If domain name registrations are to be an indication of a company’s future direction, it looks like Ubisoft is about to look at mobile gaming seriously. The company recently registered two domain names related to mobile – Ubisoftmobile.com and Ubisoft-mobile.com. At the moment both URLs lead to parked websites and nothing related to Ubisoft, so we can’t say for sure. But if Ubisoft didn’t purchase the domain names just to prevent any future cyber-squatting, it looks like the game publisher/developer could be focusing its efforts on creating mobile games in the future. Maybe through a new division called Ubisoft Mobile in the future? What do you think?

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Good news for folks with the Samsung Galaxy Nexus – a new update for the phone has somehow managed to find its way online and is now available for the public to download. It brings the phone up to version Android 4.0.4 and includes a whole bunch of fixes and improvements. According to the unofficial changelog, the update makes the phone noticeably faster, fixes the battery stats bug, improved radios for better 3G/4G switching, improved signal strength, new Power Menu, faster boot up time, auto-brightness functionality changed, multi-touch issue resolved, increased volume, keyboard fixes and a lot more. Looks like an update that everyone ought to get on their Galaxy Nexus ASAP. Head over to the XDA-Developers forum for download links and more details.

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The Mobile World Congress is in a few weeks time, and it looks like the upcoming devices from phone manufacturers are making the usual early appearances. Latest to join the party is a pair of devices from LG – the LG-P700 and LG-P880. Not much is known about the devices, but here is what we know so far: the LG-P700 will run Ice Cream Sandwich and will have a 640 x 480 display, which is a pretty unique choice for an Android phone – assuming the reported numbers are correct. Other than that, nothing has been revealed.

The LG-P880 is said to be a high-end device, featuring a 720p HD display. It is a likely candidate for the rumored quad-core LG X3 which was leaked previously – a Tegra 3-packing, 4.7″ display, 8-megapixel rear camera and 16GB storage Android phone. As usual, we can’t say for sure until the devices have been officially revealed, so stay tuned for more details during MWC 2012 at the end of the month.

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If you’re looking for a new pair of goggles to go with your new skis and outfit on your next ski trip, you might want to check out the Buhel Speakgoggle G33 Intercom. While most goggles are only capable of protecting your eyes from the snow, and bright light, the Buhel Speakgoggle takes it up a notch: by acting as a hands-free kit for your mobile phone as well. It uses Bluetooth to pair up with your device, and features buttons on the side of the goggles for you to control the playback of your music or to pick up and answer calls – a good idea since the gloves on your hands will probably prevent you from using your touchscreen anyway.
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Remember the Sony Xperia S that was launched during CES 2012 last month? The phone was reported to be arriving sometime in March in the UK, but it looks like it’ll be arriving in Japan a month earlier. According to reports online, the phone (known as the Xperia NX in Japan) will go up for pre-order on February 10th and will be arriving on NTT DoCoMo on February 24^th – about a week earlier than the UK release. Since the dates aren’t too far apart, we can only hope that it will be the same for the US version as well.

The Sony Ericsson Xperia NX/S will feature a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, a 4.3″ 1280 x 720 display with Reality Display and Mobile Bravia Engine, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, and a 12-megapixel camera with Exmor R photo sensor. Anybody looking forward to pick up this device?

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Even though the DROID RAZR and DROID RAZR MAXX on Verizon are pretty new devices, it looks like Verizon already has got some updates in store for the phone. According to an announcement on its support page, a new update that will bring the phones up to version 6.12.173.XT912.Verizon.en.US (the phones run on the same ROMs after all) will include a bunch of new features that improves the phones’ usability and experience.
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Great news for all Dropbox users with Android devices – if you’re looking forward to increase the amount of storage space you have, you’re in luck. Dropbox has announced the release of its new Dropbox app for Android and a sweet promotion to go along with it. All you have to do is download the app for your phone/tablet, and use the app’s automatic camera upload feature. Upon the completion of your first automatic upload, you’ll be given an additional 500MB of storage. After that, for every subsequent 500MB worth of photos and videos you upload via the automatic upload feature, you’ll be given another 500MB automatically. You’ll be able to repeat this process until you’ve earned 5GB of additional storage – talk about generous!
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One of the main problems with getting a car holder for your smartphone is when the time comes for you to change to a new device – it doesn’t work with it, which usually means it’s time to buy a new one. Well, some folks have decided to come up with a solution to the problem: Ultima. Having no relation to the classic RPG game by Lord British, Ultima is touted as the world’s first universal smartphone holder.
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For those of you who have gotten Windows Phone devices in countries without the Marketplace, we’ve got good news for some of you. Today, Microsoft announced the launch of the Windows Marketplace in five additional countries. From now on, folks in Argentina, Indonesia, Malaysia, Peru and the Philippines will be able to download and purchase apps on their Windows Phone devices. This is a pretty big deal because previously, people in those countries had to select other countries for their phone’s regions and were limited to downloading free apps unless they had a credit card that worked in that country.

It’s going to take awhile before the Marketplace rolls out to the rest of the world, but let’s hope it happens sooner than later. And for those of you in the newly listed countries – time to whip out that credit card and start blowing it on apps!

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If there’s one main advantage native apps have over web apps – it’s the ability to receive push notifications for getting new messages or updates on mobile devices. Well it looks like all that might change in the future. It has been reported that Mozilla is working on a push notification system for the Firefox web browser, which will allow users to receive notifications from websites without having to keep the sites open in their browser. Theoretically, it will also be able to relay push notifications to mobile devices (via Google’s Cloud-to-Device messaging or Apple’s Push Notification Service).
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