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Yes, finally, you can buy a Nintendo 3DS with dragons on it. Today is the day. Well, not quite — February 4th is the actual day, which is also the day that Fire Emblem Awakening launches on Nintendo’s latest portable console. The dragon-emblazoned 3DS is just one small part of the package, as you’ll also snag a 4GB SD memory card and the game itself pre-installed on said 3DS. Altogether, the whole package runs just $199, for a savings of approximately $10. It’s no Pokémon-themed 3DS, but it’ll do, we suppose. Take an even closer look at the limited edition 3DS just below the break.

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It’s almost a truism to say that the Nexus 4 is near impossible to buy, at least for those who don’t want to pay a carrier premium. G33k3r, Rohan32 and others at XDA-Developers may just save us from camping at the Google Play storefront through a new software hack. Their work converts an LG Optimus G‘s firmware to that of an 8GB Nexus 4 by swapping every LG-customized software element with a Nexus 4 parallel. The nearly identical hardware makes for a very close rendition, at least if you discount the unavoidable design differences. If anything, the work is almost too faithful: the current hack turns off LTE, caps the internal storage at 8GB and even requires using Nexus 4 firmware for future upgrades. It’s possible to revert to LG’s code if there’s jitters, but it goes without saying that the overall procedure carries more than the usual share of risk when even familiar ROM flashers are warned to be careful. Anyone who throws caution (and the price of an Optimus G) to the wind can find their stock Android experience at the source.

[Thanks, Greg]

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Source: XDA-Developers

Flipboard readers on Android have a little more reason to celebrate beyond just the recent addition of tablet support. A quick update this weekend lets the curated news reader hook into Android 4.2’s Daydream mode: news covers can become part of a screensaver that automatically updates with the freshest stories while on WiFi. It’s a simple tweak, but it may help Android users catch stories they would miss while their mobile devices sit idle. Hit the source link if you’re not already on Flipboard’s latest page.

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Via: Android Police

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Konka phones rarely (if ever) grace our desks at home, but the company certainly makes a solid effort to show them off to the masses at trade shows like CES. The latest device featured at Konka’s booth is the Expose 970, which offers a 4.5-inch qHD IPS screen, dual-core 1GHz unspecified CPU, Android 4.0, 8MP rear camera and 2MP front-facing cam. We took a few minutes out of the last day of the show to stop by and peek at the 970, and our experiences are just about the same as what we anticipated: the qHD display was clear and bright, the screen was actually quite responsive and the processor seemed to perform pretty well for a lower-end dual-core. The Kanzi UI is pretty easy to figure out — the icons are very reminiscent of what you’d find on Meizu’s Flyme OS. The phone is a little thicker than we’d like to see, and the back cover is definitely on the glossy end of the fingerprint magnet spectrum. If curiosity gets the best of you, head below to scope out a few images of the latest Konka.

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As Sony, Apple and others well know, it’s hard to slip a phone into the marketplace without leaks, considering the many, many points on the supply chain where Mr. Blurrycam can spot it. This time, Rapid Berry allegedly espied promotional photos that look like they came directly from the source, hitting all the Blackberry 10 marketing points like the upcoming Z10 handset in black and white, BBM Video with Screenshare, the new BB keyboard and the so-called Time Shift Camera. While we’ve seen much of this before, these are among the first press-type pics we’ve seen straight from RIM — and tie up the imminent Blackberry 10 future with a pretty bow, if real. Go to the source to see the entire series.

Update: Rapid Berry’s also found a short video showing BBM Video in action at the coverage link below.

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Via: Phone Arena

Source: Rapid Berry