This week the team at BLU have revealed a new
series of smartphones with the NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor line inside,
making it clear that they’re pushing for a more mainstream showing of
their Android-based mobile products. This lineup includes the Quattro
4.5, Quattro 4.5 HD, and rounding off the series with a device so large
it’s just about as big as a tablet with the Quattro 5.7 HD. These
devices will be available for relatively inexpensive prices unlocked –
that means you’re not going to have to tie yourself up with a mobile
operator for 2 years just to afford the device – might be a winning
solution.

With the BLU Quattro 4.5 HD you’ll be working with
a 4.5-inch HD 326PPI display with what the company calls Advanced Super
View technology. This technology is said to bring “spectacular clarity”
as well as “rich, natural color” – can’t wait to see it! The Quattro
4.5 HD also has a pane of Corning Gorilla Glass up front to stay tough
against scratches and you’ll have an 8 megapixel camera on the back with
f/2.4 large aperture lens with 1080p video recording abilities.
Inside the Quattro HD you’ll have 16GB of internal memory as well as 1GB of RAM while your NVIDIA Tegra 3 SoC will be running at 1.5GHz out of the box. This device will be availabe the first week of February, 2013, complete with a $349.99 retail price unlocked. That, again, means no contractual obligations – you’ll be working with quad-band GSM and penta-band 21Mbps HSPA+ connectivity – 1700MHz AWS inside the USA – so you’ll be choosing from brands like AT&T and T-Mobile for your mobile SIM card down the line.
There’s also a Quattro 4.5 (without the HD) coming
in at $249.99 USD, also unlocked, here with a 4.5-inch qHD display and a
5 megapixel camera on the back as well as 4GB of internal memory.
You’ll be able to expand this device’s memory by 32GB with your own
microSD card, on the other hand, while you’ll be jumping off with 1GB of
RAM and a launch date essentially the same time as the HD iteration.
Finally there’s the Quattro 5.7 HD, a device with a
massive 5.7-inch 1280 x 720 pixel resolution HD display and many of the
same specifications as the Quattro 4.5 HD. This Quattro 5.7 HD also
works with an 8 megapixel camera and video recording abilities up to
1080p, but you’ll have the same 4GB internal memory as the non-HD
Quattro 4.5 – but again here you’ll also have a microSD card slot for
memory expansion up to 32GB. The Quattro 5.7 HD will be costing you
$299.99 retail unlocked and will be available at the end of March.
(Via HPC Wire)
Good news Android owners, if you were a little jealous that iOS gamers managed to get their hands on Imangi Studios’ Temple Run 2 before you guys, you’re in luck as the game has finally made its way onto Google Play! As expected the game is free and will be bringing the same features to the table which can be found on its iOS counterpart. Will it be able to meet the same level of success that its iOS counterpart did? After all Temple Run 2 on iOS managed to hit 6 million
downloads in 24 hours, so it will be interesting to see if Android gamers are just as enthused or even more enthusiastic about it. In any case you can download the game via Google Play so head on over and start running! For Android gamers who might have already gotten their hands on it, what do you guys think? Is Temple Run 2 a worthy sequel to the original game, or do you think that there was more that could be done? Let us know in the comments below, until then enjoy!