Nothing is promising a “fast and smooth” software experience, a skin based on pure Android, and an “iconic” design. In case you forgot, 2014’s OnePlus One was touted as having a “fast and smooth” experience, a skin that was close to stock Android, and a standout design of its own (that sandstone texture). But there’s one area where Nothing absolutely needs to take inspiration from the OnePlus One, and that’s the pricing strategy.

TL;DR India is examining 275 Chinese apps, including PUBG Mobile, for possible privacy and security violations. AliExpress, Resso, and other well-known apps are also on the list. It would come after a ban on TikTok and other apps in June. India might extend its ban on TikTok and other Chinese-origin apps to include PUBG Mobile and similarly high-profile titles. Economic Times sources claim the country has written a list of 275 Chinese apps it will study for possible national security and privacy issues, including PUBG Mobile (backed by Chinese tech giant Tencent) and Alibaba’s shopping app AliExpress.

Until the Galaxy Tab 8.9 gets an official, stable release of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, Galaxy Tab 8.9 users have an option of trying out an unofficial alpha build of Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich. A team of coders from XDA Developers has put together a ROM which gives many users a taste of what it would be like to run ICS on their Galaxy Tab 8.9. Before you get too excited about this preview, there are a few snags that are worth mentioning.

With little ado and small fanfair, Square Enix has launched a new pinball game into the Google Play Store: Justice Monsters V. Unlike most of the developer’s offerings, this is by no means a fantasy RPG. Instead you’ll find all the rocketing gizmo action of classic arcade staples that have kept players plugging quarters into machines for decades. If you’re not intimately familiar with the series, then you might be wondering what the hell Justice Monsters Five has to do with Square Enix’s biggest intellectual property, the final Fantasy Series.

There may not be many surprises left to reveal about the upcoming LG G4, but the company has just lifted the lid on a new warranty offer for the handset. Korean customers who purchase the G4 before the dealine will receive a one-time screen replacement and a 64GB microSD memory card completely free. To qualify for the offer, customers must order their smartphone before May 31st, suggesting that the handset will hit the shelves promptly after its official unveiling at the end of this month.

What’s more frustrating than an Android manufacturer keeping complete silence about its plans of updating a certain phone to Ice Cream Sandwich? That’s right, a manufacturer that plays games with its customers, pushing upgrades back and forth, cancelling them and then bringing them back under the spotlight. That’s exactly what LG has done with the Optimus 2X, a phone released a year and a half back with 2.2 Froyo on-board. Smoothly and swiftly updated to Gingerbread in November 2011, the 4-incher was initially planned to get an ICS upgrade in Q2 2012.

If you’re a fan of challenging point-and-click puzzle games on Android, look no further. Video game developer KickBack has just released a new indie title called Lost Echo to the Google Play Store. Featuring realistic graphics, a unique soundtrack that was written specifically for the game, and a killer storyline, Lost Echo will have you hooked in no time. In the game, you play as a character named Greg searching for his girlfriend, Chloe, who mysteriously disappears in front of him.

Along with its latest batch of new mid-range smartphone mobile-platforms, Qualcomm has made an even bigger announcement at its AI Day in San Francisco. The mobile chip giant is making another play for servers, after abandoning its Centriq range back in 2018. This time, the company is leveraging its technologies in the field of AI to get its foot in the cloud computing door. The first chip us dubbed the Qualcomm Cloud AI 100 platform.

With all the praise that Sony has received for their effort to bring something new to the Android tablet experience, it’s rather a anti-climactic to see how little attention their tablets have received from technophiles in the US. However, things may change, now that AT&T decided to bring forth the Sony Tablet P to the US. The arrival of this innovative clamshell tablet  to American shores is a couple of months behind the rest of the world, but the group of devs at Pocketables wasted no time in making up the lost ground.

Over the weekend, Amazon pushed its Kindle products hard and even temporarily lowered the Kindle Fire down to just $129 for Cyber Monday. Now with the weekend and Cyber Monday over, Amazon has announced that the company’s holiday shopping weekend sales doubled over what they saw last year during this time frame. While this sounds like great news, this press release from Amazon tells us little to nothing.Like many other companies out there, Amazon loves to brag about how products are selling well but doesn’t give us real sales or unit numbers to back up what they are saying.