Hasta La Gadget!

Pebble’s slowly been expanding the places you can buy its e-paper smartwatch, but today it’s landed at the biggest retailer of them all. Ahead of the Thankgiving celebrations, the company took to Twitter to announce the availability of the Pebble at Amazon, where you’ll now be able to buy black and red models (rocking the new software update) for $148.99. While you’ll still find them at Best Buy stores and sold by AT&T, Amazon’s promise of free next-day Prime delivery might sway you if you’re on a post-turkey impulse buying binge.

Filed under: Wearables, Mobile, Amazon

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Via: Pebble (Twitter)

Source: Amazon

It took a while, but Virgin Media has finally brought its TV Anywhere service to Android. Already available on the iPhone and iPad for more than a year, the app comes to Android smartphones and tablets with nine new UK TV channels including Alibi, Dave, Drama, Good Food, Home, Really, Watch, Yesterday and CBS Reality. That takes the total number of mobile channels up to 67, with up to 90 available online. Virgin Media boasts it now offers more choice than rival service Sky Go, but like it’s competitor, some might be frustrated by the patchy support for Android devices. Although you’ll find support for Samsung’s Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note, HTC One, Sony Xperia Tablet Z and Google’s Nexus tablets, you might experience issues if your device is running Android 4.4 KitKat. While you won’t be able to install it on your Nexus 5 just yet, Virgin says more Android devices will join the line-up “in the very near future.”

Filed under: Cellphones, Home Entertainment, Software, HD, Mobile

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Via: Virgin Media

Source: TV Anywhere (Google Play)

US wireless industry group CTIA has announced that a stolen phone database launched last year by T-Mobile, AT&T, Sprint and Verizon is now final, including integration with international carriers. That’ll let foreign operators block stolen US device activations, a bone of contention for law enforcement officials stateside. They complained that the list was having no impact on thefts, since organized crime groups were simply dumping devices overseas where their serial numbers couldn’t be detected. Police would prefer to also see kill switches installed in handsets to truly put a dent in phone-knapping, but carriers have strenuously objected to that idea — strictly out of self-interest, according to some. For its part, the CTIA said that the completed database at least means there are fewer countries where gangs can hawk their stolen wares. Still, as the carrier group pointed out, if a stranger asks to “borrow” your phone for directions, just, don’t.

Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile

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Source: CTIA

Just days after it unveiled a second gold One, HTC is releasing another variant of its Android flagship in an attempt to boost sales in the UK. Today, the company announced the availability of the HTC One Dual SIM, which you may already know as HTC One 802w. Just like it’s Chinese counterpart, the device comes with a removable back for access to dual SIM slots and, more importantly, a microSD slot. That means you can switch between SIMs to receive calls and also fall back on up to 64GB of external storage, should you max-out the One’s 32GB of internal storage. The dual-SIM functionality does come at a price, however, as the latest One variant does not support LTE — otherwise the specs remain unchanged. If you can overlook that, the One Dual SIM is up for pre-order on HTC’s official store for £495 ($809), with it likely to head to a “number of networks and retailers” in the near future.

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The World Series is over, and it’s a long three months before Spring Training begins. What’s a baseball fan to do until then? Well, if you’re an Android user, you could pick up Franchise MVP, a new game released by none other than Major League Baseball. MLB’s no stranger to apps, of course, with its popular At Bat programs for iOS and Android, but mobile gaming is relatively new territory. Franchise MVP isn’t like MLB 2K13 though; instead of creating a team, you follow an individual player through his career in the majors. You can play any position on the field and for any MLB team, building skills like batting, pitching and fielding along the way and making key in-field decisions. The game is free to download, but if you want to hurry things along, you can choose to spend real money for in-game currency. So if your favorite team missed out on taking home the Commissioner’s Trophy this year, you can at least console yourself by using Franchise MVP to become the baseball player of your dreams.

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Via: Droid Life

Source: Google Play