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What happens when you take an iPhone 4, Nexus S and HTC Windows Phone 7 to the web? The HTC Windows Phone 7 device walks away a winner. In a video captured at Microsoft’s MIX conference this morning, the company showed off the progress they’ve made with their mobile IE9 browser and hardware acceleration.
April, 2011
Apple knows the expression ‘showing up late to the party’ all too well. After a 10 month hiatus, Bloomberg is reporting the mythical white iPhone 4 will arrive in a matter of weeks. Keep in mind this is not the first, and probably not the last, we’ve heard the white iPhone 4 is coming. Feels a little bit like CDMA iPhone deja vu, don’t you think?
While a lot of iPhone puzzle apps stick with the traditional 2D layout, Puzzle Planet forces you to work in 3D as you spin planets to complete the crust, create ravines, mountains and volcanos and add life to landmasses while battling with comet strikes. If that sounds hectic, you’re right.
If you caught our Motorola Xoom review earlier, you’ll know we were pretty pleased with the very first Android Honeycomb tablet. While it’s not quite as beautiful and seamless an experience as the iPad 2, the potential is plain to see, and it’s still enough to claim the title as best Android tablet. Read on to see the shake up.
The Motorola Xoom Android tablet feels like a crash dummy for Google’s Android 3.0 Honeycomb operating system. It’s almost as if Moto and Google decided to put it out there against the iPad 2 and see what happens, then check the damage in post-mortem and slow-mo replay. Does the Xoom stay the course? Should Apple be worried? Read on for our full Motorola Xoom review and find out.
We make it bang on halfway through the working week, which seems as good a time as any to take stock of what’s been happening. We’ve got new phones, bonkers tech and unreleased software galore for you here in the lunchtime lowdown.
The Gears of War 3 multiplayer beta opens next week for folk who also own Bulletstorm: Epic Edition. If you’re packing that game you’ll get in on April 18. If you’ve simply pre-ordered Gears of War, you’ll be able to hop into the beta fray on April 25.
The Gears of War 3 multiplayer beta will run until May 15 before the digital doors shut again. Gears of War 3 will hit the shops properly on September 20. Hurrah!
Out April 18 | £free with previous purchase | Gears of War
