In an effort to avoid dumping of low quality products in India, the government of India has banned the import of mobile phones and certain other products from China. The Chinese mobile phone import ban is restricted to phones that ship without an IMEI number (such as unbranded generic feature phones), which implies that smartphones are outside of the scope of this ban.
3 Minute Games is a game developer studio known for their Lifeline series of games. So far, the team has released Lifeline, Lifeline 2 and Lifeline: Silent Night. You can pick up each of these games in the Play Store right now for only a dime a piece. It’s unclear how long this sale will last, so be sure to take advantage of it while you can.
With Fenix recently hitting its Twitter token limit, Luke Klinker (the developer of Talon) has been getting a lot of questions about the future of his Twitter application. He says Talon “still has plenty of tokens available” and then goes on to explain that he will continue to support it with updates once it finally does hit the token limit.
After the short beta program, BlackBerry has officially announced the full Android 6.0 Marshmallow rollout. The update is already starting to hit devices that were purchased from BlackBerry’s own web store (ShopBlackBerry) and the company says it will be hitting carrier models starting on May 3rd. With this being BlackBerry’s first major Android update, we’re curious to see how they handle it.
More footage has appeared online for Pokémon GO, Niantic’s newest game which is under beta testing in Japan and Australia. This gameplay footage shows us several mechanics of the game, including how to catch Pokémon, fight a gym battle, and even hatch an Egg. The Pokémon seem to be limited to Gen 1, but do remember this is in Beta, so gameplay and/or content may change upon public release.
Following the sale announcement for the Ubuntu-powered Meizu Pro 5, XDA sub forums for the same have been created. The Lenovo Vibe P1 also gets in on the fun with its own forum!
Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow is rolling out for the Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact, bringing with it all the goodies of the latest public version of Android. The Z3 Tablet Compact was the only device in the Z2-Z3 range that was missing its update, and Sony has gotten perfect update coverage in this device lineup.
