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Xperia ZR is smaller, but not necessarily less advanced smartphone compared to the flagship Xperia Z. It brings a smaller screen with a diagonal of 4.6 inches with a resolution of 720p, but still retaines resistance to water and dust by the standards of IP55 and IP58.

Among the various devices that are currently produced by Samsung, Galaxy Note 3 also came into spotlight. A lot of rumors have been said about it lately, and now we finally have more information from more reliable sources. According to the record provided in one of the orders from Samsung's suppliers, the company is starting the production of 6-inch device, which is rumored to be exactly Galaxy Note 3.

Amazon has marked the beginning of the use of their virtual money called Amazon Coins, dividing 500 "coins" worth $5 in the real world to owners of Kindle Fire. Mike George, VP of apps and games at Amazon said „Today we are giving Kindle Fire owners $5 worth of Coins to spend on new apps and games, or to purchase in-app items, such as recipes in iCookbook, song collections in SongPop or mighty falcon bundles in Angry Birds Star Wars. And with discounts of up to 10% when you buy Coins, this is a great way for customers to save money when they buy apps, games and in-app items“

Back at CES 2013 we had the chance to stop by the nVidia booth in the LVCC to take a look at nVidia’s Shield mobile gaming system. It was an interesting demo and the concept was… shall we say interesting. What we saw was a small devices that looked like an Xbox controller on steroids with a flip up screen. Inside was a new generation of nVidia’s Tegra running an optimized version of Android. The idea is that with this one product you can access gaming content from three sources; Google Play, Tegra Zone and even Steam in the future.