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Answering a question in HTC's facebook fanpage , the company confirmed that the new Sense 5 (blinkfeed ) will be coming to a selected group of HTC flagships from 2012 . the list includes the HTC Butterfly , HTC One X and One X+ , and the HTC One S  although HTC did't reply the exact date , they hinted "In the coming months" hopefully with a new Software update as well . HTC HTC will be offering upgrades to some of its existing devices in the next few months, including global variants of HTC One X, One X+, One S and the HTC Butterfly. Also, note that some features enabled by the new HTC One hardware will not be available in the software updates.

With the 2013 Google I/O event closing in fast , the rumors for the next version of android is starting to rise , Although we are no sure whether Google will call it Android 4.3 or 5.0 we are very certain that it is going to be under the delicious codename "Key Lime Pie " . A website called Phoronix speculates that it may be too early to release a Key Lime Pie OS based on Linux 3.8 given that Android 5.0 is expected to be unveiled in less than three months from now at Google's I/O event ,but while “the work is labeled as ‘experimental,’” it seems “to be evolving fast,” which sounds interesting, although we have no way of confirming what Key Lime Pie will be based on at this time. Jelly Bean is based on Linux 3.0 kernel, with Google also maintaining other versions including 3.3 and 3.4, with Android 4.2.2  for Nexus 4 based on the latter.The same source details some of the improvements in Linux 3.8 kernel (see second Source link below) including “Samsung Exynos DRM a...

We’ve seen Huawei introduced several new devices at MWC 2013, but it seems the phone maker has forgotten to take the Ascend G710 to the big event. Thanks to the eagle eye of @evleaks, we have some information of the device’s innards, picture included. The Huawei Ascend G710 is expected to ship with a 5-inch screen. While 1080p phones are all the rage now, that won’t be the case with the G710, as it’ll only boast a 720p display. Perhaps this is a good thing, as Huawei already has a 5-inch full HD phone in the flagship Ascend D2. The leak also mentions that the Ascend G710 will pack a dual-core 1.5GHz processor and that it’ll work on both GSM and CDMA networks. We’re not sure if the latter implies that it’ll be a dual SIM phone. Design-wise, the phone has a pretty swish-looking metal back cover, potentially putting it in similar territory to the Ascend D2.

HTC decided to invest in such a brand by launching the One series of smartphones last year, although the company was not able to impose its own product names to certain carriers. Then, just a few days ago, the company launched the HTC One, which is going to be the company’s only One-branded handset this year, a make-or-break kind of project for the Taiwanese Android maker that’s still having a tough time fighting against the competition, especially Samsung. We were under the impression that HTC will further invest in its One brand and not budge to carrier demands anymore when it comes to changing the name of the product – in the U.S., AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile are going to sell it as the HTC One. But it looks like things aren’t necessarily so, and no, it’s not Verizon that’s going to get its way selling the One as the Droid DNA Plus, as it was recently rumored. We’re looking at China Mobile this time around, which has announced the HTC One as the HTC TD 101. That’s certa...

Sony announced Wednesday afternoon on the Sony Mobile Developer Blog that owners of the Xperia E will get a chance to test out an experimental build of Firefox OS via a downloadable ROM. The company has also warned that the process is for advanced developers and it should not be tried by a consumer without developer skills. Keep in mind that this ROM is labeled as experimental and will by no means serve as a daily driver. This means that there is a lack of cellular data, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth due to a lack of radio connectivity. Sony has also warned that the SD card might be unstable and that touch sensitivity has not been fully calibrated. If you’re still wanting to bite the bullet and take the early build of Firefox OS for a test run, be sure to head on over here where Sony has written up a helpful guide for developers wanting to flash the ROM via Sony’s flash tool, which will also allow you to easily revert back to Android. If you’re not wanting to unlock the Xperia E’s bootloa...

If you're looking for an exceedingly tiny ARM-based microcontroller, Freescale says it's just cooked up the world's smallest. Dubbed the Kinetis KL02, the piece of kit is 25 precent smaller than the previous record-holder and measures up at a 1.9 x 2.00 x 0.56 millimeters. Having trouble visualizing exactly how small that is? Just take a gander at the photo above. A 48 MHz ARM Cortex-M0+ processor has made it onto the wafer-level chip-scale package and it's paired with 32KB of flash memory and 4KB of RAM. The outfit reckons it'll be a good match for 'internet of things' devices that are tight on space, and says it beats its older L Series kin in power efficiency. Manufacturer sampling for the KL02 is slated for March, while wide availability is penciled in for July, and it'll set buyers back 75 cents a piece when purchased in 100,000-unit loads.

Dell‘s Latitude 10 was originally launched back in October 2012. A few months later, we saw the Essentials configuration pop up at CES 2013, with Dell aiming the device at schools and small businesses. Now the company has unveiled a new iteration of the tablet, this one aimed at the government, law enforcement, and banks – the Latitude 10 Enhanced Security. Dell boasts that the enhanced security version of the Latitude 10 offers more features than any other competing tablet available. The entire tablet line is said to be 94-percent cheaper and 17 times faster than using the iPad, in terms of launching an enterprise-wide implementation for the company’s employees. Over 50-percent of enterprises report having to invest in software above the cost of the tablet, something that isn’t an issue with the enhanced security version of the Latitude 10. According to the announcement, the Latitude 10 Enhanced Security tablet is designed to be easily added into an already-existing IT environment...

Since the launch of Photoshop Touch for tablets , most smartphone users were usually filled with green envy over the nearly -pc like functionality of the application , There was however a basic editing  app called Photoshop Express  previously for smartphones -this  had nothing more than some basic color correction so don't confuse the two .. The tablet app had many bells and whistles , but the app was only limited to Tablets above 7" .But now ,possibly with the advent of large -screen phones , Adobe has launched a Smartphone version of the Photoshop Touch app for $4.99 , unlike the tablet edition ,where controls are placed far apart , the smartphone app uses all of the screen space giving better control because the application still has to be controlled by fingers (Stylus if you use a Galaxy Note ) .The pro design software outfit added Photoshop Touch for phones that wields "core" Photoshop capabilities, Scribble Selection and supports those high-res snapshots. ...

NVIDIA recently showed off the enhanced graphics capabilities of the highly-awaited Tegra 4 SoC through a video put together by Exor Studios using footage from a game called Zombie Driver. But you didn’t think that was all that the Tegra 4 has going for it, did you? Fortunately, that is not the case at all. In fact, NVIDIA has just revealed a total of five new Tegra 4-optimized games that are said to be primed for the TegraZone spotlight. The games in question are as follows: Burn Zombie Burn from Tick Tock Games Carie: Blood Mansion and RPG CODEX: The Warrior from NeoWiz Nutgee’s RU Golf Dead on Arrival 2 from N3V Games. Dead on Arrival 2 in particular is interesting for its use of high-resolution models and PhysX. Since the release of the Tegra 4 has been pushed to July of this year, and the Shield gaming device has subsequently been delayed until September, it may be a while until these games finally become available through TegraZone. In the meantime, feast your eyes on ...

 The LG Pocket Photo is a pocketable printing machine that’ll print out tiny 2 by 3-inch photos created with a special process that uses no ink – like magic! The coolest bit about this printer may be the way you connect with it – all you need to do is tap your NFC-laden smartphone to the printer (with the apropriate app open, of course), and your photo will print in right around 30 seconds.The LG Pocket Photo is 4.76 x 2.83 x 0.94 inches in size and will be taking some little packets of photo paper , which has to be purchased specifically for this device ...It’s not entirely clear at the moment if you’ll need to be using an LG smartphone or not with this device at the moment, and you are able to work with Bluetooth as well as NFC, but one thing is for sure: you will need the Pocket Photo app. Which doesn’t do anything for you if you’ve not got the printer, of course. The app is also able to do some basic photo editing and generate QR codes that you’ll subsequently be able to pri...

Intel has officially launched its new dual-core Atom processor-based platform that was formerly known as Clover Trail+. The new platform has officially launched at Mobile World Congress 2013 and will be featured in a range of new products, ecosystems, and other platforms including Android tablets. The new platform promises significantly improved power consumption among other features. The new platform is for smartphones and Android tablets and will be the company’s first multimode-multiband LTE solution shipping in the first half of 2013. Intel says that the new platform and smartphone reference design delivers industry-leading performance combined with low-power consumption and a long battery life. Intel says that the new platform is able to rival today’s most popular Android phones. The platform uses a 32nm dual core Atom Processor in one of three varieties. Those three processors include the Z2580, Z2560, and Z2520 operating at speeds up to 2 GHz, 1.6 GHz, and 1.2 GHz resp...

Samsung is giving up on the Bada OS but instead of sweeping its remains under the carpet, the Korean manufacturer will integrate its Bada OS into the Tizen OS project. This is first-hand information comeing from Hong Won-pyo, President of Samsung's Media Solutions Center. Though smartphones running Bada won't be able to upgrade to Tizen when it's ready, the latter will be backwards compatible with Bada apps, which is good news for every new OS with a low profile app catalog. Following Nokia's decision not to support MeeGo, the Tizen OS emerged as the open source project to realize all that exciting potential. Samsung are clearly hoping to use the platform in a bid to set themselves apart from the Android and Windows Phone crowd. (via GSMArena)

This is the budget model for the new Liquid series ,up front we have a 3.5" display running along with  a 1 Ghz cpu with 512MB ram and has a 3 megapixel rear camera , all this comes with Android 4.1 jellybean

The Liquid E1 is a Dual SIM phone which sports a 5.5" QHD display with a Dual Core processor and a 5 megapixel rear camera , the phone runs on Android 4.1 Jellybean .

This is a Intel Atom powered device sporting a 4.3" QHD display along with a 8 megapixel rear camera and 4.1 Jellybean

The Firefox OS has really made us feel happy , partly because the FireFox Os is another OpenSource project ,and the devices running the OS are really cheap .This ZTE Open is no exception , The ZTE Open is the second Firefox handset released today (after the Alcatel Fire) the phone is powered by a 600 mHz Cortex A5 chipset and has a 3.5" HVGA resolution screen , apart from that the phone also features a 3 megapixel rear camera .pricing is yet to be decided ..

Apart from its military grade protection from all kinds of elements and the fact thatBear Grylls holds one  , the Kyocera Torque is just a typical low end Android handset powered by a 1 Ghz Dual core processor ,half a Gig of ram and a 5 megapixel camera .Although it might not be your pocket rocket with the latest specs , its ruggedness might prove useful if you are the sort of person who goes hiking in the Himalayas . The device will be available next month so till then ,Keep calm and drink your own piss.

ZTE's new Beast-of-a -phone  Grand Memo is probably one of the fastest handset out there .running on jellybean * and the new  1.5 Ghz Snapdragon 800 and the 2 GB of RAM will surely make this fly , but on the downside the device has a 5.7 " 1080p ? (PR says 720p) which is kind of a big deal because this is much larger than the Galaxy Note 2 . Other specs include a 3200mAh battery and a 13 Megapixel camera ,Dolby SRS surround sound and a 13 megapixel camera with HDR video.

You may have heard a new PadFone was on the way -- it's not like ASUS has been dropping obvious hints or anything. In any case, surprise! ASUS just unveiled a new model, the PadFone Infinity. Like other PadFones, this is a handset that slips into a tablet-like dock, allowing you to make use of a bigger screen. This time, though, it ships with Android 4.2, and the display has grown from 4.7 inches to 5. The resolution is now 1080p (up from 720p), which comes out to 441 pixels per inch. Additionally, the tablet's 10.1-inch screen has a resolution of 1,920 x 1,200, up from 1,280 x 800 in the last-gen model. It's plenty bright, too, at 400 nits, but that's a slight step down from the last-gen model, which lit up to 500 nits. What's more, the phone's gotten an upgrade on the inside: it now packs a quad-core, 1.7GHz Snapdragon 600 chip with an Adreno 320 GPU, some of the freshest components Qualcomm has to offer at the moment. Also on-board, you get 2GB of RAM to...

SEOUL, Korea [February 24, 2011] – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a global leader in digital media and digital convergence technologies, today announced the launch of the 8 inch tablet, the GALAXY Note 8.0; a new era of intelligent Note technology set to re-ignite the mid-size tablet category that Samsung established in 2010. Providing unrivalled multimedia performance within a compact one-hand-grip screen, the GALAXY Note 8.0 has the power and advanced technology to evolve the tablet experience and ensure you achieve new levels of efficient multi-tasking while benefitting from superb voice call functionality*. Furthermore, the intelligent S Pen brings together the latest innovation and the ease of using a traditional pen and paper; creating a sophisticated mobile experience that will enhance life on the go. “Back in 2010 the launch of the first Samsung GALAXY Tab with 7 inch screen opened a new chapter in the mobile industry. Now almost three years later, Samsung continues to...

Here’s your daily dose of crazy. A strange, gooey substance has been appearing all over the Somerset nature reserve that’s about a thousand miles away from Russia. The mysterious substances have been showing up ever since the meteor event in Russia a few days ago. Both the tourists of the reserve, as well as the workers there, have described the slimes resembling “something living”. The strange, alien slimes are appearing all over the Somerset nature reserve in grass banks that are located away from the water’s edge. The slimey substances are each about 10 centimeters (4 inches) in diameter and all of them are translucent. The reserve’s team will continue to analyze the blobs for the next few days. The local folklore says that previous sightings of the mysterious, alien slime dates all the way back to the 14th century, at least based on their records. Back in the 14th century, the strange slime always appeared shortly after a meteor shower. The locals at the time called the slim...

A near-Earth asteroid – called 2012 DA14 by astronomers – will pass very close to Earth on February 15 (today) , 2013. Astronomers estimate that, when it’s closest to us, it’ll be within the orbit of the moon (which averages about a quarter million miles away), and closer than some high-orbiting communications satellites. 2012 DA14 will be about 17,200 miles (27,680 kilometers) away. It will not strike Earth in 2013. Astronomers’ calculations of asteroid orbits can be trusted. After all, even decades ago, they knew enough about calculating orbits to send people to the moon and bring them safely back, and today we are able place our space vehicles in orbit around objects as small as asteroids. Who will see the February 15 asteroid flyby? The asteroid won’t be visible to the eye, but you can watch the February 15 asteroid flyby online, in real-time. So, no, 2012 DA14 won’t strike us in 2013. There was a remote possibility it might strike us in 2020, but that possibility has been...

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) completed its first three-year running cycle at 7:24am today, when its crew removed its beams and entered it into its first long shutdown period. Called LS1 (Long Shutdown 1), the LHC will undergo maintenance and consolidation work, enabling it to run at a higher energy when it is fired back up in 2015. The maintenance and consolidation work will be performed to the LHC itself, but especially to its entire accelerator complex, which will have the magnet interconnections rebuilt to run at energy level 7TeV per beam. According to the announcement, the CERN complex will resume running in the middle of next year, ahead of the LHC’s scheduled restart in 2015. CERN’s Director General Rolf Heuer had this to say about the LHC’s long shutdown: “We have every reason to be very satisfied with the LHC’s first three years. The machine, the experiments, the computing facilities and all infrastructures behaved brilliantly, and we have a major scientific discovery...

The Curiosity rover on Mars has been keeping itself quite busy lately, most recently boring into Mars’ red surface in order to find signs of life. However, in its downtime, the rover likes to take a lot of photos, including self-portraits , but this time around, Curiosity came across a strange chunk of metal sticking out of the ground? What could it be? The photo was snapped on January 30 using one of the rover’s MastCam cameras to get shots of the landscape, and it ended up getting this odd piece of metal in the frame. NASA’s scientists aren’t 100% sure what it is, but they think it may be a chunk from a meteorite, or possibly a chunk of ore that became exposed by some sort of erosion. It’s said that the object is only a half-centimeter tall, so it’s extremely tiny compared to how big it looks in the image. NASA hasn’t said whether or not it will check out the piece of metal, or if they’ll just ignore it and continue on with their planned experiments. After all, they do have mor...

A UK mission, jointly developed by the University of Surrey's Surrey Space Centre (SSC) and Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL), to send the world's first smartphone satellite into orbit, is due to launch on 25th February. The unique and innovative satellite, called STRaND-1 (the Surrey Training, Research and Nanosatellite Demonstrator), is a 30cm CubeSat weighing 4.3kg. It will launch into a 785km sun-synchronous orbit on ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) from Sriharikota, India. STRaND-1 will also be the first UK CubeSat to be launched and has been developed by talented space engineers and researchers at Surrey with the majority of the design and developmental work being carried out in their spare time. The build and test phase of the project has been completed in just three months. At the heart of STRaND-1 is a Google Nexus One smartphone with an Android operating system. Smartphones contain highly advanced technologies and incorporate severa...

Last week we blogged about a limited edition  Garnet Red PS3 which was available in the US  ,but now we have another God Of War Ascension themed PS3 for all those gamers outside of the United States .This console however comes in Classic White ,but the controller is custom designed and comes in Gold color .As usual you get a 500GB HDD and a limited edition God of War which  contains a steelbook case, the audio soundtrack, a double XP unlock code for multiplayer gaming, avatars and a special PS3 theme , the damage is estimated to be 249 pounds ($391) .