Trailers for the Facebook film, The Social Network, are everywhere. Cue bombastic voiceovers, romanticised view of college in America, and some overblown and overly sentimental soundtracks. But The Social Network looks to be painting a rather different view of Zuckerberg than we Brits saw during his scripted chat with Cameron last week…
July, 2010
A Nintendo Wii 2 with 3D won’t be the firm’s next step, according to Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto. While Nintendo head honcho Satoru Iwata discussed the idea last month, Miyamoto says the Wii 2 isn’t going to jump down the pipe and follow the Xbox 360 and PS3 into the 3D gaming world. Should Nintendo stick to portable 3D and swerve it in the living room as it has with HD?
The HTC Desire looks set for a sequel. Rumoured specs for the HTC Desire HD has slipped out online and it’s good news if you were frustrated that the HTC Evo 4G isn’t flying over to the UK. From the unconfirmed details, it seems the HTC Desire HD will be a 3G-packing, European spin on the Evo’s big screen delights with a pinch of HTC Legend style thrown in for good measure. Sound good? Dive into the rest of the specs below…
After Apple hastily announced it would be holding a press conference about the iPhone 4 later today, we wanted to know what you, readers, were expecting. Was this going to be Apple, admitting it was wrong, and giving every iPhone 4 owner across the globe a new handset? Or is it likely to be a damage limitation exercise, pressed upon Jobs and his minions by a headstrong PR? We asked, and you answered…
An iPhone 4 jailbreak release is still on track despite the arrival of the iOS 4.0.1 update. There had been oodles of speculation that Apple would introduce new measures to frustrate coders but that hasn’t happened this time. The iPhone Dev Team reports that the ultrasn0w iPhone unlock used by Planetbeing as part of his iPhone 4 jailbreak has not been blocked and iPhone 3G jailbreak tools still work just fine. Read on for the latest installment in the iPhone 4 jailbreak saga…
You won’t find the Pandora on the shelf at your local high street retailer, ever, but for a select band of dedicated gamers, it’s the year’s – nay, the last five year’s – biggest hardware launch. The open source, emulator rocking gaming handheld has been years in the making, but it’s finally arrived, for a lucky few. We’re one of the first sites on the planet to get our hands on one, but is it really worth opening Pandora’s box? Find out in our exclusive Pandora review.
By now, it should be fairly obvious that Steve Jobs is not going to announce an iPhone 4 recall tonight. Apple clearly believes this is a problem that can be fixed remotely. It’s probably right, but software alone isn’t going to do it. We need a blood sacrifice, and that sacrifice can only be made by Steve Jobs.
We’re fast approaching the end of the week, but things are only about to heat up: Apple’s mystery press conference is just hours away. More on that, and much more, in our news roundup right here.