The initial PlayStation Vita specs which suggested the console would feature 512MB of RAM appear to be off, to the tune of 100 percent. According to Novarama CEO Dani Sánchez-Crespo, the PSP successor has slimmed down to 256MB of RAM. When asked whether the move would hurt Novarama’s current Vita development, he said, “that won’t affect us.”
July, 2011
Micro-Star International (MSI) introduced a new gaming laptop this morning, adding to its ever expanding notebook line up. This time, MSI is going after the high-end gaming market with its GE620DX. The notebook packs Intel’s Core i7-2630QM quad-core processor clocked at 2 GHz and Nvidia’s top-end GeForce GT 555M discrete graphics cards which includes Nvidia PhysX and DirectX 11 support.
An all white Galaxy S II is scheduled to debut across Europe next month for £499.99 (incl. VAT). The cool vanilla S 2 features the same dual-core 1.2 GHz processor, 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus display, 1GB of RAM and 8-megapixel camera as its sibling. With five million Galaxy S II smartphones sold in just 85 days will this be what Samsung needs to hit the 10 million mark?
Rockstar has made Red Dead Redemption the game that just keeps giving. It’s confirmed that a new batch of free Red Dead Redemption DLC will mosey onto Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network in September.
The Myths and Mavericks bonus pack will feature fan-favourite multiplayer characters like Landon Ricketts (that’s the grizzled guy in the picture above) and add new multiplayer locations to Death Match, Grab The Bag and Gang matches as well as other online modes. Our original Red Dead Redemption multiplayer review pondered whether the game was just too big and still it’s getting bigger!
Out September | £free | Rockstar
If you’ve got friends still plugging away with an ancient aol.com address or a once hilariously named Hotmail account they created when they were fifteen, Google has created a new service to encourage you to irritate them into using Gmail. The Gmail Email Intervention site suggests some email addresses are so “embarassingly out of date” they should be consigned to the dustbin of history like floppy disks, portable CD players and scrunchies.
The Gmail Intervention site gives you the option of sending one of three email templates to friends who aren’t yet using Gmail – Straightforward: I’m here to help, Concerned: I’m worried about you and Outraged: You’re embarrassing me. There’s a YouTube video starring Dr. Richard Muscat, an invented “intervention expert”, to help your intervention along or you can record your own clip.
While we know Google is just being light-hearted in its attempt to outdo rival webmail services, there’s something a little bit too smug about the Intervention campaign. And we’re not too sure that spamming your friends is the best way to persuade them your choice of email service is the best. Click through to see the Gmail Intervention video and let us know what you make of it in the comments.
Another day, another Amazon Android tablets story. This time, what appears to be a leaked supplier parts list has stoked up the rumour mill. DigiTimes claims Amazon has Wintek, J Touch and CPT lined up to provide touch panels for its two Android tablets with NVIDIA processors powering the show. The most eyepopping claim in the report is that the Seattle firm plans to ship 4 million tablets in 2011.
Previous reports claimed Amazon will launch a 7in tablet – codenamed Coyote – with a Tegra 2 processor and a 10in model nicknamed Hollywood rocking the new quadcore NVIDIA Kal-El chipset. While Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos, has only hinted about tablet plans in the past the number of details floating around suggests we’ll see something soon. And if that figure of 4 million tablets headed for production is true, it means Amazon has iPad-scale ambitions.
Nintendo has promised a major Nintendo 3DS price cut across the world. It began by announcing that it was slicing ¥10,000 off the price of the console in Japan but has now confirmed that the US price will drop from $249.99 to $169.99 and the UK price will be cut “by a third”.
The new Nintendo 3DS price will take effect from August 12 but if you’ve already bought one and are feeling miffed, Nintendo has sweetened the deal for you too. Read on to discover how you’ll be rewarded for your faith in the 3D machine…
When Apple said “a future product transition” is due in September during its earnings call last week, the general consensus was that it meant the iPhone 5 launch. It’s not that surprising then to hear new claims, purportedly from Chinese suppliers, suggesting that Apple is stocking up on the new model.
The China Times says an initial test shipment of 400,000 handsets has been sent to Apple in preparation for a launch in the second week of September. It goes on to say that the sample is part of a production run of 4 million. Looking at the sales of the iPhone 4, that number actually sounds quite low. Still, best chuck this rumour into the pile marked “plausible”.
Out TBC | £TBC | Apple (via Mac Rumors)