NASA has launched the Android version of the NASA App just in time to use it to watch the space shuttle Atlantis launch.

The same app has been available for the iPhone and iPad for some time and has achieved over 5 million downloads. That’s due in no small part to the number of features on offer, with the most useful today being access to live streaming NASA TV feeds.

As well as the ability to watch the space shuttle Atlantis launch from your Android device, the NASA app offers up thousands of images from NASA’s growing collection, a library of NASA videos, mission information both past and present, launch countdown clocks, visible pass information for the International Space Station, ISS and Earth Orbiting Satellite tracking, and access to social features such as NASA Twitter and Facebook posts. It’

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Earlier this week we learned that the Huawei M835 was available from MetroPCS. I’m not sure if I missed it when going over the MetroPCS website, or if they added another handset later, but they’ve also apparently added the Samsung Freeform III. It looks like a smartphone, but it’s really just a full-QWERTY messaging phone that resembles a BlackBerry. It has a 1.3 megapixel camera, and you’ll be able to listen to your favorite tunes with its media player, storing them on a microSD card of up to 32GB. The Freeform will cost $49 plus tax, and is compatible with Metro’s $40, $45, and $50 monthly plans. You can g

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Samsung’s Omnia 7 is one of the most popular Windows Phone 7 devices to date and with good reason. The device encompasses Samsung’s top-tier build quality and exacting standards, making it a must-have for anyone looking to make the jump into Microsoft’s latest mobile OS.

The Omnia 7 has a 4-inch Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen which displays 480 x 800 pixels and benefits from multi-touch input, accelerometer and proximity sensors. The device itself comes in two flavours, offering either 16GB or 32GB of storage but there’s no memory card slot, so make sure you think about how much storage you need before you take the plunge.

The device has the WP7 standard 5-megapixel camera, which captures  2592 x 1944 pixels and has autofocus and an LED flash.

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After numerous delays, PCI Express 30 is coming out with improved optimizations targeted for data and signaling integrity enhancements, clock data integrity, PLL improvements and much more

Its receiver and transmitter equalizer with channel enhancements adds integrity to its invariant topology But being an integral part of MSI’s Z68A-GD80 63 motherboard is an added advantage to its burgeoning popularity Packed with one x8, one x16 PCIe 30 and PCIe 20 slot, the board also contains speed-boosting Click BIOS II showcasing UEFI technology at its best The homogenous interface both under UEFI and Windows undergo systematic adjustment thru faster data transfer rate and limitless bandwidth graphic cards performance Its MIL-810STD Certified Military Class II components ensure system stability

In addition to PCI Express 30, the motherboard’s architecture is full of surprises: Intel Z68 B3 Chipset; 2 32-bit v23 master PCI bus slots; On-Board SATA SATAII controller integrated in Intel Z68 B3 chipset, SATAIII / eSATAIII controller integrated in Marvell 88SE9128 chipset; USB 30; Chipset integrated by Realtek ALC892; Flexible 8-channel audio with jack sensing; two PCI Express LAN 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Realtek 8111E; and IEEE1394 / FireWire It supports 1GB/ 2GB/ 4GB/ 8GB DRAM size, Dual channel mode and one SATA 6Gb/s port & one eSATA 6Gb/s port back panel

No details about its price and launch date so stay tuned

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Taiwanese phone manufacturer HTC has every right to brag about its accomplishments as it has been honored with eight Awards for excellence in product design, originating from three separate international organizations.

“Countless HTC employees came together to earn the recognition we received at IDEA 2011, red dot 2011 and IDA 2010,” said Scott Croyle, vice president of design at HTC. At the 2011 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) only, HTC collected four awards as follows: Gold for the HTC Droid Incredible, silver for the HTC EVO 4G, bronze for the HTC Legend with the HTC Aria being a finalist in the communications tool category. Full post…