Heads up, Google Chrome OS netbooks from Samsung and Acer have been announced by Google Taiwan during an event to big up the latest Chrome OS beta and the Chrome web store. Google named Acer and Samsung as official partners during the event but didn’t spill too many other details about the firms plans. Google has both Intel and ARM on board for Chrome OS so what processor the Acer Chrome OS netbook and its Samsung Chrome OS competitor come packing is still up in the air. Hit the headline and scoot into the comments to let us know: do you want to buy a Chrome Os netbook?
December, 2010
We had to flag this HTC HD7 made of toast, cheese and ham up, since it’s so good. In case you missed it, we’re running a competition all month with O2 to give away a HTC HD7 smartphone to whoever makes the best imitation gizmo from household items, and right now, this is out in the lead. Can you top it? Grab some empty yoghurt pots and washing up bottles, check out the Electricpig Facebook page for some inspiration and click here to find out how to enter.
It’s once again time to take a butcher’s at the best iPad apps of the week. Want the lowdown on the finest pieces of software for Apple’s tablet to emerge in the past seven days? Desiring the skinny on the top fun-makers for the skinny slab? Then read on, pal – because we have five doozies lined up for you.
It’s here! Infinity Blade, Epic Games’ Unreal 3 Engine stunner, has finally popped up on the iPhone (as well as the iPad and iPod touch – it’s a universal app). The Infinity Blade graphics are as stunning as we might have wished for based on the Project Sword demo but beware it’ll take you a wee while to download at a heavy 300MB+. We’re giving the game a run through this morning but if you’re already playing it, click the headline and head for the comments to give us your first impression. Does Infinity Blade deserve a place in our best iPhone games list?
Out now | £3.49 | iTunes
Apple may not launch the Mac App Store until January according to a new report. The latest rumour emerging from Jim Dalrymple at The Loop is that the iTunes App Store’s full fat cousin will be coming our way next month rather than during December. While that would be disappointing, that would still mean the Mac App Store was outed within the 90 days promised by Steve Jobs. We’ll be keeping our eyes peeled as ever but do click the headline and hit the comments to tell us what you’re hoping for in the Mac App Store.
Unless you’ve been avoiding Electricpig for a week (how dare you!) you’ll know how the Electricpig Advent Calendar works. Click the headline or Read More button, drop a comment at the bottom of the post, and you could win!
Today we’re asking for Christmas number ones. The first person to log in using their Facebook ID (that’s really important, without it we can’t reliably contact you, or check you’re based in the UK) and tell us one in the comments section will win! Once we have a winner, we’ll reveal the prize they’ve scooped.
So much news, so little time. Fire up that cup of joe and let’s get right into the latest and greatest in tech news from this side of the globe. In this morning’s US Update we cover the Samsung Galaxy Tab entertainment bundle, the latest iPhone 5 rumors, the ten inch Samsung Gloria and much, much more.
The numbers are in and Swedish manufacturer, Krusell, has announce its “Top 10” list for November with the Apple iPhone 4 taking top honors. Using the number of custom made mobile phone and smartphone cases ordered by Krusell, the manufacturer uses the sales from six continents (including more than 50 countries) to determine the “Top 10″. Any guesses for numbers two through ten?