Friday 12 April 2013

In Other News: 12/04/2013.

  • Samsung are ordering a million screens for the 5.8" Galaxy Mega device! That is very good going indeed especially if they can actually get that many into consumers hands and we have no doubt that they will!
    Digitimes Via AndroidBeat.
  • Nintendo has announced that they will be shuttering five Wii channels on June 28th in North America and Japan. That means that Forecast, News, Everybody Votes, Check Mii Out, Digicam Print, the Nintendo Channel, plus the WiiConnect24 feature.
    Via Slashgear.
  • It seems as though there could be a Tegra 4 powered Toshiba tablet on the way soon! The AT15 and the AT10-A-A REGZA have appeared at the WiFi Association and Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), as well as on the AnTuTu benchmark! We'll keep our eyes peeled for more!
    Via PhoneArena.
  • Russia have announced a new $50 billion space programme! The money will be spent on modernizing Russia's rockets and equipment whilst simultaneously stimulating the development and use of home-grown components, and in the long term the hope is Russia can catch up to the rest of the world in unmanned space exploration!
    Via TheVerge.
  • Motorola will be rolling out Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean to Droid Bionic users from the APril the 15th! Check for your OTA on Monday!
    Via AndroidPolice.
  • Bing users are supposedly five times more likely to get a malware in their search results than Google users! Check out more info over at AndroidBeat here!
  • The UK government has launched an investigation into whether children are being unfairly targeted in free games and with in-app purchases. It'll be interesting to see what they conclude given all the horror stories of bills in the thousands lately!
    Via TheVerge.
  • Pebble have released version 1.1 of their smartwatch OS. iOS users see the biggest benefit this time with  fixes for crashes, permissions and power in the mix. But, everyone gets the option to disable backlighting and vibrations! So the update has something for everyone!
    Via Engadget.
  • Medion have launched a new 24" non-touch all in one. The Akoya P2004 will be an exclusive at Asda and will set you back £499, but that buys you a dual-core 3.2GHz Core i3, 4GB of RAM, a 1TB hard drive, Windows 8 and a DVD burner, which isn't too bad at all! You can get it here!
    Via Engadget.
  • Here is T-Mobile's first advert for their newly acquired iPhone 5's!
    Via PhoneArena.


And finally, HTC's new marketing is a bit hit and miss if this is anything to go by! The extremely painful acting below featuring James Van Der Beek, shows off HTC's new flagship, the One, through a few interesting scenarios which centre around a proposal competition of phones to decide which one will get the fair lady's hand! Check it out below!
Via TheVerge.

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