According to the Telegraph and Mail, Google is planning the unthinkable. After a soft launch in the US over nine months ago, the search giant is finally releasing its set top box in the UK. That’s right, Google TV hits the UK within the next six months. A formal announcement by head honcho, Mr. Eric Schmidt, is expected at the Edinburgh Television Festival later today.
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Warning PlayStation owners, the next two minutes and thirty seconds could be life changing. Epic Games has released the first cinematic trailer for the highly anticipated Xbox 360 blockbuster, Gears of War 3. Prepare yourself to wage war against the Lambent.
After racking in over a million pre-orders, expectations for Gears of War 3 are off the charts. The final installment adds a new four player co-op mode alongside a fully controllable mech suit called “Silverback”. What mech would be complete without a machine gun and rocket launcher?
Nokia Sweden has launched a timer which counts down to the impending release of the Nokia N9. In just 49 days, Sweden will become the first country to land the 3.9-inch FWVGA resolution all touchscreen MeeGo smartphone. Undoubtedly a sign that launches will follow shortly in the more than 23 additional countries.
According to John Paczkowski of the Wall Street Journal blog AllThingsD, At&t’s late September employee vacation blackout has nothing to do with the iPhone 5 launch. In fact, the iPhone 5 is not coming in September, it will arrive in October. A bold prediction, but will the rumor pan out?
Predicting the iPhone 5 launch is becoming a bit like the Verizon iPhone rumors. If you keep throwing out dates, eventually one will stick. AllThingsD joins the list of major publications citing inside sources who claim to know Apple’s big day. In this case, the inside source said, “I don’t know why AT&T’s calling for all hands on deck those weeks, but it’s not for an iPhone launch.”
Sony hasn’t revealed an official PlayStation Vita release date yet, preferring to point to a vague “end of 2011″ launch window. However, over the weekend, a Blockbuster flyer popped up online with a date plastered across it. In a list of future releases including Batman Arkham City and Assassin’s Creed Revelations, it suggests the handheld will hit the UK on Friday 28 October.
Blockbuster has not commented on the veracity of the leaflet while Sony simply told IGN that the PlayStation Vita is due for a “phased global release” in the run up to Christmas. That October date would definitely fit with that plan and Sony has a history of not being able to keep launch dates secret so we wouldn’t be surprised to see the PlayStation Vita arrive as a pre-Halloween treat. If it does land then, will you be in line to get one? Hit the headline and jump into the comments to let us know.
We’ve handled the Optimus 3D and even compared the device to our favorite Android smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S 2. Today, after considerable delay, the LG Optimus 3D finally launched.
Ever since Mobile World Congress we’ve been itching to get another spin with the LG Optimus 3D. Touting a ‘tri-dual’ configuration consisting of dual cores, dual-channel and dual memory, the Optimus 3D claims it maximizes efficiency leading to noticeably smoother, faster and longer multi-tasking.
This Sunday pre-orders for the HP TouchPad kick off in the UK with a July release to follow. While you sit back and fantasize about the latest build of webOS gracing a 9.7-inch display, HP has released a series of eight videos to hold you over.
The video series covers everything from multitasking to charging. When the TouchPad goes on sale next month, the 16GB model will be £399 and the 32GB £479. The combination of a 1.2 GHz Snapdragon dual-core processor and 512MB of RAM look to outclass both its iOS and Android competitors.
After first quarter revenues exploded 22 percent in China this year, Dell has decided to take its 10-inch slate to the far East. The once rumored Dell Streak 10 Pro is now confirmed along with an enterprise-friendly Windows 7-based tablet. Both of the tablets are due out “later this summer”.
Before you go scratching your heads over why Dell chose China for its Streak 10 Pro release, consider this. The next one billion people to come onto the Internet will be from emerging countries, with the majority from the so-called BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China).