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[CES 2013] At NVIDIA’s press conference last night, Dead Trigger 2 was revealed to the masses in the form of a live demo, where it is an exclusive title developed for “Project SHIELD,” a new gaming portable for open platforms, and of course, will run on what NVIDIA claims is the world’s fastest mobile processor, the spanking new NVIDIA Tegra 4 which was specially developed for gamers who cannot wait to scratch that mobile gaming itch.

Have you given the original Dead Trigger a go? After a while, the missions in the story mode remained stagnant, although the recent addition of pumpkin heads (at least that was the last time I gave Dead Trigger a go, all the way back in Halloween). The first-person arcade shooter Dead Trigger shot the 14 million download mark recently, and you can be sure that Dead Trigger 2 is another technological marvel on the mobile gaming front, but do not expect plot twists like those from The Walking Dead.

Expect Dead Trigger 2 to arrive in the second quarter of the year on Android and iOS, where it will be made available on Google Play and App Store, and featured in TegraZone, which is NVIDIA’s free app that showcases the best games optimized for use with the Tegra processor.

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This week AT&T has revealed the Pantech Discover, a smartphone for the budget market with top-tier specifications. This machine has a 720p display and a massive 13 megapixel camera and it’ll all be delivered for a mere $50 USD. This machine is also quite the looker with aesthetics that remind us of Pantech machines from yesteryear with a brand new smooth flair for the future.

The front of this machine is a 4.8-inch 720p TFT display below a 2 megapixel front-facing camera, inside you’ve got dual 3D surround sound, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, and 16GB of internal memory with a microSD card slot for expansion up to 32GB more. The Pantech Discover works with a lovely 1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Pro (though this configuration has been known for its quad-core action), and you get both NFC and DLNA wireless connectivity.

Inside you’ve got GSM and EDGE as well as HSPA+ and LTE connectivity so we’ll more than likely see this device internationally in some form or another. You’ll be working with 4.76 ounces of smartphone across a 134.2 x 68.6 x 9.1mm (5.3 x 2.7 x 0.36 inches) amalgamation of plastic, metal, and glass, and you get Bluetooth 4.0 as well as GPS (of course).

We’ll be having a hands-on peek at this machine later today at Pantech’s presentation as such, so stick around our Pantech tag portal to see it up close and personal. Also be sure to check in at our CES portal all week long for up to the minute updates as well as hands-on opportunities galore! The timeline you see below shows several of Pantech’s latest moves that’ve lead them straight to this device in time and space.

Pantech Discover smartphone brings 13MP camera and 720p for $50 is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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[CES 2013] We are right smack in the middle of the gruelling Press Day over at CES 2013, and cannot wait for the Panasonic press conference to kick off. The proverbial early bird is here to catch the worm (and a good seat, of course, so that we can snap the best photos possible), so check out what we have to say at the live blog as to bring you the latest from Panasonic for the year ahead…and beyond!

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[CES 2013] I know that the Asus Qube and Google’s Nexus Q do not have much in common with one another in terms of functionality, where the former will shack up with Google TV, but I suppose it is the naming convention that makes me think that there is some sort of mystical link between them. Anyways, without much further ado, here are more details on the Asus Qube that you might just be interested in.

The Asus Qube will instantly add Google TV to your HDTV, where you will also be able to enjoy not only motion control but voice search as well which integrates Google Play, Chrome, and YouTube (among others, I am sure) in a single, compact device. You are able to access more than 100,000 movies and TV shows from Netflix and Amazon Instant Video, apart from enjoying an every growing number of apps, videos and games from Google Play. In a nutshell, Asus has positioned the Qube with Google TV to be the ideal media content device.

Asus also had a hand with the special Qube interface, where it will display functions through a rotating on-screen cube shape, making me hark back to the interface of Vicki in I, Robot. Sporting an advanced remote control that supports motion sensing for gaming and other applications, you can also rely on your Android-powered smartphone to control Qube. Asus will also throw in 50GB of WebStorage cloud space with every purchase of Qube with Google TV, now how about that for a deal sweetener?

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With a significant number of the world’s technology bloggers and journalists descending on Las Vegas this week for CES, losing luggage was a very real threat. It’s an occurrence that is never welcome, but just because the airline loses your baggage, it doesn’t mean you have to be left in the dark as to where it ended up. Trakdot is trying to take some of the stress out of losing track of your baggage by introducing its new Trakdot Luggage tracker this week at the show.

The idea behind it is pretty straightforward: stick the palm-sized tracker into your bag, and you’ll get city-specific information on where it is. If it ends up where you end up, then there’s nothing to worry about, but if it somehow gets shipped off to another city, then at least you’ll know where it is. This information will be updated in real-time as you try to reunite with your missing luggage.

You can take things a step further by registering your Trakdot tracker on the company’s website. In doing so, you’ll be able to track your luggage from your smartphone. Trakdot says that each tracker can be linked to multiple phones, and each phone can track multiple devices. Users will also be able to track their luggage from the company’s website, so there are a number of different ways to keep an eye on your missing luggage.

To make the deal even sweeter, Trakdot says its tracker will work globally with any phone or SMS-enabled device. The tracker is scheduled to launch in March 2013 and comes with a price tag of $49.95. To get started, you’ll have to plop down an $8.99 activation fee, and then you’ll have to pay an annual $12.99 service fee to keep things going. Be sure to check out our CES portal for much, much more from the show!

Trakdot baggage tracking lets you follow your luggage in real-time is written by Eric Abent & originally posted on SlashGear.
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