Halo: Reach has pulled in $200m in European and American sales in the first 24 hours of its launch, according to Microsoft. That’s more than Halo 3 by a long shot, which pulled in $170m, but far less than Call of Duty 2: Modern Warfare, which earned $310m in North America and the UK in its first 24 hours.
[via TheNextWeb]
It’s been quite a hectic morning in technology. Don’t believe us? See what you missed then here in our lunchtime lowdown roundup!
Sony last night announced that the 3.50 software update to the PS3 would be arriving on 21 September. The PS3 software update will bring 3D Blu-ray playback to the PS3, and news of it broke back in January at CES. This brings the date forward from the date we were given at IFA, where Sony said we should expect the PS3 update in October. The new date was announced in Japan though, so although there’s a good chance this could be the global date for 3D Blu-ray playback, we might still have to wait until October.
[via Engadget]
YouView is the final name for the much-talked about Project Canvas, the Internet-enabled set-top box that’ll combine digital TV with free on demand services and interactive smarts. Read on to find out why YouView is set to irritate Sky and give Google TV a run for its money…
The HTC Desire HD will be arriving for free on T-Mobile, on a two year, £40 per month contract. This rankles a little since Jon French, HTC Executive Director, said yesterday that we would be seeing a “maximum” of £35 per month contracts on a two year basis for the HTC Desire HD at its launch yesterday.
We’ve been watching the Alcatel OT-980 progress from mildly interesting messaging phone into potentially the best cheapest smartphone yet throughout 2010, and next month it finally goes on sale in the UK. We don’t like to hang about though, so we’ve got one for review right now: check it coming out of its carton and ask us what you want to know right here.
Sony has outed a seriously intriguing flexible e-reader concept that promises to be lighter and sturdier than previous e-paper prototypes. Could this Sony flexible e-reader be the future of the Sony Reader? It looks pretty likely…
After the Internet Explorer 9 launch yesterday, Microsoft has said that Internet Explorer 9 will never be available on Windows XP. Instead, all efforts are going into Windows 7.
