Archos announces 7-inch GamePad, an Android tablet with dual analog sticks

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Mo53moi_s2Ia7-sbTFSel8Sc6LtLuvm0cQAFTU9pJZY8deg2QASqzpUy_Ud08CefeogwDntmvAujbkHChQDxGTsdlz2ikvW2OnYrLzEyW5seYXsbQ-3muxnL3trG8gnqoY8Xo9Mwrl0/s1600/archos-gamepad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Mo53moi_s2Ia7-sbTFSel8Sc6LtLuvm0cQAFTU9pJZY8deg2QASqzpUy_Ud08CefeogwDntmvAujbkHChQDxGTsdlz2ikvW2OnYrLzEyW5seYXsbQ-3muxnL3trG8gnqoY8Xo9Mwrl0/s640/archos-gamepad.jpg" width="640"></a></div> <span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Google's decision to support game controllers natively in Ice Cream Sandwich has attracted the attention of many companies lately. Archos is the latest one to jump onto this bandwagon. The company has announced its first 7-inch gaming Android tablet that will give users a chance to experience holistic gaming on a tablet.</span><br> <br> </div>

Archos announces 7-inch GamePad, an Android tablet with dual analog sticks

Google's decision to support game controllers natively in Ice Cream Sandwich has attracted the attention of many companies lately. Ar...

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Explore the Red Planet with Angry Birds Space on iOS, Android

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW3LQLX-xEoWj9dLHiedLvACyPyCOwUMBOyq1_ifb9N2x1Y-EV2sfkbVI1FqtPATWjt9QNN6rraJKklZnL80KIqP6AjVinHxsv6lYNXpcdi6af85oqjUh4LrevZ5coz9JtnBsgAW3aYoI/s1600/angry-birds-space-red-planet-new.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW3LQLX-xEoWj9dLHiedLvACyPyCOwUMBOyq1_ifb9N2x1Y-EV2sfkbVI1FqtPATWjt9QNN6rraJKklZnL80KIqP6AjVinHxsv6lYNXpcdi6af85oqjUh4LrevZ5coz9JtnBsgAW3aYoI/s640/angry-birds-space-red-planet-new.jpg" width="640"></a></div> <span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br></span> <span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Earlier this month Rovio had announced an update to Angry Birds Space with a 30 second teaser. Now the Finnish gaming studio has officially launched the update in partnership with NASA.</span><br> <span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"></span><br> </div>

Explore the Red Planet with Angry Birds Space on iOS, Android

Earlier this month Rovio had announced an update to Angry Birds Space with a 30 second teaser. Now the Finnish gaming studio has officia...

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Microsoft lowers Kinect price, announces Xbox 360 Essentials Pack

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIdUIInFXqLDFLRcDSi6BLPi5iHi-CIieDAzdZLnEcUu6HFu4dphT7ztGGkzicE2W1MQyE1kbWJeUAxmIxgVQ6HW2Ik3O18ZcJX0c0c4XQLFduhnQooMxRbC46ntfpOZFsshEkzdV6hOE/s1600/xbox360-essentials-pack.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIdUIInFXqLDFLRcDSi6BLPi5iHi-CIieDAzdZLnEcUu6HFu4dphT7ztGGkzicE2W1MQyE1kbWJeUAxmIxgVQ6HW2Ik3O18ZcJX0c0c4XQLFduhnQooMxRbC46ntfpOZFsshEkzdV6hOE/s640/xbox360-essentials-pack.jpg" width="640"></a></div> <span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Microsoft is treating Xbox fans to a early holiday season. The company has announced a permanent price cut for the Kinect and brought it down to $109.99 in the US.The new price is taking effect </span><br> <span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"></span><br> </div>

Microsoft lowers Kinect price, announces Xbox 360 Essentials Pack

Microsoft is treating Xbox fans to a early holiday season. The company has announced a permanent price cut for the Kinect and brought it ...

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Amazing Alex Review

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju-bTIjNaD7_qbwUahi9tOYktUM48af6aJKtkks-o-fdQys2-9jLd7a1FMwFIFVmqG8fDgKQ8qbvvlat0ZoUqkoi9HWNCB65uRVDBY9ZC2qdWgaWivOxgEc-wWwKzCc3P6qzmKlBomuGY/s1600/amazing-alex-homescreen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju-bTIjNaD7_qbwUahi9tOYktUM48af6aJKtkks-o-fdQys2-9jLd7a1FMwFIFVmqG8fDgKQ8qbvvlat0ZoUqkoi9HWNCB65uRVDBY9ZC2qdWgaWivOxgEc-wWwKzCc3P6qzmKlBomuGY/s640/amazing-alex-homescreen.jpg" width="640"></a></div> Within just 8 hours of its debut, Angry Birds maker Rovio's new title Amazing Alex has already claimed the number one spot as a paid iPhone app in the App Store. The game, which is a revamped version of Casey's Contraptions, originally developed by Mystery Coconut and Snappy Touch, is based on physics puzzles featuring 100 levels. But is it really that addictive? We gave it a spin to find out the reason behind its popularity.<br> </div>

Amazing Alex Review

Within just 8 hours of its debut, Angry Birds maker Rovio's new title Amazing Alex has already claimed the number one spot as a paid...

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Rovio adds Green Day themed episode to Angry Birds Friends

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div> <br></div> <br> <span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Just 2 days after Rovio announced a Green Day themed update for Angry Birds Friends, the Finnish gaming studio has now made it official.</span></span><br> <span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">The Facebook version of the bird slinging game now has a new Green Day musical episode with 10 themed levels and new mean pigs inspired by the band's members Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tre Cool.</span></span><br> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_bV-RUdgC7cllamdrRGTEFaef434X_6oDN39K5tTbjKCs_rkQd1k7r3E8AbeSCQfJBBQL5KcTwhZSUeTwzcXgyO0i_d7VeTSY1xCcmfIemP-7DMbbHryu2OMZKnA-QnGdLyKcQcVcm4k/s1600/green-day-angry-birds.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_bV-RUdgC7cllamdrRGTEFaef434X_6oDN39K5tTbjKCs_rkQd1k7r3E8AbeSCQfJBBQL5KcTwhZSUeTwzcXgyO0i_d7VeTSY1xCcmfIemP-7DMbbHryu2OMZKnA-QnGdLyKcQcVcm4k/s400/green-day-angry-birds.jpg" width="400"></a><span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br></span></span><br> <span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">The game also includes the band's latest single "Oh Love" and another exclusive track titled "Troublemaker", which can be unlocked within the game.</span></span><br> <span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br></span></span> <span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Commenting on this first-of a kind-partnership, Armstrong said, "We're all fans of Angry Birds. It's such an addictive game that when we first started playing it we couldn't stop. Go Team Green!"</span></span><br> <span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"></span></span><br> </div>

Rovio adds Green Day themed episode to Angry Birds Friends

Just 2 days after Rovio announced a Green Day themed update for Angry Birds Friends, the Finnish gaming studio has now made it official....

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'Spider-Man' game loses to 'Lego Batman'

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZmc4ww73YuVaif65DasAVRwws7FNRrE53tvX6yueql7rY1XAjFqawLKZNGxcuTBePSRdL6HorQ1wWn_KcNG5NRE7WDptQkt1Vo04FBYme9goiFYrng8GpkW6U9ALyBP83MmhR-loGF-I/s1600/the-amazing-spider-man-pc-ps3-xbox-360-screenshots-10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZmc4ww73YuVaif65DasAVRwws7FNRrE53tvX6yueql7rY1XAjFqawLKZNGxcuTBePSRdL6HorQ1wWn_KcNG5NRE7WDptQkt1Vo04FBYme9goiFYrng8GpkW6U9ALyBP83MmhR-loGF-I/s640/the-amazing-spider-man-pc-ps3-xbox-360-screenshots-10.jpg" width="640"></a></div> <span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">It's been five years since Spider-Man's previous appearance in movie theaters, but Marvel's webslinger has been plenty busy on video-game consoles. Since 2007, he's headlined four games and made guest </span><br> </div>

'Spider-Man' game loses to 'Lego Batman'

It's been five years since Spider-Man's previous appearance in movie theaters, but Marvel's webslinger has been plenty busy o...

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Teracom launches tablet starting at Rs. 3,999

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Telecom equipment maker Teracom today launched three tablet PCs in partnership with state-run operator MTNL.</span><br> <div style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> "In partnership with MTNL, we are launching three models of 'Lofty' tablet with high-end model priced at Rs. 10,999 and entry level model is for Rs. 3,999," Teracom Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Arora told reporters.</div> <div style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> The high end model of the tablet has built in 3G SIM and can be used for making phone calls as well, he added.</div> <div style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisEY_sRygZihPlc10eAuQvbFQLGgKPpgsyJ_bQ93Wv1GLysbJ_D6RWO6upNQyZ_lWPDV3lPPWIT2DTJwZT4iMJz6AMIbxxwXEdSwAN5gEwdOAoWJAHEX-Fxg9A4VKd4j0XlDdVjR21HBA/s1600/TZ300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisEY_sRygZihPlc10eAuQvbFQLGgKPpgsyJ_bQ93Wv1GLysbJ_D6RWO6upNQyZ_lWPDV3lPPWIT2DTJwZT4iMJz6AMIbxxwXEdSwAN5gEwdOAoWJAHEX-Fxg9A4VKd4j0XlDdVjR21HBA/s320/TZ300.jpg" width="320"></a>The other models of Lofty tablets are Wi-Fi enabled and support 3G dongles.</div> <div style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> "We have thoroughly tested these tablets and believe that our customers should like it," MTNL CMD AK Garg said.</div> <div style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> Under this partnership, MTNL will offer 10 GB data usage (internet) on its 3G network to customers buying Lofty tablets. All these tablets are built on Google's Android platform.</div> <div style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> "The 10 GB can be used for period of first two months," MTNL Executive Director A K Bharagava said.</div> <div style="color: #4e4e4e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> The Lofty tablets will be sold through MTNL Sanchar Haat in Delhi along with Teracom stores.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> </div>

Teracom launches tablet starting at Rs. 3,999

Telecom equipment maker Teracom today launched three tablet PCs in partnership with state-run operator MTNL. "In partnership with MT...

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