Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime (Transformer 2) Poses For The Camera
Last week Asus announced its second generation Transformer tablet, which will be called the Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime, and Asus will officially show it off and release details on its specifications on the 9th of November.
Now we have our first decent photos of the Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime, with its keyboard dock, which you can see below, and it will come with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.
More Evidence That Google Music Store Is About To Launch
We have been hearing rumors over the last few weeks that Google is getting ready to launch its new Google Music Store, and now more evidence has been revealed which could hint at an imminent release of the Google Music Store.
If you go to music.google.com from your Android device, you will see a landing page which gives you the option to download the Google Music app, but there is now something new on the page, a link back to the Android Market, which shows that you can purchase music from it.
Is The Nokia Lumia 800 Windows Phone Headed To The US?
Yesterday Nokia announced their first Windows Phone smartphones, and the one that everyone is interested in is the new Nokia Lumia 800, which shares a similar design to the Nokia N9.
When Nokia announced the Lumia 800 it said it would be available in Europe next month, but Nokia didn’t mention anything specific about a US launch of the Lumia 800.
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Ban Appeal In Australia To Get Fast Tracked
Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 is currently banned in Australia, after an Australian court ruled that Samsung had infringed on Apple’s patents, and Samsung has been trying to appeal the decision so it can start selling the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia.
Now an Australian judge has decided to fast Track Samsung’s appeal to have the ban uplifted, although no specific date for the hearing has been set as yet.
Facebook To Build First European Data Center In Sweden
Facebook has announced that it will build a new data center in Sweden, in Lulea, which is close to the Artic Circle, and this will be Facebook’s first European data center, and it is designed to handle all the European traffic for Facebook.
Sony To Buy Ericsson Out Of Sony Ericsson Partnership For $1.47 Billion
We heard a rumor recently that Sony was looking to buy Ericsson out of their Sony Ericsson partnership, with Sony taking full control of its smartphone business which has been a joint project between the two companies over the last 10 years.
Sony will pay Ericsson 1.05 billion Euros, which works out at $1.47 billion US, and this will allow Sony to incorporate its mobile devices into other Sony products like PCs, tablets and more.
Mozilla And Microsoft Team Up To Offer Firefox With Bing
Mozilla has teamed up with Microsoft and the company will be offering a custom version of Firefox that will come with Microsoft’s Bing as the default search engine, the standard version comes with Google.
Google Nexus One Won’t Get Android Ice Cream Sandwich
Google recently announced their latest Nexus smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus which is the first device that will come with the latest version of Google’s mobile OS, Android Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.
Google recently confirmed that the Google Nexus S would be getting the Android Ice Cream Sandwich update, but what about the earlier Google Nexus One? It would appear that the Google Nexus One won’t be getting Android Ice Cream Sandwich.
Motorola Droid RAZR Goes Up For Pre-Order For $299.99
Motorola’s latest smartphone the Droid RAZR will be available to pre-order from Verizon Wireless later today for $299.99 when you sign up to a new two year contract with Verizon.
The Motorola Droid Razr features a Super AMOLED qHD display with a resolution of 540 x 960 pixels, processing is provided by a dual core 1.2GHz processor and there is also an 8 megapixel camera which can record full HD video in 1080p.
Samsung’s Attempt To Ban iPhone 4S In Italy Denied By Judge
Samsung and Apple are involved in more than twenty different lawsuits around the world, Apple managed to get the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 banned in Australia, and Samsung has been trying to get Apple’s new iPhone 4S banned in a number of countries.
One of those countries is Italy, and an Italian judge has denied Samsung’s initial request to have the iPhone 4S banned in Italy, and has scheduled a new hearing for the 16th of December where both Apple and Samsung will have to submit evidence to the court.
Nokia Shows Off Flexible Smartphone Prototype (Video)
Yesterday we got to see the first Windows Phone smartphones from Nokia, the Nokia Lumia 800 and the Nokia Lumia 710, but not it would appear that Nokia has been showing off something much for interesting at Nokia World 2011, a Flexible smartphone prototype.
The guys from Cnet spotted the flexible smartphone prototype at Nokia World, and you can see it in action in the video below, and Nokia calls it the Nokia Kinetic Device.
Ken Levine On Bioshock Infinite, Bioshock Movie
Ken Levine is the man at the helm of the good ship Bioshock, but he sees himself as more the “editor of a magazine … but I’m also a writer for the magazine.” Not because of any particular beef with the auteur approach to game making, it’s more of a semantic disagreement. “I believe more in editorship. Auteur sounds like you do everything,” he went on. We completely agree, Ken Levine, everything sounds more arrogant in French. But what of the movie based on the game he auteured?
