The Samsung TouchWiz interface for its touchscreen phones might be simple to use, but until now it’s been more than a little limited. Samsung’s looking to inject a bit of pizazz into it though, announcing today that it will let third party coders and whizz kids come up with their own widgets for the platform. Keep reading to see what we know so far.
August, 2009
Sony’s PS3 motion control tech looks smart enough, but what about emotion control? Don’t laugh – Sony’s serious about this, going so far as to apply for a patent on the technology. Want to know what you’ll be able to do just with a grin or a grimace? Read on and see.
Sometimes all this netbook malarkey can get too much. So how about something a tad more slimline, sleeker and more powerful at a bargain bucket price? That’s what the Advent Altro is aiming for, landing on 24 August at PC World for a cool £600. Read on to find out what you’ll get for your six hundred quid.
When The Pirate Bay suddenly announced it was going legit recently, many thought it was the end for the infamous filesharing site (though not of course for piracy itself), but now it looks like that’s no longer the case either. One enterprising filesharer has copied the entire website and is sharing the backup through The Pirate Bay. Oh, the irony…
Apple’s annual iPod funfest is just weeks away. 7 September if you believe the rumour mill. And with the Apple tablet primed for landing, you can also expect to see the 3rd gen iPod touch also take a bow. And new shots have emerged showing this camera–packing iPod touch in all its glory. Fancy a look–see? Keep reading.
The current Facebook iPhone app is a bit, well, average. Outdated and in need of a serious overhaul, the Facey–B bigwigs have been beavering away on an update, which has just been submitted to Apple for the thumbs up or thumbs down. Read on to see just what you can expect from Facebook 3.0 for iPhone.
There’s been lots of internal wrangling over at Sony Ericsson in recent months, but the company looks to have finally sorted itself out: it’s just appointed a new boss and he’s already gone on record to say the phone maker is to get in on the smartphone game, big time.
Who wants a clunky old CD player taking up valuable shelf space when you can nab a streaming media player, shove it on your wall and feed it tracks from your music–mad hard drive instead? And when it comes to these little bundles of futuristic joy, it’s hard to top the slick, sharp Philips Streamium NP2900. But can this box of tricks boss the competition? Read our full Philips Streamium NP2900 review and we’ll tell you.