Samsung Galaxy S Advance to hit Vodafone UK on April 30

The Samsung Galaxy S Advance, announced in January and available unlocked since February, will be making its UK carrier debut next week. While not as enticing as the Galaxy S3 announcement that will shortly follow its release, the Galaxy S Advance features a 4-inch Super AMOLED display, 1GHz dual-core CPU, and Android 2.3. The phone also sports a 5MP rear camera and 1.3MP front-facing camera, 768MB RAM, and 8 or 16GB storage options. Designed to offer high-end specs at a budget price, the Galaxy S Advance has been selling for around £350 off-contract at Clove.

Android Phone, Samsung Galaxy S Advance to hit Vodafone UK on April 30

Chrysler sales explode in California, up 222%

Auto sales in California are red hot right now. The Detroit News reports that sales of new vehicles are up 17.7 percent in 2012, outpacing overall U.S. growth, which sits at a still healthy 13.3 percent. And since gas prices are still extremely high, cars accounted for a reported 62.7 percent of sales, while SUVs dropped to only 24.4 percent.
The car versus-SUV-paradigm isn't all that surprising given the price of petrol, but what is surprising is the brand that has received the biggest sales increase on a percentage basis.

Autoblog, Chrysler sales explode in California, up 222%

Man offers to legally change name for a ticket to Apple's WWDC

. Apple announced on Wednesday that its annual Worldwide Developer Conference will take place from June 11th through June 15th this year in San Francisco, California. The company made tickets available at around 8:30 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, and they were sold out within two hours, likely before most West Coast-based developers even woke up. Tickets are not transferable this year and as such, developers who didn't manage to secure a ticket don't have many options. One man, however, found a way around Apple's restrictions.

An anonymous developer on Wednesday posted a want ad on Craigslist.

Boy Genius Report, Man offers to legally change name for a ticket to Apple's WWDC

Samsung announces new Exynos 4 Quad processor for the next Galaxy smartphone

Samsung has officially introduced its latest application processor, called Exynos 4 Quad. As its name suggests, the new processor is a quad-core one. It's clocked at 1.4GHz, and is based on the ARM CORTEX A9 quad-core, being "the industry's first 32nm quad-core application processor built on the High-k Metal Gate (HKMG) low-power process technology.". The new Samsung CPU promises to offer "double the processing power at a 20 percent lower power bill over its predecessor, the 45nm process-based Exynos 4 Dual."

The first smartphone to feature the Exynos 4 Quad is Samsung's next Galaxy, which will be officially introduced on May 3.

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Blizzard details Diablo 3 midnight launch event

Diablo 3 is expected to launch on the 15th of May and to celebrate the launch of the game, Blizzard has announced that they will be hosting midnight launch events and launch parties in various gaming stores across the globe, starting in the evening of the 14th of May. Countries that will be participating in the official launch events include the US in Irvine, California, Berlin, London, Moscow, Paris, Stockholm, Warsaw, Taipei, Singapore, Bangkok and Seoul.

Ubergizmo, Blizzard details Diablo 3 midnight launch event

Samsung Galaxy S Advance is now available

Samsung I9070 Galaxy S Advance is finally available. The smartphone was announced back in January and it was scheduled for April release. Samsung managed to keep its promise – the phone is now in stock at various retailers across Europe. Clove UK was the first to report it has the Galaxy S Advance in stock – it costs £323 there.

The Galaxy S Advance comes with a first-generation Super AMOLED WVGA screen, a 1GHz dual-core Cortex-A9 processor, Mali-400 MP graphics and 768MB RAM. There is a 5 megapixel camera with HD video recording and 8 or 16GB internal storage as well as optional NFC connectivity.

GSM Arena, Samsung Galaxy S Advance is now available

Pegatron licenses Microsoft's patent portfolio for Android and Chrome devices

Microsoft may make a ton of money by selling Xboxes, operating systems, and other software to consumers , but it also pads its bottom line by monetizing its IP. Its newest patent profits will be coming from Pegatron Corp. — a Taiwanese ODM that makes parts for a plethora of others, including Apple, ASUS and HP — as the two companies have entered into a licensing agreement for devices running Android and Chrome OS. The agreement covers e-readers, smartphones and tablets, with Pegatron paying Redmond royalties of unknown amount.

2DayBlog.com, Pegatron licenses Microsoft's patent portfolio for Android and Chrome devices