The popular Phase 10 card game is now available on Android (the officially branded one). This card game by Mattel is a variant of rummy which has invaded household tables for years. The app comes in both a free and paid version with the free version only offering 3 phases instead of 10. The paid version will cost you way less than than its physical counterpart and features:
The LG Lucid will be coming to Verizon in a couple days and packs some decent specs at an affordable price. For $79.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate, you can have yourself a dual-core 1.2GHz 4G LTE device. Unfortunately is will launch with Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) but Verizon is promising an Android 4.0 update at some point. Other specs of the LG Lucid include:
I’m absolutely flabbergasted! I thought for sure the higher price tag of this year’s Google I/O would prevent it from selling out in under an hour. Boy was I wrong! It only took 28 minutes for Google I/O 2012 to sell out and I’m pretty sure that’s a new record. Well that’s about all I have to say about that. Hopefully you were able to snag yourself a ticket within that first 28 minutes, otherwise get ready to take a second mortgage out for a ticket via eBay.
After much testing and a 3-month Alpha run, BlueStacks has announced the availability of the beta-1 version of their App Player for PC. In case you’re unfamiliar with BlueStacks, it’s software that enables Android apps to run in windowed or fullscreen mode on a Windows PC. Their new patent-pending Layercake technology allows these apps to run seamlessly on x86-based PCs and leverages the advanced graphics capabilities of AMD APU and GPU platforms. Simply put: you can run your Android apps on your PC.
T-Mobile is planning to raise the price on their Premium 5GB Promotional Data Bundles and Ultra 10GB Promotional Bundles an extra $5. This price hike appears to be a move to push customers towards Value Plans and while it might make sense to some, the majority of customers view any price hike as a companies attempt to nickel and dime them. The new prices will take effect April 4th and as TmoNews points out:
