Look, we’re not calling Zavvi liars, but we are saying that the only e-tailer listing a Nintendo Wii U UK price and launch date doesn’t seem likely to be one in the loop.
Still, if you’re after a Nintendo Wii U you can actually pre-order one now for a hefty £399.85, with expected delivery on 20 July next year. Hmm.
Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo were not the only big players making moves at E3 this week. Sony Ericsson quietly announced the Xperia Play Experience Pack, a sweet little bundle which includes the DK300 multimedia dock, a pocket USB cable, a music cable to connect the dock to your audio system and the possibility of downloading three free games from Gameloft.
As the first PlayStation Certified Android smartphone, the Xperia Play has a long way to go before transforming Android gaming like we had hoped. However, the Xperia Play Experience Pack is a step in the right direction, offering your choice of any three titles from the following list:
Upcycling is like recycling, but even better for the environment. It involves making products from leftover materials, so in other words finding a new use for something that otherwise would’ve gone to waste. Unlike recycling, nothing is wasted at all.
And, though they may not be best known, there are a few gadget accessories out there that are upcycled. We’ve got the best right here, so if you really want to help the planet, check them out. And while you’re at it, you’ll see the most innovative use ever for your old plastic bags.
It’s been another busy morning in gadgetry and gaming, so come and see what you missed right here in the lunchtime lowdown.
We’ve got everything from Auntie’s 3D TV plans to word on the latest consoles. Read on!
Look at the HTC Salsa in the image above. Do thine eyes deceive? Is that a Facebook button? No, good people, they do not. That is a dedicated Facebook button, for sharing your “content”, a word that boring people use for photos, videos and stuff that requires imagination/taste.
An unusual first, to be sure. But you know what? This Android phone would get the same score, with or without it.
Up until now Find My iPhone was fine and dandy until someone grabbed your phone and switched it off. At that moment, your iPhone would drop right off the Google Map and go dark, leaving you staring at a useless screen.
Luckily, Apple has now updated the Find My iPhone app to add a new feature that should make your chances of recovering your phone marginally better than mine were back in November when I penned the sad tale of my stolen iPhone 4. Read on for details of the update…
Sony plans to make a profit from the PlayStation Vita…eventually. The combination of packing in so much power into such a small package and keeping the price pushed down means that once again the console maker is taking a hit on every device it sells.
Just like the PS3 before it, the PlayStation Vita will cost more for Sony to produce than it makes back in hardware sales. Sony Computer Entertainment CEO, Kaz Hirai, confirmed the situation in an interview with Reuters Japan. He says Sony hopes to start turning a profit from the PlayStation Vita within three years.
Sony isn’t alone. Microsoft made a loss on the Xbox 360 for years. Nintendo tends to be the only console maker that does make a profit straight out of the gate so Sony’s new loss maker is essentially business as usual.
Out 2012 | £TBC | Sony (via Adriasang/Reuters Japan)
The bevy of new features Apple has promised in iOS 5 looked awfully familiar to Microsoft’s Joe Belfiore. He heads up the Windows Phone 7 design team and took to Twitter to say how “flattered” he was by Apple’s moves.
Apple has always been pretty forthright when it comes to taking on competitors so it’s always good to see one of them fighting back. Ready your sarcasm detector and read on…
