With the exception of the new 3TB Constellation ES.2 hard drive, all of Seagate’s 2011 product announcements this afternoon consisted of 2.5-inch for factor drives. Cache has been boosted across the board from 16MB to 64MB and all of the new drives come with a self-encryption option. Bottom line, expect performance and capacity improvements between 50 and 100 percent.
March, 2011
One button games are fast becoming the mainstay of our best iPhone games selections within our ever growing best iPhone apps library. While my obsession with Tiny Wings abides and love for Monster Dash is undimmed, Sticky has joined them as one of our favourite pick-up-and-play iPhone games.
In Sticky, you play a little orange blob battling grey monsters who you flick between sticky surfaces, hopping on his foes in the classic Mario/Sonic style. It’s a beautifully rendered game with bright cartoony graphics and simple but addictive gameplay. We’ve already wasted a good chunk of time playing it. Take a look at Sticky in action after the break…
Want an iPad 2? Thinking about nabbing one with a 3G connection? Vodafone‘s just opened registration for Apple’s new slate, and while it’s only listed as “coming soon”, we do know that the tablet is expected to go on sale on 25 March in the UK generally. However, given that the US is already “suffering” from iPad shortages, you might want to do all you can to place dibs on an iPad 2 as soon as possible – and signing up for alerts seems as good a way as any.
(Via Fonehome)
Here’s a pair of nice anecdotes from the Department of Doh! – RIM thought the iPhone would bomb and bomb hard. According to a fairly extensive Reuters report (see the PDF), RIM was convinced that the iPhone was “so badly flawed from day one” and that “users wanted great batter life, great security, great mail handling, minimal network use and a great keyboard experience”…
Why should you be bound by your Kindle’s restraints? If you’ve got the know-how your Kindle can be a virtual newspaper, its own reading light, compatible with a Bluetooth keyboard, and can even run Linux. Read on to see how, and prepare to bin that warranty.
NFC is coming, this we know already, but today news reaches us that Google is starting to trial its own contactless payment points. You won’t be catching the Google NFC trial over in the UK though, as it’s strictly New York and San Francisco residents that will be able to play spot the Google NFC pay point. But how long till we see it for real? Read on for more info.
Get your mitts on this! One eagle eyed Electricpig comrade has spotted a bargainous bundle in Sainsbury’s: For £199 Sainsbury’s is offering a 4GB Xbox 360 hardware bundle, which comes with Kinect, Kinect Adventures, and a controller.
The offer isn’t available online, and you’ll only be able to get your hands on it in store at “300 large games stores” according to a spokesperson from Sainsbury’s. Read on for more info!
The Nintendo 3DS touches down on 25 March, but there’s a problem emerging: reports are saying that while the Nintendo 3DS is speedy when it comes to loading Nintendo 3DS games, it’s slower than the DS when it comes to loading Nintendo DS games.