Dave Hilton, Marketing Director UK & Ireland at Sony Ericsson, has said that it’s not just Sony Ericsson Xperia Play users who will see the improvements in gaming on Android that Xperia Play will bring.
He said: “As well as working with games developers directly, we’ve also formed key partnerships to enhance the whole gaming ecosystem – most notably with Unity, a developer pool that helps devs get their games on to every platform.”
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Good news! The Facebook BlackBerry app has had a huge revamp, finally pushing it to version 2.0 and bringing with it must have features like Facebook Chat. And now for the bad news: it’s a BlackBerry 6 only affair for the timebeing. Humbug.
The gadget examiners have taken a look at the iPad 2 and noted that at least five components are sourced from Japan including the DRAM, the compass, touchscreen overlay glass and system battery.
That suggests that in the aftermath of the tragic events in Japan, we may see iPad 2 supply issues. If that does come to pass, it may be sometime before the iPad 2 supply chain is constrained. If you struggle to get an iPad 2, maybe donate a bit of the cash you were going to spend to the Red Cross in the meantime.
Making the leap from 2D to 3D viewing can be a daunting task. Outside of the sticker shock at the cash register for the set, the additional cost of purchasing half a dozen glasses can really be a turn off. Samsung is taking aim at solving this conundrum with their new glasses-free 55 inch 3D LCD, currently on display at FPD China 2011.
We know Microsoft is gunning for tablets with Windows 8 and some clues about what it’ll look like have been outed with leaked screenshots of the next version of Microsoft Office (codenamed Office 15). The new Microsoft Office will use Microsoft’s Metro design language with the same typography-focused look we’ve seen in Windows Phone 7.
The most clear debt to Windows Phone 7′s design language in the Office 15 screenshots are the function labels at the bottom of the screen but overall the whole look of the leaked screens is flatter and clearer than the current version of Office. Take a look at the screenshots then hit the headline and head for the comments to let us know what you make of them.
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Rovio, creators of Angry Birds, and Nokia have teamed up for an exceptional demonstration. Thanks to an enormous 200ft wall and likely several high-end projectors, the two have managed to take Angry Birds 3D to the big screen. This super-sized spectacular is definitely worth a view, ready?
Time once more for us to share with you the best iPad apps we’ve come across this week: the software that’s been setting our tablet’s 9.7-inch screen on fire. Not literally – the iPad is a very well engineered device on that front, thank you very much. This week we have something to enhance news and tweets, something to help you gain an edge over friends in word games and a couple of apps that’ll suit creative types to a t (whether they’re into music or devouring raw fish).
