more impressive piece of work. It's the first shooting game on Android that looks simply beautiful.
This is a third-person shooter, which takes some time to get use to on a tablet's limited screen, especially if you've grown accustomed to a keyboard and mouse. Our only complaint is the inability to shoot and aim at the same time. Though, this is more of an Android limitation not a something we would fault the game developers for.
The cut scenes are all prerendered at a half decent quality, but it's the game itself that looks great. Still no AA, but take a look at the screenshots and judge for yourself. Reminds us of Gears of War 3, which makes a lot of sense considering Shadowgun was developed from the same Unity engine.
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- There Is No One-Size-Fits-All Tablet
- Meet Toshiba's Thrive
- Toshiba's Enhancements: Controlling The "Experience"
- Docking Station: More Ports, Same Functionality
- GPU Performance: Tegra 2
- Gamer Spotlight: Shadowgun
- Display Quality: Color Gamut
- Display Quality: Black And White Uniformity
- HDMI Output And Camera Quality
- Benchmark Results: Real-World
- Battery Life And Recharge Time
- Wireless Performance
- Is Toshiba's Thrive An Android-Based Standout?



Huh, Galaxy Tab 10.1 is looking quite poor - doesn't have anything besides the cameras. Shame on Samsung.
Galaxy Tab 10.1 supports USB devices and HDMI output but you need to buy the separate adapters.
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Andrew Ku
TomsHardware.com
Also, surprised that the processors is about 75% graphics, and still cannot do a separate 1080p output. Cloning the screen at low rez should not be that difficult. Netbooks have been able to do 1080p output for years as an extension of the desktop. Sure, they cannot handle video or gaming at that res, but they do just fine with a web page, presentation, or office applications.
Also, I bet 2012-2013 will be a fun time for tablets once win8 is released. My bet is that it will become a race between Apple and MS, and Android will become irrelevant, or for media consumption only.
Ok, I will bite..
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they are trying to say that the Toshiba Thrive has a lot of functions built into one device.
It really does not have much more than any other similar tablet, but it makes for a point of contention for an article.
But having to carry adapters defeats the purpose of a portable and easy to use tablet.
Galaxy Tab = FAIL
Good point well made, and the best bit is you can have a pocket full of 64Gb SD cards, there is a nice credit card shaped holder for 4 cards that can slip into a wallet, 256Gb of removable storage in your back-burner is pretty sweet.
Tegra3 is just a stopgap. Its not a good idea to have 5 ARM cores at 40nm.
Only reason to do this is if you can beat 28nm part by a long time.
Now Nvidia only will have a 2-3 month lead before 28 nm quod core ARM15 SocS (including A6).
A15 have twice the performance then A9.
Look at Tegra2. A5 is up to 5 times faster and is clocked 500-900mhz slower....