Virgin Media must really have it in for BT. No sooner does BT make plans for an ultra-fast fibre optic network, than Virgin Media manages to double it and has just announced that it’s starting a pilot of a new 200Mbps service. Those speeds even make the current 50Mbps service look a little bit pathetic.
May, 2009
Blimey, The Sims 3 for iPhone is looking tasty indeed. Despite already being the world’s most successful games franchise, EA Mobile hasn’t held back on the visuals for its iPhone outing; there are no 2D isometric viewpoints here, just full-blown 3D goodness.
PS3 might be a snazzy addition to any home cinema rig, but Sony’s decision to rely on new fangled Bluetooth instead of IR has put universal IR remotes in a tricky situation. As in, they won’t work. Fortunately, that’s where Schmartz steps in. Its PS3IR-1000 converts IR into Bluetooth so your IR remotes can play ball with the PS3 at last.
The Viewty Smart is headed our way next month, and we are anxious to see if it is as tasty as it looks. GSM Arena managed to get hold of a pre-production model and found that – while it is pretty good, it is not exactly a proper smartphone.
PS3 is set to get a massive influx of music and video content, and a brand new XMB feature, when VidZone launches across Europe this summer. The catch? There isn’t one! The ad-supported service will enable PS3 user to access more than 25,000 downloads absolutely free.
The Nokia E52 has just been announced at an event in Warsaw. Rather than dazzle us with touchscreens and advanced OS features, Nokia is hoping that the E52 will impress by simply letting us talk for up to eight hours.
Apple could be about to slip 3G into its Macbook range. A job posting for Apple’s Mac Hardware Group reveals that Jobs and Co. is on the lookout for an experience communications engineer to join its team. Their task would be checking for bugs in various communcications technologies, including “3G wireless WAN”.