The Amazon Android app store is close to opening its virtual doors and it looks like it’ll be good news for Android fans’ pockets. Android News snuck in to the store early when it discovered it was live at amazon.com/apps. The store has now disappeared again with the link pointing to the Amazon homepage but Android News got some screenshots first…
March, 2011
Today’s Kinect hack is one of those great, actually-trying-to-solve-a-real-world-problem Kinect hacks.
Michael Zollner and Stephan Huber at the Universität Konstanz in Germany have used a Kinect, some duct tape and a healthy portion of Sugru to put together a head-mounted Kinect system that can take in visual data as you move (including obstacle detection and QR code reading) and feed it back to the user. It’s pretty rudimentary right now but what the students have created is effectively a Kinect-powered artificial vision system. Awesome! Take a look at the Kinect hack video after the break…
The iPad 2 and the other tablets on our best tablet list have kicked the netbook market into the long grass but it seems Asus is still committed to reviving it. A new rumour from perpetual whisper warehouse Digitimes says Asus are working on an ultra-cheap ($200 in the US) Google Chrome OS netbook.
The netbook is rumoured to be a 10in or 11in model and may be free on contract with built-in 3G (though those deals didn’t exactly fly last time around). We’ve only seen Chrome OS on the Google CR-48 so far so seeing something from Asus would be intriguing but in this world of Android Honeycomb tablets and the iPad 2, would you want one? Hit the headline and head for the comments to debate this one!
Out TBC | £TBC | Asus (via Crunchgear)
It’s hard not to play Dragon Age 2 and compare it to Mass Effect 2, BioWare’s critically acclaimed 2010 space opera RPG. Sure, the first Dragon Age had a fantasy setting, and a very different combat system, but given the console, hack and slash focus of this sequel, it’s clear the studio was trying to follow the same recipe for success that Jack Shepard’s been using. Does it work? Read on for our Dragon Age 2 review and find out.
Half way through the week and we’re locked and loaded for this morning’s US Update. We’ve got details on the new Lexar 128GB SDXC cards, photos of the new iPhone 5 cases, a first look at Ubisoft’s Rocksmith music game and more.
Now that Guitar Hero is out of the picture, it’s time for a new challenger to enter the ring and do battle with Rock Band. Introducing Ubisoft’s Rocksmith, a music gaming experience which uses real instruments and has one goal — teach you to play a “real” guitar. Simply connect your guitar to your Xbox 360 or PS3 using the standard ¼ inch jack and rock out.
Pentax is looking to provide style conscious photographers with the ultimate level of customization on the new Optio RS1500. As the latest entry to the Chameleon camera range, the RS1500 features a new screw-less design that lets you add your favorite image to the camera and clip the protective layer on top to create your own unique look.
Huge news Windows Phone fans, the HTC Arrive scheduled to launch on Sprint’s network this Sunday will feature copy and paste support out of the gate. After a series of failed update attempts, Microsoft has yet to provide copy and paste support for existing WP7 users. Today’s news comes to us by way of a Sprint document released this afternoon, here’s the scoop.