We’d heard rumblings of the HTC HD2 being in short supply, and now Vodafone has confirmed it will no longer stock the mega-screened Windows Mobile device, ditching it ahead of a raft of new launches next year.
December, 2009
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iTunes only recently began offering previews of songs inside regular web browsers, but Apple could be looking to expand on that with the recent purchase of LaLa. Now a new report claims it’ll be for browser based streaming, so you’ll be able to listen in on any computer, even your locked down work PC.
iPhone owners, are you jealous of all those Android toting mobile users and their MiKandi online shop for risque apps? You might want to check out the Sex App Shop, a new web app that’s the closest thing we’ve seen to a rival adult App Store on non-jailbroken handsets. Dirty macs at the ready? Then we’ll begin…
Apple’s seeking a 3D game designer to work on projects for the iPone and iPod Touch. Could it also be a clue about the future of the magic Apple Tablet?
Apple has developed games in the past both for the iPod Classic and the iPhone as well as its long-forgotten Apple Pippin gaming machine. However, the job ad is seeking someone with some rather more hardcore skills.
Apple’s asking for someone to “design, visualise, enable and implement interface, 3D characters/environments [and] animation”. Lots of companies are already making 3D games for iPhone like Super Monkey Ball, so why would Apple need to?
Apple is already marketing the iPod Touch as a gaming platform (“the funnest iPod ever”) and it could be working on more advanced gaming features for a future version of the iPhone OS.
However, it’s also possible that Apple may need some gaming experts on board to work on games for the much rumoured Apple Tablet. If it does arrive, it’s likely to pack more graphical punch than either the iPhone or the iPod Touch and 3D games would make sense.
TBA | £free | Apple (via Gizmodo)
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At the moment, James Cameron’s Avatar feels like just about the biggest movie ever – egged on by its gazillion dollar budget and all those posters plastered from here to the ends of the earth. Can the inevitable video game tie-in hope to suck-up some of its glory or is it destined to rot away underneath the canopy? We cut through the undergrowth in this James Cameron’s Avatar for Nintendo DS review.