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First look at Real Boxing demo on NVIDIA’s Project Shield Posted: 08 Feb 2013 10:48 PM PST NVIDIA has been doing a great job of hyping up their Tegra 4 powered Project Shield lately, showing us all kinds of things the little device can do. We’ve seen it plow the most demanding Android games without breaking a sweat, but what about a game that’s designed to fully take advantage of that powerful hardware and the convenient controller layout? Vivid Games is stepping in with their Real Boxing title to show us how to do Project Shield gaming right. It’s a unique boxing/RPG hybrid that’s finely tuned to the hardware in Project Shield, and provides incredible graphics and controls on top of fantastic gameplay. The Tegra 4 under the hood here has no problems running this game at a full 60 FPS with the high resolution textures and poly counts and fluid animations you’d expect from your bigger console and PC games. The real draw here, though, is how well the controller is mapped to the game. The Project Shield design lets this play just like a higher end title. Interested yet? You should be. Hit the break below to check out NVIDIA’s demo of the gameplay. I can’t wait to get my hands on one of these. Click here to view the embedded video. source: NVIDIA Come comment on this article: First look at Real Boxing demo on NVIDIA’s Project Shield Visit TalkAndroid for Android news, Android guides, and much more!

LG to launch Optimus G Pro later this month to beat the Galaxy S IV to market Posted: 08 Feb 2013 07:57 PM PST We’ve seen some pretty interesting details about LG’s new powerhouse phablet, the Optimus G Pro, that was announced last month. First we heard that LG was going to announce the bigger, 5.5 inch version of the phablet alongside a handful of other devices at MWC, but now we’re hearing rumors that LG might try to get the Optimus G Pro pushed out by the end of the month to try to beat Samsung’s highly anticipated Galaxy S IV to market, and hopefully snatch up a few sales before the S IV potentially steals LG’s thunder. I think this is a pretty great move on LG’s part. The Optimus G Pro packs some serious horsepower, including a full-HD screen and a bigger battery than the Galaxy Note 2. By launching before Samsung has a chance to sweep the market, it’ll get some early buyers and possibly sway enough people to stick with LG phones over Samsung phones. Can’t wait to see how this one’s going to play out. source: KBench Come comment on this article: LG to launch Optimus G Pro later this month to beat the Galaxy S IV to market Visit TalkAndroid for Android news, Android guides, and much more!

Seems Like LG Will Be Announcing 4 New Phones At MWC This Year Posted: 08 Feb 2013 04:29 PM PST LG sent invites to their press event during Mobile World Congress, and if there is anything we can take from this it’s that LG has more to offer than just the Nexus 4. You can clearly see the giant 4 to the left of the invitation which indicates, if anything, that there will be 4 new devices from LG at this years Mobile World Congress. While there have been many rumors surrounding what devices may be shown, many sources have been pointing to two main ones. The first of these rumors is the possibility of a new device line being dubbed the “F” series which many speculate to be a line of 4G-LTE  capable devices that are set to be in the “affordable” price range for consumers. The second half of this rumor is the possible refresher (upgrades) to the current “L Series”  line of devices that were shown at the last year’s MWC. Possible upgrades may include a faster processor or maybe a bigger battery. The second rumor is that of the 5.5 inch Full HD Optimus G Pro. This behemoth looks to be LG’s answer to Samsung’s widely popular Galaxy Note II. Boasting both a slightly bigger battery (3140 mAh), a 1.7 GHz Quad-Core Processor, 2 GB of RAM and a 13-Megapixel camera this device might be a true competitor. Below is the leaked image we showed you the other day. So if you find yourself at this years Mobile World Congress on February 25th around 8 AM do check out LG’s Event as it is sure to be news worthy. For everyone else in the states check back here for more up to date info about the LG’s event. Source: DigitalTrends Come comment on this article: Seems Like LG Will Be Announcing 4 New Phones At MWC This Year Visit TalkAndroid for Android news, Android guides, and much more!

[Deal] T-Mobile offers the Nexus 4 for $49 for a limited time Posted: 08 Feb 2013 03:43 PM PST   If you’re gushing over Google’s latest flagship phone, the Nexus 4, then boy do we have some news for you. For a limited time, T-Mobile is offering the Nexus 4 16GB model for $49 after a mail-in rebate and a new two-year contract. This is by far one of the best deals available for the Nexus 4 considering Google sells the same device contract free from the Google Play store for $349. That’s a $300 discount. Keep in mind that this deal is meant to attract individuals coming to T-Mobile for the first time and not so much those looking to upgrade. This deal lasts through February 18th, 2013 and is available as a web-only offer so head on over to T-Mobile and take advantage of this once in a lifetime deal. Source: T-Mobile Via: Tmonews Come comment on this article: [Deal] T-Mobile offers the Nexus 4 for $49 for a limited time Visit TalkAndroid for Android news, Android guides, and much more!

45 Bucks To Get Your S-OFF For The HTC Droid DNA Posted: 08 Feb 2013 01:44 PM PST The guys over at Mobile Tech Videos have a service that will grant you S-OFF status for the HTC Droid DNA. S-OFF is required to write to certain partitions on the device and achieve true-root privileges. The S-OFF granting service is similar to the process, called JTAG, they use to unbrick phones. It’s $45 bucks plus shipping and you’ll have to do without your phone for a few days. Check out the video below of the not-so-simple process. Click here to view the embedded video. Via: Droid Life Source: Mobile Tech Videos Come comment on this article: 45 Bucks To Get Your S-OFF For The HTC Droid DNA Visit TalkAndroid for Android news, Android guides, and much more!