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Sony Xperia C

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Preliminary official specifications. General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 3G Network HSDPA SIM Dual SIM Announced 2013, June Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2013, Q3 Body Dimensions - Weight - Display Type Capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors Size 540 x 960 pixels, 5.0 inches (~220 ppi pixel density) Multitouch Yes Sound Alert types Vibration; MP3 ringtones Loudspeaker Yes 3.5mm jack Yes Memory Card slot microSD, up to 32 GB Internal 4 GB, 1 GB RAM Data GPRS Yes EDGE Yes Speed HSDPA, HSUPA WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Bluetooth Yes USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Camera Primary 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash Features Geo-tagging Video Yes Secondary   Features OS Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Chipset MTK MT6589 CPU Quad-core 1.2 GHz Sensors Accelerometer, proximity Messaging SMS (...

Sony Xperia Z Ultra

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Also known as Sony Xperia Z Ultra HSPA+ C6802, Sony Xperia Z Ultra LTE C6806, Sony Xperia Z Ultra LTE C6833. General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all versions 3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - all versions 4G Network LTE 700 / 850 / 900/ 1700 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600 - C6806   LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600 - C6833 SIM Micro-SIM Announced 2013, June Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2013, Q3 Body Dimensions 179.4 x 92.2 x 6.5 mm (7.06 x 3.63 x 0.26 in) Weight 212 g (7.48 oz)   - IP58 certified - dust and water proof - Water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes Display Type Capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors Size 1080 x 1920 pixels, 6.4 inches (~344 ppi pixel density) Multitouch Yes, up to 10 fingers Protection Shatter proof and scratch-resistant glass   - Triluminos display Sound Alert types Vibration; MP3 ringtones Loudspeaker Yes 3.5mm...

Windows 8.1 Preview Now Available

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Check out the free preview in the Windows Store. Back in May, Microsoft announced the first major update to Windows 8 . While the free upgrade was once codenamed Blue , a public preview of Windows 8.1 is available starting today. Most notably, Windows 8.1 brings back the Start button , a point of sincere contention for many Windows 8 users. The full release of Windows 8.1 is still scheduled for some time later this year. Writing on the Windows Blog , Microsoft's Brandon LeBlanc runs through some of the basic improvements included in the Windows 8.1 update. The "Metro" tiles in Windows 8 are now more customizable in terms of size, allowing users to set the tiles as "really big" or "really small." LeBlanc notes this change is most applicable to tablets, where scaling down the tiles allows for more screen real estate. "The best part is my Start screen customizations, apps, and files get synced across all my Windows 8.1 PCs and table...

Marvel Heroes Review

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Thor Point. → June 21, 2013 As a premise, Marvel Heroes is overflowing with potential. Developed by Gazillion (headed by Diablo co-creator David Brevik) it attempts to combine the frenetic action combat of Diablo with the persistent world and heavy instancing of an MMO, all dressed up in Marvel’s tights. Running around fighting famous villains like Green Goblin or Magneto while hunting for gear upgrades and loot in a free-to-play framework should be fun... but that expectation makes it all the more disappointing that Marvel Heroes regularly feels like a chore thanks to stilted progression systems, repetitive combat, and an incredibly limited endgame. While it isn’t a huge surprise that the more popular characters like Deadpool and Wolverine have to be obtained as drops or bought with unreasonably large gobs of real-world cash, the free...

Marvel Heroes

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Marvel Heroes is the massively multiplayer online game where you get to play as your favorite Marvel Comics super-heroes! Stop criminals in their tracks with Spider-Man's web shooters. Sling Captain America's famous shield into a horde of HYDRA goons. Unleash the lightning of Storm against the anti-mutant Purifiers. Or play fan favorites like Cable, Deadpool, Ms. Marvel, or dozens of others. In this free-to-play game, you get to experience a world-spanning storyline written by Brian Michael Bendis featuring iconic locations and classic scenes drawn from the history of Marvel Comics. Release Date : June 4, 2013 RP-T+ for Rating Pending, Targeting a Rating of Teen or Above : ...

Deadpool Review

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Deadpool talks a big game but delivers a standard action experience that is the turducken of videogame parody: It is what it parodies what it is. Playing through Deadpool feels about as schizophrenic as its main character. On the one hand, it’s zany, wacky, goofy, silly, sophomoric, and many more adjectives that Thesaurus.com suggests. This is a funny game – that is, if you’re into dick jokes and casual sexism. If not, then Deadpool – the character and the game – will grate on you like a buzzsaw on hard cheese. On the other hand, much of the Deadpool gameplay experience is formulaic and safe…so safe you might think developer High Moon Studios is playing some sort of self-referential “hey, isn’t it ironic how normal this is?” meta-gag on you. But it’s not. No, Deadpool talks a big game but delivers a standard action experience that is the turducken of videogame parody: It is what it parodies what it is. For those not f...

Company of Heroes 2 Review

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More sequel-sized expansion than true successor, Company of Heroes 2 repeats many of the original CoH’s feats, now on the Eastern Front. When I played the original Company of Heroes in 2006, I struggled to think of how a World War II real-time strategy game could look or play a whole lot better than it does. Apparently, so has its developer, Relic, because seven years later Company of Heroes 2 is strikingly similar. There are, of course, subtle visual improvements and numerous hit-or-miss gameplay tweaks as the series transitions from the Western Front to the Eastern, but this is very much a new spin on the same game. Of course, the original CoH has held up remarkably well (if you haven’t played it, you absolutely should) so I welcome something that looks and plays like it with open arms, even if it’s not necessarily a better version. Because it’s so similar to the original, Company of Heroes 2 is great for all the same reasons. More ...