We’ve teamed up with Sony to give one lucky reader the chance to win an action-packed, Sony Xperia PLAY!
The PlayStation certified smartphone is jammed with superfast graphics and dedicated game controls to make each game the most immersive experience possible. Powered by a zippy 1 GHz Snapdragon processor, you can master your favourite games on its and an awesome 4" screen – your enemies don’t stand a chance!
What’s more, there are now more than 200 games optimised for the Xperia PLAY, including all-time-favourites FIFA 12, GTA III and Dead Space.
So what are you waiting for?
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The competition will run until the end of the month when we will select the one lucky winner. Entries will only be accepted from UK residents due to postage and insurance.
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So fresh off of the press is a new rumour which Android and Me are reporting on regarding the rumoured Google’s 7-inch Nexus Tablet that would be selling for $199 when it is released, if it actually exists. According to two reliable sources that Android and Me spoke with at MWC 2012, Asus will be the company building the device.
Asus has seen quite the success with the Transformer and Transformer Prime line-up of tablets. We really are not surprised if the rumour is true regarding Asus being the company that will build this Nexus Tablet. Other information about this tablet, which is also rumoured to be coming Q2 2012, is that it will sport a Tegra 3 quad-core chipset which is not really surprising at all. Nexus devices have always been the flagship of Android so stuffing as much good hardware into one is essential.
In 2011 HTC became an even bigger player in the Smartphone market, possibly due to them releasing phones at a fair rate of knots! Here I have one of their lower end devices with a very nice low price tag attached to it, the HTC Explorer. One of this handsets main selling points is without question its low price tag as it is way below the 150 mark on both pay as you go and SIM free.
The question though is does this device have any more selling points, or is it just another cheap phone for the kids?
To find out you will have to read on.
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Now that the latest version of the PlayBook software has been with us for a couple of weeks RIM have put together a couple of videos which I presume are aimed for the television at some point.
As you will see below the videos really highlight the capabilities of the BlackBerry PlayBook and focus on the social integration that works so well.
Whether you are a BlackBerry fan or not I urge you to have a go of the PlayBook if you have the opportunity in store. You may well be pleasantly surprised!
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Sony announced three new Android devices at Mobile World Congress this week. The Xperia U and Xperia P are coming in Q2 this year but the flagship Xperia S has gone on sale in Barcelona already. We have been lucky to get a non retail one from Sony nice and early so if you are interested in the Xperia S you can view the main features in our video.
Currently running Android 2.3 we are promised an update to 4.0 very soon. The Xperia S is packed with some great specs including a 12 mega pixel camera, full HD video recording, 32GB of internal storage all powered by a 1.5GHz dual-core processor.
The HD 4.3 inch Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA® Engine is absolutely stunning for watching video and viewing pictures and as the Xperia S comes with a HDMI cable you can replicate that quality on your TV.
You can see the unboxing video below and we will of course have a full review in due course.
Microsoft Corp. today announced the availability of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview – the next milestone of the Windows operating system. This latest preview will be made available for download starting today at http://preview.windows.com. The Windows 8 Consumer Preview offers a more robust experience for testing the world’s most popular operating system and is available to the widest range of people yet following the initial release of the Windows 8 Developer Preview late last year. The Developer Preview received more than 3 million downloads.
“With Windows 8, we reimagined the different ways people interact with their PC and how to make everything feel like a natural extension of the device, whether using a Windows 8 tablet, laptop or all-in-one,” said Steven Sinofsky, president of the Windows and Windows Live Division at Microsoft. “The Windows 8 Consumer Preview brings a no-compromises approach to using your PC.”
It’s device city this week as Gareth, James and Matt have a look at the newly announced devices from Sony, HTC, Nokia, ZTE, Samsung and a few other companies. James has had a little time with the Sony and HTC devices and provides an early take on what’s hot!
Clove have dropped us a line today to let us know that the LG Optimus 4X HD is now available to pre order. At £456 including VAT it isnt cheap but you do get a lot for your money. Clove are listing the 4X HD to arrive in June.
The Optimus 4X HD is LG’s first quad-core smartphone, following on from the manufacturer’s introduction of the first ever dual-core smartphone just 12 months ago. Combining NVIDIA’s latest 1.5GHz Tegra 3 with True HD IPS display, the LG Optimus 4X HD delivers PC-like performance in the palm of one’s hand.
It’s not just the power of a quad-core handset that the 4X HD offers, but an HD multimedia experience. The NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor is the world`s only 4-PLUS-1T Quad-Core mobile processor designed for high-level multimedia performance but utilizes a fifth battery-saver core to handle less demanding tasks such as active standby and music playback. When running at full speed, the 12-core graphics processing unit (GPU) in Tegra 3 delivers a visually rich experience and console-quality game playability.
ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”) today announced the ZTE PF112 – a high definition smartphone with exquisite image quality.
The ZTE PF112 has a 4.5-inch HD screen giving 1280×720 pixel image quality with 16M colours and is the latest in a new portfolio of ZTE smartphones running Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). Launched today at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the ZTE PF112 packs exceptional video, audio and comms capabilities into a high-end metallic 130 x 66 x 8.5mm candy bar form factor handset with capacitive touch screen.
Equipped with an 8 MP auto-focus and LED flash camera, a front-facing 720p camera for video calls, face recognition, touch focus and HDR exposure bracketing, the ZTE PF112 is aimed at anyone who demands a high quality screen experience from their smartphone. Also included in the device is HD Voice, Dolby audio and HSPA+ and WiFi connectivity with UMA, together with 8GB eMMC and 1GB RAM memory.
“The ZTE PF112 raises the bar in Android smartphones,” said Mr. He Shiyou, Executive Vice President and Head of the Terminals Division of ZTE. “Consumers increasingly expect High Definition and, with this new Android 4.0 smartphone, we have made this HD experience accessible so that more people can enjoy their visual content such as videos and photos to the maximum.”
TAT (The Astonishing Tribe) have been showing off what they do best at MWC this week. The Swedish UI design company were purchased by Research in Motion a while ago and at MWC they have been demonstrating why.
In the following video you can see several BlackBerry Playbook’s integrating with one another in a way I have not seen with any device before. It is truly remarkable.
Whether you are a BlackBerry fan or not you have to see this. It is the cleverest thing I have seen in a long time. I can certainly see why RIM made the acquisition.
You can see the video below:
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