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The Nvidia Shield is probably one of the best Android tablets to date , the average pricing and exceptional performance thanks to Nvidia's Kepler powered K1 chipset and timely updates including Android 5.0 are just some of the good things about the $299 tablet .Being a Nvidia Tegra device , the Shield supports NvidiaTegraZone  - which is Nvidia's own game and app store for tegra devices . Games like Trine 2 and Half Life were pre installed in the device and now Half Life 2  Episode One is available for those  who own a Shield tablet . The App on its own costs $7.99 but if you happen to own a Shield tablet with LTE ($399) the game is available free for download . The app is 2.65GB and it is recommended you have a separate controller for moving around  . The game is sadly not available to users who own older Tegra devices powered by the Tegra 3 and Tegra 4 processors which include the Tegra Shield portable . Written by Rakitha for MasHD Source - SlashGear

This morning we’re to understand that NVIDIA has paired up with their first partner for the NVIDIA Tegra 4i smartphone chip for the first time. The group that’ll be rolling with this chip first is the international brand Wiko, and the smartphone’s name is WAX. This smartphone is going to be very, very powerful. Like the NVIDIA SHIELD handheld gaming system, this Wiko WAX system is going to be released with a 720p display. This will be a 4.7-inch 720 display on top of a smartphone that’ll be running with LTE as well as HSPA+ support in Europe starting this April. The device will be released in France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Italy, Belgium, and the UK as well. If you’ve never heard of Wiko before - you’re not alone. They’re a quickly growing smartphone group that’s gained a footing in France with a cool 2-million users and more, with this device aiming to be one of their biggest international releases to date. With the NVIDIA Tegra 4i, the company will be pushing a smartphone wi...

So you want a beast of a gaming tablet, but don’t want to sacrifice data connectivity? Well then Nvidia has something that’s right up your alley. They just announced that they will be releasing the Tegra Note 7 LTE. The slate packs an i500 LTE chip, and a cellular radio that will be compatible with Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T, and Orange, Vodafone, and O2 in Europe. Nvidia promises that the antenna will also support other “popular carriers across the world.” The Tegra Note 7 LTE won’t be hitting stores until Q2 2014, but it will be packing Android 4.4.2 Kit Kat out of the box when it makes its debut. If you own the WiFi only model of the tablet, you can go ahead and update it right now with the most recent OTA update. In addition to sporting 4.4.2 and all of its features, Nvidia has packed in a port of their Shield’s Gamepad Mapper application. GSMArena