Toshiba‘s got one last hand to play in the rush towards Windows 7 next week: the Toshiba Satellite L450. It’s a full-sized, full-featured laptop with the specs to match, but it costs less than some netbooks.
October, 2009
The Palm Pre is out today, and along with it comes a whole new smartphone platform for developers to beaver away on. But what Palm Pre apps are out there, ready and waiting to go already? If you’ve picked up a Palm Pre already, we’ve got the essential webOS apps to stash onboard.
You’ll find the majority of them available in the Palm App Catalog, but we’ve ventured slightly further afield to bring you the best of homebrew too, so whatever you’ve snatched up a Palm Pre for, be it work or play, we’ve got you covered.
UPDATE: Apple appears to have backed down, allowing EyeTV back into the iPhone app store, complete with its 3G streaming abilities. Read the full story.
UPDATE: Just hours after the story below went live, Apple pulled the EyeTV app from the iPhone app store. Elgato has since submitted a revised version, without the offending code to allow 3G streaming, and expects it to be back on sale soon. Read the full story.
We went ga-ga for the EyeTV iPhone app, but our singular complaint was that live telly could only be streamed over a Wi-Fi connection. Now we’ve discovered a backdoor built into the EyeTV iPhone app to allow TV shows to be viewed even if you’re on a 3G connection. Read on, and we’ll show you how.
Well, hello Moto. We knew Motorola was putting all its eggs in the Android basket, but we weren’t expecting a followup to the Motoblur-skinned DEXT so soon. This leaked video suggests otherwise though. What exactly is Motodroid?
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Archos has issued a firmware update which fixes niggles which caused Amazon to pull the Android–packing Archos 5 Internet Tablet from its US store earlier this week. Archos 5 firmware 1.1.01 is said to stop the device locking up and experiencing Wi–Fi failings.
GTA 4 Ballad of Gay Tony, the next and final part of the Grand Theft Auto 4 saga on the Xbox 360, is rapidly approaching release, and to whet your appetite further, Rockstar’s released a new video, showing the glitz and glam of Liberty City’s nightlife – as well as its seedy underbelly.