Super Mario Galaxy 2 has just been dated for us Brits, official stylee.Want to know when you can get your pipe hopping on in outer space once more? Read on and we’ll tell you.
February, 2010
The Acer Aspire One 532G netbook slipped out quietly at Mobile World Congress last week, in amongst all the Android phones and 4G fanfare. But we’ve just caught up with the little lappy here in the UK. It’s one of the first to pack NVIDIA’s next-gen Ion graphics along with Optimus tech to save battery life, and we’ve got all the photos of it flying through HD YouTube videos right here.
If you don’t go down the LED backlit or Cinema 21:9 routes, the Philips 47PFL9664H is the top model that Philips offers. This 47-incher boasts almost every bell and whistle imaginable, and crams the lot into a body just 50mm deep. Is it as impressive as it looks on paper? Read our full Philips 47PFL9664H review for the answer.
The Astonishing Tribe, an excellently named Swedish mobile software firm, is demoing Recognizr, an augmented reality app that uses face recognition to identify strangers with your phone camera. Is this the ultimate networking tool or a frightening glimpse of the future?
UPDATE: Consider our hopes dashed. Nokia has been in touch to say the statement below from Greig Williams was a mis-quote. Nokia’s full explanation is: “Earlier this week, an Austrian journalist asked Greig Williams, GM of Nokia’s operations in the Alp regions, if Ovi Maps would be available on Android in the future. Greig’s response (in English) ‘We don’t comment on future plans’ was inexplicably translated into German as: ‘That will be the next step’. Of course, once we pointed out the error, the journalist corrected their article.”
Ovi Maps on Android? It seems Nokia is working on just that. The Finnish phone giant has already confirmed it’ll be pushing Ovi Maps onto more than just Symbian, stating that a Maemo 5 port for its free turn by turn satnav will be coming for the Nokia N900, but now one Nokia exec has hinted that it could be headed to Android and Windows Mobile too. Say what?
Remember a simpler time? When smartphones were meant for men in six-grand suits and we all had to make do with mobiles minus those lovely extras? Well if you like harking back to the good old days, last week’s Mobile World Congress had plenty for you, with cool dumbphones galore.
So if you couldn’t care less about solar charging, social networking or having a phone that resembles a chocolate bar, make sure feast on our top five dumbphones from MWC 2010.
