Acer Liquid S, the quad-core phablet

Acer prepared an everything but impressive show at last week’s Mobile World Congress. In fact, not a single new device was unveiled either at that time nor few days before. We did see the Liquid E1, but it was announced a whole month earlier.

Now we’re hearing that the Taiwanese company is looking to launch its very first phablet soon. The information comes from Acer’s president of Smartphone Business who mentioned something of that sort in an interview for the official MWC paper.

The upcoming Acer Liquid S will apparently come with a quad-core processor as well as other high-end components like 2GB of RAM, a ton of built-in storage, and so on. We don’t have all the details at the moment, but we’re sure Acer needs to beef-up its game and finally launch a device worth talking about. we’ll make sure to get back to you as soon as we hear something new on this. Stay tuned in the meantime…

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Acer Liquid S, the quad-core phablet

Samsung Galaxy S IV will be available in 6 variants

Good ol’ SamMobile managed to get some early information about the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S IV. According to their sources, the Korean company’s upcoming flagship device will be available in 6 different variants, with 3 capacities and 2 color options to choose from. In other words, were talking about these devices:

• GT-I9500 Galaxy S IV 16 GB (White)
• GT-I9500 Galaxy S IV 32 GB (White)
• GT-I9500 Galaxy S IV 64 GB (White)
• GT-I9500 Galaxy S IV 16 GB (Black)
• GT-I9500 Galaxy S IV 32 GB (Black)
• GT-I9500 Galaxy S IV 64 GB (Black)

In addition, it is also said that Sammy may opt to use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 600 instead of its own Exynos processor. We did hope to see it relying on the powerful Exynos 5 Octa CPU but that may not be the case after all. We are, however, pretty certain that Sammy knows what it’s doing and that it will use all of its resources to repeat the success it had with previous Galaxy S series devices.
As you know, the Galaxy S IV press event is set for March 14th when we should get all the answers.
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Samsung Galaxy S IV in 6 variant

Android 4.1.2 update for LG Optimus G

Looks like Sprint has quietly started rolling out Android 4.1.2 update for its LG Optimus G. We don’t have the official information from the Now Network, but few members of XDA-Developers’ forums noted that their devices notified them about the new software. And they grabbed the 474MB-heavy file only to share it with the rest of the world.


If you’re not in the group who already got the update and can’t wait for few more days to take the official route, you can flash it without Sprint’s interference. You should know, however, that such a move could void your warranty, so you better be extra sure what you’re doing. XDA community could help you out — this thread has a ton of information to guide you along the way — but something could always go wrong. And if that, God forbid, happens – you can’t hold IntoMobile liable. Don’t say we haven’t warned youAndroid 4.1.2 update for LG Optimus G
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Clean up Your Facebook Profile With FaceWash

We've all been there. Your grandmother just joined Facebook, your boss sent you a friend request or you're applying for that dream job. Suddenly, you're scrambling to purge your profile of last night's pictures plus everything else you wouldn't want Grams to see.

Painstakingly filtering through your Timeline isn't going to cut it, but FaceWash makes it easier. Three Kent State University undergrads created a web app that cleans your profile of incriminating content to give you a "fresh face."

The app allows users to search the profile with a "dirty word" list, a precompiled set of offensive or distasteful terms. You can also input your own words, and the returned results are displayed in categories such as "links that you have liked" or comments.

When taken to the questionable content, users have the option to either delete or change privacy settings. Check out the video, above, for more.

Like most Facebook-compatible web apps, FaceWash asks for access to your basic information, email address, profile info and photos. The free app is ideal for professionals in the making, creators Camden Fullmer, Daniel Gur and David Steinberg say on their page.
"You spent the last four years being a college kid. And that's wonderful. But a lot can happen in four years, and Facebook never forgets," the site describes.

The students hope to add more features, reports the Los Angeles Times, giving the app the ability to search in other languages.
Would you use FaceWash to clean up your online identity? Let us know what you think in the comments.
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Clean up Your Facebook Profile With FaceWash

PaperTab Is a Tablet as Thin and Flexible as Paper

Are tablets of today too fat and clunky for you? Meet PaperTab, a 10.7-inch tablet that's almost as thin — and flexible — as a sheet of paper.

Developed by Plastic Logic, PaperTab has a flexible touchscreen that lets users send files and emails and navigate through pages of documents using hand gestures. One can also combine several PaperTabs into one larger surface by placing them side by side, or share files by touching one tablet to another.

PaperTab is powered by an Intel i5 processor, which seems to be separate from the actual display and connected to the PaperTab with a thin data cable. We're unsure if this is the way the device is planned to work when finalized or it's just a prototype. We'll find out pretty soon, as Plastic Logic plans to reveal PaperTab to the press Tuesday at CES 2013.

"Plastic Logic's flexible plastic displays are completely transformational in terms of product interaction. They allow a natural human interaction with electronic paper, being lighter, thinner and more robust compared with today's standard glass-based displays," says Indro Mukerjee, CEO of Plastic Logic.

How do you like the idea of a flexible, paper-thin tablet? Share your thoughts in the comments.

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PaperTab Is a Tablet as Thin and Flexible as Paper