The HTC Desire will be among the first batch of HTC phones to get an Android Froyo update. The Taiwanese handset slinger has confirmed that it and US phones like the HTC Droid Incredible and HTC Evo 4G are in line for the icy upgrade. But others like the HTC Legend don’t get a name check…
May, 2010
UPDATE: Our Samsung Wave hands on preview is live! Gorge yourself on the pictures here, then head on through for our impressions of the first Bada blower!
Our Samsung Wave preview is coming this weekend, but in the meantime, we thought we’d keep your bada meter topped up with a quick hands on session with the new phone. We’ve got one ahead of launch at the end of the month, so read on to see it up close in our photo gallery!
Android Gingerbread, the follow up to Android Froyo has already be dated. It will, appropriately given its rather festive name, be headed out way in time for Christmas. But what clues are already out there about the tasty features we’ll get from Android Gingerbread when the code-filled cookie crumbles? Read more
Google didn’t just unveiled Google TV and Android Froyo. It’s also revealed plans to create an Android Market music store and allow Android users to automatically sync music from their PC or Mac to their phone. It announced that it’s snapped up Simplify Media, which previously made an iPhone app to stream music from your PC or MAc, to power the Android music syncing. Looks like Apple better hurry up and deliver iTunes streaming…
Android Froyo has been revealed, creaming Android 2.1 Eclair with a big batch of new features. Google says Android Froyo will be up to five times faster than the current incarnation of Android and it’s added some seriously interesting new cloud computing clout too. Read on for a rundown of the main features and to see Android Froyo video…
Red Dead Redemption isn’t Rockstar’s first Western game. It’s a sequel of sorts to the 2004 Red Dead Revolver, but from the moment you step off the train in a dusty frontier town, it’s clear that this vast title owes much more to the Grand Theft Auto series that made Rockstar a household name. It’s big, it’s bold, and it’s achingly beautiful, but is it actually fun to play? Read our Red Dead Redemption review and we’ll break it down for you.
Red Dead Redemption may be a spiritual sequel to Red Dead Revolver, but it eclipses Rockstar’s most epic game so far, Grand Theft Auto 4, when it comes to the scale, beauty and mise en scène of the world you play in. Liberty City was impressive enough, but as this part of our Red Dead Redemption review explains, Rockstar’s imagining of the early twentieth century West is all the more immersive.
Red Dead Redemption isn’t the first sprawling sandbox adventure this year to win plaudits for its vast size and atmosphere: that honour goes to Just Cause 2. But that was strictly a solo affair. Rockstar’s Western has multiplayer modes aplenty baked in, letting you and your friends ride all over, and face off in tense shoot outs. How do they rank? Read on and we’ll tell all in our multiplayer Red Dead Redemption review.