iPad launch day sales out-paced the debut sales of the PS3. Sony shifted 197,000 PS3 consoles on its first day on sale back in 2006 while Apple says 300,000 iPads flew off the shelves in the US last weekend. Do the iPad launch numbers mean its set to become a bigger gaming platform than the PS3?
April, 2010
Sony is the next giant out of the gate to reveal its E3 plans, after Microsoft let everyone know last month that the world’s biggest games show would see the premiere of the finished Natal kit. Sony’s just given word of when its own PlayStation focused keynote goes down, so get out your calendar and read on for the details. If a PS4 tease is going to happen anywhere, it’s here.
Not spotted an iPad in public yet? You will after today. The first shipments of iPads into the UK landed last night, and are winging their way to waiting hands this morning. How do we know? Because our iPad is amongst them. The first iPads in Britain have arrived, get set for touchdown.
The start of another working day is here once more, but before you fire up the ol’ email and get down to business, take a minute to catch up with all the latest gadgets news. It’s all rounded up for you here in techie breakie, and much more fun, we promise!
Blur, the upcoming online multiplayer racing game which mixes Gran Turismo graphics with bonkers Super Mario Kart power up antics, isn’t out until the end of May. If you’ve got an Xbox 360 and an Xbox Live pass though, you can jump online and start shunting other gamers at high speed right now, and for free, as the multiplayer beta has just gone public. Read on for the details.
A Nokia MeeGo tablet iPad rival could be in the pipeline, primed to take on Apple. That’s according to an expert with close connections to Nokia’s tech partners, so read on for all the spilled beans.
Is a Samsung Galaxy S Pro Android phone in the works? Rumours pointing to a version of the monster smartphone with a QWERTY keyboard have been floating around online for a few days, but they just got some serious credibility, as a second, near identical model to the Samsung Galaxy S has just been certified by the Bluetooth SIG organisation.
The Acer beTouch E400 Android phone we checked out at Mobile World Congress in February has just popped up for pre-order here in Blighty. Want to know when you’ll be able to bag the slim Google blower, and for just how much? Read on and we’ll tell all.