Apple has today announced the date for its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), traditionally the launching pad for a brand new iPhone. That’s not the only brand new Apple product we could see unveiled on 6 June in San Francisco however, especially since Apple promises to unveil the future of Mac OS alongside iOS for portable devices. We’ve been reading the tech tea leaves to see what that might just be: read our guide right here for what to expect.
Apple has outed the invite for WWDC 2011 and invites attendees to join it “for a preview of the future of iOS and Mac OS X”. So that’ll be iOS 5 and OS X Lion then but now reports are suggesting that iPhone 5 won’t be outed there as recent version of the iPhone have been. Jim Dalrymple at The Loop says his sources are telling him that WWDC will be a software show, not a hardware event this year…
We wouldn’t blame you if you missed it during the iPad 2 carpet bomb of a launch on Friday, but Nintendo’s own long awaited handheld, the Nintendo 3DS, also went on sale that fateful day. We’ve got one of these five star rated, stereoscopic mini arcade machines to give away thanks to Gamesbasement.co.uk, and all you have to do is design your own outlandish Nintendo peripheral. Read on for the details.
Lots of the games in our best iPhone apps) or killer graphics (Infinity Blade). Today’s entry has neither of those but it is insanely addictive. If you were a whizz at Boggle (or even vaguely enjoyed it), Swipe Four will feel familiar.
The object of Swipe Four is to make as many four letter words as possible on the grid, racking up multipliers and extra points on the way. The game uses the same dictionary as Word With Friends and challenging enough to get you seriously addicted in your downtime. If you like word games, you’ll love Swipe Four. Highly recommended.
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We’ve been tracking the new Virgin Media TiVo service for a full year since it was first announced, and while a lot has happened in twelve months, you can now nab one for installation underneath your telly, just as we have.
The Virgin Media TV powered by TiVo is actually TiVo’s second foray into the UK, with the first in 2000 failing to gain traction on this side of the pond. The new TiVo however, backed by big baller Virgin Media, could make amends, especially with a focus on search and internet TV. In this Virgin Media TV powered by TiVo review we will see if this next-gen box was worth the wait.
Our Sony Ericsson Xperia Play is in the house. We’ve just grabbed a final, shop ready version of the eagerly awaited PlayStation Phone, and while we’re itching to fire up Crash Bandicoot right now, we’d be remiss if we didn’t ask you first what you want to know for our review, coming later this week. Read on, tell us, and check out our unboxing gallery! Read more
It’s been quite the morning in gadget news, and if you’ve been away from your desk, you’ll doubtless be wondering how you’ll ever catch up with all the headlines. Luckily for you, the answer is right here in our lunchtime lowdown headline roundup.
