Nvidia announces new console, codenamed Project Shield

Nvidia, who I am sure you are mostly familiar with for their high-end graphics card and mobile processors, have announced something radical in their usual product line, a dangerously brand new console. Introducing the Nvidia project Shield. The controller is also the console, packing inside Nvidias brand new Tegra 4. The chip will help power the 5-inch 720p "retinal" multitouch display and the incredible sound system. The controller layout looks to be a hybrid that of both the PS3 and the Xbox 360. The Shield will run on the Android OS, most likely Jellybean. It has a battery life of up to 5-10 hours gaming and up to 24 hours for viewing HD movies. One other feature of the Shield is its ability to connect to your PC and stream games to back to the console. There are requirements to streaming though, you need to have a PC equipped with Nvidia Geforce GTX GPU. If you do have PC with that GPU, you can access titles from the STEAM games library right from  the comfort of your couch. 

No pricing yet for this monster but expect for it to ship sometime around Q2 of 2013.  

<Source: gdgt>

Fitbits new product, the Flex, to track your Fitness

I made a New Years resolution to get fit and workout at least 4 times a week. Let me be real, I probably won't manage to keep up that resolution for more than 3 months, that's an honest prediction. Now don't get me wrong, I am not trying to set myself up for fail and would love any sort of daily reminder to help motivate me. Is there something that could help me track my progress and motivate me, something gadgety and geeky, something that I could wear everyday. Something like the Fitbit? Turns out there is. Introducing the Fitbit Flex wristband.

Rumor: Samsung Galaxy S 4 revealed?

Sammobile, a site dedicated to Samsung mobile products, have claimed to have received an image of what appears to be the next Samsung Galaxy S IV from an insider of the company. There are some notable design elements that can been seen from the rumored design. If you take a look at the screen, you could see that it sits nearly edge-to-edge, whereas the S III has about couple mm of space between the edge to the screen. And the main home button is clearly removed in the image which suggests that Samsung might be gearing towards a touch-based button for the Home function. The insider did not reveal any specifications but there are rumored specs of the device. The S IV is rumored to have 4.99" SuperAMOLED Full HD display (1089 x 1920), compared to the Galaxy S 3's 4.8" HD SuperAMOLED (1280 x 720, 306ppi). The S 4's rear camera is also said to be jacked up to 13 MP, a 4MP increase from the previous iteration. Of course the processor would be have to be bumped up too, with the device said to pack a 2.0GHZ Exynos 5450 Quad Core CPU with 2GB of memory. That is impressive if true. With all this said, the image is no indication that the final product will look like what you see above. The image of the Galaxy S 4 could be a render or a fake, no one knows for sure. One thing is for certain though, the S 4 exist and will be out sometime this year.

I have also included a side-by-side comparison of the rumored Galaxy S 4 and the Galaxy S III below. Stay tune for any updates or rumor.

<Source: Sammobile>