The end of the working week is almost upon us, and to celebrate, we’ve got all the latest headlines from around the gadget globe, crammed into one post for you. Read on for them all right here in techie breakie.
May, 2010
Exclusive: Lovefilm may be rolling out on Sony and Samsung TVs, but the DVD rental service has been conspicuously absent on consoles so far, while Netflix happily streams blockbuster titles to the Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii in the US. That could change soon though: a top exec at the UK company says it’s “excited” about what the latest generation of consoles can do. So excited, it’s got a Nintendo Wii in the office. What ever for?
Exclusive: Lovefilm, the online DVD rental service, has slowly but surely been ramping up its digital plans over the last few months, first serving up a new iPhone app, then revealing plans to allow for movie streaming over new Sony and Samsung TVs and Blu-ray players. We dropped by the company’s offices today to see what else it has in the pipeline, so read on for what it’s planning to add, and when.
The Halo: Reach beta only opened on Monday evening but it managed to pull in over one million players on its first day. Understandably Bungie is pretty happy with the number of Xbox Live users furiously fragging each other (OK, we know that sounds rude) in the Halo: Reach beta and has revealed some impressive stats…
The General Election 2010 comes to an end tonight and after weeks of the politicians angling for your attention, it’s the broadcasters turn to battle for your eyeballs. If you’re planning to plunge headfirst into tonight’s political punditry, here’s 5 ways to watch the General Election 2010 results whether you’re locked in your living room or heading out to a political party…
iPad 3G models aren’t locked to a network. As we told you on Monday that means anyone who’s nabbed an iPad 3G ahead of the iPad UK launch can theoretically create their own microSIM. Now someone has done just that and documented the whole process with a flurry of photos. All you need is an iPad 3G, a SIM card, some scissors and…a meat cleaver.
The Blackberry 9670 isn’t the first Blackberry clamshell we’ve seen. There was the Blackberry Kickstart back in 2008 and the Blackberry Flip last year but this new flip phone seems to be packing the Blackberry 6 OS. Will this get Crackberry fans flipping out or end up folding?
