New level with 45 new rounds for Angry Birds available in the Android Market

I have recently completed all the levels for Angry Birds in my android phone, except for 2 golden eggs which I was not able to find. Anyway the games in the golden eggs level were not really that challenging, but were rather more for the fun of it to see the pigs in some unusual arrangement. So I was feeling a bit loss with no more new levels, when I saw the update available message in the Android market for Angry Birds on my phone. It requires a manual update as you need to click on the "OK" button in response to a message that says that the upgrade will not erase your data for the previous levels, which was a good thing and also to my relief.

The upgrade will give you a new level with 45 rounds. There is also a new bird available, which looks very much like the original red bird, except that it is bigger, rounder, looks angrier, and is able to knock down stronger structures. There is also a story line for the new level, which tells about the pigs taking revenge by capturing some of the birds and putting them into cages.

I have just started playing the game, and indeed in one of the round there is a "boomerang" parrot in a cage. After clearing the round, the parrot will be highlighted on the screen, very much like when the golden egg is found. In the next round, there is a parrot among my birds. I am guessing that each time you save a bird from the cage, the bird will be added to your group of birds in subsequent rounds. Anyway I have just started on the new level, so I can only confirm this when I am done with more rounds.

Angry Birds Full Version now available for Free in Android Market

Angry Bird is a very addictive smart phone game whereby the player catapults a bunch of angry birds into pigs hiding in structures of different configurations. The game was previously only available in iPhones, but has made its way into the Android market a couple of months back. Initially, only the lite beta version was available for free with about 15 levels of play. Then recently, the full version with hundred over levels of play is available for free in the Android market. Fans of the game with Android phones, please remember to look for the game in the android market!

Warning: The game can be very addictive, and you may find yourself playing it on the car, on the bus, in the train, and even in the washroom!

Creative launches Android based ZIIO tablets

Creative launches Android based ZIIO tablets. See press release.

Key Points

• Creative Technology Ltd. announced the release of a new Pure Wireless Entertainment solution comprising of Creative ZiiO 7” and ZiiO 10” Pure Wireless Entertainment Tablets, Creative ZEN Touch 2 Wireless Entertainment Device and Creative WP-300 Bluetooth Headphones. These new offerings together with Creative’s already extensive range of Pure Wireless speakers, give users everywhere the most complete pure wireless entertainment system available today.
• The Creative ZiiO touch tablet — the world’s first apt-X enabled touch screen tablet — which runs on Android, delivers the best wireless audio performance you will get from an Android™-based tablet in the market, differentiating it from similar devices. 
• Creative ZiiO tablet also delivers the most seamless, fuss-free Bluetooth pairing experience you will ever have with Creative’s extensive range of speakers and headphones.
• Creative ZiiO is available in 7” (480 x 800) and 10” (1024 x 600) display models. The 7” model is in white, while the 10” model is in black. Both models come in 8GB and 16GB memory capacities.
• Compact Touch Screen Tablet
• Stunning 16.8 million (7” version ) and 262K color (10” version) display for laser sharp images
• Android 2.1 Operating System
• Bluetooth 2.1 EDR (with apt-X and A2DP)
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g capable
• X-Fi Audio Enhancements (X-Fi Crystalizer, X-Fi Expand)
• Audio Supported: MP3, AAC, WMA9, FLAC, OGG, ADPCM, MIDI, WAV, Audible Format 4
• Video Supported: H.264, MPEG4, WMV9, MJPEG, MOV, AVI, MKV
• HD Video-Out (HDMI-Out)
• Photo Supported: JPG, BMP, PNG
• Front facing camera
• Built-in Mic
• Built-in Speaker (stereo)
• Accelerometer
• Playtime: Up to 25 hrs (MP3), up to 5 hrs (video)
• microSD (7”) / SD (10”) card slot (up to 32GB)
• Dimensions:
• 207.4 x 133 x 13.7 mm (7” version)
• 262 x 173 x 13.7 mm (10” version)
• Weight:
• 400g (7” version)
• 650g (10” version)