Gamers with jailbroken iOS devices who have purchased or otherwise acquired the new game Deus Ex: The Fall are running into a problem when they attempt to play: they can’t fire any guns, a key part of the game.
With piracy so rampant clearly this is one way to battle the problem. But will it alienate honest people who bought the title. Or is it a smart move? Or is it just a publicity stunt to gain more media attention for their game!
What do you think?
Nokia unveiled the amazing 41mp Nokia Lumia 1020 yesterday.
During this launch new apps got announced that are arriving on the platform. These include Vyclone, Hipstamatic, Vine and Flipboard. Along with Nokia’s
Software Suite, there really is no excuse not to use a windows phone. The only weakness is with games.
Nokia has gone live with its new upcoming Lumia 1020 41mp smartphone.
It features a 4.5-inch display, a 41-megapixel PureView camera, a xenon flash and optical image stabilization, 2GB of RAM, 32GB of internal storage with no memory card slot, NFC and an optional back plate that supports wireless charging. But the specs noted below don’t reveal the true potential of this beast of a phone. There should be a 64gb version as well.
I have to say I am very keen to try this phone especially with its powerful camera. Would you want to own this, even though it runs Windows Phone 8?
Below is the full specifications –
Windows Phone 8
Networks:-
GSM: 850 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 1900 MHz
WCDMA: 2100 MHz, 1900 MHz, 850 MHz, 900 MHz
LTE network bands 1, 3, 7, 20, 8
HSPA+ DL Cat 24, Dual Carrier 42.1 Mbps/UL Cat5.76 Mbps
Here Location and Mapping Service: Free global HERE Maps and HERE Drive+, free HERE transit available in the store
Memory:
2GB RAM, 32GB internal user memory, 7GB Skydrive cloud storage
Display:
4.5 inch AMOLED WXGA (1280 x 768) 2.5D sculpted glass Gorilla Glass 3, PureMotion HD+ ClearBlack, High Brightness Mode, Sunlight readability, Super sensitive touch for nail and glove usage
Processor:
1.5 Ghz dual-core Snapdragon (no word on which snapdragon processor though)
Camera:
PureView 41 MP sensor with Optical Image Stabilization (OIS), Backside-illuminated image sensor, 6 lens optics, High resolution zoom 3x, Autofocus, Xenon Flash, LED for video, 1080p video at 30 fps, Includes Nokia Pro Camera mode and Nokia Smart Camera Mode.
Secondary Camera:
HD 1.2 Megapixel wide angle
Size:
130.4 x 71.4 x 10.4 mm
Weight:
158 grams
Connectivity:
USB 2.0, BT 3.0, NFC with SIM based security, WLAN a/b/g/n, A-GPS and Glonass, 3.5 mm audio connector
Battery:
2000 mAh battery, Wireless Charging supported via accessory cover
Audio:
IHF speakers, 2 microphones, HD voice compliant, 3.5mm AV connector
Key Features:
– 41 Megapixel sensor captures the sharpest images with details never though possible from a smartphone
– Nokia Pro Camera boosts creativity through simple and easy to user controls usually reserved for the expert photographer
– Nokia Rich Recording delivers distortion free stereo audio in the loudest environments
– Comes with the only fully integrated and true offline Global maps experience from the HERE location suite
Nokia original accessories:
– Nokia Camera Grip PD-95G:
Confidence to take the perfect shot
* Built-in extra battery for longer usage
* Ergonomic grip with a two-stage camera key
* Universal tripod-mount
– Nokia Wireless Charging Cover CC-3066:
Effortless Wireless charging is just a snap away
* enable wireless charging with form fitting Qi compliant snap-on cover
Colors:
Yellow, White, Black
Operating times:
* Maximum talk time (3G): 13.3 h
* Standby time: 16 Days
* Video Playback time: 6.8 hours
* Music Playback time: 63 hours
HTC went out in full swing to confirm the 4.2.2 update has now been rolled out to Nordic and East EU regions on twitter last night, with the rest of Europe to follow soon.
So what about the US and Canada. This is 3 weeks away.
Those who have bought the HTC One probably have been very careful not to drop the unibody designed phone, especially after it was given a 1/10 score for repairability.
However, it appears HTC had a hidden feature, and that is with a special tool it is as easy to repair as the next phone. Only that you cannot do this yourself at the moment, it can only be fixed by HTC themselves.
Google Chrome web browser has just received a big update.
Chrome for Android Update 28.0.1500.64 contains a number of new features including:
Google Translate – When reading web pages in other languages, Chrome will automatically detect and offer to translate them to your language
Fullscreen on tablets – Similar to phones, simply scroll down the page and the toolbar will disappear.
New user interface for right-to-left (RTL) languages – An optimized interface for RTL languages including Arabic, Farsi, and Hebrew
Plenty of stability and performance fixes
I have been using the beta on my Sony Z tablet and the auto translate is fantastic. I was shopping online with a German retailer, but everything was translated into English in a few seconds.
OAO Mobile TeleSystems, Russia’s largest mobile operator has supposedly dropped Apple’s iPhone in protest over the high costs involved in subsidizing the phone.
But in case you are wondering, it is able to do this as sales of Windows Phone 8 have equalled that of the iPhone.
Clearly, another sign of the iPhone’s high costs being hard to swallow in a tough economic climate. And great news for Windows Phones.
Once again, as we get closer to release dates more and more information is getting leaked on new devices. No more surprises!
Except, this leak came from Samsung with information reveal in a WAP provisioning file on Samsung’s own mobile website.
This confirmerd the existence of the SM-N900T and SM-N900A, two model numbers known to refer to the Galaxy Note III. The files also show that the new Note will feature a full HD 1,080 x 1,920-pixel display and an ARM11 processor. Earlier reports suggested that the phone will also include 3GB of RAM, a 13-megapixel camera, Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean and improved S Pen support. A 5.7 inch screen and support for Advanced LTE.
Lets hope there is more to this phone than meets the eye.
At the Dropbox Developers conference, Dropbox announced a new API.
Dropbox’s new Datastore API will allow users to store and sync any kind of application data — that includes game states, contacts and to-do lists.
So when you make your to-do list on your iPad while commuting on the train, and then open your computer at home, it will be synced with all your Dropbox-enabled apps on that device.
This should really help accelerate Dropbox usage. On the HTC One, the HTC Backup service actually uses Dropbox to backup the phone already apart from auto uploading photos.
This is another great offering from Dropbox.
Dropbox and Yahoo! announced that they will be integrating their services to offer seamless file attachments in the Yahoo! Mail Android app. This is to challenge what Google offers with Gmail and Google Drive. Users that authenticate with their Dropbox account from within the Yahoo! Mail app will now be able to select either local or Dropbox files from the “attach” menu, and simply send out files that are stored in the cloud.
The update should appear soon in the Google Play store for the Yahoo Mail app.
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