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Santa Claus tracking has gone digital for 2011, with many smartphone applications and online tools like a live video feed on Google Earth through Norad to track ole St. Nick on his journey from the North Pole.

The Amazon Kindle Fire is one of the hottest holiday gifts this year. While the Kindle Fire is sleek, inexpensive and lightweight, you may have some questions about how to streamline your tablet and make it even easier to use. We bring you the top 15 tricks and tips for making your new Kindle Fire a powerful and streamlined tool, including how-to save battery power, how-to download books for free, how-to download Android apps on the Kindle Fire, how-to check your memory, how-to search for specif...

Most ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime enthusiasts will get their hands on the tablet in 2012, but customers who order the 32GB Amethyst Gray version from Best Buy could get it as early as Monday, according to Android Police.

Santa Claus tracking is set for a record-breaking year in 2011, as applications on smartphones are being used with North American Aerospace Defense Command data to track The Big Red One on his journey from the North Pole to all points south.

What we don't know; what the iPad 3 will look like. What we do know; it should be here before Spring. If you can't wait that long, consider buying the Asus Eee Pad Transformer.

Sprint may not have the selection of premium devices available from Verizon, but they do have the iPhone 4S and the Motorola Photon 4G. If you are a Sprint customer and you are wondering what the difference is between these two $200 devices, you are in the right place.

The Amazon Kindle Fire is one of the hottest holiday gifts this year. We took a look at some of the best game apps, best entertainment apps, most useful apps and top apps for kids.

This year saw Android smartphones grow by leaps and bounds and Google Inc. release the latest version of its Operating System - Android 4.0 or Ice Cream Sandwich - in the latter half of the year.

Nokia's best high-end smartphone - the Lumia 800 - which is the fruit of its partnership with Microsoft is rumored to hit the U.S. market in January 2012. It will, however, face heavy competition from Samsung's Galaxy S2 Skyrocket, which has more specifications when compared to Lumia 800.

Samsung Galaxy S2, which runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS, received overwhelming responses from around the world. The smartphone sports Samsung's TouchWiz UI and available on AT&T for $200 on contract. However, Galaxy S2 is also available on T-Mobile and Sprint, whose version is called Samsung Galaxy S2 Epic 4G Touch.

Hasbro has cited trademark infringement in suing Asus over the use of the Transformer name for its Eee Pad Transformer tablets.

Toshiba Thrive is not the sexiest 10-inch tablet out there, but it's got a few things the iPad doesn't. It's about $100 cheaper than iPad at Best Buy, and you get 16 gigabytes of on-board storage with it. iPad 2 starts at $500 for the 16 gigabyte version, and it's about twice as thin as the Thrive, though the screen is slightly smaller

Transformer Prime is a 10-inch beast compared to Kindle Fire because it's larger, more powerful and brand spanking new. So new in fact, it's not out yet except for a few pre-orders that have shipped. Prime will have missed many holiday shoppers, but that could be a boon to the Kindle Fire because it's widely available and for less than half the price.

There's a bad news for the millions of users of both Samsung Galaxy S and the 7-inch Galaxy Tab - the South Korean tech giant has confirmed that these two devices will not get the Android 4.0 “Ice Cream Sandwich” upgrade.

It's almost Christmas 2011, but for many holiday shoppers, there are still a lot of last-minute gifts to buy. Before you grab a bunch of gift cards from Walmart, take a breath and check out our list of last-minute, affordable gifts for friends, family, kids and co-workers. From presents for dad to a cool gift for your 16-year-old cousin, these last-minute presents are easy to find and afford.

Most Asus Transformer Prime enthusiasts won't get their hands the Eee Pad tablet until 2012, but a U.S rep for the company told ZD Net that the first batch of pre-orders will be delivered in time for Christmas.

As more and more Android smartphones are coming to the market with advanced specifications, it is quite difficult to make a decision on which one to buy.

HTC Rezound was released Nov.14 and is available at Verizon Wireless. It is the first U.S. smartphone with Beats Audio integration and sports some impressive features.

Tablet computers make great gifts, and the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Asus Eee Pad Tranformer Prime are two of the best. Both have been out for over six months now, so they can be found for around $400. Not a bad price for a 10-inch device. Both have front and rear-facing cameras, good resolution and run the Android system.

Now that Amazon is in the computer hardware business, it's only natural to wonder how their tech measures up to a heavyweight like Samsung. In order to tell if the Kindle Fire is better than the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus, potential buyers should think about what it is they want to do with the device.

Apple won a new patent for switching applications during calls, which will give Android developers a big obstacle to work around. Steve Jobs would be proud.