The HTC Tide is a blast from the past: it’s one of the many Android phones leaked from HTC’s roadmap back in 2009. The thing is, with the unveiling of the HTC ChaCha this week at Mobile World Congress, it’s also the only one that’s still not been released. Could this be HTC’s next “Facebook phone”?
MobileMe is still struggling to compete with Google’s free suite of killer cloud services. But things are all set to change if one inside source is to be believed. See, Apple is scheming over a complete redesign of its cloud-based offering, with a ‘dynamic homepage’ that’ll pull in content direct from your iOS-packing gadgets. Intrigued? Dive in and we’ll explain everything.
Sony has said it will permanently block PS3 owners from the PlayStation Network if they’ve used a PS3 jailbreak on their console. Sony describes PlayStation Network as “a world of entertainment” in its notice and confirms that the PS3 jailbreak ban will have hacked consoles “terminated permanently”.
Is Arnold Schwarzenegger writing copy for Sony now? The blog post, actually by Jeff Rubenstein, Sony’s social-media manager, states that customers can duck the ban by ceasing to use and removing “all circumvention devices and deleting all unauthorised or pirated software from their PS3.” Sony hasn’t said when or how it’ll carry out the PS3 jailbreak ban.
Out TBC | £NA | Sony
The HTC Facebook phones unveiled at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week have been in the pipeline for a lot longer than you think: if you don’t believe us, check out this leaked roadmap all the way from 2009.
The Motorola Xoom, the flagship Motorola tablet, and the flagship Android Honeycomb device, will be stocked in the UK by Carphone Warehouse, Best Buy, PC World, and Currys. Read on for more details.
Though Kinect is getting Windows Phone 7 integration, if you’ve gone for a Google phone instead, Android could get in on the action too. YouTuber and hardware hacker HirotakaSter has hooked Kinect up to Android hardware (it appears to an Armadillo 500 FX dev device) and gets it to play ball.
He used openFrameworks and while right now the software is just shwoing the video stream from Kinect’s cameras, there’s clearly scope for so much more. Click through to see the latest Kinect hack in action.
Still weighing up whether to drop the best part of £230 on a Nintendo 3DS? Well, Ninty is hitting the streets of the UK to convince you that you should splash out on its awesome three-dimensional handheld. Its Nintendo 3DS ‘Believe Your Eyes’ tour gets going next week and is coming to a town near you. Read on for all the details.
Google has tweaked the toolbar on Google.com to add something rather interesting: your name. If you’re signed into a Google account and visit Google.com you’ll now get your name in the top right hand corner with a drop down menu attached. Right now that drop down just features your Gmail address and the ability to sign out but there’s clearly space to add other functions there…
