A couple days ago, Rovio thanked fans for slingshotting Angry Birds past 1 billion downloads with a short video that teased a possible new game. Today, Rovio has confirmed they will, in fact, be releasing a new game entitled Amazing Alex. Amazing Alex is expected to launch in “two months’ time,” and confirms previous rumors that the game would be based on the Casey’s Contraptions game.
Anyone interested in an Android powered mirror? Well, that’s what Japanese company Seraku is working on. Showing off their prototype design at Smartphone and Mobile Expo Japan, Seraku gives us a look at what the bathroom of the future could look like. Using a separate LCD monitor connected to an Android tablet and overlaid with a semitransparent piece of reflective glass, Seraku shows off the different use case scenarios for an Android-powered mirror.
ASUS continues to lead the pack when it comes to updating their products to the latest version of Android. While everyone else drags their feet, ASUS is updating devices like the Eee Pad Slider — which we can’t imagine is a top seller. Nevertheless, they began pushing out the Android 4.0 update to Slider owners in the U.S. today, and continue to put other manufacturers and their empty promises to shame.
International Galaxy Note users are being treated to Android 4.0 along with the new Premium Suite for the Galaxy Note. The update is rolling out to unlocked devices in the form of an over-the-air update in some areas and via Samsung’s Kies software in Germany.
Having Verizon as your carrier can have certain drawbacks when it comes to your wallet, but it sure is hard to argue about it when they’re rolling out 4G LTE Like A Baus! Verizon has announced its next bombardment of 4G LTE rollouts and it comes just in time for summer. Verizon plans on lighting up and expanding its 4G LTE service up and down the East Coast beginning next week. It’s a long list of beach towns and Vermont markets so if you were hoping of taking your work with you to the beach this summer, you should be covered (East Coast that is).
