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Earlier in October, we heard about the Sony’s new upcoming flagship device codenamed as ‘Odin’. Recently, a Japanese tech site posted a leaked shot of a Sony phone, and they claimed it that it’s the Sony S650X Odin, though we still need some more solid evidence. Now according to Sony Veit the image below is the official render image of the Sony Odin.

It’s rumored that it will feature a quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro and a 1080p screen, 13 MP camera on the back, 2 GB of RAM and 32GB internal storage, so with such bells and whistles under the hood, I am sure this device will give some hard time to all the competitors.

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The official Galaxy Note II dock has already landed on Samsung's U.S. web page and adds a few goodies, such as a full-sized HDMI output with 1080p video support, 3.5-millimeter audio output, and 3 standard USB ports for hooking up peripherals to the device.



Basically, hook this baby up to an HDTV, grab a keyboard and a mouse and you'll end up transforming your Galaxy Note II into a mini multimedia computer.



However, don't reach for your wallets yet as the accessory is not in stock, at least not for now. It is expected to become available through Samsung's internet store within 2 weeks, but that's not so bad after all, especially considering that some U.S. subscribers won't get their Samsung Galaxy Note II smartphones before late November. Getting one of these will cost you $100 only.

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Google's new Nexus line-up this year (Nexus 5, 7 and 10) will launch with Android 4.2 Jelly Bean pre-installed, Carrying many improvements to the keyboard, Camera and Notifications of the 4.1 release.



Accroding to Google Play store for devices,The new Nexus family will go on sale on November,13th... So you can expect the Android 4.2 Jelly Bean update to roll-out to the GALAXY Nexus and Nexus 7 users by Mid-November, Google always keep its loyal customers updated.



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This picture was tweeted by The Verge’s Senior Editor Vlad Savov and it blew our minds! The low light performance of the Nokia Lumia 920 is simply unmatched. It’s not just against the HTC One X where the Lumia 920 dominates, we have low light sample shots comparing the Nokia with the iPhone 5, the Galaxy S III and the HTC One X, and still the Lumia wins hands down. Even against Nokia’s own epic PureView 808, the Lumia 920 shines. The tests are of course by no means scientific but they do offer an indication of how good the camera on the Lumia 920 is with its low light mode and optical image stabilisation.

There’s no doubt that Nokia’s flagship contender is a potential imaging champion but is camera prowess enough to bring the brand back to the top of the smartphone food chain? We’re not so sure.

In Nokia’s defense, it’s not their fault. It’s Microsoft. Windows Phone, especially in its latest iteration is excellent and wonderfully refreshing with so much to like and enjoy but in Malaysia, Microsoft has yet to overcome the local app availability issue. There are some great Windows Phone apps out there but many are not available to Malaysians. Compounding the issue is the lack of local apps built for Windows Phone.

Apps like MayBank2U, GSC, Malaysian Airlines and Air Asia are not yet available on Windows Phone and judging by the way things are going, it’s safe to assume that many of these useful apps won’t be available anytime soon.

You might say: “lack of apps, so what? It’s only one problem.” The thing is, lack of apps is not just one problem, it is the problem. Apps put the smart in smartphones and when you discover that a limited number is available to you when other platforms have over 700,000 to offer, you’ll find that something as attractive as Windows Phone can quickly lose its appeal.

So can an awesome camera sell Nokia phones? It might win the battle but it’s going to take a whole lot more than that to win the smartphone war.

Nokia Lumia 920


iPhone 5


Samsung Galaxy S III


HTC One X


Nokia PureView 808


More sample shots of the Lumia 920 vs iPhone 5 vs One X vs Galaxy S III vs PureView 808 here.

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Find it annoying that most of Maxis phone packages all requires you to sign up for a postpaid plan along with a separate data plan? The telco has finally just introduced its SurfMore plans targeted at heavy internet users from as low as RM50/month. SurfMore75 comes with 5GB of mobile internet while SurfMore50 comes with 2GB. Both plans only come with internet so for calls and SMS, it’ll be based on pay-as-you-use at 12sen/minute to the same network and 20sen/min to other networks; 5sen/SMS to the same network and 15sen/SMS to other networks. The new SurfMore plans are based on the telco’s former Internet Value Plan that have the same price of either RM50 or RM75, but comes with more data – 33% more data for SurfMore50 and 43% more data for SurfMore75.

With the announcement of the new SurfMore plans, Maxis also introduced phone bundles for devices – the Samsung Galaxy S III, Galaxy Note II, Galaxy Note 10.1 and even the iPhone 4S.

Available with a 12- or 24-months contract, get the Note II from RM1,399; S III from RM1,099, Note 10.1 from RM1,399 or the iPhone 4S 16GB from RM1,049. The bundles are as follows:



Visit Maxis for more information about the bundles or check out this link for more information about SurfMore plans.





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