Sonic The Hedgehog 4 Episode 1 has been one of the year’s biggest gaming surprises, alongside yet another Duke Nukem Forever resurrection of course. It’s not got a release date yet, but we’ve had a chance to play several levels of the blue wonder’s 2D return in HD. Has it been worth the decade and a half wait? Let’s find out.
Nokia has appointed Canadian Stephen Elop as its new president and CEO, as of September 21. Elop currently heads up Microsoft’s Business Division, and has worked for Adobe and Macromedia in the past. The WSJ reported back in July that Nokia was looking for a new CEO to replace Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, who has been at Nokia for 30 years, and leaves with a severance payment of €4.6 million, as dictated by his contract.
We’re rapidly closing in on the end of the week, but there’s still plenty of juicy gadget news to be had. Tuck in to it all right here in your techie breakie!
Google has said today that Froyo, the Android OS headed to tablets such as the Galaxy Tab, is not built for tablet devices. Hugo Barra, Google’s director of mobile products, warned that the Android Marketplace might not function or might not be present on some devices, and apps might not run correctly on tablets running Froyo
Google Maps is getting an update today, which includes new street view functions. The updates are subtle but mean that via your Android mobile, you can get a lot more in depth with the street view you’re exploring.
Google has launched Google Navigation: walking today, with tweaks specifically designed to appeal to pedestrians, ramblers and those too boozed up to use Google Navigation in their car.
Google said it has found that while people used turn by turn navigation whilst driving, they also use the service whilst walking. To fill the gap in its service, it’s launched turn by turn navigation that’s been tweaked for walkers.
The new iPod touch 4G almost has an easy ride of things. Here we are in 2010, and no other media player has even come close to touching the jack of all trades capabilities of previous models, even if there are better sounding tune chuckers out there to be had. And yet Apple has still seen fit to up the ante once again, with a new screen, new camera, and even slimmer body. Is it worth the extra price? Find out in our full new iPod touch review right here.
