Today in London Nokia announced their new Lumia 925 Windows 8 Smartphone and we were on hand to get a look at it.
In the 15 minute video we get to take a closer look at the Lumia 925 and also see a number of the new features in action:
What do you think of the Nokia Lumia 925? Let is know by leaving a comment below.
BlackBerry has unveiled its latest smartphone – the BlackBerry Q5. The device, previously rumoured as the R10, runs the new BlackBerry 10 operating system and is aimed at emerging markets.
It will be released in parts of Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America in July and is expected to be cheaper than the Q10 and Z10 announced in January.
The company didn’t announce pricing or detailed specs at the BlackBerry Live conference in Orlando, but revealed that the phone will come in black, white, red and pink.
Phones 4U has already confirmed that it will carry the Q5, which features a physical Qwerty keyboard and a 3.1-inch touchscreen.
Thorsten Heins, President and CEO of BlackBerry, said: “The BlackBerry Q5 gives you the best of everything with its cutting-edge BlackBerry 10 functionality and a physical QWERTY keyboard.
“We understand the importance of having devices to suit all markets and needs. It’s a sleek, slim high-performance device.”
Today at the JP Morgan Technology, Media & Telecom Conference in Boston, Tami Reller shared with the audience that the update previously referred to as “Windows Blue” will be called Windows 8.1 and will be a free update to Windows 8 for consumers through the Windows Store.
During her remarks today, Tami reiterated our goal of delivering continual updates to create a richer experience for Windows customers. Windows 8.1 is part of that and continues the journey we first began with Windows 8 last fall. Windows 8.1 will help us to deliver the next generation of PCs and tablets with our OEM partners and to deliver the experiences customers— both consumers and businesses alike —need and will just expect moving forward.
Today, there are more devices – and choice – allowing you to pick the right Windows 8 device that meets your needs. Windows 8 provides a great experience for consuming and creating content, for both work and play and on the go. And you’ll immediately benefit from continual updates – whether it’s from app updates through the Windows Store, performance updates through Windows Update or the Windows 8.1 update later this year.
Microsoft also said:
We have much more to share about Windows 8.1 in the coming weeks. We will also be making a public preview of Windows 8.1 available starting on June 26, timed with the Build developer conference in San Francisco. The preview will be available for Windows 8 and Windows RT.
What do you think about Windows 8.1? Let us know by leaving a comment below.
Bethesda today released a number of new screenshots for their forthcoming game Wolfenstein: The New Order.
The year is 1960 and the Nazi’s have won World War II. War hero B.J. Blazkowicz must launch an impossible counter-offensive against the monstrous Nazi regime that has conquered the globe.
Intense, cinematic and rendered in stunning detail with id Software’s id Tech 5 engine, Wolfenstein sends players across Europe on a mission to bring down the Nazi war machine. Infiltrate their most heavily guarded facilities, battle high-tech Nazi legions, and take control of super-weapons that have conquered the earth – and beyond
Currently under development at MachineGames, Wolfenstein: The New Order is an action-adventure shooter that reignites the franchise widely recognized for pioneering the genre. Wolfenstein: The New Order is scheduled for release in Q4 2013 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, and next generation consoles.
Here are the rest of the new screenshots:
What do you think of the game? Let us know by leaving a comment below.
Today, Ubisoft allows Rayman fans to discover another world of the game Rayman Legends thanks to a new trailer. After the Mariachi Madness video that presented the musical map of the “Fiesta de los Muertos” world, Ubisoft reiterates by unveiling the “20 000 Lums under the Sea” world. As its name indicates, this part of the game takes place under water. In this Ocean world, players face brand new enemies and can manipulate light and dark using gameplay mechanics based on stealth and infiltration.
Here is the new Ocean World level trailer:
Rayman Legends will be available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii U on August 30th in the United Kingdom. Fans who pre-order from GAME will receive exclusive content imagined by the Ubisoft Montpellier team, consisting of character special skins based on other Ubisoft popular franchises:
For Nintendo Wii U, Barbara is dressed in Aveline De Grandpré, the first legendary female Assassin from Assassin’s Creed III Liberation
For PlayStation 3, Rayman is dressed in Edward Kenway, the new hero of Assassin’s Creed Black Flag
For Xbox 360, Rayman is dressed in Sam Fisher, the famous spy agent of Splinter Cell Blacklist.
Rayman Legends retains the fantasy appeal of its predecessor while adding a multitude of clever and entertaining gaming modes, new characters, new environments and a new soundtrack. The award-winning team of artists, designers and composers from Origins has also returned with an advanced UbiArt engine to include multi-dimension gameplay elements, an improved lighting system and updated game rendering that elevate Rayman’s graphics to the next level.
For more information on Rayman Legends, please visit: www.raymanlegends.com
NVIDIA have announced that their portable gaming device called SHIELD will start pre-orders in the US from May 20th.
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A console-grade controller. A high-definition, 720p HD retinal display. The rich graphics and blazing performance of Tegra 4 – the world’s fastest mobile processor.
These pieces, put together by a company full of gaming fanatics, add up to an amazing new open platform gaming portable. It’s the best way to play Android games. And because it’s an Android device, it works with both Tegra-optimized and regular Android games – as well as Android apps.
Project SHIELD is now, officially, SHIELD. The price is $349. Newegg, GameStop, Micro Center and Canada Computers will all carry SHIELD. It ships in June.
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SHIELD is a new kind of portable.
Pre-order will go live on May 20th for the general public on shield.nvidia.com. Fans who have signed up to receive SHIELD updates by clicking “Notify Me” on the SHIELD website will have an exclusive opportunity to pre-order starting today.
If you’re an Android gamer, this will fit into your life the moment you open the box.
SHIELD is the one device that taps into the planet’s largest ecosystem of games — spanning NVIDIA TegraZone, Google Play and Steam. Rediscover your Android games with the mobility, control and performance of SHIELD. Connect to your Google Play account to enjoy your favorite movies, music and apps.
And GeForce game streaming, launching as a beta feature, will give SHIELD the power to access your NVIDIA GeForce GTX GPU-powered computer from the comfort of your couch. We’re working on streaming your favorite PC games to SHIELD, including great titles from Steam.
Here’s what you’ll get:
Here is a short video of SHIELD in action that I took at CES back in January:
What do you think of Project SHIELD? Let us know by leaving a comment below.
Just announced that BlackBerry is being its BBM messenger platform is going multi-platform. It will be released for Android and iOS as a free app this summer. BBM will support iOS hardware running iOS 6 and above; the Android version will be compatible with version 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and above.
In the first version of multi-platform BBM, iOS and Android users are expected to be able to experience the following BBM features:
Amazon has launched its virtual currency Amazon Coins in the US. The company has given all registered Kindle Fire users 500 free coins – worth $5 – to buy games, apps and in-app purchases.
Amazon said it has added “tens of millions of dollars” in Amazon Coins to the accounts of eligible Kindle Fire customers, who will be sent an email notification.
Customers will receive a discount if they buy the currency – which was teased by Amazon back in February – in bulk.
The retailer hopes Coins will attract app developers to its platform and increase revenues in that area.
“We will continue to add more ways to earn and spend Coins on a wider range of content and activities – today is Day One for Coins,” Mike George, VP of games and apps at Amazon, said in a statement.
The Pre-E3 show was confirmed via the official Konami twitter account who revealed that you’ll be able to catch the show via Xbox LIVE and the Konami events site.
WWE 14 will be released in October, Take-Two has announced. Speaking at a recent end of year financial call, a Take-Two representative told investors that the upcoming wrestling title would launch on 29th October.
The game will reportedly combine the “studio’s signature gameplay with 2K’s commitment to authenticity” (via IGN).
It is likely that a European release will take place on Friday, 1st November, or Friday, 25th October.
2K Games, which is a subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive, entered a multi-year video game publishing deal with WWE earlier this year.
The WWE video games will continue to be developed by Japanese studio Yuke’s, who have been working with the WWE since the first Smackdown game in 2000.
Rumours of a 2K/Take-Two acquisition emerged in the aftermath of THQ’s assets auction, although development of future WWE titles was originally expected to go to 2K Sports.
Today Nokia introduced the Nokia Lumia 925, a new interpretation of its award-winning flagship, the Nokia Lumia 920. The Nokia Lumia 925 introduces a metal design and showcases the latest PureView camera innovation, new features and third-party applications coming to the Nokia Lumia range.
The Nokia Lumia 925 includes the most advanced lens technology and next generation imaging software to capture clearer, sharper pictures and video, including the best low light images. The Nokia Lumia 925 also introduces the new Nokia Smart Camera mode, coming as an update to all Lumia Windows Phone 8 smartphones. Nokia Smart Camera offers an easy way to capture ten images at once and edit the pictures with options like Best Shot, Action Shot, and Motion Focus for creating the perfect high quality image.
Nokia also announced Hipstamatic’s new app, Oggl, will arrive on Nokia Lumia smartphones, allowing people to take and share high quality pictures with like-minded creatives and photography enthusiasts from around the world. In addition to sharing photos on Oggl, users can simultaneously share photos on social networks including Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, Tumblr, Flickr and Instagram.
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“We keep innovating,” said Jo Harlow, executive vice president of Nokia Smart Devices. “We’re advancing experiences on the Nokia Lumia portfolio whether that means great new benefits for an existing Lumia owner, or bringing new showcase devices like the Nokia Lumia 925.”
The Nokia Lumia 925 introduces metal for the first time to the Nokia Lumia range, bringing appeal and unique benefits like increased robustness. The polycarbonate back comes in white, grey or black. A wireless charging cover can be clipped onto the back of the phone to take advantage of Nokia’s extensive wireless charging accessories and ecosystem. Covers, sold separately, come in white, black, yellow, and red.
Leading Nokia services, such as the HERE suite of integrated location and navigation services and Nokia Music for unlimited streaming of free music playlists, add to the great proposition offered by Nokia’s latest smartphone.
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How to do Action Shots on the Lumia 925
The Nokia Lumia 925 is being introduced into Europe with Vodafone, along with other operator and retail partners. Patrick Chomet, group director of Terminals at Vodafone said: “The new Nokia Lumia 925 is a sleek and sophisticated smartphone delivering great performance and outstanding imaging. We look forward to offering the Nokia Lumia 925 across our markets on Vodafone Red, as well as other tariffs, enabling customers to make the most of their new smartphone on Vodafone’s fast and reliable network. Vodafone customers will also have exclusive access to a 32GB version of the Nokia Lumia 925, giving them even more capacity to store all their content for personal and business use.”
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How to do Changing Faces on the Nokia Lumia 925
Terry Myerson, corporate vice president, Microsoft Windows Phone Division, added: “Together with Nokia, we continue to change the way people think about smartphone cameras. The work Nokia has done with the Lumia 925 further enhances the imaging capabilities of the Lumia smartphones.”
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In addition to Europe, the Nokia Lumia 925 will be introduced into the US by T-Mobile and into China by China Mobile and China Unicom. Sales are expected to start in the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain and China in June, followed by the US and a number of other markets. The Nokia Lumia 925 will be priced around 469 EUR before taxes and subsidies. Country-specific pricing and availability will be announced locally.
O2 to exclusively sell white Nokia Lumia 925
O2 is proud to announce the Nokia Lumia 925, Nokia’s brand new flagship device, is coming to O2 on Thursday 13th June. Available to pre-order from Thursday 30 May, O2 will be the only place at launch to get the Lumia 925 in white. The Lumia 925 will go on sale on O2’s new O2 Refresh tariffs and is the first Nokia phone without a charger as part of O2’s ‘Chargers out of the Box’ environmental initiative.
Vodaphone Gets Exclusively on 32GB Model
In the UK, Vodaphone announced on stage that they’d start carrying a 32GB version of the handset exclusively next month.
Three UK
Also Three in the UK has confirmed that it will be carry the new Nokia Lumia 925.
Smart Camera
The Nokia Lumia 925 runs Windows Phone 8 and features the most advanced lens technology and next generation imaging software to capture clearer, sharper pictures and video, including the best low light images. The Nokia Lumia 925 also introduces the new Nokia Smart Camera mode, coming as an update to all Lumia Windows Phone 8 smartphones. Nokia Smart Camera offers an easy way to capture ten images at once and edit the pictures with options like Best Shot, Action Shot, and Motion Focus for creating the perfect high quality image.
Pictures taken with Smart Camera on the Nokia Lumia 925
Nokia Lumia Specs
Operating System: Windows Phone 8
Networks: GSM 850(5), 900(8), 1800(3), 1900(2), WCDMA, 2100(1), 1900(2), 850(5), 900(8), LTE 2100(1), 1800(3), 2600(7), 900(8), 800(20)
Speed: HSPA+: DL Cat24, dual carrier 42.1 Mbps/UL Cat6, 5,76Mbps
HERE location and mapping services: Free global HERE Maps and HERE Drive+;Free HERE Transit available in the Store
Memory: 1GB RAM, 16 GB internal user memory; 7 GB SkyDrive cloud storage
Display: 4.5″ AMOLED WXGA (1280×768), 2.25 D sculpted Gorilla 2 Glass, PureMotion HD+, ClearBlack, High Brightness Mode, Sunlight readability, Super sensitive touch for glove and nail usage
Processor: 1.5 GHz dual-core Snapdragon
Camera: PureView 8.7 MP with Optical Image Stabilization (OIS), Autofocus, short pulse high power dual LED flash, most advanced lens technology, 1080p HD video at 30fps with OIS. Includes Nokia Smart Camera mode. Secondary camera: HD 1.2MP wide angle
Size: 129 x 70.6 x 8.5* mm (*volumetric). Weight: 139g
Connectivity: USB 2.0, BT 3.0, NFC with SIM based security, WLAN a/b/g/n, A-GPS and Glonass, 3.5mm audio connector
Battery: 2000 mAh battery, Wireless charging supported via accessory cover
Audio: -IHF speaker, 2 microphones, HD voice compliant, 3.5mm AV connector
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Twitch, the world’s leading video platform and community for gamers, and Turtle Beach, leading audio brand in games, today announce an exclusive partnership to showcase their collaborative efforts in gaming and broadcast audio. The multi-faceted partnership includes the integration of Turtle Beach products across Twitch’s dedicated eSports and gaming events.
Online gaming video viewership has exploded over the last year with viewership rivalling cable television viewership. Twitch attracts more than 30 million gamers who gather and share their video game experiences. Twitch users spend an average of 90 minutes a day interacting with other gamers and watching player video footage. Twitch also supports over 600,000 active broadcasters every month.
“Turtle Beach makes the best-in-class quality, tournament-grade audio equipment in the industry. The new XP SEVEN is a huge leap forward for audiophiles everywhere. We’re proud to have them as our official audio partner,” said Emmett Shear, CEO of Twitch. “With the innovative features available in Turtle Beach’s audio gear, anyone in the Twitch community will be able to easily broadcast their games and audio commentary with professional quality results.”
Turtle Beach’s Ear Force XP SEVEN and Z SEVEN gaming headsets and TM1 multi-channel tournament mixer, developed in collaboration with Major League Gaming, are designed to meet the demanding audio needs of gamers and will be used by Twitch for broadcasting at leading eSports and video game events. Turtle Beach will also feature Twitch broadcasts on its website so that its community can participate and engage with the global eSports and gaming community via events such as the MLG Pro Circuit, Call of Duty® Championships, PAX Prime, Entertainment Electronics Expo (E3), Gamescom, DreamHack Summer, DreamHack Winter and many others.
“We’re excited to partner with Twitch and provide them with our advanced tournament and broadcast products for their eSports and gaming events,” said Bob Picunko, Chief Marketing Officer of Turtle Beach. “Our latest generation of audio products, including the XP SEVEN, is designed for versatility so gamers can use the same premium headset for broadcasting video game footage, talking on a mobile phone or watching a movie on a tablet.”
Both the XP SEVEN and Z SEVEN allow gamers to instantaneously change the mix of game, chat and microphone audio levels. The TM1 tournament mixer is a 6-channel audio mixer that enables crystal clear communication for up to six players on the same team, or two teams of up to three players each. It also offers several distinctive input and output options, including a broadcast feed, coach’s input, analog noise gate to cancel out crowd noise and a microphone volume setting to accommodate the sensitivity of any mic paired with the mixer.
ABOUT TURTLE BEACH
Turtle Beach (http://www.turtlebeach.com) designs and markets premium audio peripherals for video game, personal computer, and mobile platforms, including its acclaimed line of Ear Force gaming headphones and headsets crafted for Xbox 360 and PS3 game consoles and PC games. Turtle Beach’s limited edition, Ear Force Tango wireless headset was recognized as an honoree by the 2013 International CES Innovations Awards. According to the NPD Group, Turtle Beach manufactures the top five best-selling third-party gaming headsets of all time when ranked in dollar sales. The Ear Force X12 wired headset is the No. 1 best-selling third-party gaming headset of all time.
Turtle Beach, headquartered in Valhalla, New York, is a brand of Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc., which has been at the forefront of music and audio technology for more than three decades and is recognized as a pioneer of today’s PC audio industry.
Turtle Beach and Ear Force are registered trademarks of Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective holders and are hereby acknowledged.
ABOUT TWITCH
Twitch is the world’s leading video platform and community for gamers. More than 30 million gamers gather every month on Twitch to broadcast, watch and chat about gaming. Twitch’s video platform is the backbone of both live and on-demand distribution for leading video game broadcasters including casual gamers, pro players, tournaments, leagues, developers and gaming media organizations. Twitch is leading a revolution in the gaming community, working to create a participatory experience that transcends gameplay. Learn more at http://twitch.tv.
Today is the 37th anniversary of the classic game Breakout and Google are celebrating it in their usual way with something a little different.
Go to Google and type Atari Breakout, then click on images to play Image Breakout.
Happy Birthday Breakout!
Facebook for iOS has been updated to version 6.1.1.
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• Photo viewer button lets you save, share or make profile picture
• Improved places editing when checking in on iPhone
• Events load faster on iPhone
