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While Acer have always been about value - added devices (cheap and affordable), they may be breaking a new price drop record by dropping the price of their Acer Iconia Tab A1-801 tablet from $249 to $149.99. Initially spotted on a French retailer site, the A1-801 may have the following specs:

• 1.2GHz MediaTek MT8125 ARM Cortex-A9 quad-core CPU
• 1GB RAM
• 16GB of storage
• 7.9-inch IPS screen (1024 x 768)
• 5MP rear camera + VGA front camera
• 3250 mAh battery
• 802.11b / g / n,  Bluetooth V4.0, GPS
• Android 4.2

While rumours about the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 have been swirling about, it seems that it's existance has been confirmed by Samsung's own website. A recent look at the Samsung website revealed the following model codes:

• SM-T210x
• SMT210Rx
• SM-T210Xx
• SM-T211x
• SM-T215x
• SM-T310x
• SM-T310x
• SM-T310Xx
• SM-T311x
• SM-T312
• SM-T315

Samsung recently made an official confirmation that the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 will be released in the US on 11 April 2013. This 8-inch tablet looks to compete with Apple's iPad Mini but raises the bar in terms of price to $399 for a 16GB device with WiFi. To put this into context the Apple iPad Mini costs around $329 while the rival Google Nexus 7 just costs $199.

At the NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) show 2013, Sony recently showed off a number of 4K cameras that are not only targeting the industrial users but also showed off a number of models that may be for the consumer level. While Sony have already announced pricing for their 4K TVs, the new prototype 4K cameras, lenses and technology signal the coming of 4K media into the mainstream.

As mentioned earlier, Samsung is rumoured to have been working on a 5.8-inch and 6.3-inch smartphone going by the name of the Mega under the models of GT-I9152 and GT-I9200. Recently, more rumours regarding these two models have surfaced including the tech specs:

Galaxy Mega 5.8-inch (GT-I9152)

• 5.8-inch LCD (960 x 540 pixel resolution)
• 1.4GHz dual-core processor
• 1.5GB RAM
• 8MP rear camera + 2MP front camera
• DUOS support ~ Dual-SIM capable
• 164 x 83.8 x 9.7mm
• 2600 mAh battery
• Bluetooth 4.0, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n, GPS support

Samsung Malaysia recently announced the official release of the Samsung Ativ S, one of the company's premier Windows Phone 8 smartphones. Priced at RM1699, it doesn't really come as a surprise since we have seen it appear on local store shelves at the same price. What the official release does mean is that the Samsung Ativ S should now be available in most retail outlets and shops supporting Samsung smartphones.

As far as smartphones go, the Samsung Ativ S is in the upper mid-range with an 8MP camera and 1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm snapdragon processor. The 4.8 inch Super AMOLED display offers great 1280 x 720 pixel resolutions though while a 2300 mAh battery ensures that you get a bit more battery life than the average smartphone.

With the 8th of April the BlackBerry Z10 is now officially available for our major telcos in Malaysia. This includes Celcom from RM1188, DiGi from RM899, Maxis from RM1088 and U-Mobile from RM1268.

Celcom's BlackBerry Z10 offerings go for their First Prime, Premier and Elite plans along with their mPro plans. Check out the table below for all the details:

Some of the more recent Apple patent applications have been really far out of this world, and the same could be said for this latest patent which files for a removable touchscreen laptop. In essence the patent files for a laptop (with all of the hardware located under the keyboard) and a touchscreen that can be removed and carried about while the operating system is streamed to the touchscreen from the laptop via a 60GHz ultrawideband format. While at first it sounds like Apple is copying the Asus Transformer Prime, in actuality this patent filing is more similar to the Asus Transformer AIO than the Transformer Prime. The only major difference is that the touchscreen display doesn't have any actual hardware of its own, so if you get out of range of the laptop, it will stop working.

When the HTC One went for an aluminum unibody (ala Apple iPhone) it upped the prestige level for Android smartphones around the world. Nokia's Windows Phone powered smartphones are looking to get the same aluminum unibody treatment with the Nokia Catwalk and the Nokia Lumia 928.

As popularity continues to grow for the 7-inch tablet market, rumours about the 2nd Generation of Google Nexus 7 tablet have been swirling about. Some of these rumours include:

• A Qualcomm processor (instead of the NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor in the previous version) for better power
• Higher resolution screen
• Thinner bezels and slimmer design
• Due in July
• Price drop from $199 to $149
• Previous model to be discontinued