March 2nd, 2011

Could this be the 2nd generation iPad?

Chinese site Dgtle has just posted the below images, which apparently are possible mockups for the next generation iPad.

The above mockup, although still looking very similar to the first gen iPad, has followed speculation across the web of a thinner device, front and rear facing cameras (For facetime etc.. of course!) and a larger speaker.

Predictions from market analysts expect the new iPad and Tablets in general to be a big sell out this year, and expect that 1 in 5 of all homes will own one.

More pictures of this (mockup) iPad 2 in all its glory next to the original iPad after the break!  Read more »

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February 27th, 2011

3DS sells 400,000+ on Jap launch

Nintendo will be more than happy with the result of their Japanese Nintendo 3DS launch, 1 month prior to our UK launch.

Yesterday the 3DS managed to sell it’s entire initial release shipment of around 400,00 units, where queues at some of Japan’s most popular stores were over 2000 people long, however the Nintendo 3DS actually sold out its pre-orders over a month ago.

This is a very good result on Nintendo’s part, let’s just hope they can keep up customer demand as we approach the launch here in the UK!

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February 25th, 2011

Jawbone Era Headset Review


Jawbone has always been on the bleeding edge of technology when it comes to bluetooth. Their new headset, the Era is no exception. The Jawbone Era comes packed with tons of features such as background noise killing technology, motion control, HD audio, and the ability to install apps onto the headset.

The Era has Jawbone’s NoiseAssasin 3.0 built in. Which is the newest version of Jawbone’s military grade noise filtering software. The addition of this is greatly welcomed and makes the call quality on the other end of the phone sound, “like you were standing next to me” as my sister put it.
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February 25th, 2011

A New Home

PlayStation home is a virtual world where you create your own avatar then go around socializing with other gamers and a place to meet friends. When I first logged on to home which it is commonly called, it was only a Beta released in December 2008. Read more »

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February 24th, 2011

Apple Releases New Macbook Pros and Stops Selling Mobile Me Retail Boxes.

Today, on steve jobs birthday of all days. Apple released a new line up of macbook pros and also stopped selling mobile me in stores.

The new Macbook Pros are not very different in appearence, still sporting the slick unibody construction and beautiful glossy screen. Look under the hood though and it is a totally different story. The 13 inch MBP now sports a 2.0 Ghz core i5 dual core processor standard with 4GB of ram and a 320GB HDD. The 15″ and 17″ MBPs also receive respective spec bumps that can be viewed here.

One of the new biggest features is the addition of a ThunderBolt port, which is a variation of Intel’s LightPeak technology. The two main differences between LightPeak and ThunderBolt are that ThunderBolt is using copper instead of fiber optics so it can power devices instead of require external power adapters. The second difference is that ThunderBolt takes on the shape of Apple’s minidisplay port so they will be able to charge you for all of the external adapters you require.

Another addition made to the new MBPs that has been overlooked is the upgrade of the SDHC slot to a SDXC slot. SDXC cards can theoretically put up to 2TB on an SD sized form factor.

Lastly, in the slew of MBP announcements, there was a lose. Apple will cease to sell Mobile Me retail boxes in the store. Many say that this is in lieu of them releasing a new, free Mobile Me service. As much as I look forward to this, I wonder what will happen for people who still have months left over of paid Mobile Me time.

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February 24th, 2011

Apple Store Is Down, New Macbook Pro’s?

After many weeks of speculation and rumours, Apple has finally put their online store into it’s maintenance mode! What does mean? One thing, updates to their lineup! Recently though, there have been many somewhat genuine and very realistic leaks of specifications for new Macbook Pro’s, which seemed to confirm what I recently wrote about here

We shall be monitoring the Apple Store throughout the day and shall provide feedback and opinions on what’s new. Personally I’m expecting that we shall be seeing the latest Sandybridge processors from Intel, faster memory and something new from Apple in the form of a Thunderbolt port! Stay tuned!

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February 17th, 2011

The Sony ‘S1′; their entry to the tablet battle

2011 so far seems to be the year of the Tablet and all of the major consumer electronic companies are throwing their tablet into the mist hoping to grab the title as champion.

We’ve got the Apple iPad, Dell Streak and the Samsung Galaxy Tablet just to name a few, but no entry from the big electronic brand Sony.. until now.

Because of no entry or even an official announcement (until now) from Sony regarding a Sony Tablet, speculation across the internet has been going wild and Sony themselves admitted that they plan to fill an important gap in the market somewhere between their Vaio product range and the new Sony Ericsson Xperia Play handset. Read more »

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February 15th, 2011

Apple Launches App Subscriptions To All

Earlier today, Apple announced that all developers who have an app out on the App Store are able to add a subscription similar to what we’ve seen with The Daily! Apple have made the subscription service available to any app that offers content based apps such as newspapers, music, video and pretty much anything you’d like to subscribe to.

“Subscriptions purchased from within the App Store will be sold using the same App Store billing system that has been used to buy billions of apps and In-App Purchases. Publishers set the price and length of subscription (weekly, monthly, bi-monthly, quarterly, bi-yearly or yearly). Then with one-click, customers pick the length of subscription and are automatically charged based on their chosen length of commitment (weekly, monthly, etc.). Customers can review and manage all of their subscriptions from their personal account page, including canceling the automatic renewal of a subscription. Apple processes all payments, keeping the same 30 percent share that it does today for other In-App Purchases.”

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February 15th, 2011

HTC Announces The HTC Flyer

Just this morning, HTC announced their potential iPad killer, in the form of the HTC Flyer! Spec’s of the tablet include a 1.5GHz single-core CPU, 1GB of RAM plus 32GB of flash storage, 1024 x 600 resolution, a tablet version of HTC Sense, a front facing 1.3MP camera and a 5MP camera around the back, and lastly a battery which is advertised as being able to support hours of continuous video playback!

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February 15th, 2011

NGP to get PS3 ports

Sony’s president of SCEA Worldwide studios, Shuhei Yoshida, has just enlightened us that the NGP will be receiving ports of some of the PlayStation 3′s most popular game titles.

This news is sure to put a smile on the face of you people who are worried about the lack of game titles available on launch…

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