Amazon’s Kindle e-reader team found themselves up the wrong creek without a paddle or a boat this week, after the online retailer deleted books from Kindles remotely, and sparked a furore about privacy. Now though Jeff Bezos, Amazon CEO, has issued a groveling apology, admitting the digital bookseller’s actions were “stupid”.
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We’ve been playing the new iPhone version of The Secret Of Monkey Island obsessively since launch yesterday, and all the touchscreen swashbuckling action got us wondering, what other retro games is the iPhone crying out for to help ease your commute? First person shooters prove a bit tricky to play, even if they clearly can be done, so we’ve scribbled down some of the games we reckon would best make the jump to touchscreen controls. Here’s the fruits of our brainstorm – iPhone game developers take note!
Apple’s plans for a new iPod touch and iPod nano have been well and truly rumbled. After a “well–connected” source talked up a camera-toting iPod touch, new case designs for both the new touch and iPod nano again show off Cupertino’s snap–happy new direction for the world’s favourite PMP.
Just a week after Apple outed iTunes 8.2.1, with its lofty claim to “disable devices falsely pretending to be iPods, including the Palm Pre,” Palm has shot back. A new update for the Palm Pre puts iTunes syncing back on the menu and signals open, all–out warfare between the rival camps. Keep reading to see just how Palm’s squaring up to Apple.
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Rise and shine. Time to stock up on all the latest hi-tech happenings and gadgety comings and goings, so see what you’ve missed while you’ve been off in the land of nod in our round-up right here!
Flip the lens cover down on the Sony Ericsson C903 and you’d be forgiven for thinking you were holding a dedicated digital camera. Sony Ericsson’s pulling a Paul McKenna on you though: this 5 megapixel machine is a phone too, with plenty of multimedia magic inside.
So you want to tag, message and poke on the move eh? You’ve come to the right place. The Nokia N97 comes pre-packed with everything you need to tap into Facebook on the go. Read on, watch our tutorial, and we’ll show you how to become a social media maven on the move!