VLC for windows phone is definitely in the making and would be released once the Windows Phone 8.1 is released to the public. For those who do not know VLC is a very popular open source client for windows and Mac OS X and is very popular for playing all sorts of formats.
EE Kestrel Smartphone Specs, Free With £13.99 4G handset plan
EE a UK network provider has launched its first branded android phone in UK. It claims that it is the cheapest handset with 4G plan. For GBP 14 / month for 24 months, you will be getting 500 minutes of talktime, unlimited text messages, 500MB of 4G data and a free EE Kestrel.
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Android 4.4 KitKat Available on HTC One in UK
HTC has started rolling out Android 4.4 KitKat update to the HTC One and One Max phones. The company pulled the update for the HTC One last month due to issues. The same Android 4.4 update rolled out for Samsung galaxy s4 and Note 3 couple of weeks back in UK.
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Ray-Ban, Oakley To Make Glass eyewear
Luxottica Group, the company behind Ray-Ban and Oakley sunglass brands has partnered with Google to make connected eyewear similar to Google Glass. This is a massive milestone for Glass program that been exclusive to members of Explorer program and have paid USD 1500 for the eyewear.
Most probably the Ray-Ban and Oakley will add style to the technology and make it more friendly to the consumers. Also this way the search engine giant will have access to Luxottica’s 5,000 retail locations to distribute the new eyewear.
White Microsoft Xbox One On Sale on Ebay by Microsoft Employees
Microsoft gave white Xbox One to its employees when it launched the console but some of them are already selling on it on Ebay. The Redmond giant will only be selling black variant to the normal public. Only ten units of this employee-exclusive Xbox One are available on Ebay.
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Samsung To Launch Galaxy S5 in India later this month
Samsung is holding a press conference in India on March 27 2014 and the company will be announcing the Galaxy S5 on that very date.
Sammy has already started taking pre orders for their flagship phone and it will be hitting the retail shelves on 11th of April, which is next month. There is no information on how much it will cost and whether it will come with Exynos or Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 CPU like the one being sold in US and Europe.
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Xiaomi Redmi Note Specs Price
Xiaomi Redmi Note has been launched in China which is basically a Chinese version of Lenovo S898T. Specifications include a 5.3 inch display with a resolution of 1280×720 pixel resolution, a MediaTek 8-core processor clocked at 1.4 GHz backed by 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB of internal flash storage that is expandable through micro SD card. All this for USD 129 but there is another model that goes for $159 which gives you 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB for storage.
Interestingly Lenovo also sells S898T for $126 in China which is same as Xiaomi Redmi Note. Xiaomi has equipped it with a 3200 mAh battery and at 7.9mm, it is relatively thin and also made very compact by design. So far, only one TD-SCDMA model China is planned.
So even if you import one into your country it would not work as it has Chinese GSM bands.
LG G-Flex Bags Red Dot Award
LG Electronics has received a red dot award for its G-Flex, a vertically curved smartphone to match the contour of the human face. The phone had previously earned praise as a Gold Winner in the 2014 iF Design Awards.
This year’s Red Dot results confirm our commitment to design across all product categories,” said Dr. Scott Ahn, LG’s Chief Technology Officer. “We’re especially proud of our performance this year, surpassing last year’s performance of 27 awards which including a ‘Best of the Best’ for our Curved OLED TV.
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Twitter Music is dead officially
Twitter has made it official that its Twitter Music app for Apple iOS devices will no longer available for download starting from today. The application was launched in April 2013 and it looked at the people you were following on Twitter and based recommendations off them, serving up a perfect mix of tunes to you.
Samsung Galaxy S5 Experience App lures you to buy the phone
If you are one of those interested users who want to see what Samsung Galaxy S5 has to offer, the company has released a Galaxy S5 Experience app that teases all the new features of the handset on any Android phone out there. This is something Samsung has done with a few devices as of late and the company is doing the same with the S5.
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