LG released 5.5-inch flagship LG Optimus G Pro with 1080P screen display and quad-core processor

The LG Optimus G must have impressed you a lot with its wonderful performance. Just not long before, LG announced its next flagship, the LG Optimus G Pro, which has been talked about to be competitive with Galaxy Note 2. The new flagship offers even better configurations for people. The Optimus G Pro could be considered as one of the most advanced smartphones in the market, due to its outstanding hardware and software specs. The 5.5-inch 1080P True HD-IPS+ LCD capacitive touchscreen display no doubt delivers amazing visual effect. If you want to enjoy HD movies on Optimus G Pro, you will certainly get fulfilled. The quad-core Qualcomm APQ8064T Snapdragon 600 chipset with 2GB RAM ensures smooth performing and operating of the phone. Check the below spec sheet to know the detailed configuration of this new flagship.

LG Optimus G Pro specs

* General: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz; UMTS 1900/2100 MHz, HSDPA, HSUPA; LTE, 100Mbps down, 50Mbps up

* Form factor: Touchscreen bar

* Dimensions: 150.2 x 76.1 x 9.4 mm, 160 g

* Display: 5.5" 16M-color FullHD (1080 x 1920 pixels) True HD-IPS+ LCD capacitive touchscreen

* Chipset: Qualcomm APQ8064T Snapdragon 600

* CPU: Quad-core 1.7GHz Krait 300 processor

* GPU: Adreno 320

* RAM: 2GB

* OS: Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean)

* Memory: 32 GB storage, microSD card slot

* Still camera: 13 megapixel auto-focus camera with backlit sensor, face detection and Best faces feature, touch focus and image stabilization, HDR

* Video camera: Full HD (1080p) video recording at 30fps, LED flash, HDR; 2.1MP front facing camera, video-calls, 1080p@30fps; dual video recording

* Connectivity: Dual-band Wi-Fi a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth 4.0, standard microUSB port with MHL features (TV Out, USB host), GPS receiver with A-GPS and GLONASS, 3.5mm audio jack, FM radio, NFC

* Battery: 3140 mAh

* Misc: Optimus UI, Extremely rich video/audio codec support, built-in accelerometer, multi-touch input, proximity sensor, gyroscope sensor, active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Rumored the next Microsoft Xbox – mostly named Xbox 720 would be released on April 26th

When will the next Microsoft Xbox be released? This must have been a big concern since Sony officially unveiled its PS4 last week. There were reports that indicate a June release event of Xbox on the E3 before. But some clues and reports suggested that Microsoft might put the date forward, pointing to early April release. And, just the very recent, Rob Crossley, the editor of CVG, leaked the official release date of Microsoft’s next Xbox via her Twitter account. In her Twitter, she mentioned that “The next Xbox event is scheduled for April 26^th, I’ve been told by someone I trust. Microsoft may change date, obvs, but dirise tentatively.” Taking into account of the previous rumors that Microsoft would make some big moves in April, this new report seems to be great possible.

As for the detailed specs of Xbox 720, there’s no official information. But most rumors give the console the code name "Durango". And according to VGLeaks’ claims, it’s going to be a pretty powerful system as well. If the rumors are true, it will rival the PlayStation 4's innovation of 8 GBs of RAM, making this a very close battle between systems.

Processors:

- CPU: Eight individual CPU cores clocking in at a total of 1.6 GHz.

- GPU: Custom-built D3D11.1 class processor clocking in at 800 MHz.

Storage and Memory:

- 8 (GB) of DDR3 RAM

- 50 GB 6x Blu-ray Disc drive

Other Features:

- Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi Direct

- Image, video, and audio codecs

- Kinect multichannel echo cancellation (MEC) hardware

Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update arrives for Sony Xperia T smartphone in German, Netherland and Saudi Arabia

Sony has started rolling out Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update to its Xperia T in a few countries, just a week after we saw the alpha version surface for developers. The user-friendly 4.1 update however is now here, at least for users in countries like Germany, The Netherlands, Saudi Arabia and others.

The Jelly Bean update bumps up the software version of the Xperia T to 91.A.0.489 and brings improvements in the camera application, lock screen and dialer. You should also expect smoother performance of your device, courtesy of ‘Project Butter’.

Users reported updating via Sony’s PC Companion app, but the update is not yet up for all countries as the UK for example still hasn’t gotten it. It should arrive soon, though.

iOS 6.1 Jailbreak untethered online with jailbreaking tool evasi0n out on Sunday

Apple just announced iOS 6.1 on Monday. By all accounts, customers haven't been shy in applying the update. Only in two days, 22% of Apple iOS device users have updated their devices to the latest version. But on the other hand, the jailbreaking of iOS 6.1 is also not to be outdone. A process for jailbreaking iOS 6.1 was announced for an official release on Sunday, from the new jailbreaking team evad3rs. The team has displayed their new jailbreak tool online. The jailbreak untethered is called evasi0n, which would be compatible with devices running on both iOS 6.0 and iOS 6.1, including iPhone, iPad, iPad mini and iPod touch.

Currently, the website is still showing the project in testing. According to the report, the iOS 6.1 jailbreak would be pushed out on Sunday. People who are interested in this team could stay tuned on the evasi0n website for the latest news. 

Sony officially announced its 10.1-inch full HD Sony Xperia Tablet Z to gain tablet market share after the Xperia Z success in smartphone

Without any doubt, the Sony Xperia Z, which was only announced a few weeks ago, has gained great success for Sony in the smartphone market share. With its ultra-powerful hardware and software configuration, especially its beautiful and unique design, Sony Xperia Z has become a hot smartphone around the world. Now, after the success in smartphone, Sony turns its attention to the tablet market by announcing its latest brand new Sony Xperia Tablet Z.

The slate has a 10.1 inch screen with resolution of 1920 x 1200 and the Mobile BRAVIA Engine 2. The new Sony tablet is powered by a quad-core 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro, which is probably the APQ8064. Without any doubt, it would deliver amazing visual experience for you if you play and watch HD movies on Xperia Tablet Z.

The Sony Xperia Tablet Z offers an 8.1MP camera on back and the Sony S-Force sound is said to bring "a sense of spaciousness". The device supports NFC, has LTE connectivity, a microSD port and comes with Android 4.1 out of the box. Like the Sony Xperia Z, the tablet is both water and dust proof.

Pricing and availability were still not revealed. What was announced was the 6.9mm slim profile of the tablet, which weighs in at 495 grams (17.5 ounces).

iPad mini concept design leaked online with 3.5-inch screen display

Previously, there’ve been reports that Apple would launch low-price iPhone late this year for developing countries and regions like China. Quite recently, the low-priced iPhone design has been leaked online, actually the iPhone mini concept design. These concept design pictures are provided by Martin Hjek. From these leaked pictures, we could see that the low-price iPhone in fact is very similar to the iPhone 5 in appearance design, only with a different 3.5" screen display on the new low-priced iPhone. The following pictures could show you how the new iPhone would look like.

Lenovo announces Windows 8 IdeaPad Yoga 11S with Ivy Bridge processor

Lenovo just announced its new device IdeaPad Yoga 11S laptop. The IdeaPad Yoga 11S looks very similar to Yoga 11, but gets improved a lot in configurations. IdeaPad Yoga 11S runs on the Ivy Bridge processor to greatly improve the laptop performance, while Yoga 11 comes with ARM chipset. Also, in operating system, as this new laptop adopts x86 OS, it features the full Windows 8 OS, but not the Windows 8 RT version on Yoga 11.

Alongside the processor improvement, the screen resolution of Yoga 11S has also been improved greatly to 1600x900 IPS screen, compared to the 1366x768 pixels LCD screen display of Yoga 11. That means the Yoga 11S would no doubt deliver better visual effect for HD movie enjoyment.

Other features of Yoga 11S include: 8GB RAM, 128GB hard disk memory storage, dual-core Intel Core i5 processor. As reported, the Yoga 11S won't be available until sometime in June 2013, starting at $799.