Sony’s Xperia T now on sale in the UK, France, and Germany

If you’re smitten by the Xperia T – perhaps after seeing that unboxing video that we just posted – and can’t wait to buy it, it looks like several stores are selling Sony’s latest flagship model early. Those in the UK, France, and Germany can get their wallet out now.

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Dual SIM Acer Z110 spotted online, to hit Europe and Asia with ICS for just €100

In an era when five million people rush out to buy a very pricey iPhone 5 in the phone’s opening weekend, you might start to think that there’s no place left for lower end mobile devices.
However, there are still a couple of Android manufacturers that seem to keep focused on that niche, releasing gadget after gadget and lowering the price bar by the day. One such company is Acer, whose latest low-end effort has been spotted online and could actually break some records in terms of affordability.

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Rumor: HTC phablet might be destined to be the Nexus 5

Following the launch of Google’s Nexus 7, the rumor mill almost immediately began spilling reports about a bigger version of the Jelly Bean tablet, specifically a 10-inch model that’d be known as the Nexus 10. Although that rumor is yet to be substantiated, we’re now hearing reports of an upcoming Nexus 5 device.

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Gameloft teases Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour, to hit Android this fall

Video game developer Gameloft has its fans and its haters, but if it’s one thing we Android gamers all like about the French company is its dedication to franchises and punctuality in releasing sequels.
The Modern Combat series of first-person shooters didn’t have the best of starts with the visually impressive, but rather glitchy Sandstorm from 2009, but despite that Gameloft stubbornly came back with a sequel in 2010 and a third game in 2011.

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ASTRO File Manager / Browser 4.0.420

Jelly Bean & Ice Cream Sandwich users: Brand New ASTRO v4.0 with a new interface, user experience and features including cloud integration’s.
- Side swipe to get to different locations fast
- Manage files on Google Drive & Dropbox from ASTRO
- Search files by type regardless of location
Non-Jelly Bean Users: we will be rolling v4 to you over the next few weeks.

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Facebook Messenger 2.0.2-release

- Swipe left anywhere in the app to quickly see who’s available and send a message
- Add friends you message most to the top of your Favorites
- Try texting with Messenger (currently only available on some phones)
- New design for conversations
- Improved speed and reliability
- Bug fixes

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EZ Launcher 0.5.0

-v0.5.0 beta
#Improve genius algorithm
#Update calendar widget
-v0.4.9 beta
#Fix hidden app come out bug

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15 Samsung phones and tablets to get Jelly Bean at some point, Galaxy Tab 10.1 will miss out

Despite getting to as slow of a start as pretty much anyone else, Samsung seems to at least want to speed up its Jelly Bean updating process. The latest and greatest Android version is being rolled out to the international Galaxy S3 as we speak, but an additional 15 Sammy phones and tablets will be getting the same update at some point.

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Linux and cars combine for an awesome futuristic combo

Marty Mcfly was supposed to have gone to the year 2012 and seen flying cars. It’s 2012, and we’re just now talking about an open-source OS running the apps in our GPS-signal locked driverless vehicles. Does something smell bad here or is it just me?

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German court sides with Samsung, Motorola in Apple’s “touch event” patent case

Ludicrous as Apple’s claim to patents as generic as rounded corners may be, it does seem that not all courts of law are convinced that Apple owns everything. A German court has recently ruled in favor of Samsung and Motorola in Apple’s patent infringement lawsuit on the “touch event model.” In essence, the court agreed that Samsung and Motorola do not infringe on Apple’s patents on how the mobile operating system responds to — or ignores — single touch inputs by the user.

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