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Wednesday 30 November 2011
PS3 system software update 4.0 to land this week
It’s time for a new software update for your PS3 to land. According to the Official Playstation Blog, the PS3 will be updated to software version 4.0 this week. Exactly what day that update will land isn’t offered, but it has to be in the next couple days. Sony says that the update is to [...]
Canon DC310, DC320, and DC330 DVD Camcorders
Canon has announced three new devices for its DVD camcorder lineup this year. The entry-level Canon DC310 features a 2.7″ LCD screen, SDHC card slot, and 680k, 1/6″ CCD. The DC310 also features a 37x optical zoom, which extends to 41x when using what Canon calls Advanced Zoom, a new feature that utilizes Canon’s imaging [...]
Samsung NX200 Interchangeable Lens Camera launched at IFA 2011
Samsung NX200 interchangeable lens camera with 20.3 megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor, displayed at IFA, promises to be a combination of style and quality. While the sleek and compact design spell style, NX200?s unique features add the much needed oomph to the quality. The user can control a number of parameters through Samsung?s i-Function 2.0 lenses. [...]
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JVC Everio GZ-HM450 Camcorder Review
With a $200 price tag, the GZ-HM450 is one of JVC’s cheapest Everio camcorders. The model can record Full HD video, has 8GB of internal flash memory, and?new for this year?features a touchscreen LCD and standard definition recording options (in addition to HD).
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Sony Handycam HDR-TD10 Camcorder Review
The twin lens system featured prominently on the front of the Sony HDR-TD10 should tell you one thing: this is a camcorder that can record 3D video.
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Sonos software updates bring Android tablet support, Slacker and Spotify upgrades
Wireless music streaming kingpins Sonos rolled out a number of software updates tonight, including System Software 3.6, which brings added controls to Sonos Wireless HiFi, integration with Slacker and some improvements to the service's Spotify offerings. The newly revamped Sonos Controller for Android, meanwhile, offers up support for Android tablets running 2.2 or higher. More info after the jump.
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Facebook privacy fix a start not a solution say advocates
Facebook‘s confession of a “bunch of mistakes” around privacy and the new measures put in to address FTC and public concerns moving forward have been tentatively welcomed by privacy advocates, though the settlement is being seen as a first step rather than a full solution. The social network conceded to 20 years of biannual privacy [...]
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Chanel counterfeiters beware: US federal court orders domain names seized and de-indexed
Chanel counterfeiters beware: US federal court orders domain names seized and de-indexed originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:58:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Sonos Android controller app gets Honeycomb upgrade, better Spotify integration
Owners of Sonos wireless home audio kits who also have a Honeycomb Android tablet lying around are in for a treat today. Sonos have updated their controller app for Android to make it fully compatible with Google's latest tablet-orientated...
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Target Remote Control Gift Card Rocks Holiday Season
It’s the holidays and that means more silly Target gift cards, like this Remote Control Gift Card.
Your peeps will enjoy the gift of Target along with the gift of a remote-controlled tiny red car with a wee mouse at the helm.� The cards start at $25 and go on up to $1K for those folks [...]
Your peeps will enjoy the gift of Target along with the gift of a remote-controlled tiny red car with a wee mouse at the helm.� The cards start at $25 and go on up to $1K for those folks [...]
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Tuesday 29 November 2011
Tech Digest's Christmas Gift Guides: Gadgets, Gaming, Geek Chic and more!
It's that time of the year again folks; the central heating is on, jackets are tightly buttoned and we're all tentatively trying to hide the fact that we're wearing granddad's long-johns underneath our jeans. Okay, so maybe that last one...
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Skyrocket in white, afternoon delight
Read our Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket review
We're still not seeing it on AT&T's product page, but Samsung most certainly does have a white version of the Galaxy S II Skyrocket waiting in the wings, for those of you who are into that sort of things. Specs look to be identical to the black Skyrocket, save for the shell. Keep an eye out for this one to be available at some point, we reckon.
Source: Samsung; Thanks, Eric, for the tip!
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JVC Announces New Professional Handheld Camcorder: the GY-HM150
With the GY-HM150, JVC is continuing its trend of offering compact and portable options for professional filmmakers. Featuring a similar build to its predecessor, the GY-HM100, the GY-HM150 offers a new encoder and processor in an attempt to improve HD recording quality, as well as provide support for standard definition recording.
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Verizon FiOS Triple Play offer dishes free Halo: Anniversary and Xbox LIVE Gold
The fine game-oriented folks at Verizon are this month tending to the Xbox 360 crowd with an offer for FiOS internet, TV, and phone that’ll give users a free copy of Halo: Anniversary as well as Xbox LIVE Gold for 12 months. The best part about it is that there’s no annual contract requirement, and [...]
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Android Game Review: Great Little War Game
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What happens if you take one part Advance Wars, one part any tactics game, give it a hilarious storyline with a rough-and-tumble stereotypical general, and release it for Android? Oh, well then you'd have Great Little War Game by Rubicon Development.
In Great Little War Game (or GLWG, as it's named in the app drawer), you're part of Force Blue (my name, not theirs), whose leader, Generalissimo, is hell-bent on eradicating the armies of Force Red. (Red vs. Blue, anyone?!)
Gameplay is classic turn-by-turn based combat, where you move your forces around, attack your enemies, and when you're done, they do the same to you. The map is broken up by circles, and every circle is one step a unit can move. A unit can only move a certain number of spaces per turn, so plan your offense accordingly.
In the very first missions of the campaign, you're limited to using the most basic of units (grunts and snipers), but as you move through the story, you'll see your forces grow to include other units like the engineer, bazooka man, and even vehicles like the tank and jeep.
Missions on each map vary, from simple objectives to wiping out all your enemies, to other, more complex objectives like taking over your enemy's base (something only the engineer can do). My latest mission had me lasting eight days (or turns) without the general being killed, and once the eighth day ended, I won.
Trophies are awarded if you complete a mission's objective in a quick amount of time, and you can keep track of what trophy you'll be awarded in the same area of the screen that tells you what day your mission is on and how much money you have. You can also buy more troops with the funds you receive at the start of each turn.
If single-player gaming isn't your style, GLWG also has a "Pass & Play" setting, where you can play against a friend, and you just pass the game to them when it's their turn. It definitely hearkens back to the days of Mario Bros. on the SNES, and I like it.
There's also OpenFeint achievements scattered over the game's 20 missions, for the true completionist, and a Skirmish practice mode, for those looking to hone their war-making skills.
Overall, Great Little War Game exemplifies some of the best traits a game could have: humor, challenging gameplay, and replayability. The fact you can save up to three games at once is a great feature, too, and ensures you'll never have to start over (unless you want to).
Great Little War Game is $2.99 in the Android Market. We've got download links after the break.
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JVC Announces New Professional Handheld Camcorder: the GY-HM150
With the GY-HM150, JVC is continuing its trend of offering compact and portable options for professional filmmakers. Featuring a similar build to its predecessor, the GY-HM100, the GY-HM150 offers a new encoder and processor in an attempt to improve HD recording quality, as well as provide support for standard definition recording.
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GameStop reveals PS Vita accessories pricing
GameStop has unveiled all the pricing information for Sony’s PS Vita next-gen portable along with the pricing of its official accessories. Those include various capacity memory cards, USB cables, docks, car adapters, and a starter kit. However, the device isn’t set to launch in the US until February 22 of next year. Accessories for the [...]
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Toyota Fun-Vii ?smartphone on wheels? concept revealed
Toyota has taken the wraps off its latest car concept, the Fun-Vii, a display-clad urban vehicle described as a “smartphone on four wheels.” Revealed just ahead of the Tokyo Auto Show in a few days time, the Toyota Fun-Vii measures just over 4m long and 1.75m wide, and features dynamically customizable body panels that, like [...]
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Monday 28 November 2011
Trade in your old AV amp for �400 off Arcam AVR400
Arcam are giving UK customers added seasonal spice with �400 off the AVR400 price tag when they trade in any old AV amp. Usually costing �1800, the Arcam AVR400 is available for �1400 with the trade in deal. Just bring...
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Apple's founding documents go up for auction, estimated to bring in $150k
Sure, your OG iPhone may look like a relic from Apple's past, but for a true bite of old skool memorabilia you may want to consider bidding on the company's original founding documents signed by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne. The three-page treasure, which established the Apple Computer Company way back in 1976 won't come cheap, though, as they're expected to go for a cool $100,000 to $150,000. Besides the starting papers, Sotheby's New York is throwing in Ronald Wayne's Statement of Withdrawal as part of the package, a document that gives up his ten percent stake in the biz -- what some may call a $2.6 billion dollar mistake. Check out the source for more auction details.
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Verbatim debuts Ultra-Slim Bluetooth keyboards for iPads, iPhone and Android tablets
Verbatim launched a new tablet peripheral today called the Ultra-Slim Bluetooth Wireless Mobile Keyboard. The keyboard is about as thin as a No. 2 pencil and is compatible with your iPad, iPad 2, iPhone, or other Bluetooth-enabled device with HID keyboard support. This means that it would also work with Android tablets like the Samsung [...]
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The Week in Android News
Another Android filled week behind us, odds are that you missed something along the way, so let's take a quick look at some of what you may have missed!
General News
Hardware News
- Samsung Galaxy Nexus review (international version)
- Samsung Galaxy Nexus gets 'opened'
- Verizon announces holiday savings, kicks it all of with announcement the red Droid Incredible 2
- LG Optimus 4G LTE arrives on Bell in Canada
- Samsung Mobile announces the Samsung Illusion with Verizon Wireless
- Fresh "HTC Ville" render sighted, now sporting capacitive buttons
Tablet News
- Big update for the VZ Messages app includes tablet and phone SMS/MMS sync
- ASUS Transformer Prime up for preorder on Amazon
- Ice Cream Sandwich previewed on the ASUS Transformer Prime
- Gameloft, ARCHOS teaming up for preloaded content on G9 tablets
- Sony Tablet P on sale in the UK, brings hefty price tag with it
- ASUS Transformer Prime available for pre-order at Best Buy
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Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket review
It was a long wait between the release of the international version of the Samsung Galaxy S II and a version for AT&T, but the U.S. carrier has now ended up with two of them. One version is pretty faithful to the original (check out our review here), and the second version, the Samsung Skyrocket, is what were looking at today. There's a good bit of difference, both the obvious (a larger 4.5-inch screen and an LTE modem) and the not so visible (different chipsets), but the user experience is the same for the most part. Hit the break where we dive in and have a look at what the Skyrocket has to offer, besides having one of the best device names since the OG Droid.
  The beautiful screen looks even better at 4.5-inches. Handoff times from LTE to a GSM/HSPA network are quick. HSPA+ fallback when not in an LTE area offers a better experience to the user. Overall the phone is very smooth, like we're used to from the GSII line. |  LTE is hard on battery life. A 4.5-inch screen may be too big for some. AT&T's LTE network is in its infancy and still full of holes. The different internals may mean longer wait times for updates from Samsung and AT&T. NFC is once again notoriously absent from the software. |
  The Skyrocket stays faithful to the Galaxy S II line, offering the same (or better) performance and an identical user experience. AT&T still needs to work on its LTE network, but with a fast handoff and fast HSPA network speeds to fall back on, the casual user will be pleased with its speed on the Internet. The big, beautiful screen and LTE radio are hard on the battery (especially when compared to using it in a non-LTE enabled area) but that can be solved by carrying a spare battery or plugging it in when possible. | |
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