BBM goes live on Android "End of Summer"

Earlier we mentioned about how BlackBerry had planned to make BBM for everybody on iOS devices and Android 4+ by the "End of Summers"

BlackBerry now in a tweet has now released a date when the standalone applications for BBM would be released to the Play Store on June 27th for everybody to enjoy.

Sorry, it seems that it was just a hoax, but it will be out there soon

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Gmail updated to 4.5. Brings colored labels, Sidebar

The Gmail App has been updated to version 4.5 and along with it has brought many goodies which we saw a few weeks ago.
The update is rolling out in stages and you can try your luck here on Google Play to see if it's available for you yet.
There is a whole new UI change where there is sorting on the basis of sender there too!. Scroll down to refresh and labels gone to the side bar.

Here is the Tablet version!

You can download the apk from the following link and install it on your phone/tablet to use it.

GMail 4.5

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[Update] HTC One: Nexus Edition!

So you all are familiar with the gorgeous HTC One right?
So guess what, as hinted before, HTC has announced HTC One Nexus Edition!

[UPDATE]

It will have Stock Camera Experience, No Video highlights or Zoe, Infrared Blaster will be disabled. Also the button mapping would be the same as the original one. (The htc capacitive button would be useless)

It will be available starting June 26th through the Play store for $599 with Android 4.2.2 out of the box.

The phone is 32GB international sim unlocked version with LTE support. Google will be handling the android updates so that would mean the latest Android on the device.
The phone would be completely running the vanilla Android without any HTC involvements like Zoe or BlinkFeed. Although it will have beats audio, HTC's proprietary hardware package, not the software enhancement.

To remind you, here are the highlight specifications of the phone.

• 2GB RAM
• 143gm
• Super LCD3 4.7" screen (~469 ppi)
• Quad-core 1.7GHz with Qualcomm Snapdragon 600
• 2300 mAh Non-Removable Li-Pro Battery

Sony Xperia A Now Official

From a long time, there have been speculations about a new Xperia phone headed towards the Japanese this summer and they were confirmed more when NTT Docomo scheduled a conference today.
Well it has unveiled a new Sony Smartphone named Xperia A which will be going on sale starting May 17th.

Sony Xperia A features a 4.6-inch 720p HD display and is powered by 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro quad-core processor. The phone also comes with Android 4.1 out of the box, 2300 mAh battery and LTE support.It's water and dust proof, packing a 13MP rear and 0.3MP front camera. It also sports a dedicated camera button. The phone will be sold in Black, White, Pink ad Mint color variants

Sony hasn't mentioned anything about a global availability but we hope to hear something soon.

BlackBerry Messenger on Android

Yes folks! You heard it right!
Earlier morning today in Blackberry's keynote, they announced that BlackBerry Messenger, the company’s popular messaging app, will finally jump to the iPhone and Android this summer. It's something revolutionizing and cross-platform is something BBM was missing since well, forever!

It’ll need Ice Cream Sandwich to be running at the minimum.

“We will make BBM available as the premiere multi-platform IM solution all around the globe” said Thorsten Heins, Blackberry’s CEO, on stage today during the keynote. "Even better, it’s free!"

CyanogenMod Passes 5 Million Downloads

A look on the statistics page on the CM's website tells us that it has finally passed the 5 million download mark!

Official - 1,885,634 

Unofficial (nightly) - 3,198,220 

Although I'm sure if you also count the multiple ROM's out there based on CM, the number would at least be double.
The highest number has been bagged by the Galaxy S series smartphones (Galaxy S, SII and SIII)
Way to go CyanogenMod!

nVIDIA SHIELD Finally on Sale, $349 Price-tag

nVIDIA's Project SHIELD is finally now on sale for those who "signed up" for it to receive it's latest updates. Things just got real. Big Time
Although they are getting it early, the others would have to wait till May 20th to order their own personal ones. Shipment starts late June and it's limited only to North America sadly

nVIDIA is changing the gaming technology since it's launch and here it is again in the Android world. Here are the specifications of the console and personally, I think they priced it quite reasonably.

• Android 4.2
• 5-inch 1280x720 display (294 PPI)
• nVIDIA Tegra 4, 4-PLUS-1 CPU with 32 GPU cores
• 2GB RAM
• Console-like game controller with dual analog joysticks, full-sized D-Pad, L/R triggers, and A/B/X/Y buttons
• Front-facing stereo speakers
• 16GB built-in storage, microSD card slot
• 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0, miniHDMI output

The console is also supposed to support steam and the latest GTX streaming. 16GB is of course very less as it's games would require about at least 1 GB so you would might want to buy and microSD card.