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The BlackBerry Z3 which was officially announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this past February alongside the Q20 is now available for pre-order in Indonesia through local carriers Indosat and XL. The device will be launched (and probably shipped as well) on May 13 in Jakarta. Aside from the standard Z3 there will also be a Jakarta Edition, which will have the name of the Indonesian capital engraved on its back panel. The special version will be available for a limited time to commemorate the launch of the first BB smartphone built for the Indonesian market. Just as previously promised, the device will cost under $200 - BlackBerry expects a price of IDR 2,199,000 (amounting to around €137 and $190). We also got a recap of the specs of the smartphone - there wasn't much info about those when the Z30 was announced. The BlackBerry Z3 has a 5" qHD (540 x 960) display, 8 GB of expandable on-board storage, 1.5 GB of RAM to accompany the dual-...

After the LG G2 received its KitKat update we decided to see what’s what and check out if the phone’s performance has seen drastic changes compared to its Jelly Bean state. We re-tested the battery performance and now it’s time to put the chipset through its paces. The battery performance showed a leap from a 62 hour endurance rating to an 81 hour one, which was mainly due to a much-improved stand by time. As for the benchmarks, well, there’s a different story here. Note that KitKat brings faster multitasking because of optimized memory usage, which should aid in better benchmarking scores. The LG G2 offers a very capable Snapdragon 800 rig with a quad-core 2.26 GHz Krait CPU, 2 GB of RAM and the Adreno 330. This is still considered flagship material hardware even with Snapdragon 801 and its faster GPU lurking about. Let’s see in the tests below. BenchmarkPi and Linpack are both centered around the CPU performance – the first looking for single core ...

Another superhero movie, another superhero movie tie-in game. We see these kind of games pop up quite frequently and rarely do they ever do justice to the movie, let alone to gaming. But people keep making them because, well, who doesn’t like money? The previous The Amazing Spider-Man game for mobile was mediocre at best (to be honest, the movie wasn’t significantly better). This year, we have a sequel for the movie that promises to be bigger and better than the last one and like clockwork, there is a game that goes along with it. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 game is now out on iOS and Android and we decided to take a look at it, expectations set firmly to ‘Low’. Gameplay The Amazing Spider-Man 2 sees the return of our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, solving crimes and taking out bad guys before bed time. The story of the game is of course based on that of the movie, with a few extra things thrown in for good measure. The basic gameplay should be familiar to an...

Facebook released its financial results for the first quarter of 2014 on Wednesday. The company reported revenue of $2.5 billion, up by 72% over the same period last year. The report also revealed that the average revenue per user (ARPU) has been increased across globe as compared to the previous years. So, how much does an average Facebook user contributes towards the social networks revenue? Well, it’s astonishing to know that each individual on Facebook has generated about $2 in the first quarter of 2014. The ARPU is up from $1.35 in Q1, 2013. If you are an avid Facebook user from United States or Canada, then you are worth $5.85 for Mark Zuckerberg and co. The revenue generated by the users from these regions are up from $3.50 in Q1, 2013.

LG’s upcoming wearable, the G Watch has been circulating the internet and the Korean tech manufacturer decided to release something to whet our appetites: a new teaser picture. As you can see above, the ad shows off the smartwatch’s water and dust resistance. This seems to be a good marketing strategy for LG, as the idea of strapping a small computer to your wrist doesn’t exactly instill ideas of durability or practicality in the minds of most consumers. The G Watch does seem like an interesting concept: an understated Android Smartwatch that won’t balk at the threat of dust and water. LG’s upcoming wearable is also expected to rock a 1.65” display along with 4GB of storage built into the watch. There haven’t been any additional details about the tech specs or price of the device.

There have been murmurs of a new Lenovo tablet with a 10” display in the works for a while, and it looks like the rumors have finally been confirmed. The Lenovo ThinkPad 10 was leaked online for a brief while by the company’s Australian branch. It was soon taken down, but not before the device’s specs were captured. The specs of the ThinkPad 10 are similar to its smaller-screened little sibling, the ThinkPad 8. The upcoming 10” model comes with a 1.6GHz quad-core Atom CPU, and 8MP primary and 2MP selfie cameras. You can outfit the ThinkPad 10 with up to 4GB RAM and up to 128GB of storage space. The 10 has some additional accessories that help to set it apart from the 8. Lenovo’s latest slate should have LTE-capable versions, a dock, keyboard dock, and a keyboard case for on-the-go usage. There’s no official date for when the ThinkPad 10 will drop, and the price hasn’t been released either. However, expect the asking price to be higher than than the ThinkPad 8′s $...

The entry-level Oppo Joy quietly got unveiled in Indonesia. The dual-SIM Android smartphone will go on sale in the country in the near future for about $138 in black or white color scheme. Oppo Joy features a MediaTek SoC with 1.3GHz dual-core Cortex-A7 CPU, Mali 400 GPU, 4” WVGA display, and 512MB of RAM. There’s 4GB of built-in memory on board and a microSD card slot for further expansion. The handset boots Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean with Color OS UI. The camera department of the Oppo Joy consists of a 3MP main snapper and 0.3MP front-facing unit. Connectivity options include HSPA+, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, and microUSB port. The measures of the smartphone are 124 x 63 x 9.9mm, while its weight tips the scale at 125 grams. It is powered by a 1,700mAh battery. There is no word on availability of the Oppo Joy outside of Indonesia. We wouldn’t be surprised to see the handset appear in more developing markets.