When Samsung officially announced their new flagship Android smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S III, the company said that it would launch in Europe in May and in the US in June. The Samsung Galaxy S III will go on sale in the UK tomorrow, the 29th of May, Samsung has yet to officially announce a … [Read more...] about Samsung Galaxy S III To Launch In US June 20th
Amazon To Offer Pre-paid Mobile Service In Japan
Amazon has plans to offer a pre-paid mobile service in Japan, the company has teamed up with Japan's NTT Docomo and will be offering a pre-paid SIM card for 1980 Yen which works out at about $25. The pre-paid SIM cards from Amazon will be compatible with NTT Docomo's LTE network, and will offer … [Read more...] about Amazon To Offer Pre-paid Mobile Service In Japan
AndyPad Tablet Gets Android 4.0 ICS Update
Some of our readers will remember the AndyPad, a budget Android 7-inch tablet that launched last year. Good news if you own one, as the company behind the AndyPad has released an Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for the device. As a reminder, the AndyPad features a 7-inch touchscreen display … [Read more...] about AndyPad Tablet Gets Android 4.0 ICS Update
RIM To Lay Off 2,000 Staff In Restructuring Plan?
RIM doesn't seem to be able to do anything right at the moment. The company, which was at one time one of the world's most popular smartphone makers, has seen its sales decline over the last few years. This decline has been attributed to several factors, including increased competition from other … [Read more...] about RIM To Lay Off 2,000 Staff In Restructuring Plan?
Facebook Hires Ex Apple Engineers For Facebook Smartphone
We have been hearing rumors that Facebook is working on their own Facebook Phone for quite a while, although Facebook has always denied that they would be releasing any kind of hardware, and instead said that they would be concentrating on mobile software. According to a recent report by Nick … [Read more...] about Facebook Hires Ex Apple Engineers For Facebook Smartphone
LG Announces 5 Inch Full HD Retina Smartphone Display
LG has announced a new 5 inch smartphone display that comes with a full HD resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, this means it will be able to handle full HD content in 1080p just like your HDTV. This new display from LG is an LCD panel with Advanced High Performance In-Plane Switching (AH-IPS) and … [Read more...] about LG Announces 5 Inch Full HD Retina Smartphone Display
New “Zone Of The Enders” Announced
The list of "neglected" video game properties is shortened by one, as a new project in the cult classic Zone of the Enders series is apparently in pre-production. Original creative influence Hideo Kojima is overseeing the project, no doubt immensely happy to finally be doing something other than … [Read more...] about New “Zone Of The Enders” Announced
Need For Speed Most Wanted Shows Up On E3 Booth Schedule
Back in 2005, Need for Speed Most Wanted represented nothing more than an ugly turn a formerly revered franchise was taking from the elegant Porsche Unleashed through Underground and Carbon to the apex of street racing vulgarity. Little would I suspect that seven years on the franchise would be in … [Read more...] about Need For Speed Most Wanted Shows Up On E3 Booth Schedule
Minecraft Sells 9 Million, 6 Of Which On PC
No matter how ridiculous you thought Minecraft sales already were, chances are the real numbers will still shock and amaze. As if Notch's Elite-inspired space trading sim 0x10c didn't have enough to live up to, Minecraft has apparently hit the very specific "around nine million" milestone. Which … [Read more...] about Minecraft Sells 9 Million, 6 Of Which On PC
Original Halo Dev Bungie Not Attending E3 This Year
Bungie has been keeping well and truly out of the limelight since giving up the reins to Halo and taking up with Activision. And seeing how the studio has a four-game deal with Kotick's crew, they must have plenty to keep them busy. Even busy enough to miss their second E3 in a row, apparently. A … [Read more...] about Original Halo Dev Bungie Not Attending E3 This Year
GeForce GRID To Enable OnLive – Style Cloud Gaming
Despite not setting the world alight, cloud gaming has at least warmed it up slightly. OnLive and Gaikai are hardly console-killing behemoths, but they're not completely devoid of merit, if only because they established a reasonable baseline for something almost everyone thought impossible. And with … [Read more...] about GeForce GRID To Enable OnLive – Style Cloud Gaming
New Star Wars Video Game Franchise Announced
After killing off the best ones, transforming one into a middle-of-the-road MMO, and creating a new one that the vast majority of humanity prefers wouldn't have existed (the one with Boba Fett's gyrating hips, if you're wondering), LucasArts is apparently putting together a new Star Wars video game … [Read more...] about New Star Wars Video Game Franchise Announced
