0 BlackBerry Z10 First Look

This is either beginning or the end for BlackBerry (formerly known as RIM). This is BB10 day, when BlackBerry debuts its smartphone running its latest software. The company’s hopes are resting on this bold new device, and to some extent, a nation’s as well. I’ve been using the BlackBerry Z10, RIM’s flagship BB10 handset, for a week now, and in that time I’ve been putting this new smartphone through its paces.

  BlackBerry has come a long way, but BlackBerry still has a very long way to go, and whether or not users will continue to stick around for the remainder of that journey will depend a lot on how fast the app ecosystem can grow.

BASICS

4.2-inch, 1280 x 768 display with 356 ppi

Dual core 1.5 GHz processor, with 2GB of RAM

16GB internal storage, expandable with MicroSD cards up to 32 GB in size

User-replaceable 1800 mAh battery

8MP rear camera with 1080p video recording, 2MP front camera with 720p video recording

Runs BlackBerry 10 OS

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0 BlackBerry Launches two smartphones Z10 & Q10 Running on BB10 OS

After lengthy delays, Research In Motion Ltd. unveiled its first two phones with the new BlackBerry 10 system. The Q10 will have a physical keyboard, while the Z10 has only a touch-screen keyboard. RIM also announced a company name change to BlackBerry to maintain a single brand. 

Z10                                                      Q10

RIM redesigned the system to embrace the multimedia, apps and touch-screen experience prevalent today. The question is whether there's time for the once-pioneering BlackBerry to catch up to Apple's trend-setting iPhone and devices running Google's Android system.

0 Karbonn Launches quad-core Titanium S1 Android Smartphone costs INR10,990

While we were thinking how Micromax wass trying to woo Indian audiences with its budget Canvas HD A116 phone with high-end features, another desi phone maker, Karbonn, steps in with its budget quad core phone. Karbonn’s official web page is flaunting its new smartphone dubbed S1 Titanium featuring superior specs like a 1.2GHz Quad Core processor and running on the latest flavour of Android – Jelly Bean.

The S1 Titanium is powered by a quad-core 1.2GHz processor. The smartphone comes with a 4.5-inch qHD (540x960 pixels) IPS display, 1GB of RAM, 4GB internal storage expandable via a microSD card slot, a 5MP rear camera with a LED flash and a VGA front one.
 The best part about the Titanium is its price - the handset costs INR10,990 While Canvas HD at 15,000 rupees

2 iBall Andi4.5h Specifications and Price

iBall Andi4.5h comes with Dual Core 1Ghz Processor with 1GB RAM ,4.5 inch IPS QHD (960x540) High Quality Display and 8.0MP Auto focus camera , Priced at Rs.12,490.

Specifications:

Design & Display

• 4.5’ IPS QHD (960x540) High Quality Display
• Super responsive & smooth capacitive touch

Camera

• 8MP AF Camera with LED flash
• Front Camera for video calling

Processor

• Dual Core 1Ghz Cortex A9 Processor

RAM

• 1GB DDR3

Connectivity / Bluetooth

• Dual SIM Dual Standby
• 3G HSUPA 5.76Mbps HSDPA 7.2Mbps (2100MHz)
• Edge / GPRS Quad Band 850/ 900/1800/1900 MHz
• WI-FI 802.11 b/g
• Bluetooth with A2DP

Android OS Version

• Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.4

Storage

• 4GB internal storage.
• 32Gb external Micro SD card support

Other Features

• G-sensor
• Proximity sensor
• Light sensor

SAR Value

• GSM 900MHz 0.43 (W/kg) 10g | GSM 1800MHz 0.115 (W/kg) 10g
• WCDMA 0.159 (W/kg) 10g

GPS

• A-GPS

 Battery

• 1600mAh battery

Micromax Also Launches their Flagship mobile Canvas with HD display , Canvas HD

0 Hide any iPhone app icon without Jailbreaking

Hide any iOS app icon from the home screen using the Newsstand. If you find yourself interested in hiding icons in an out-of-the-way place, the Newsstand is great because it provides an infinite-sized folder to hold as many apps as you want.

The only catch is that as soon as you reboot your iPhone, the icons will reappear on your home screen. In the meantime, you can access all of the hidden apps using the Search function on your device.

 Here are complete instructions on how to hide app icons using the Newsstand without jailbreaking your iPhone:

1. Put all of the apps you're looking to hide in one folder, and make sure that folder is located on the third page of the home screen.

2. Make sure the Newsstand icon is located on the second page of the home screen.

3. Navigate to the third page of the home screen. Quickly press the home button and immediately tap and hold the folder with the apps you're looking to hide. The display will jump to the first page of the home screen, then swipe left to navigate to the second page of the home screen. iOS icons should be in wiggle mode at this point, which means you can touch the Newsstand folderthen press the home button. The folder you were trying to hide should appear on a Newsstand shelf.

4. Reboot your iPhone. That's it, the apps are hidden and cannot even be seen inside the Newsstand folder.

Again, to restore the hidden icons, simply reboot your device and they will reappear on the home screen. According to iDownloadblog this trick is the closest you can get to hiding an app icon without jailbreaking and installing the tweak Poof.

2 Get Free Popular puzzle game for iOS - Guide the Light

Guide the Light is a popular puzzle game available only on iOS from Appynation and Phasic Labs where the aim is to guide beams of light around puzzle-ridden rooms to the correct coloured gem on a wall.

All in aid to help your archaeologist hero collect jewels and venture deeper beneath mystical pyramids.

Shining light: This game is not about graphics. Rather, simple, pick-up-and-play gameplay

It may sound simple but players will quickly find that this game will stretch your strategic mind to the max.

Early levels ease the player in gently explaining that mirrors must be moved into position to currently guide the beams of light to their correctly coloured gem slot on a wall.

This will retract a door barring the hero’s path allowing him to collect more jewels and move on to the next challenge. Mirrors can be used to deflect both horizontal and vertical light beams however the more puzzles you solve, the more elements you need to master.

Guide the Light gets wickedly difficult. Light-splitting boxes are introduced early on that change a white beam of light into a range of different colours.

0 Beautifull Screen Lock app free for your Android phone or tablet

Get the GO Locker app free for your Android phone or tablet

Here's how you can download the GO Locker app free for Android devices.

1. Go to the Google Play page for the free app GO Locker .

2. Tap the Install button.

Here's a description of GO Locker:

 1. Cool Locker Screen that makes your phone outstanding;

 2. Good compatibility with GO Launcher EX and it is stable;

 3. Easy to use;

 4. Able to activate phone, SMS and Camera directly or you can change the slider shortcuts    yourself;

 5. Various of Locker Themes to match your style;

 6. Support customize wallpaper;

 7. Security locker;

 8. Emergency unlock enabled;"

0 Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 311 available at Rs. 13900 , pre-booking starts

Samsung has started pre-booking for the Galaxy Tab 2 311 (GT-P3110), Wi-Fi variant of the Galaxy Tab 2 310 on their eStore. The Galaxy Tab 2 310 was announced back in February 2012, and launched in India in May. It got the Android 4.1.1 update last month, but the Tab 311 would come with Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) out of the box.

Other than the lack of 3G and the earpiece for voice calling, rest of the features are similar to the 3G variant including a 7-inch (1024×600) PLS TFT LCD display, 1GHz dual-core processor, 3MP fixed focus rear-facing camera and VGA front-facing camera.

Other features include, 1GB RAM, 16GB internal memory and microSD card slot. The connectivity features include, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, WiFi Direct, Bluetooth 3.0 and A-GPS. It has a 4,000 mAh battery.

You can pre-book your Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 311 from the official Samsung eStore for Rs. 13,900. It comes in White and Silver colors, and is expected to ship in the first week of February. Samsung promises a surprise gift with the tablet to those who pre-book one online.

0 Samsung Galaxy Grand - Phone Specifications & Price

Galaxy Grand comes with 5 Inch TFT LCD display. It is powered by 1.2 GHz Dual Core processor and 1GB RAM. It runs on Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean and price it at Rs 21,500.

Highlights

- 5 Inch TFT LCD Display

- 1.2 GHz Dual Core Processor

- 1GB RAM

- Android 4.1.2

- Bluetooth 4.0

- 3G

- WiFi

- 8GB On-Board Storage

- Micro SD Slot- 2MP Front Facing Camera

- 8MP Rear Camera With LED Flash

- 2100 MAh Battery

Full Specifications

Network/Bearer and Wireless Connectivity

• Infra GSM 3G, HSPA-PLUS
• 2G EDGE/GPRS (850/900/1,800/1,900MHZ)
• 3G HSPA+ 21/5.76Mbps
• Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n 2.4GHz Wi-Fi Direct
• Yes
• Bluetooth Profiles PBAP, PBA, A2DP, AVRCP, GAP,HFP, OPP, SAP, SPP, HID Connectivity Support
• BT 4.0, USB 2.0

OS

• Android, 4.1.2

Display technology

• TFT Color Depth
• 16M
• Size 12.72cms
• Resolution 480 x 800 (WVGA)

Chipset Type (Dual, Quad)

• Dual Core CPU Speed
• 1.2GHz

Camera 

• Camera Resolution(Rear)
• CMOS, 8.0MP 
• Camera Resolution(Front)
• CMOS, 2.0MP
• Flash Flash-LED Auto Focus Support

Sensors

• Accelerometer, Geo-magnetic, Gyro-sensor, Proximity Sensor

Physical Specification

• Dimension(HxWxD) 143.5 x 76.8 x 9.6mm
• Weight 161gms

Connectors

• USB - USB 2.0
• Earjack 3.5pi 4pole, Stereo External Memory Slot
• MicroSD (up to 64GB) 
• SIM Support - DUAL SIM

Battery 

• Talk Time (2G / 3G) - 610min 
• Capacity - 2,100 
• USB Chargeable - Yes 
• Standby Time * - 440hr

Location

• AGPS Support, GLONASS Support, Broadcom Services 

Applications 

• Samsung Apps - Yes

Audio and Video

• Video Resolution 1080p 
• Video Playback/Recording 
• Video Frame rate - 30fps
• Audio Format AAC, AAC+, AMR, AMR-NB, eAAC+, IMY, MIDI, MP3, OGG, WAV, WMA

IN this week Micromax Also launches Their 5" Phone 'Micromax Canvas HD' at less price then Galaxy grand. So, Micromax going to give serious Competition to Samsung new launch

0 Today's Game for iOS is Noble Nutlings ( Bad Piggies Game )

Noble Nutlings is the game Bad Piggies should have been. Put together by former Rovio employees, it's as addictive as you would expect but goes beyond the more staid and slow gameplay of a typical Rovio game.

 Noble Nutlings is what happens when the gloves come off and those talented app developers are allowed to run riot. Think of it like Trials Evolution and you'll have a good idea of how it plays. So should you download it?

Noble Nutlings is free on iTunes

The game works on a fairly simple premise. You build a car from parts and then negotiate increasingly difficult tracks while trying to stop your creation from tipping over. You can tilt the car left and right as well as accelerate and boost it. This can be done with on-screen controls or by using the accelerometer. We prefer the on-screenoption.

 Parts for your car cost coins, which you acquire by collecting acorns with it during each level - the more acorns, the more coins. Some later levels will be near impossible without the better parts for your vehicle, so you have to invest in getting the most acorns possible from each level before you progress.

There's also the option to buy coins with in-app purchases, but we didn't find it necessary provided we took our time.

 The gameplay really is what matters here. Noble Nutlings isn't as complex as Bad Piggies and nor does it quite have the refined tactics of Angry Birds, but this is a very different game. It is exciting and frustrating, built to have you coming back to each level until you get those elusive three stars and every acorn.

0 Twitter Launched Vine app for iOS - a 6 sec. Video Sharing on Facebook & Twitter

Popular social network Twitter has announced Vine, a new video-sharing application for iOS that shows six-second clips in a loop and posts them to Twitter and Facebook.

 Twitter wrote in a blog post. “Like Tweets, the brevity of videos on Vine (6 seconds or less) inspires creativity. Now that you can easily capture motion and sound, we look forward to seeing what you create.”

 Vine will compete in the same space as other “Instagram for video” apps like the popular GIF-making app Cinema gram. Twitter acquired Vine before its launch, according to Vine’s blog .

 “Our companies share similar values and goals; like Twitter, we want to make it easier for people to come together to share and discover what’s happening in the world,” Vine writes. “We also believe constraint inspires creativity, whether it’s through a 140-character Tweet or a six-second video.”

 Twitter said it is working to bring Vine to “other platforms” in the future. We assume that means it’s quickly working on an Android .

1 EPSON launches the world’s 'smallest' AiO printers at Affordable Prices starting Rs. 3999

Epson India has launched the next generation of its affordable entry-level all-in-one inkjet printers. The company claims these ME series printers to be the world’s smallest models, and designed to save running costs with their affordable supplies.

 The copier along with the printer can copy a B&W page in 6 seconds and a full depth colour page in 11 seconds.

 The scanner in ME-101, the lower model gives output resolution of 600 x 1200 dpi. ME 301, the higher model, gives resolution of 1200 x 2400 dpi.

ME-101

The new all-in-one printers launched are:

ME-101 All-in-One (AiO)Epson Expression ME-301 All-in-One (AiO) that has Wi-Fi and uses Epson DURABrite Ultra ink Epson Expression

ME-301

These new printers will replace Epson’s best-selling Stylus TX121 all-in-one. These are the first models to bear Epson’s new “Expression” branding that will be used for future Epson printers designed for home use.

Low cost ink: The Epson Expression ME-101 uses a new set of highly affordable T1661 Series dye-based cartridges that produce excellent glossy photos on Epson Glossy Photo Paper. Priced at only Rs.191 per black cartridge and Rs.345 for each colour cartridge, it helps to reduce the cost of printing.

Epson DURABrite Ultra ink: For users demanding superior print durability and permanence, the Epson Expression ME-301 uses Epson DURABrite Ultra pigment inks that produce smudge proof and waterproof prints that also have industry-leading light-fastness of up to 120 years--on all kinds of papers: plain, matte, and glossy.

Epson Expression ME-101 is Rs. 3999

Epson Expression ME-301 is Rs. 7699

0 iPhone app : Picmatic ,Free photo frame app

Today we present you with Picmatic, a photo frame app that lets you adjust, display, and even play music to match your images. Following that is Just Going to the Dentist , an iOS version of a children’s book that parents can record themselves narrating for their kids to use later. 

Finally, a big update to match-3 title Pixel Defenders Puzzle is more than worth your time.

Picmatic (Free) on Apple itunes

0 App Let’s Stolen Android phones to get Snap of Thieves

Lookout’s Lock Cam will take and send you a photo of the person (or pet) who stole your gadget.

Mobile security software maker Lookout announced a smart-sounding new feature for its Android app today that might help you recover a stolen smartphone or tablet: Once someone tries and fails three times to unlock your password-protected gadget, Lookout Mobile Security will stealthily take and e-mail you a photo of that person and their location.

Lock Cam, the feature will be made available to current Lookout users during the next week,    Lookout said in a blog post Wednesday. Those who use the paid version of Lookout can already access it, the company says.

I’m skeptical that this will help recover many gadgets, but I am hopeful that some pet owners using the Lock Cam feature will soon be getting e-mails containing photos of their dogs and cats (or drunken shots of themselves).

Lookout available Free on Google Play Store

0 Drinking Mirror app shows - How your Face Look After Drinking (Daru Effect}

Ever wonder about the impact all that drinking has on your looks?

"Drinking Mirror," a new smartphone app, aims to show you. The free app, part of the "Drink Smarter" campaign by the Scottish government to make people aware of the line between social drinking and binge drinking, plays on people's vanity and specifically targets women.

 Android and iPhone users with the "Drinking Mirror" app are able to upload or snap photos of themselves and enter information about their drinking habits. Once they do so, they will see how their faces might age if they continue to drink at their current rate.

 The app's Web site, which seeks to spread awareness about health concerns associated with excessive alcohol consumption, warns that weight gain, dull skin, wrinkles and red cheeks are associated with drinking heavily on a regular basis.

(Drinking Mirror, free for iPhone and Android)

0 TeuxDeux To-Do App for iPhone Available for Free, from $3

iOS: The iPhone has a ton of great to-do apps , most of which will cost you a few bucks. One of itsbest, TeuxDeux, is available for free right now.

TeuxDeux isn't our favorite to-do app ( that honorgoes to Orchestra , with Wunderlist in second place), but it's a great option if the other to-do apps are just too complicated for you. TeuxDeux is simplicity and minimalism at its finest, letting you add tasks, check them off, and not worry about anything else—though there is a handy"Someday" folder for items that aren't too urgent.

 If you're still on the hunt for the perfect to-do app, it's worth grabbing while it's free— even if you don't plan on using it just yet , since we don't know how long the deal will last.

TeuxDeux | Download iTunes App Store via App Shopper

0 Hacking of Exam just a Click away - APP to Crack Your EXAMS

Cheating in exam is passé when you have an app that can predict your examination.

 Online app Examify uses algorithms and crowd sourcing to go through old exam papers to calculate the best answers to questions for students appearing for major Indian board and entrance exams.

 Students can browse questions from CBSE, IGCSE, IB and ICSE Board examinations, and IIT-JEE and BITSAT examinations.

 The site has just gone live and is on an invitation-only basis for now.

 According to a report published in an Indian newspaper, Examify allows users to browse through trending questions, after selecting the examination they’re studying for. It also offers features like most important, difficulty level, trending questions and what others are trying.

 The online exam preparation service was launched last year in December in closed beta and has passed a few thousand users. It is founded by Angad Nadkarni and Samudra Neelam Bhuyan, and Vishal Gondal has invested in the company. He is also an advisor and mentor to the start-up.

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0 Nokia Launches Dual-SIM Nokia 114 with MP3, Camera, microSD, social apps For Rs 2550

Nokia Series 40 handset comes with a 0.3 mp camera, 1020 mAh battery and external storage expandable up to 32 GB.

Nokia announced the availability of their new dual-SIM Nokia 114 forRs 2550. The budget phone features a 1.8" QVGA LCD display with 64 MB of RAM and 16 MB of internal storage which can be pumped up to 32 GB using a microSD card. Some other features include a 1020 mAh battery with claimed talktime of 10.5 hours (2G) and a standby time of 27 days (2G).

Key Specifications of Nokia 114 include:

*. 1.8" QVGA LCD with 65k colours and pixel dimensions of 128x160.

*. 4.3" (l) x 1.8" (w) x 0.6" (d); weighs 80 grams.

*. 2G Dual-SIM (GSM 900, 1800).

*. Series 40 platform.

*. 3.5 mm Nokia AV connector, Bluetooth 2.1.

*. 1020 mAh with claimed 10.5 h talktime and27 days of standby.

*. 0.3 megapixel with a 640 x 480 resolution and 4x digital zoom.

*. Audio playback formats: ASF, WAV, MP4, AAC, AMR, MP3, AWB, M4V, M4A, NRT, WMA, 3GP, MIDI, WMV.

*. Package contents: Handset, charger, battery, stereo headset, user guide.

*. Available colours: Cyan, Black and Dark Purple.

0 Micromax Launched A116 Canvas HD with 5-inch HD display, 1.2 GHz quad-core processor & Android 4.1

Micromax has announced the A116 Canvas HD, their new Flagship device. The Micromax A110 (a.k.a. Canvas 2) is the most popular phone and it just got a successor, meets Canvas HD . It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6589 processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8MP rear camera with LED Flash and a VGA front-facing camera. It also comes with Hookup Instant messaging app.

     Micromax A116 Canvas HD Specifications :

• 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS 16.7 million color display
• 1.2 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6589 processor
• Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)
• 8MP rear camera with LED Flash, VGA front-facing camera
• 3.5mm audio jack
• 1GB RAM, 4GB internal memory, 32GB expandable memory with MicroSD
• 3G, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth, GPS/A-GPS
• 2100 mAh battery

Micromax Canvas HD A116 will launch in India from 14 Feb under 15,000 rupees

Micromax always launches their devices through online retailers , But this time they doesn't do that . Micromax decide to start selling Canvas HD only via their official site .

stay update for further news

0 Free Wireless Charging Plate for all AT&T Lumia 920s until Feb 21

Ever since AT&T started exclusively selling the Nokia Lumia 920 in the US, the carrier has been kind enough to offer it bundled with Nokia's Wireless Charging Plate.

Initially, the carrier said the promotion will go on until the end of January, 2013, but now the time-frame of the deal has been extended to February 21.

This is great news for AT&T customers, who want to upgrade to the Lumia 920, but aren't eligible to do so before February. At CES 2013, AT&T mentioned that the Lumia 920 was selling very well, but the promo extension could indicate that the carrier has some trouble shipping all of its available Lumia 920 stock.

For $99.99 (on a 2-year contract), the US carrier is making the Nokia Lumia 920 the obvious choice for the Windows Phone 8 fans in US.

0 Want to Make Your Body in Shape then This APP is for U - Obstacles XRT

This innovative app, made by Chicago-based Barracuda Partners, turns anywhere with a floor into an obstacle course, no equipment necessary. There are three levels of intensity: beginner, intermediate, and advanced.

 If you want to up the ante, Obstacles XRT also allows you to compete with friends on the same courses.

 "The idea is that we would like users to wear a heart-rate monitor or check their pulse to get a general idea of what their heart rate is, and no matter what difficulty, the challenge is to see who has the lower heart rate," Brian Atz,  Barracuda's chief marketing officer, told Business Insider. 

Atz says he uses Obstacles XRT whenever he has the time and the notion. He's always on the road and was sick of doing jumping jacks and sit-ups in his hotel room.

 The beginner courses are only 20 minutes including a cool-down and warm-up.

 We tested the app ourselves and were thoroughly impressed.

 Obstacles XRT is available for the iPhone in Apple's App Store . It's on sale for $1.99 for the rest of January 2013. Barracuda's considering an Android version.

0 Samsung Launches ‘Galaxy S2 Plus‘ with Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean OS

Galaxy S2 Plus seems a like a modest upgraded version of its predecessor, but on the bright side the new smartphone comes with 4.3-inch WVGA Display with 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and the latest Android v4.1.2 OS (Jelly Bean).

Here is the Key Specifications of 'Galaxy S2 Plus':

Model

Samsung Galaxy S2 Plus

Display

4.3-inch WVGA 'Super AMOLED

Plus' display, with (480x800)p resolution

OS

Android v4.1.2 OS (Jelly Bean)

Processor

1.2 GHz dual-core processor

Dimensions

125.3x66.1x8.5 mm

Internal Memory

1 GB RAM

Storage Memory

8GB user memory

Additional slot

microSD (expandable up to 64GB)

Camera

Rear:8MP with LED flash

Front:2MP

Connectivity

2G & 3G

Battery

Li-ion 1650 mAh

Weight

121 g

Additional specs

NFC(optional), Wi-Fi, USB 2.0,Bluetooth v3.0

Price

Currently not available

Samsung has not yet revealed the price and availability of Galaxy S2 Plus.

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0 HTC Windows 8 Phones 8X & 8S Overview and Price

HTC Launch two Beautifully Designed 8X and 8S Windows 8 Phones available online at Rs.34149 & 19359.

HTC 8X is the Windows Phone 8 Smartphone. It comes with 1.5GHz Qualcomm S4 Dual Core processor,4.3 inch 720p display and 8MP Camera.

Highlights:

- 1.5GHz Qualcomm S4 Dual Core Processor

- 4.3 Inch HD 720p Display With 341ppi

- 8MP Camera

- 2.1MP Front Cam

- Windows Phone 8

- 16 GB On-Board Storage

- 3G

- WiFi

- Beats Audio- 1800 MAh Battery

HTC 8S is the Windows Phone 8 Smartphone. It comes with 1 GHz Dual Core processor,4 inch display and 5MP Camera.

Highlights:

 - 1 GHz Dual Core Processor

 - 4 Inch Display

 - 5MP Camera

 - Windows Phone 8

 - 4 GB On-Board Storage

 - Micro SD Slot

 - 3G

 - WiFi

 - Beats Audio- 1700 MAh Battery

0 KEYBOARD app by SwiftKey for iOS and Android now updated- fix Bug & Flow Feature Added

The team behind the wildly popular SwiftKey Flow keyboard have just issued a quick update to their VIP community as version 4.0.0.61. In the latest update to the SwiftKey Flow beta you’ll enjoy tons of bug fixes, enhanced features, a better typing experience, and overall better performance. Their keyboard is still in the testing phase but works wonderfully, so read on for the full change log and known issues.

SwiftKey didn’t just update us all with a change log, they went a step ahead and mentioned what’s new, things to be aware of, as well as a full known issues list. All of this has been detailed over at the SwiftKey Flow Blog. One of SwiftKey’s best features is being able to flow not just a word, but an entire sentence without lifting a finger. Then it predicts everything using their prediction engine and even puts in the spaces. Their previous beta if you make a mistake on a word, any word, the entire sentence was lost when you hit backspace — a real bummer.

I can happily confirm they’ve integrated a “save sentence” feature they’re calling Flow-through-space auto commit: if you flow-through space but mess up your last word, all the prior words will be inserted (instead of losing all the words). They’ve fixed that pesky double capitalization issue, fixed memory errors and much more.

Here’s their huge detailed update information:

• Flow-through-space auto commit: if you flow-through space but mess up your last word, all the prior words will be inserted (instead of losing all the words).
• Flow in landscape on tablets (not on split layout with numpad).
• Battery usage improved (when flowing and when not in use).
• Performance of flowing and tapping improved.
• Long press of bottom-right (smiley/enter) button now works.
• Fixed some force close issues.
• Fixed some memory leaks.
• Predictions not lost when changing keyboard layout (e.g. to symbols).
• Fixed Double Capitalization issue.

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0 Archos introduced four new "Titanium" Android-based tablets having great Display and Build Quality at Half the price of iPad

Archos today introduced four new Google Android-based tablets, priced from $119 to $249.

CES-2013, Archos introduced four devices in the "Titanium" tablet line run Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and feature high-def. IPS capacitive multi-touch screens with dual-core 1.6GHz CPUs and a quad-core GPU capable of 1080p video decoding.

Despite their name, the tablets aren't made of titanium, but instead sport a "sleek aluminum design."

 The new machines come in a range of sizes — the smallest being the 7-inch Archos 70 Titanium, which is priced at $119, and "offers similar features to competitors such as Amazon, at a better price point,"

 Meanwhile, the slightly larger Archos 80 Titanium, designed to offer a similar user experience to the iPad mini, but with a more affordable price tag: $169.

Those seeking a large-screen tablet might consider the 10.1-inch Archos 101 Titanium, which is priced at $199. The star of the lineup, however, is the $249 Archos 97 Titanium HD, offering a 9.7-inch, 2,048-by-1,536 resolution screen, aiming to be "an alternative to the new iPad for half the price,”

 In addition to the Titanium tablet line, Archos unveiled at this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas two higher-end slates that are part of its Platinum family, according to Engaged . The Platinum 97 and Platinum 80, which look strikingly similar to the iPad and iPad mini, both feature a 1.2GHz quad-core processor and 2-megapixel front and rear-facing cameras.

 The Platinum 97 measures in at 9.7-inches and sports 2,048-by-1,536 display, while the Platinum80 has an 8-inch 1,024-by-768 resolution screen. The devices will be available in March with a price tag of $329 for the Platinum 97 and $199 for the Platinum 80.

Here are the price listings for each model:

*. ARCHOS 70 Titanium: 119€, $119, £99

*. ARCHOS 80 Titanium: 169€, $169, £149

*. ARCHOS 101 Titanium: 199€, $199, £169

*. ARCHOS 97 Titanium HD: 249€, $249 and £199

0 Samsung shows off phone with a flexible screen at CES-2013

By showing off a phone with a flexible screen, Samsung is hinting at a day when we might fold up our large phone or tablet screens as if they were maps.

The Korean electronics company provided a glimpse of such a device at a keynote speech Wednesday at the International CES gadget show in Las Vegas. It's an annual showcase of the latest TVs, computers and other consumer-electronic devices.

This is a Prototype

How it works: The screen uses organic light-emitting diodes, or OLED's. Only a thin layer of these chemicals is needed to produce a bright, colorful screen. They're used in many Samsung phones already, though with glass screens. For the bendable phone, Samsung laid the chemicals over thin plastic instead of glass. That's a trick you can't pull off with liquid crystals in standard displays.

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0 Most Interesting launch of 2013: 27-inch Windows 8 tablet by Lenovo

Lenovo’s IdeaCentre Horizon is a 27-inch tablet — yes, about triple the diagonal display dimension of a conventional iPad — that has a full suite of inputs and all the functionality of a desktop Windows 8 device, including a front-facing camera, microphone and speakers. When you flip it on its back, however, it clicks into a mode Lenovo calls Aura, and the interface and functionality completely changes to become a multimedia and gaming table. (Those who saw the original Microsoft Surface table from 2007 will be familiar with this concept).

The user interface is a circular ring of buttons in the center of the screen, with labeled tabs like Photos, Games, and so-on. Poke Photos and a ring of thumbnail pictures from your library pop out, which you can scroll through using a finger. Tap one and it’ll spring open and enlarge. You can fiddle with it using a pinch-to-zoom gesture, twist it around using two fingers, scroll through other photos in your collection by swiping, or “throw” the image across the display for someone else to play with.

 Same thing with movies, and there are tabs for sharing content of social media and accessing data from other PCs. The key feature for most will be using the tablet like a giant gaming table, for digital Monopoly, or air hockey (for which you use special rubber sensor paddles that slide across the display) or a dozen other options, including some that rely on special e-dice that you roll on the table or suction cup joysticks. Somewhat crucial to the Horizon experience is a sturdy, optional stand that smoothly tilts the screen, is height adjustable and has wheels ($200).

 While we doubt many of these will actually end up making it into homes when released this summer (for around $1,700), we do like that Lenovo is attempting to innovate around the already stale design standards of tablets and think some version of the Horizon could eventually be a big success.

0 CES 2013: Coby's $130 Android Tablet

Coby is showing its first Google-certified, sub-$130 7-inch Android Tablet at CES

Hardware is important when it comes to tablets, but what good is hardware if you don't have any software to run on it? Coby's new 7-inch MID7065 tablet runs Android 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and costs just $129.99, but the biggest news is that it's also Google-certified, which means it has access to the Google Play app store.

Coby MID7015, which has full access to Google Play, as well as Google apps, including Chrome, Gmail, Google Maps, and YouTube.

From a hardware perspective, the tablet is powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core processor and 1GBof RAM. It's a Wi-Fi-only tablet, and uses Bluetooth 2.1+ EDR to connect with compatible devices. It comes with 8GB of internal storage, and it's expandable up to an additional 32GB via microSD card. There's a front-facing VGA camera and accelerometer and gyroscope sensors for motion detection.

 The 7-inch screen features just a 1024-by-600-pixel resolution, which gives it somewhat of a budget look, but the build quality of the tablet actually feels quite solid. There's an HDMI port on the bottom of the tablet, which lets you easily connect it to a monitor or HDTV.

 Overall, the Coby MID7065 is a fairly generic Android tablet. What it all comes down to is price. The Kindle Fire HD $199.00 at Amazon and Google Nexus 7 $259.99 at Adorama may offer up better features like sharper displays, more storage, and more processing power. But that sub-$130 price point is sure to sway some buyers Coby's way. And while the MID7065 may not be the best bet for your money, at least you're getting full access to Google's apps this time around.