The Sony PSP2 is on the way, and due to launch possibly by autumn 2009, according to Dave Perry, founder of Shiny Entertainment and current Chief Creative Officer at Acclaim. And it won’t have a “stupid battery-sucking UMD disc drive”.
February, 2009
Windows Mobile 7 is being prepped for a 2010 release, according to Microsoft CEO and shouting enthusiast Steve Ballmer, speaking in a conference call this week.
The Sony X Series Walkman has been priced and dated for the UK, and while the 3 inch OLED touchscreen media player could be an iPod Touch killer, it doesn’t beat it for cost. Breakdown after the break.
By our watches, it’s bang on lunchtime o’clock. Raise a toast to one and a half days to the weekend by sitting back and catching up with all the morning’s tech news: it’s all in the lunchtime lowdown, after the jump!
If you’re still hurling money around like a Monopoly player, this won’t affect you, but for anyone keen on saving a bundle on their gadgets, listen up! We’ve just launched a new Electricpig Shopping service. It’ll help you find the cheapest price for every gizmo.
The Sony PS3 console is to get a serious price cut, with Sony announcing this “in the next couple of days”. The savings will come because Sony is introducing a version of the PS3 without its Blu-ray disc drive. At least, that’s what Mike Hickey, analyst at Janco Partners believes.
A Nokia netbook is in the works, Nokia‘s CEO has confirmed, ending months of speculation that the mobile giant could be entering the netbook market.