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Just how tough is the Sony Xperia Z? Well, this is most probably the most tough flagship smartphone to date from all the other manufacturers out there, whether we are talking about the Android, iOS or Windows Phone 8 platforms. After all, in the video that you see above, it showed just how the Xperia Z managed to continue working even though it had dropped into the toilet bowl – or rather, purposely soaked in there for a moment.

Well, I am not quite sure about you, but I have known some folks who have dropped their handsets into the toilet bowl, and sometimes, it was after they had, erm, done their business in it, so to speak, which would mean the handset is doubly condemned. Anyways just to sidetrack for a while, what business does a smartphone have in the toilet? The Xperia Z’s water resistant feature definitely worked as demonstrated in the video above, but you would best get a bottle of Dettol to disinfect the handset’s exterior before speaking into its mouthpiece afterwards. Would this video convince you to pick up the Xperia Z?

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: AT&T, Sprint Offers HTC One As Well, HTC One Hands-On (With HD Video),

Things are changing very quickly on “The Following” as Ryan managed to find the farmhouse Joey was being held in. Finding the farmhouse and rescuing Joey proved to be two very different things. There were just too many variables — and people — to control that situation.

Joey took a little bit of control and managed to get a call out to his mother. His description of where he is being held helped Ryan and the FBI narrow down their search. Then, the trio got sloppy and Joey realized they were lying to him. So he ran away and found a nice couple at a neighboring farm.

Unfortunately, they recognized him and called it in. Unfortunate because they did not survive their good deed. But it was enough to help Ryan and a local officer find the farmhouse before the threesome could escape with Joey.

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This week the folks at Acer have brought on a new H6 series of monitors, made to be the company’s newest and best in both hardware quality and media delivery. These monitors come in two sizes: 21.5-inch and 23-inch, with Full 1080p HP IPS panels delivering viewing angles up to 178 degrees – hot stuff! These two new SKUs will be available immediately if not soon at retailer near you as well as online across the country – have a peek!

With the 21.5-inch (H226HQL) and the 23-inch (H236HL) panels you’ll be working with the ability to tilt in a pretty great way – negative 5 degrees all the way back to 15 degrees – that ain’t half bad for a standard solution! Both display models come with built-in speakers and connectivity via HDMI, DVI, and VGA as well. Expect this to be your everyday connect-everything sort of setup without a doubt.

Borders around these monitors are .08-inch, prompting Acer to call this construction “zero frame.” This next-generation design allows you to see virtually “seamless” picture while you’re rocking and rolling with what Acer calls a “stylish brushed hairline finish” as well. As a bit of a bonus, the stand for these monitors are magnetic too – made perfect for your paperclips (if you still use paper, that is.)

Each of these new monitors comes with a standard three-year warranty as well as a price tag under two bills. The 21.5-inch Acer H226HQL display will be (or already is) available for $149.99 USD MSRP while the 23-inch Acer H236HL display is coming at you for a cool $179.99 USD MSRP. You’ll be grabbing these displays with the full-on Acer eColor Management tool built-in and you’re encouraged to buy a bunch of them, lining them all up in a massive grid on your wall – feel free!

Acer H6 monitors now available: “zero frame” in full effect is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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The first Intel-powered tablet manufactured by Asus is well on its way, where it will be known as the Asus Fonepad. The Asus Fonepad is not new to news channels, but at least another leaf of confirmation has dropped from the grapevine thanks to the Global Certification Forum, meaning it will really be known as the Asus Fonepad when it finally hits the market. The thing is, the Global Certification Forum has also named it the ME371MG if model numbers are your cup of tea, where it will boast of 3G connectivity to boot. For folks who have had their hopes up for LTE, you can forget about it, at least in this particular model that was examined by the GCF.

The Asus Fonepad will be powered by a version of Android Jelly Bean, with a 1.2GHz Intel processor and PowerVR SGX540 graphics chipset, keeping the 7-inch IPS display at 1280 x 800 resolution company, in addition to a 1.2-megapixel front-facing camera, a 3-megapixel shooter at the back, 1GB RAM, a microSD memory card slot, and a choice of 8GB, 16GB or 32GB of internal memory.

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: WSJ “Confirms” Google’s Retail Store Plans, China Expected To Surpass U.S. With 246M Android, iOS Devices This Month,

It’s been so long since Microsoft launched Outlook.com that we forgot it was technically in preview mode. Well, that ended today, at 12:01AM ET on the dot. The company just announced that the email service is no longer in beta, and that the site has racked up 60 million active users — over a third of whom came over from Gmail. If you decide to join today, you’ll be getting the same feature set announced last summer, just with a smoother, less glitchy experience (not that it was ever that buggy to begin with, if you ask us). To lure in even more users, Microsoft is launching a massive advertising campaign, one that will include TV and radio spots (see one of them after the break), online ads and even posters in subway stations. Basically, the sort of heavy promotion Microsoft is already doing for Surface.

Regardless of how much success Microsoft has in converting Gmail loyalists, though, a lot more people are about to become acquainted with Outlook’s clean UI: the company has said it plans to switch Hotmail users over to the Outlook interface by summertime. To be clear, Microsoft says it has no plans to shut down the hotmail.com domain, so your existing Hotmail email address is safe, and you don’t even have to register for an Outlook.com addy if you don’t want to. Additionally, all of your folders and settings will be preserved. It’s just that you’re soon going to have to say goodbye to the old Hotmail. Onward, we say.

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