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Films arrive in the Android Marketplace

Google today debuted a new movie rental store in the Android Marketplace in addition to the ability to purchase books. UK Android users will have 1,000 films to begin with, starting around £2.49. The rental period lasts 30 days and the movie will be available on any connected device the user logs into. That means the user’s Android smartphone, tablet, and even the computer can be used to watch the movie. Sounds brilliant however, once the user starts watching a film, they get 48 hours to finish. If you don’t finish in the 48-hour window, you will have to pay again.

At present the selection of movies is varied. However, as a debut the selection is pretty good. It all seems to link back to your Youtube account.

Two new games for the Xperia Play

This week sees the release of two great games for the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play. You can find the details below.

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2012
The highly acclaimed Tiger Woods PGA TOUR franchise is back for the 2012 PGA TOUR, allowing you to experience many of golf’s most prestigious courses and to play with golf’s greatest PGA TOUR pros.

Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 12 has some of the world’s most renowned golf courses including Pebble Beach, St. Andrews, TPC Sawgrass, Hazeltine, Doral, Greenbrier, TPC Boston as well as the fantasy PREDATOR course. The game also features a full PGA TOUR season and also allows users to casually hone their skills in the all new Tiger Challenge Mode, featuring over 20 mini games.

INC

INC is an original title from Orange Pixel, considered one of the finest independent developers in mobile gaming today.

The game features simple gameplay within a unique, cartoon style post-apocalyptic setting. It offers an addictive platform gaming experience- shoot anything and everything that gets in your way! Watch the game in action here below:

Strange BlackBerry is real!

We posted images of this funny looking BlackBerry a while ago. It turns out it is actually real. TBreak.com have received an invite to attend an event in Dubai where Porsche will unveil the collaboration device.

I dread to think how much this one is going to cost but I can certainly say this is one BlackBerry I do not want. Personally i think it looks horrid!

You can see the invite below and please feel free to let us know your thoughts via the Facebook link at the base of the post.

Presenting the Asus Transformer 2

A teaser video for the up-coming Asus Eee Pad Transformer 2 device surfaced today. What is even more exciting about this quad-core tablet (and the timing of this video) is that this will be the first Android Tablet running Ice Cream Sandwich (or at least the first one with a teaser video)! It doesn’t show much, but looks pretty good. Enjoy!

Features shown in the video LED Flash, New Cover? design, thinner, new keyboard design, more rounded Edges

Samsung Galaxy Nexus – UK Pricing Confirmed

Clove have dropped us a line this afternoon to let us know that the Samsung Galaxy Nexus will be priced at £514.80 inc. VAT (sim free) here in the UK. This is for the 16GB model. AT this stage is seems that we wont get the 32GB model at all which may be frustrating for some.

First stock is expected in early November. Hands up who is getting one?

Features of Samsung Galaxy Nexus (16GB)
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
1.2GHz Dual-Core Processor
4.65 Super AMOLED Display
5MP Rear, 1.3MP Front facing camera
16GB Internal Storage
Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 3G, NFC, Wi-Fi Direct
Face Unlock, Android Beam & More
3.5mm Audio Jack
1GB RAM

Posted by: James

Samsung Galaxy Nexus coming to 3 UK

The Samsung Galaxy Nexus was just announced a short time ago. It wasn’t specifically mentioned during the event which carriers the device would be coming to, it was clear Samsung and Google will be pushing this out with force. That being said, Three has just announced via press release that they will be stocking the “Pure Google” smartphone and the device will be compatible with their upcoming HSPA+ network coming by year’s end. No specific launch date or pricing was given but we’ll keep you posted.

Don’t know about you, but this phone and their One plan is me for the next long while!

Posted by: Gareth

Announcing BBX – The Next Generation BlackBerry Platform

BlackBerry BBX, the next generation mobile platform for BlackBerry smartphones and tablets, was introduced to developers during the General Session Keynote at BlackBerry DevCon Americas 2011. BBX combines the best of the BlackBerry platform and the best of the QNX platform to to connect people, devices, content and services.

Development environments supported by the BBX platform include HTML5 with BlackBerry WebWorks, Adobe AIR, Native C/C++, and the BlackBerry Runtime for Android Apps. Apps built today for the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet will also run on BBX.

Additionally, BBX will include the new BlackBerry Cascades UI Framework for advanced graphics, also demonstrated during the General Session Keynote. BBX will also extend the core BlackBerry DNA of collaboration, communication and immediacy, with familiar “Super App” capabilities such as deep integration between apps, always-on Push services, BlackBerry security, the BBM Social Platform and much, much more.

Specific details regarding BBX products and availability will be provided at a later date, so stay tuned for more information in the future.

Exciting times lay ahead in the BlackBerry camp.

Posted by: James

BlackBerry DevCon 2011 starts today – BBX unveiling?

Today sees the start of BlackBerry DevCon in the USA. Now if you are not a BlackBerry user you more than likely have no interest in this whatsoever. However, it is here that we expect to see the future of BlackBerry Smartphones running QNX. The new OS, called BBX should be demonstrated although as a release is some way away I am guessing there will not be any hands on time but maybe the new OX will be displayed in glass cases like when the PlayBook was released.

Co- CEO Jim Balsillie said in a recent article, "We’ve leapfrogged everyone with what we’re announcing [on Tuesday] and you’re going to see it on display."

Hopefully we should also get some final announcements on version 2.0 of the PlayBook OS as well as an update on Android applications running on the tablet.

Although we cannot be there in person we will be reporting on the news so stay tuned later in the day.

Posted by: James

White BlackBerry Curve 9360 coming soon to Orange

We mentioned just a week or so ago that the BlackBerry Curve 9360 was available on Orange. I have just seen on the ‘coming soon’ page that they also are expecting the white version which looks rather cool.

Available from free on contract and £249.99 on pay as you why not stand out from the crowd and be unique with the white variant?

We will have a full review of the new Curve on the site in the next week or two. In the meantime there is a reminder of the devices specs below:

Mobile Tech Addicts Podcast 140: Thanks Steve

The whole team is back together this week to say their bit for Steve Jobs. Blackberry comes under fire as even James was upset by the outage during the week. Matt and Tracy return from a jaunt abroad with tales of high adventure and low trousers.