Saturday, February 18, 2012

Blackberry PlayBook OS 2.0 release date once again confirmed for Feb 21st


Blackberry Playbook OS 2.0
While RIM has already slipped up once and given us the goods during their PlayBook NDK WebCast, we're once again getting confirmation that Blackberry Playbook OS 2.0 will arrive on Feb. 21st. This time around though, there is some documentation to go along with it and as noted above, it will be rolling out bright and early in the morning.
In addition to Blackberry PlayBook OS 2.0, BlackBerry Mobile Fusion will be made available and noted previously -- FaceBook for PlayBook will get an update as well for bug fixes and compatability for Blackberry PlayBook OS 2.0. When it comes to Blackberry Bridge 2.0, previously it was set for release on Feb. 20th but we're now hearing that may be delayed to conincide with the Blackberry Playbook OS 2.0 launch. Rather then letting it go out the day before and have people trying functions that will not work due to the fact they don't yet have Blackberry Playbook OS 2.0.

New HTC One X details leak, on-screen buttons, Beats speaker dock, no microSD


The only leaked image of the HTC Endeavor

Tonight Paul O’Brien of MoDaCo provided some additional details of the HTC One X, which is quickly shaping up as one of the most anticipated Android smartphones this year.
New rumored details of the HTC One X include:

HTC One X full specifications leaked before MWC


We’ve been drooling over the newly-christened HTC One X (formerly the Endeavor and/or Edge) for months now, due in no small part to its ultra high-end rumored specifications. Paul “Modaco“ O’Brien has got a mostly complete list of specifications from a tipster, including all the nitty gritty details you’ve been wondering about. First of all, the shiniest jewel in the One X’s crown is a quad-core Tegra 3 processor from Nvidia, which should help the phone rocket to the top of the speed charts if nothing else. The Tegra 3 runs at 1.5Ghz, and is supplimented with a full gigabyte of RAM.

Lumia 610 budget Windows Phone passes certification in Indonesia


We've touched on the Lumia 610 (or 601 as it was referred to) previously, which is set to be announced at the upcoming Mobile World Congress 2012 and will be powered by Windows Phone "Tango". LiveSide has received confirmation that the Nokia handset has passed through certification in Indonesia (as shown above).
Although not much detail is displayed, we do know that this device does indeed exist, which will make MWC fairly exciting with the unveiling of Microsoft's next Windows Phone update "Tango". As well as featuring the usual Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity, the Lumia 610 will support GSM 900/1800 and WCDMA 2100 bands.

Screenshots of Windows Phone “Tango” leaked


 
As we’re heading closer to Mobile World Congress 2012, where Microsoft is expected to announce details of their next update of Windows Phone, codenamed “Tango”, more details about the update are leaking out. Today Russion website WP7forum.ru leaked several screenshots from “Tango”, revealing several new features as well as detailing how “Tango” will support low-cost devices with limited RAM.
New Features
WP7forum detailed several new features that they have heard about “Tango”:

How to Ask Siri To Show You Song Lyrics with SiriLoveLyrics


SiriLovesLyrics is a jailbreak tweaks for Siri that involves music. It allows you to query Siri for the lyrics of the currently playing song in your Music app, and outputs them in a clean interface so that you can sing along to your favorite songs.

Is this 'Counter-Strike' on iPad? [Video]


Do you like Counter-Strike? Of course you are! Recently a video showing CS playing on the iPad just floated up. In this video you can see the it was perfectly ported to iOS, is it possible?

Originally released in mid-1999 as a third party Half-Life modification, Counter-Strike quickly redefined the concept of a "popular mod," and may have been largely responsible for the quick adoption of the Steam platform as players rushed to download Counter-Strike 1.6 on the new service. In its day, Counter-Strike had an absolutely massive following, both from casual players playing on servers online, locally at LAN parties, or even professionally in the various e-sports leagues that were springing up at the time. Hell, some of my very best friends I met either through or because of Counter-Strike. If you were a PC gamer in the early 2000's, you played Counter-Strike.