May 25, 2013

Micro - News


Sony Ericsson XPERIA Play finally goes on official at MWC; will be available via Verizon in US

Sony Ericsson XPERIA Play finally goes on official at MWC; will be available via Verizon in US

One of the most anticipate Smartphone with a Gaming capability is finally official, The Smartphone dubbed Sony Ericsson XPERIA Play was announced at MWC in Barcelona. New Xperia Play is the first PlayStation certified Smartphone that runs on Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system. The Smartphone is powered with 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, and features [...]

HTC TUBE a Concept Phone powered with Cartridge looks cool

HTC TUBE a Concept Phone powered with Cartridge looks cool

HTC has a new Concept phone that can run on more than one operating system simultaneously that is HTC TUBE Concept phone powered with Cartridge, although the likelihood of this actually happening is probably slim to none, it’s a nice fantasy. Seeing devices such as this concept phone can give one a slight beacon of [...]

Suli “SL-7 Android Tablet” with Five Finger Multi-Touch Support

Suli SL-7 Android Tablet Image

The Hong Kong based company Suli International has joined the budget Android tablet race with the Suli SL-7 device that will sell for around $250 and which comes with a capacitive glass screen, with 5 finger multi-touch support.Suli SL-7 have a higher performance Rockchip RK2818 which includes ARM9 600mhz and 550mhz new high performance DSP, [...]

See the “Toshiba Satellite A665D-S6051”

Toshiba Satellite A665D-S6051 Image

The Toshiba Satellite A665D-S6051 ($799.98 list), available at Staples, is a member of the company’s new A660 line of 16-inch multimedia laptops. This retail model is based on AMD’s new Vision platform and features a quad-core AMD Phenom II P920 processor. 4 GB DDR3 equipped, and 500 GB SATA hard drive. most users will be [...]

OnLive “PlayPack” Beta Gaming Launched; Unlimited Free Gaming until Jan 15th

OnLive Beta PlayPavk Gaming Image

If you like OnLive and enjoy playing the latest and greatest games without bulky PC hardware or having multiple consoles, then there’s an option for you called Unlimited Play. Cloud-based gaming service announced by OnLive, their intention is to offer a Netflix-like package for gaming. Dubbed “PlayPack,” the $9.99/month flat-rate plan beta is immediately available [...]

XBOX “Live Reward Program” Opened for UK and US Users

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The Xbox Live Rewards program which will let users earn Microsoft Points for activity on the online gaming portal has now launched. The service was first tested a year ago and has now been available to all Members who are 18 and over in the UK and the US. The system works pretty much like [...]

2.5 Million Kinect for Xbox 360 Sold in 25 Days: Microsoft

Microsoft Kinect for XBOX 360 Image

According to the latest data supplied by the Redmond company, Kinect for Xbox 360 still enjoys strong momentum even as it approaches the first month after launch. Points for style, Microsoft, crossing the 2.5 million Kinect sensors sold mark a convenient 25 days into your global sales of that ever-so-hackable / sometimes-cool-for-gaming item. Kinect for [...]

“Genuin software checker” for Windows Phone 7;complicates custom ROMs

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The first big roadblock to Windows Phone 7 modding has been found. According to Conflipper, a former Windows Mobile hacker, Windows Phone 7 devices ship with a “Genuine Software” checker which gives you the screen below if you try to access Xbox Live, Marketplace, Windows Live, or Zune from a device running an OS version [...]

MacTech benchmarks Office 2011, finds big gains

Office2011For mac

“MacTech” has released the results of its extensive benchmark study of Microsoft Office for Mac 2011. The goal was to see how well the new Office applications performed compared to Office 2008 and 2004 across a variety of configurations. The results show significant speed gains all around, particularly in general app launching times, and in [...]

Dell Streak Tablet Heads to Australia for its Oct. 1st Release

Dell Streak tablet Optus

Dell Streak, the 5-inch over-sized phone or under-sized tablet is finally finding its way to Australia with an exclusive three month deal starting October with Optus(which launched in the UK in June). Matt Telfer, Dell Australia’s general manager for indirect and telecommunications channels, said: “It really is an all-in-one device that delivers a very good [...]

Pandigital Novel Android eReader Full Review

Pandigital’s second Android eReader [model PRD07T20WBL1] from the Pandigital Novel series is out and shipping. The new eReader boasts a 7-inch TFT LCD touch screen, with a display resolution of 800 x 600 pixels, enhanced UI, powered by ARM 11 CPU, comes with a stylus, virtual keyboard that enables making notes & emails, 2GB shared [...]

Velocity Micro Cruz Reader and Tablet are Now Available for Pre-Order

velocity cruz reader and tablet presale rates

Velocity Micro is now taking orders for two Android tablets the company first introduced a little over a month ago. One is marketed as a 7 inch color eBook reader, while the other is pitched as a multipurpose Android tablet. Both are available for pre-order today, but won’t ship until early September. Velocity Micro has [...]