If you’re a fan of the Final Fantasy franchise and happen to own an Android smartphone (Gingerbread 2.3.3 and above) then you can now get the 1991 Final Fantasy IV straight off Google Play.
There’s a catch, however, as the game developer has decided to ask premium for the game and you’d need to pay $15.99 or ￡10.99.
The game features various levels of difficulty, a new mapping feature, voice acting, character changes, etc. Here’s a promo video for good measure.
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Continuing their tradition to offer free apps and games, the Samsung App store has not one but two games this time to give away. The first one is the popular Dead Space, a futuristic survival horror game, which recently arrived on the Android Market. The game is otherwise sold for $6.99 but you can have it for free on the Samsung App store.
Another free game is Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus, a war-based shooter, which is currently being sold at a discount for $0.99 on the Android Market but for Samsung smartphone owners it is completely free.
If you’re into gaming and have a Samsung Android smartphone, then go to the Samsung App store right now to see if the games are available for free in your region.
Thanks, Moser.
Love it or hate it, the Apple iPad is on track to becoming the next great market success by the Cupertino-based company. It took the controversial tablet only 28 days to reach the 1 million sales mark and gives Apple the chance to pat themselves on the back.
The sales were no doubt boosted by the release of the 3G enabled version of the slate that was already shipped to the most eager customers. Apple have mentioned before they might slice a few hundred bucks off the iPad price if the sales didn’t start too well, but I guess that’s not going to happen now.
However the iBooks downloads aren’t going as well and there are only 1.5 million downloads at this point. That averages 1.5 books a user and it’s not too wild of guess that everyone downloaded at least one just to check it out. It’s not like we didn’t see that coming.
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Have you ever wondered what would it be to have a touchscreen device that you don’t even need to touch. The concpet sound weird when I put it that way, I know. In reality it could feel quite natural. A touchscreen manufacturer Cypress are working on just that – their latest invention is a touchscreen module with hover support.
Cypress have manufactured the touchscreens on Palm Pre and Samsung Omnia HD. The manufacturer now has similar modules that add the extra hover detection – they expect these modules to enter mass production some time in Q2 this year.
Here is a demonstration video of the new technology:
So it will be possible to interact with your screen without touching it. Cypress will also present a passive stylus working on that kind of displays.
All this may sound a bit sci-fi right now but it’s really working.
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The Asus Fonepad raised a lot of eyebrows when it was announced – a 7″ tablet with phone aspirations, which was too underpowered to gain major traction. Yet the company seems undeterred as it today announced the Asus Fonepad Note, a 6″ phablet.
Just like the original Fonepad, this is an Intel-powered Android device but the specs are a lot more alluring.
The 6″ Super IPS+ screen has 1080p resolution for a big increase in pixel density- 367ppi vs. 216ppi for the 7″ WXGA screen of the tablet. The screen is rated at 450nits of brightness and works with an S Pen-like stylus and dedicated Asus apps.
The a more powerful chipset was used too – the Intel Atom Z2560 (Clover Trail+), which has two Atom Saltwell cores at 1.6GHz with HyperThreading and 2GB of RAM, plus a PowerVR SGX544 MP2 GPU clocked at 400MHz.
The Asus Fonepad Note packs an 8MP main camera and 1.2MP front-facing camera. There are front-facing stereo-speakers, reminiscent of the HTC One speakers. The speakers use Asus’ proprietary SonicMaster tech for high-quality sound.
On the connectivity side, there’s full 3G voice and data with fast DC-HSPA for up to 42Mbps downlink speeds.
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Google Maps just added support for the Nintendo Entertainment System, people. And yes, that’s the same 8-bit gaming console, which is soon going to celebrate its thirtieth birthday.
Of course, it is an April Fool’s prank, brought our way by Google. Up until midnight tomorrow, we will be able to enjoy Google’s popular service in a memory causing fashion. Just be prepared to see the occasional “Your system may not meet the requirements for 8-bit computations” message.
Naturally, Google has prepared a video, celebrating the launch of the new service, which is quite hilarious. See it below.
You may enjoy the new twist on Google Maps by clicking here. As always, feel free to drop us a line with your impressions below.
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Australia’s Consumer and Competition Commission has fined Apple $2.25 million AUD, plus legal fees, for advertising misleading 4G capabilities on the new iPad.
The device is rated to work only on the 700Mhz and 2100Mhz 4G bands, which are currently not supported in Australia.
It looks like somebody didn’t do their homework, and the slight error by Apple’s marketing department will end up costing them a pretty penny, as the proposed ACCC and Apple settlement is set to be reviewed by a judge next week.
Local provider Optus have tested 4G on the 700Mhz network, however, they will not have access to it until 2015, so Apple is toast.
Thanks, Feila!
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