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We’re not entirely sure who MATERIAL BETA is aimed at, but we like apps that specify ALL CAPS should be used in their names so are giving it a spin. It’s probably best described as being a bit like Flipboard, in that it gives you a classy interface that wraps web content up in a pretty little bundle for mobile CONSUMPTION.

Once you’ve signed in with your social network credentials, MATERIAL uses some sort of automation to trawl for stories it think you’ll like and want to share like some sort of SOCIAL MEDIA GURU, then serves them up for you to read twice a day. Simple.

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And better still, it’s launched first on Android. You can get MATERIAL BETA on the Play store here, for free.

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T-Mobile UK has SLASHED the price of its unlimited SIM offerings, selling a SIM with unlimited calls, unlimited texts and unlimited mobile data for £16 a month. If you’re anywhere near anywhere that gets decent T-mobile coverage, that’s a stonking great deal.

The SIM price discount “must end Thursday” for some arbitrary reason T-Mobile has plucked out of the air, so you’ve got less than 24 hours to decide.

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The 12-month deal is being advertised on the front page of T-Mobile UK, via the “SIM only offer” tab on the main banner. Go get it.

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Accessory specialist VTEC has launched a few camera additions for Samsung’s hot Galaxy S III Android model, including a ludicrous 12x zoom telephoto lens that sticks out of the back like a sore, robotic thumb. The lens also comes with its own “mini tripod” for enhanced stability when zooming in on whatever you’re zooming in on.

VTEC has also released a Fisheye Lens and a Wide Angle/Macro Lens for bulking up your Galaxy S III’s optical backside. Here’s the bonkers telephoto option:

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Madness. Also quite awkward to carry around in your pocket without causing significant embarrassment. See the lens insanity for yourself over on VTEC’s UK site. Here’s a thing all about them:

Compact camera lenses transform Samsung Galaxy S3

A range of compact camera lenses from VTEC enhance the photographic capabilities of the Samsung Galaxy 3, which can be simply screwed into place, eliminating the need for a separate camera

VTEC a leading provider of exclusive gadgets and electronic accessories, has a new range of lenses for the Samsung Galaxy S3. Compact, easy to use and simple to change, each VTEC lens come with a back cover that clips into place, and which the lens attaches to. VTEC lenses eliminate the need for a separate camera, and enhance the quality of photos taken. The VTEC cover is particularly hard-wearing and durable, making it an ideal cover to protect the phone even when there’s no lens attached. The VTEC range boasts a number of different types of lens for the Galaxy S3:


CAM-1209 Aluminium Telephoto Lens: believed to be the first 12x zoom available for a Samsung S3, this lens offers impressive zoom quality without distorting the image, and is an ideal gift for photography enthusiasts. The Telephoto Lens has a manual focus ring and also comes with its own tripod, which attaches to the lens to steady the phone when capturing shots. SRP £34.99 inc VAT

Wide-Angle and Macro Lens: these come as one kit, with the Wide-Angle screwing onto the front of the macro lens. The Wide-Angle Lens allows more of a scene to be captured in the photograph, making the lens ideal for taking photos at close range. The Macro Lens is perfect for close up photography, offering great focus close up to the subject. SRP £23.99 inc VAT

Fish-Eye Lens: offers circular 180° fish eye magnification, giving effect to any image taken. This lens is great for fun, quirky shots and also gives each image a circular black border. SRP £24.99 inc VAT

CPL Filter: a new addition specifically designed for the Galaxy S3. CPL is used to reduce glare/reflections and is useful if you are looking to boost colour saturation, especially for blue skies. SRP £34.99 inc VAT

Microscope: a 20x lens specifically designed for the Galaxy S3. SRP £24.99 inc VAT

Each lens set comes with a phone cover that all lenses can attach to. The VTEC lenses are available from the VTEC website – www.vtec.co.uk

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That’s what’s promised when you install Android music game Stereoride. And it works as promised. Once you’ve selected an MP3 from your phone the game scans it and generates an accompanying 3D race track spinning through space, which you race along collecting things in time with music.

We likes games in which you collect things in time with music, as it reminds us of Frequency on PlayStation2. That was literally amazing. This less so, but still quite nice:

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Something to do with your eyes and fingers while listening to music, at least. Check Stereoride out on Google Play here.

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Three UK has started selling the LTE version of the Samsung Galaxy S III, branding it as an “Ultrafast” handset. What this means is it’ll run RIGHT NOW on Three’s existing and extremely swift DC-HSDPA 3G network, which offers download speeds well into double-digit Mbps numbers, plus it’ll be ready for use on the network’s future 4G masts whenever they appear for use.

There’s not a huge incentive to pick one up now, though, with this Galaxy S III appearing for “free” on monthly contracts starting at £34 a month

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…although that does include the network’s popular “All You Can Eat” mobile data option. So if you get a good Three signal you’ll be in download speed heaven – and ready for 4G when it hits later this year. Check it out here.

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LG’s chosen today to pre-empt this year’s Mobile World Congress with news of an updated L Series range, with three new “sophisticated” Android phones set to launch later this year as part of its L Series II update.

As with last year’s L Series, the L Series II comprises of three models — the 4.3″ Optimus L7II, the 4″ L5II and the 3.2″ L3II. LG’s only fleshed out the specs for the L7II, which will come with a 1GHz dual-core Qualcomm chipset, 8MP and VGA cameras, 2,460mAh battery and Android 4.1 as its launch OS.

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Nice enough. We’re going to start acknowledging the existence of LG again, since it did such a great job of the Nexus 4. Here’s the thing from the people:

LG INTRODUCES NEXT GENERATION OPTIMUS L SERIES AT MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS

Popular L Series Upgraded to L SeriesII with Bold Design and Useful Features

SEOUL, Feb. 12, 2013 – LG is staying true to its rich design heritage at this year’s Mo-bile World Congress (MWC) with the introduction of the Optimus L SeriesII. The widely successful L Series has evolved to include contemporary design aesthetics and innovations that improve on the original. With more than 10 million Optimus L Series phones sold in the first 10 months, L SeriesII looks to continue this momentum with its sophisticated style and differentiated features.


Optimus L SeriesII embodies the beauty of the first L Series but with a more refined touch. The design philosophy of L SeriesII has been enhanced to include four new design elements: Seamless Layout, Laser Cut Contour, Radiant Rear Design and Smart LED Lighting on the home button.

L SeriesII also offers an expanded set of user-convenient features including those unique to LG smartphones such as QuickMemo, Quick Button and Safety Care. QuickMemo allows users to capture and share handwritten ideas with others using just a fingertip. Quick Button enables customers to personalize a hotkey to launch any app such as the camera, browser, music player or even QuickMemo. Safety Care offers three options – Emergency Call Forwarding, Phone Non-Usage Notice and My Location Notice – which can be programmed to contact a loved one in case of an emergency.

User experience is enhanced with the high-resolution IPS display and extended capacity battery in the Optimus L SeriesII. What’s more, Dual SIM versions of the Optimus L SeriesII smartphone will enable customers to use one device for both business and per-sonal calls.

“LG has a history of pushing the envelope when it comes to style and Optimus L SeriesII builds on this heritage of design innovation,” said Dr. Jong-seok Park, president and CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company. “By evolving the sophisticated style and premium features of the original Optimus L Series, its sequel is expected to continue the popularity of the L Series around the world.”

The Dual SIM version of the Optimus L7II will be the first of the new series to launch, making its debut in Russia this week. The Optimus L7II will include LG’s unique UX features such as QSlide and QuickTranslator. Availability of the Optimus L3II with 3.2-inch QVGA IPS display and 1,540mAh battery and the Optimus L5II with a larger 4.0-inch WVGA display and 1,700mAh battery will be announced at a later date.

Optimus L7II Key Specifications:
• Chipset: 1GHz Dual-Core (Qualcomm MSM8225)
• Memory: Up to 4GB eMMC / 768MB RAM / Micro SD
• Display: 4.3-inch WVGA IPS
• Camera: Rear 8.0MP with LED Flash / Front VGA
• OS: Android 4.1 Jelly Bean
• Battery: 2,460mAh
• Size: 121.5 x 66.6 x 9.7 mm / 122.2 x 66.6 x 9.7 mm (Dual-SIM)

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Remember that weird chart music thing that launched through Samsung last year? It’s back again, this time with official backing from mobile network O2. The deal with O2 Tracks is simple — you get unlimited streaming access to the UK Top 40 singles chart for £1 a week if you’re an O2 customer, or £5 a month if you’re with another network.

There’s a free trial on offer as well, along with “celebrity news and gossip” to idly leaf through in horror while skipping the endless Rihanna and Will.i.am singles that make up today’s sad pop world.

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Read more over at O2 Tracks or just whack the thing on your phone via the app’s Google Play listing if you’re into the new kinds of music they have nowadays.

Link via Appside.

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The original Cordy has been around for years, offering a very pleasant, simple little platform game that’s easy to play and manages to run very well on even the most modest of Android devices. It’s a great little tech demo of what’s possible on a mobile phone, in fact. Now there’s another one. It’s called Cordy 2.

That’s pretty much all you need to know, aside from the technicalities, like it’s free to download and play the first four levels with the full game unlockable via an in-game purchase if you like it, and…

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…it looks like that. Check out Cordy 2 on the Play Store here if you are still into the whole jumping along a platform thing.

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New Android game Wordsplosion offers an interesting take on the mobile word puzzle genre, challenging players to guess five letter words against the clock. That’s the entirety of the game. We like games you can explain in one sentence.

There’s a mechanic in action that sees you get “free letters” for playing well, which can then be used to help reveal parts of words should you get stuck in future rounds. Looks nice, is free to download and has picked up some decent user reviews from the last few months on iPhone. Here it is:

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Wordsplosion is on the Play Store here.

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Wikipad has today announced plans to launch a 7″ version of its combined Android tablet and games controller, with the US version of the Tegra 3 powered machine set to go on sale in the next month or two for $249.

This news prompted the UK Wikipad representatives to issue a statement for our eyes and ears, with Wikipad’s president of sales saying: “Further to today’s announcement I can confirm that Wikipad will be available in many territories outside of the US, including of course the UK.”

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So if you need another cumbersome, not particularly attractive way to make playing games on Android a little easier, this’ll be officially available over here at some point. Read more about Wikipad on the maker’s site here.

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Those using one of Sony’s chunky but nice Xperia T models ought to have something waiting for them in the notifications tray this afternoon, thanks to Sony launching the long awaited Android 4.1 update for the phone from today.

UK network O2 has confirmed that it’s already seeding the 4.1 update out there in the ether for its users to grab, with the Android update introducing Google Now to users and also including plenty of other custom Sony enhancements and modifications.

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Nice phone. Not quite so nice when you put it on a table next to a Nexus 4 and sigh about the choices you’ve made in life, but still worth picking up on the cheap. Check out Sony’s list of changes inside its Xperia Jelly Bean update over on its mobile blog.

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