Netflix has announced that it’ll be stocking a variety of BBC shows when it launches in the UK, marking the first time that non-commercial beeb content has been available to stream outside of the BBC iPlayer. Read more
December, 2011
In a bit of a weird interview with an Italian news source, Google chairman Eric Scmidt has not only revealed that the company plans to make its own Nexus tablet, but has heaped praise upon Apple and its late CEO Steve Jobs. Read more
The Samsung Galaxy S2 is going to get Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) in Q1 of 2012. That’s the official word from Samsung, who’s just outed its concrete plans to brnig the operating system to almost every Galaxy device. Read more
Morning! It’s the last working week before Christmas; we’re almost home for a few days of Turkey and port. To help make the time go a little bit quicker, how about we guide you through the tech news happenings that you might have missed? Read more
What is it with all these console worthy games being released on mobile of late? First Grand Theft Auto 3, now EA’s spookfest Dead Space. To be fair, the latter is already available on iPhone and iPad (and bloomin’ marvellous to boot), but it’s still great to see it hit the Android Market too.
It’s the same frightening alone-on-a-spaceship gameplay as on iOS, and while it’ll cost you a hefty £4.50, it’s been receiving some great reviews so far. Best of all, it doesn’t appear to be too demanding on the ol’ processor: it only requires Android 2.1 and up to run, and we’ve even seen a video of it running on the sub-£100 ZTE Blade (Orange San Francisco). Check it out in the video below, and let us know how you get on in the comments.
This morning we shared the news that, along with the iPhone 4S, Samsung’s Galaxy S 2 is destroying the competition in terms of pre-Christmas smartphone sales. With low-end phones enjoying decent success at the other end, is a struggling HTC soon to meet its middle-ground maker? Read more
The Apple iPhone 4S and Samsung Galaxy S 2 have been hoovering up sales in the run up to Christmas, according to official stats from network operators, while efforts from Nokia haven’t quite hit the mark. Read more