Launched back in 2013, the Nintendo 2DS gaming console will finally be available for purchase in Japan in the next couple of months. The country, however, will be getting four special edition transparent variants of the device, preloaded with Pokémon Red, Blue, Green, or Yellow (shown below).

Of the variants shown above, the red and the blue models have already been available outside of Japan since last year. In Japan however, all four variants will come with a decorative sticker and special menu theme, as well as a poster based on the Kanto region’s map.

Those purchasing the console will also get a download code for the Pokémon Mew that will also work with some 3DS games, including the Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire, as well as Pokémon X and Y. As for the price, each variant will carry a JPY 9,980 price tag, which translates into around $83. They will be available for purchase starting February 27- pre-orders have already begun.

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Earlier this month, it was revealed that the Marshmallow update for the Mi 4 and Mi Note smartphones would be arriving soon. And now, it has been announced that the update is in the final stages of testing.

The announcement, which also revealed that the Mi 3 will also be getting the update, was made by the Chinese company’s MIUI operations manager on Weibo. He also posted a screenshot of the update (shown below), revealing that it will weigh in at 518MB, but won’t bring a new iteration of the MIUI interface, which means the version would stay at 7.

It’s worth mentioning that the update in question is a beta update, meaning it might have some bugs. The final version of the update is expected to roll out a few months from…

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Gaming company Valve has now confirmed that the Steam security issue that allowed unauthorized access to other users’ personal information has been resolved and the service is now back up.

“Steam is back up and running without any known issues,” a Valve spokesperson said. The company also revealed that the issue occurred due to a configuration change.

“A caching issue allowed some users to randomly see pages generated for other users for a period of less than an hour. This issue has since been resolved. We believe no unauthorized actions were allowed on accounts beyond the viewing of cached page information and no additional action is required by users.”

For those who aren’t already aware, the issue in question allowed Steam users to see other users’ information – such as email address and credit card data – instead of their own details on their Account Details…

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Lenovo has confirmed that its upcoming K4 Note smartphone will come with a fingerprint sensor as well as near field communication (NFC) capabilities. The confirmation came in the form of a tweet (shown below).

The K4 Note now has Fingerprint security thnx to you! As a bonus, we threw in an NFC chip as well! #KillerNote2016 http://pic.twitter.com/MEQc8d4zUX— Lenovo India (@Lenovo_in) December 26, 2015

This comes just a few days after the Chinese company officially confirmed that the handset will have 3GB RAM.

More than 99% of you preferred 3 GB RAM in the #KillerNote2016 & that’s what you’ll get! Get ready for the RAMpage! http://pic.twitter.com/CUjDyvDQpZ— Lenovo India (@Lenovo_in) December 23, 2015

For those who aren’t already aware, the successor to the K3 Note is expected to be launched on January 5 – Lenovo has already sent out media invites for the launch event, which is scheduled to be held in India’s capital city of New…

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Over a month after it cleared China’s 3C certification, the Mi 2015811 has been certified by Chinese certification and regulatory authority TENAA, revealing some of its key specs. The device is powered by an octa-core 1.5GHz processor, and sports a 5-inch (1280 × 720 pixel resolution) TFT display.

It has 2GB RAM and 16GB expandable internal memory. In terms of camera, the handset features an 8MP or 13MP rear unit and a 5MP front shooter. Measuring 139.3 × 69.6 × 8.5mm and weighing in at 143g, the smartphone runs Android 5.1.1 Lollipop out-of-the-box.

The Mi 2015811 comes in three color options: silver, gray, and gold.

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The Vive VR headset from HTC has received certification from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the US. In addition to the headset, the Vive controller, Base Station, and Link Box, have also been approved by the government agency.

For those who aren’t already aware, the Vive was initially supposed to be launched in limited quantities before the holiday season this year, but the launch has been delayed to April 2016, with pre-orders starting in the month of February.

The Taiwanese company’s CEO Cher Wang recently said that they have made “a very, very big technological breakthrough” with the Vive, adding that it will be shown off at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January.

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A new Samsung tablet carrying a model number of SM-T375S has received Bluetooth certification from the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) as well as Wi-Fi certification from the WiFi Alliance (WFA).

Both certifications were granted recently – Bluetooth on December 24 and Wi-Fi on December 16. The same device was also spotted listed on Zauba – a website which tracks India’s import and export – revealing a screen size of 8-inches.

The Zauba listing also revealed a price tag of around $100, which indicates that the device in question is an entry-level…

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Verizon is getting ready to launch a new affordable smartphone from LG. The Optimus Zone 3 has been given the leaked press render treatment by none other than @evleaks today.

The images show a 4G LTE capable device sporting software-rendered on-screen Android navigation buttons – not something often seen in this price range.

The Optimus Zone 3 will be offered with prepaid plans from the carrier, so it’s bound to be very cheap. Unfortunately no specs have accompanied the leaked renders. However, based on what the Optimus Zone 2 from 2014 was packing, you shouldn’t expect much.

The Optimus Zone 3’s predecessor had a 3.5-inch touchscreen, a 3 MP camera, and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 200 at the helm, with just 512MB of RAM and a 1,700 mAh battery. Hopefully the new iteration will at least sport a 4″ display and 1GB of…

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The gold plating experts from Vietnam are back again with a new offering. This time, Karalux focused its efforts on BlackBerry’s Porsche Design P’9983, launched last year with BlackBerry OS 10.3 on board.

If you still enjoy the Canadian company’s own operating system (and thus don’t care about the newer, Android-running Priv), this might be for you – especially if gold is your thing.

You can now buy a gold plated P’9983 from Karalux for VND 55 million, which currently translates into $2,440 or €2,226. This price is valid for international orders, if you’re in Vietnam you only need to pay VND 50 million ($2,219, €2,023). In either case you’re getting a smartphone plated with 24k gold.

As you may have expected, the handset’s innards aren’t touched, so in terms of hardware you’re getting the same 3.1-inch 720×720 touchscreen, Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro chipset with 1.5 GHz dual-core CPU, 2GB of RAM, 64GB of expandable storage, 8 MP main camera, 2 MP selfie shooter, and 2,100 mAh battery.

On the other hand if you already have the device and just send it in for gold plating, you’ll shell out either VND 15 million ($665, €607) or VND 20 million ($887, €810), depending on which type of gold you prefer.

The plating process takes three straight working hours, because more than ten different stages are involved, according to the chief engineer responsible for the P’9983’s gold…

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It’s almost 2016 and we still don’t have legit hoverboards. Worst of all, we are now calling these things hoverboards, something that neither hovers nor is a board.

One company – Arca Space – has decided to take matters into its own hands, and decided to make a $19,900 donut box with fans on it.

The ArcaBoard, as it is called, uses 36 high powered electric fans that produce 200 kgf of downwards thrust to keep you and anyone above the board floating for all of six minutes. The board can supposedly be controlled by your smartphone. The batteries powering the 272bhp of power inside can be recharged in six hours, or in 35 minutes using the optional ArcaDock accessory that costs another $4,500.

First of all, there is nothing elegant about the ArcaBoard design and not at all what we expect hoverboards to look like. What the cheesy promo video also doesn’t tell you that having that many fans is going to be obnoxiously loud. Another thing the video doesn’t show is any kind of lateral movement. All it does is, well, hover, which is fine but it also needs to move. Granted you are not going far in six minutes but the complete lack of any visible movement is terrible.

Lastly, $19,900 for something that poor from a company you’ve barely heard of doesn’t sound very exciting. Maybe if you have too much money lying around but this product has vaporware written all over it.

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