A world of dual analog inputs is coming to the Nintendo 3DS, set to debut next month at a trade show in Tokyo. According to the French technology website 01net, Nintendo has been developing a joystick for the 3DS and asked certain game developers to come up with new titles optimized for the dual-controller console. The site also claims that a 3DS replacement is set to debut in early 2012. The rumors sent Nintendo shares to the moon, rising over eight percent on the Osaka Securities Exchange.
August, 2011
We’ve been dreaming of old games since we heard those rumours of a Road Rash revival, so it’s exciting to hear that Sonic CD is headed to Xbox Live Arcade. The classic but often forgotten Sonic title popped up on a list of games set to go on show at the Penny Arcade Expo next week. Sure we liked Sonic 4 but sometimes we just want to see the hedgehog in his 16-bit prime.
Major Nelson, Xbox promoter-in-chief, revealed the list. It includes plenty of things you’d expect like Gears of War 3 and Forza 4 but near the end lurks the uannounced Sonic CD Xbox Live Arcade port.
Sega PR is keeping shctum about the game right now but has promised more information soon. In the meantime, click through to bop along with the awesome Sonic CD theme tune. Sing along with us: “Sonic boom! Sonic boom!”…
We’re still waiting for Google TV to ship up on these shores and the news from across the Atlantic has not been that promising when it comes to the search giant’s attempt to sashay into living rooms but that could be set to change. Google has finally made a major move to bring Android apps to Google TV, something it’s been teasing since it first unveiled the platfom.
A major Google TV overhaul is reportedly in the works and a preview version of the Google TV plug-in for the Android SDK has finally made it into the wild. That’s a big deal because it’ll allow Android developers to start customising their apps for the big screen. Google says the number of apps available on the TV will be small to start with but the development makes us hopeful that we might actually see a more developed Google TV make it here.
Let us know: would you be interested in getting Google TV with Android apps into your living room? Or is the choice of a Boxee Box or Apple TV enough for you?
Out now | £NA | Google (via Techcrunch
There’s a continual battle among camera makers to build the thinnest model in a particular class. Today’s champion is the Canon Ixus 1100 HS which the company claims is the slimmest 12x zoom compact to grace the shelves. Its predecessor, the Canon Ixus 1000 HS was already impressively slight at 24mm thick, but the Canon Ixus 1100 HS has slimmed its thickness down to a waif-like 21.99mm.
But, of course, we expect more from our compacts that the ability to slip unnoticed into a rucksack. Read on for the rest of the Canon Ixus 1100HS specs to see whether they match up to those slimline looks…
HTC is hitting London next week to show off future devices and Windows Phone will be top of the agenda, according to BGR. It claims to have heard from a little birdie within HTC headquarters that two Windows Phone Mango devices will make their debut on September 1.
Sadly there’s not a lot of new details to feast on. The source simply says the HTC Eternity (which was leaked last month) will have a 3.7in screen while the HTC Omega (which also popped up in July) will sport a 4.5in display.
Given that extensive specs for both devices have been leaked (hit the links above for our previous coverage), it certainly makes sense for them to appear next week. Rest assured we’ll be there to get our hands on whatever future HTC phones the firm feels like revealing.
We’ve just got some hands and face time with the BlackBerry Curve 9360, RIM’s latest low-rent emailer at the company’s London launch today, and we’re a little surprised. After the crushing disappointment of RIM’s last launch a few weeks ago, the Curve has us impressed with its new, anorexic design.
Apple will deliver the iPhone 5 with support for both CDMA and GSM networks according to a new report which revives rumours of a world phone in the works. Techcrunch claims to have got hold of app logs which show an unidentified device running iOS 5 and sporting the network codes for both Verizon and AT&T.
Building a global iPhone 5 would be big news for US Apple fans who currently have to choose between AT&T and struggling when travelling abroad with the Verizon iPhone. A dual-mode iPhone 5 would allow the device to roam between networks effortlessly and allow Apple to stop producing two slightly different models. Verizon’s CFO seemed to reveal that an iPhone 5 world phone was on the way back in April but hopefully we’ll find out for sure at a September iPhone launch.
Out TBC | £TBC | Apple (via TechCrunch)
RIM has outed a brand new BlackBerry this morning – the BlackBerry Curve 9360. Following the BlackBerry Bold 9900 and BlackBerry Torch 9860, like it’s predecessor’s the newest Curve is a more modestly specced, affordable option.
It’s already up on the Vodafone site marked as “coming soon” and we’ll be getting hands on with it later this morning. In the meantime, here’s the specs you can expect from the BlackBerry Curve 9360…