HTC’s second Android handset is only just out, but the smartphone maker is showing no signs of slowing its Android assault. A third Android model, the HTC Hero, has been leaking its way across the web, and has just shown up in a fresh spy pic.
May, 2009
A new Eee PC is in the works, packing an 11.6-inch screen, and it’s coming this month, says Asus head honcho Jerry Shen.
So, when is a netbook not a netbook? We’d say once it starts approaching 12 inches in size, but not Asus. It’s prepping an 11.6-inch laptop with Eee PC branding, and it’ll be out later this month according to the company’s president.
Lunchtime o’clock has rolled around once more, so fill up your starving stomach with all the latest tech stories right here! We’ve got everything from new phones to e-readers inside.
Mass Effect 2 received an unexpected twist earlier in the year when a teaser video strongly implied that the gender-swapping series star, Commander Shepard, was ‘Killed in Action’. That surprising revelation sent a shockwave through the Mass Effect community, who were rightly bemused by their hero being ignominiously dispatched in the space (no pun intended) between the two main games.
Apple is in talks to buy Twitter, according to an inside source. Cupertino is the latest Silicon Valley giant to be linked to the micro blogging service, but can it be the company to get Twitter’s founders to bite?
BlackBerry Storm 2 is already hot mobile gossip, but now RIM CEO Jim Balsillie has made it official. BlackBerry Storm 2 is the follow up to RIM’s divisive iPhone Killer, which was widely criticised for its buggy software and unresponsive touchscreen tech. If BlackBerry Storm 2 can remedy those issues, stick in a WiFi chip and harness the power of BlackBerry App World, RIM may finally be able to give Apple a run for its money.
The new PSP still exists in rumour only (albeit a very convincing one), but it looks like publishers are already getting on board with the renewed focus on downloadable titles. Capcom appears to be the first to commit to it wholesale, promising up to 40 new PSP titles for the upgraded PSN service.
The Kindle DX will be the official name for the big-screen e-reader from Amazon we heard about yesterday, new reports claim, and it’s set to shake up the ailing print industry as soon as this week!