LG celebrates three million LTE phones sold worldwide, shockingly finds high speed data is awesome

LG has hitched its mobile fate to the future of LTE high speed data equipped phones basically since the technology was introduced and today it announced the fruits of its labor: three million LTE phones sold to date worldwide. While some will quibble over shipped / sold to end-user counting methods, or how this compares to figures recently touted by competition like Samsung and Apple, we need only look at LG's most recent earnings report to see the positive impact its LTE-infused lineup has had.

Engadget, LG celebrates three million LTE phones sold worldwide, shockingly finds high speed data is awesome

Because We May game offers now include 91 available titles

. Time to get your gaming on. If you thought Because We May was already awesome, finding out that they have added over 30 more games to the list will make you start clicking and tapping. If you haven't heard of Because We May, it is movement created by a group of independent developers, offering some of the funnest games for 50% or more off.
The new list includes titles like Patience, Gear Genius, X-Plane 9, Gloomy Dungeons 3D, Spectral Souls and more. It is time for all the gamers out there to take advantage of these great deals.

Android Phone, Because We May game offers now include 91 available titles

Viewsonic to release a 22-inch Android Tablet – Is that too big?

. Bigger is always better, right. Well, such is not always the case; at least not for everyone. But Viewsonic is sure that there is a good market for a 22-inch tablet (or table?), and is planning to announce one at Taipei's Computex. Viewsonic calls it a “smart business tablet monitor,” which pretty much explains what the company is aiming for with this product.

Users have displayed both love and hate towards the first larger tablets. The best example would be Toshiba's Excite 13, which has a 13-inch display. Some thought it was a great idea, and would be great for media and entertainment.

Android Phone, Viewsonic to release a 22-inch Android Tablet â€" Is that too big?

Google Wallet: one year later

The rumors and leaks go back a bit further, but it was a year ago today that Google officially revealed its Google Wallet mobile payment service - a platform that the company is still betting big on, even if it may be slightly reconsidering the way it does business. While it might not have taken off quite as quickly as Google would have liked, the past year has still been a fairly eventful one for the service - albeit occasionally for reasons the company would prefer you forget - and the next year proves to be even more challenging as the service faces increased competition.





Engadget, Google Wallet: one year later

Samsung releases Official Top 40 Chart App music streamer

Here's a weird new thing on offer from Samsung, a music app that gives users “unlimited plays” of the records that make up the UK's top 40 music chart. The app is free to download, but there's a £1 a week charge for access to the tunes once the initial trial period expires. However, the app isn't showing as available for installation on ANY of the Android devices we've used thus far, Samsung-made or otherwise, so we're guessing this one must be an exclusive for someone, somewhere.
See if the Official Top 40 Chart App works on your Android thing by having a look at the Play Store listing.


Eurodroid, Samsung releases Official Top 40 Chart App music streamer

RIM patent application puts pressure on sensitive touchscreens for a possible unlock alternative

RIM's been busy on the patent application front lately, filing off concepts for anything from smartphone docks to rotating keypads — even flirting with potential forays into forensics peripherals. Perhaps sensing the crushing need to differentiate its ailing BlackBerry brand, Waterloo's taken to the USPTO with a doc submitted last November that could do just that. The pressure-sensitive input scheme and touchscreen interface described therein would respond to a user-set pattern of force by granting access to a handheld device's features and applications.

2DayBlog.com, RIM patent application puts pressure on sensitive touchscreens for a possible unlock alternative

Chris Harris explains what makes his own 1986 BMW M5 so special

The 70s were a definitive decade for music and movies. Fashion and cars, not so much. The 80s corrected one of those oversights, an era of ethereal supercars like the Porsche 959, game-changing exotics like the Ferrari Testarossa, and, best of all, everday cannons that offered mortals a generous portion of lairy thrills, such as Chris Harris' 1986 e28 BMW M5. In 1986, a 3,100-pound, 286-horsepower luxury sedan straight from the factory that could also handle was as rare as a goose with lips.



Autoblog, Chris Harris explains what makes his own 1986 BMW M5 so special