If you don’t own a pair of Beats by Dr Dre, you’ll at least be aware of them sitting on the heads or round the necks of low level Premier League footballers heading into stadia, or X Factor wannabes desperate to get close to Dre himself. Hence makers Monster have decided to out a new ‘Executive’ pair, with more muted design, but the same audio nous.
The classic Nokia Snake game lives on! If you’ve been on MSN’s homepage today and been a bit distracted by all the bright colours to the right of the page, you’re not alone. To celebrate the launch of the Nokia Lumia 800 Windows Phone smartphone, the Finnish giant is offering web surfers the chance to play the classic snake game online for free.
Say what you will about RIM, but its BlackBerry NFC plans aren’t lacking for ambition. In an interview with Electricpig this week, Research In Motion’s UK managing director Stephen Bates revealed its four prong plan for the contact free communication tech – and alongside mobile payments, it’s planning to change the way you touch in to work.
The march of Netflix goes on. Having recently revealed its UK plans, followed by an exclusive streaming deal with Lionsgate here in Blighty, the movie rental service has just updated its Android Honeycomb app. And what’s more, it’s set to give its iPad add-on a rejig too. Lovefilm, if you weren’t fretting before about Netflix’s ever-growing reputation, now’s the time to start.
Apple’s App Store staff are downing tools over the Christmas break. While it only seems fair that the company is allowed some time off during the festive season, the upshot is that no new iPhone apps or iPad apps will be reviewed, approved or made available in the space between December 22nd and December 29th.
Ultrabooks have been back in the headlines in the past few days, with sluggish sales and talk of 2012 price drops dominating. But now HP has rocked up with its own effort, the Folio 13. And chances are this machine, with its relatively low price tag and impressive spec sheet, could jump start the entire slimline PC category. Read on for all the details.
The BlackBerry Bold 9790 has landed, hot on the heels of this morning’s touchscreen only Curve 9380. It’s not out until early next year in the UK, but we got a sneak peek at the slimmer, sleeker Bold email blower today. Read on for our thoughts, plus plenty of photos.
The Ricoh CX6 is vying for space in your stocking with an early December launch date in mind and a stack of top specs. Thankfully, it’s got enough new new features to set it apart from the wealth of similar compacts vying for a spot in gift-buyers baskets. Read on for all the details and photos.
