The Panasonic Lumix GH1, Pan’s Micro Four Thirds camera with HD video skills, isn’t out until next month, but we’ve just been out and about with the little SLR stopper. Come and see it close up in our hands-on gallery!
May, 2009
The Zeemote JS1 Bluetooth game controller for mobiles has arrived in the UK at long last: it’s being bundled out with the Sony Ericsson W705 on T-Mobile from next week. Yes, it looks like a wee little Wiimote, but how does it play?
Mobidaptor is such a simple idea you may wonder why you don’t already have one of these bundled with your phone. The little plastic dongle lets you back up your phone to a USB stick without all that tedious ‘needing a PC or Mac’ nonsense to get in the way.
An Apple Mac OS X netbook has popped up for sale online, even though Cupertino has yet to unveil one. Will this be the first of many?
DJ Hero, the record-spinning spin-off from Guitar Hero, is to feature mash-ups (two records mixed together) of David Bowie’s Let’s Dance with Jack Of Spades by KRS One (DJ Shadow mix), Nirvana’s All Apologies with Give it To Me Baby by Rick James (DJ Shadow remix, again) and Tears For Fear’s Shout with Eric Prydz’ Pjanoo. Further featured mash-ups include tracks from Gorillaz, Marvin Gaye and Herbie Hancock.
Acer is to release an Android smartphone before the end of this year, Acer’s head of phones has confirmed.
Final Fantasy XIII could be even further delayed, a Square Enix spokesperson has admitted. The game had already been pushed back out of 2009. But now, answering questions from Japanese financial reporters, a Square Enix representative refused to confirm that the game would even ship in Japan before the end of the financial year.