BlackBerry 10 is here

 

The day finally arrived. As we announced several times, finally unveiled the new operating system of ex-RIM in an event that took place on Wednesday 30 January. The main event took place at Pier 36 on the island of Manhattan in New York, but there were also simultaneous events elsewhere in the world such as Toronto, London, Paris, Dubai, among others.

Wondering why ex-RIM? Because from now on, the company has outgrown its name and becomes officially known as BlackBerry. With a name change and a great platform under their arms, BlackBerry attempt to make his triumphant return to the mobile phone market.

BlackBerry 10 is a fresh platform, a complete reprint of the old and improved BlackBerry OS complemented with some innovative features and promising. Besides the announcement of the operating system, also announced the first phones to run it, that will be the BlackBerry BlackBerry Z10 and Q10. The first is fully touch, while the second is a hybrid between a BlackBerry smartphone and traditional touch. The Z10 will go on sale from early February in different parts of the world, while Q10 is expected to do a few weeks later.

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Aliens: Colonial Marines has a new breakthrough

 

Aliens: Colonial Marines is the new game that is being undertaken to develop Gearbox Software. This new title will be published by Sega for the PC, PS3, Wii U and Xbox 360. It is a video game first-person shooter (FPS) based on characters and creatures of the Alien franchise and more particularly of the Aliens movies. This is the second title produced by Sega Aliens, Aliens vs Predators after 2010.

The game puts us in the role of a U.S. Marine named Christopher Winter. During the same weapons we have access to the franchise known as the flamethrower, pulse rifles, pistols, machine guns, rocket launchers and even watchtowers. You can also use torches to seal doors and motion sensors to detect enemies.

As the player defeats enemies and meets objective may be improving and personalizing the character, besides giving them better weapons and new skills, all of which can then be used in other game modes.

Aliens: Colonial Marines will be released in mid-February. Here's the latest trailer for the game, titled "Kick Ass":

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Reef, an Android 4.1 tablet very low price

 

If I speak of a tablet with Android OS 4.1 and say it's low price, how much do you think I can be talking about? As usual might be thinking about $ 150, but costs much less Reef, as its price is only $ 76 dollars, which places it among the cheapest tablets we've seen so far. The Reef is the latest 7-inch tablet launched by Chinavasion.

The device has a multitouch screen with resolution of 800 × 480 pixels. Inside Rockchip RK2928 processor keeps running at 1GHz, also has 512MB of RAM and 4GB internal memory, but you can expand using a microSD card up to 32GB.

The Reef has a single camera, a 0.3 megapixel front. It also supports Flash, has WiFi, an HDMI port and its battery is 3000mAh.

The price, as we said, is only $ 76 U.S. dollars.

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Google and Asus working on a new Nexus 7

 

All devices have been able to succeed in the market generally have a second generation that is released some time later, and obviously this is the case with Google's Nexus 7 tablet. It seems that there are rumors that Google is already working again with Asus to develop the second generation of Nexus 7.

What do we know so far about the successor? Certainly nothing, but it is clear that the future device improvements was implemented at the hardware level, which will have to be considerably higher than what the current device offers users decide to buy it. Obviously the new tablet will have a full HD to keep up with the competition.

It is said that the future of second generation Nexus 7 will be priced between $ 150 and $ 250, so that it can remain competitive in the market in the same way that it has done so far.

Hopefully soon ARISING more developments.

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At Microsoft Surface is not doing very well

 

As we know, there are two known versions of Microsoft Surface tablet. While it is a solid device, the big problem I have is the price and the retail outlets, which until recently were somewhat scarce. Because of all this, the software giant's tablet is not doing very well when it comes to sales. Some analysts have said recently that the device is doomed and that their sales are really low in the opinion of some experts.

Walter Pritchard of Citigroup may be the most optimistic of all, because it suggests that the Surface has sold about 800,000 units so far. That's be optimistic? Well it is when compared to what was said by Heather Bellini of Goldman Sachs, who put the number of sales at only 230,000 units.

One thing is clear: the Surface has not been a successful tablet, or at least not as much as expected to be MS. What do you think Microsoft should change so that the device has an opportunity within this large and competitive market? Improve your hardware? Maybe or lower the price?

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Google+ is already the second largest social network in the world

 

When Google launched its social network, called Google+, many said they already have enough social networks or that another was not needed. This was in June of 2011. Currently, in just over a year and a half, Google+ has already passed the milestone of 343 million users, making it the second largest social network on the Internet, obviously leaving behind Facebook, all in accordance with GlobalWebIndex a report.

Of course that Google+ still has a long way to catch up with Facebook. The social network Mark Zuckerberg has more than twice that Google+ users and is currently hovering around the 1,000 million mark, is also one of the most visited in the world. Both Google+ and Facebook are growing rapidly, but that makes it even faster is Twitter, even though this is in fourth place with 288 million users. And who is the third time? As the community's largest video sharing network: YouTube.

Below is a chart showing the number of users of each network in millions:

 

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This will be the low-cost iPhone Apple

 

You just hit the web and new rumors about the iPhone details low-cost Apple is preparing. Now we have an idea of ​​how it will look the new smartphone.

In short, the iPhone will be as a combination of the iPhone 5, the latest iPod touch and iPod classic, as confirmed by a report from iLounge. This new version will have a 4-inch screen like the iPhone 5 and its shape somewhat remind both the iPod touch and the iPod classic, with a design more similar to the latter. It should be noted further that the device is 0.5 mm larger than the iPhone 5, 0.5 mm wide and 1mm thinner.

If we look at it from the front, will look almost like an iPhone 5 and its sensor, camera and buttons will be located even in the same places.

Much is also the material used. In this case, leave the aluminum side and opt for the plastic, which we had discussed earlier. Still, have a glass screen Gorilla Glass.

We have enough information about the design of the device, but what still missing are details on their technology and specifications. Will have to see how Apple will surprise us.

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Junior SH-05, a pretty powerful Android smartphone geared for children

 

NTT DoCoMo, one of Japan's largest mobile operators, has announced the release of a new smartphone called Junior SH-05E. This is a new terminal oriented to children of 9-10 years or so. The new mobile, which incidentally runs Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0), has an additional layer of security and certain controls to enable parents to limit the number of minutes you can talk for days, as well as access to Internet and e. Besides this, the phone is able to filter unsafe content, adult content and restrict access to certain applications. It also has an emergency mode which gives us access to different numbers.

If you wonder why your hardware, the SH-05 Junior is fairly well equipped. For starters has a great 12-megapixel camera, a dual-core processor at 1.5GHz, the screen has a resolution of 540 × 960 pixels, has 8GB of memory and also has GPS and Mobile Wallet.

Also worth mentioning that has a warning system of imminent natural disasters and is resistena dust and water.

The Junior SH-05 will be launched on 1 febreo in blue, pink and white.

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