Sony says we're done with Z-tagging their flagships and they'll switch alphabets. So now, the X-series of their phones will be their flagships for at least this year. But their Z5 phone was really pretty good even though priced according to their competitors' listing, a lot of units were marketed according to a source. But this February, the Japanese firm decided to bid goodbye to their "Z" series phones along with the new announcements being the "X" series.
After about a couple of year's wait for the final details on Virtual reality and different manufacturers, all of them are out with their own products in the sense of hardware. It's now official that PlayStation's also in to the Virtual Reality game with bringing their own VR kit.
The Quantum break was exclusive to the PC master race and Xbox one. But the classic Max Payne might all set to be re-released for PS4 after all. According to the rumors, the date is set and it will be launching for the PlayStation consoles this 22nd. Sony's European PlayStation blog has confirmed that the game will be arriving but did not mention any further details. The PS2 classic seems like will arrive only to the European base for now with no equivalent mentions for US store. However, the fans can expect the visuals to be upscaled for full-HD displays with better textures and trophy supports etc.
Facebook in their developer conference F8 announced that businesses would now be able to start using their messenger platform to buy and sell products along with offering customers support options. Messenger now wants you to chat with businesses and get updates from them directly. That was what Facebook pitched to the future at their annual conference for software developers in San Francisco. "We think you should message a business just the way you would message a friend," Mark Zuckerberg said on stage at f8.
Yahoo announced updates to their Messenger application for Android and iOS platforms. The Android update intends on reaching more users in India with support for Hindi language. The iOS update however comes out with support for third-party keyboards.
HTC brought out their new high-end flagship the HTC 10 on Tuesday as a competitor to Samsung's Galaxy S7 and edge along with LG's G5. Pending announcement to the launch of their phone in the Indian market, it will approximately cost the users around 700$ in the United states. The matter of overpricing their latest flagship is yet to be estimated. Because the phone has been equipped with hardware which can be termed a "flagship".
Datawind have come out with a new voice-calling tablet called the Ubislate i3G7 here in India. It is available for immediate purchase for a price of about 70US$ approximately. The maximum retail price for the product is about 99US$.
Telltale publishers are now reportedly considering on bringing the game "7 days to die" on latest-generation consoles the PS4 from sony and the Xbox One from Microsoft, according to reports. Massively popular in the Steam Community, this is one of the best loved post-apocalypse gmes in the store right now.
Legend of Zelda, the game which has kept everyone on their toes now is simply debatable. According to a report, the game will now be coming to both of Japanese developers Wii U and their latest upcoming console the NX systems. Now this rumour will never end due to the fact that this is one of the most anticipated games for the year for both these consoles. Now that Nintendo have provided developers with developing kits to all of them interested to develop their games for the new console, this might be real after all.
It was all good while it lasted! Being a Nexus user since 4 years now, I gotta admit that even though I miss external features like customizations like app replacements according to alphabetic orders or even some other minor stuff, the Nexus 5 was a solid phone which lasted me good two years!
Google along with LG announced their new flagship for 2013 with the "Hammerhead" which is Nexus 5 for the normal consumer. It was the best nexus phone produced till then. With over 3 million units sold in less than half-a year, it dominated the consumer budget-friendly mobile market back then.
Chinese mobile manufacturer Xiaomi have come out with another screamer with announcing their new flagship the "Mi 5". Came out in February, most of the countries have already received it. It comes with a size of about 5.6 inches in size. Weighing around 130 grams, teh screen in the front is secured b y scrtach proof Corning gorilla glass 4. The phone comes with a dual-sim slot both being nano-sim structures.
New years result in new devices. But what excites the consumer market the most? It's the flagships! Different manufacturers, different flagships, different pricing, different sizes. Ok, enough difference! Now again, this is a never ending battle. It goes on years down the lane and keeps going way into the future too. Smartphones, however different and new, the presumer simply can't get enough of these. That's why let's take a comparison at two flagships for this year. One from the presumer side with the Samsung galaxy S7 and one from the budget-intended normal consumer side the Mi 5 from Xiaomi.
A US court have now ordered Apple to crack an iPhone in another case in the name of fighting crime. Apple still are firm on their decision. A US magistrate court in Massachusetts has signed a court order demanding Apple to retrive content in the form of text messages, pictures along with other data from their cloud servers uploaded through the culprit's iPhone last year to help police investigate suspected gang crimes according to a document uploaded online by the ACLU.
HTC announced their virtual reality gear. It costs a whopping 800$ making the most expensive virtual reality kit ever with even Oculus’ own hardware costing about half of the Taiwanese firm’s hardware. You can use it to physically explore new worlds rather than merely look around them with only a limited environment available right now. Virtual reality is actually worthy of all the praise it has received. The setup of the Vive however might be a bit frustrating though it’s actually worth the headache.
