The BlackBerry Pearl 3G is a big first for the cats at Research In Motion: it’s the first push emailer from the company with a traditional 14 button keyboard, rather than the QWERTY pad RIM’s famous for. Is it a step down from the existing Pearl keyboard, or a useful tool for firing off emails like text messages? Find out as we put it to the test in this part of our BlackBerry Pearl 3G review.
The BlackBerry Pearl 3G has landed, complete with an unusual and old school 0-9 keyboard. That might dissuade existing Pearl owners from an upgrade, but if you’re eyeing your friends nattering away on BlackBerry Messenger with envy, it might just be the perfect handset to help you join in the banter. We fired up BBM to find out, so read on for the verdict in this part of our BlackBerry Pearl 3G review.
The BBC is opening up the iPlayer. The new version, live today, already offers a ton of enhancements to make finding shows easier, but a further expansion is planned: adding links to rival broadcaster’s TV programmes directly within the iPlayer interface.
The Wired iPad app which was first spotted as a demo back in November has hit the iTunes App Store. The app which features the June edition of US Wired will set you back less than the UK print edition but you’ll need to give up a hefty chunk of space on your iPad – it’s a 526MB download. So what do you get for giving up all that memory?
The new BBC iPlayer just had its official unveiling in London. Branded as “Simple, Personal, Connected” it adds a ton of new features, from Facebook and Twitter integration to smart recommendations and a feed of shows that’re popular amongst your friends. Most adventurous of all though, the BBC’s adding live chat alongside TV on the web.
Half Life 2 for Mac is headed for Steam today and Valve has ditched a traditional press release in favour of a perfect parody of the classic Apple 1984 ad. Head on in for more details and to see Half Life 2 heroine Alex Vance hurling the iconic crowbar…
Morning all! We’ve lost the glorious sun of the last two days, but the forecast is still looking good for all the latest gadget news. We’ve got the rundown on everything you might have missed while you were asleep right here in techie breakie: catch it before even more hot headlines start breaking!
