Archive for May, 2009

Video: Acer’s Aspire One 751h Handled And Opined Upon

Friday, May 29th, 2009

Not to be mistaken with the Vmedia-equipped Aspire One 571, Acer’s Aspire One 751h has just been handled over at GadgetMix. The machine, which rocks a pretty unorthodox setup for a netbook, was said to sport one of the best displays ever put on a netbook, but that lethargic Atom Z520 CPU made the standard [...]

Live Sky TV Coming To Xbox 360 in UK And Ireland, Hooligan Avatars To Follow

Friday, May 29th, 2009

US Americans, go ahead and enjoy your Netflix streaming over your Xbox 360, Brits are about to land a deal that’ll put live football, TV, and films over Microsoft’s broadband-enabled console — a first live television service for Xbox 360 anywhere. Beginning in Autumn, Xbox Live subscribers in the UK and Ireland will gain access [...]

Video: First DJ Hero Game Trailer Promises Living Room Celebutantes

Friday, May 29th, 2009

The folks behind DJ Hero know something we can’t even admit to ourselves: we’re losers, a deep disappointment to our parents who wanted us to ride with the cool kids. That’s going to change in October when DJ Hero puts us on stage with nothing but a silver thong and faux deck peripheral to bring [...]

Sony Ericsson’s PlayNow Arena Movie Download Service Ready For June

Friday, May 29th, 2009

Everybody’s getting into the mobile movie sideload business — just ask Samsung — and following an MWC unveiling earlier this year, Sony Ericsson is gearing up to launch movie content starting next month as part of its existing PlayNow Arena service. Direct on-phone downloads over WiFi or 3G would be awesome, but as most of [...]

Microsoft Touts 30 Million Xbox 360s Sold, 20 Million Xbox LIVE Members

Friday, May 29th, 2009

Sony may have been the first to claim the 20 million users number, but most will no doubt agree that Microsoft has a considerably stronger claim to that title, as their just-announced 20 million users apparently includes only “active members,” and doesn’t include users that have simply signed up to use their online forums. Even [...]

MSI introduces GT729 And EX723 Gaming / Multimedia Laptops

Friday, May 29th, 2009

Every few weeks or so it feels like we’re being formally introduced to yet another MSI laptop, and today we’ve the pleasure of greeting a pair. Up first is the gaming-centric GT729 (shown left), which rolls in with 3GB of RAM, a Core 2 Duo processor, WiFi, 17-inch LCD, ATI’s 1GB Mobility Radeon HD 4850 [...]

Sony Ericsson Satio is Idou’s Final Name, Ships in October

Friday, May 29th, 2009

 

It’s been announced today that the Symbian-powered Idou unveiled at Mobile World Congress earlier this year will be coming to market as the “Satio.” The full 640 x 350 3.5-inch touchscreen device features a whopping 12.1 megapixel camera, dual-band HSPA, microSD expansion (yes, microSD, not Memory Stick Micro), and a xenon flash. It’ll be available [...]

Sony Ericsson Adds Yari And Aino To its Multimedia Line

Friday, May 29th, 2009

Launch details for the Satio was the 800-pound news gorilla out of Sony Ericsson today, but slotting in right underneath that set are another couple of phones that are still very much in the higher end of the range — the Yari and Aino. The Yari slider (pictured left) is being billed as a gaming [...]

Investigators Demonstrate Nokia 1100’s Criminal Potential

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

In case you weren’t already convinced of a certain model of Nokia 1100’s hackability by the exponential surge in its aftermarket value, fraud investigation firm Ultrascan has successfully recreated a virtual bank heist by reprogramming one of the devices to receive another phone number’s text messages. Using this trick, shady characters in fancy suits can [...]

Philips SPC1330NC Webcam Reviewed: High Quality But Not Exactly High Speed

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

If you’re still Skyping in VGA you need to get with the times, brotherman. Two megapixel webcams are where its at, and according to the review at Register Hardware, the £70 ($110) Philips SPC1330NC delivers. It’ll interpolate up to eight megapixel stills if you want to play pretend, its f2.0 aperture gives it great low-light [...]