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- News@8pm: Gran Turismo 5 release date and iPhone 5
- Text forwarding spy app banned from Android Market
- Toys 'R' Us to stock cheapest tablet with £90 Elonex eTouch
- EA has massive iPad games sale
- Gran Turismo 5 UK release date expected this month
- T3 Gadget Awards 2010: What the crystal ball said
- White iPhone 4 delayed by Apple due to camera issues?
- PlayStation Phone to run on Sony Ericsson Z-System?
- HTC Mecha Android handset announced via HTC Sense site
- Apple iPhone 5 to feature integrated SIM card?
- Samsung Google Nexus Two coming November 8th?
- News@10: BlackBerry Bold 9780 and Acer tablet launch
| News@8pm: Gran Turismo 5 release date and iPhone 5 Posted: 28 Oct 2010 12:00 PM PDT Welcome to your nightly round-up of the day's news and goings on courtesy of T3.com. GT5 date incoming? for the game industry as Gran Turismo 5 is set to be dated for release this month. Within days you could know when we will get behind the wheel of those ultra realistic virtual cars. The rumoured PlayStation Phone is now believed to run a new Sony Ericsson Z-System, the real question we all want to know, however, does the handset really exist and when can we expect it?
White iPhone 4 delay explained: has been at an all time high recently, but we could finally be getting to the bottom of the problem. With reports suggesting camera issues are holding back the White iPhone 4 from a 2010 release, and rumours running rife around the iPhone 5 and Apple adding an integrated SIM to its next handset, we might not see a white iPhone 4 at all, ever.
HTC Mecha and Nexus two: revealed today, in one form or another, will have consumers salivating at the prospects and competitors quaking. The HTC Sense site has announced that the company will be releasing a new HTC Mecha Android handset. A leak or a deliberate move? Who cares, with HTC's current run of form a new Sense compatible device means only good things. Elsewhere, invites and industry speculation suggests the Samsung Google Nexus Two will be hitting the stores on November 8. Which Android wins your vote? Let us know via the T3 Twitter and Facebook feeds. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Text forwarding spy app banned from Android Market Posted: 28 Oct 2010 08:53 AM PDT CIA-style text message tap thrown off the Android Market. An app that can be covertly installed your Android phones by another person to forward all your text messages to another number has been banned by the Android Market.
The somewhat horrifying 'Secret SMS Replicator' app for Android was available to download until yesterday.
The app allows folks who suspect their partners of cheating to install the app on their handset, insert their own number and have all of that persons texts appear on their phone.
Even more terrifying is that the app has no icon or shortcut to speak of, so once the spy has planted the seed there's very little chance that the target will pick up on the phone tap.
It's at times like this when we think Apple has the right idea with its Fort Knox-like entrance to the App Store isn't such a bad idea, and reportedly that's why developer DLP Mobile opted for Google's more chilled-out Android Market.
Check out the video below:
Link: Switched.com
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| Toys 'R' Us to stock cheapest tablet with £90 Elonex eTouch Posted: 28 Oct 2010 08:34 AM PDT Elonex eTouch tablet trumps Next to cheapest Android offering Retail chain Toys ‘R’ Us has announced it is to stock the Elonex eTouch tablet in the UK with the device becoming the cheapest Google Android powered tablet on the market with prices starting from just £90.
Undercutting the price of the Next and Disgo tablets by almost £100, the Elonex eTouch will be available in two forms, a 7-inch device priced £89.99 and a 10-inch model that will cost wannabe tablet initiates £149.99. Both devices have a distinct iPad knock-off look about them.
“This is yet another new, exciting and innovative product that we are confident to bring to our sales floor. It is important that Toys ‘R’ Us inspire this young and inspirational market offering the best affordable products on the marketplace”, declared Toys ‘R’ Us Marketing Director Mike Coogan on the new tablet offerings.
With Toys ‘R’ Us entering a key sales period as the festive rushes begin, the introduction of the Elonex eTouch could be a clever ploy to get parents to splash out on themselves when picking up a few gifts for the kids.
Are you thinking of dropping your festive dosh on a tablet? Let us know which tablet device takes your fancy via the T3 Twitter and Facebook accounts. Via: Pocket Lint This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| EA has massive iPad games sale Posted: 28 Oct 2010 07:44 AM PDT iPad owners get your wallets out and make sure they're full, because you're about start spending
The weekend bargains start a little sooner than expected though, so soon in fact that they’ve dropped their prices today.
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| Gran Turismo 5 UK release date expected this month Posted: 28 Oct 2010 07:13 AM PDT GT5 release date expected within days Gamers are expected to finally find out when Gran Turismo 5 will be launched in the coming days as a Sony spokesperson is reported as saying “a new date will be announced by the end of the month.”
Given that we are just a few days shy of the month’s end, the claim, reported by games blog VG247, would hint to a launch date for the repeatedly delayed racing sim being announced before Monday.
The official release read: “We are sorry to say that Gran Turismo 5 will not be available on the previously announced release date of November 3rd, but the game will be released before Christmas. We sincerely apologise to GT fans for the delay, however creator Kazunori Yamauchi and the team at Polyphony Digital want to make certain they are creating a racing experience of the highest quality."
T3 gave the eagerly awaited title its first free UK consumer outing last week at a reader event at Selfridges’ London Oxford Street store to much acclaim.
Stay tuned to T3.com and the T3 Twitter and Facebook feeds for all the latest on the imminent arrival date of Gran Turismo 5. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| T3 Gadget Awards 2010: What the crystal ball said Posted: 28 Oct 2010 07:11 AM PDT Comparison site reveals reader tips T3 Gadget Awards 2010 Independent website Reevoo, who collect customer reviews of gadgets, tried their hand at predicting what products would win the T3 Gadget Awards 2010. They compared their reader votes with the actual results and also showed us what would have won if the votes were based on their customer reviews. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| White iPhone 4 delayed by Apple due to camera issues? Posted: 28 Oct 2010 06:30 AM PDT White body affects camera of iPhone 4 Following news yesterday that the white version of the Apple iPhone 4 will now be delayed until the spring of next year, rumours have been rife around the true cause of the handset's continued postponement with latest reports pointing towards a camera issue.
The official word from Apple on the heavily delayed lighter-hued handset is that the white device is: “more challenging to manufacture than we originally expected". However, new reports suggest that the Steve Jobs headed company has in fact been suffering degraded images from the device's onboard 5-megapixel snapper.
The information, which came from an anonymous tipster with “connections to Apple”, could see the white skinned iPhone 4 delays continue for some time as the fruity tech giant battles against re-design limitations.
With the iPhone 5 expected to follow Apple’s annual product cycle ritual and be unveiled in June, questions are now being raised around the white iPhone 4 being delayed indefinitely, with focus instead being shifted to mastering the white production process for version 5 of the market leading smartphone.
Has the continued and seemingly endless delays for the white iPhone 4 deterred you from waiting for the lightly coloured handset? Let us know via the T3 Twitter and Facebook feeds. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| PlayStation Phone to run on Sony Ericsson Z-System? Posted: 28 Oct 2010 04:00 AM PDT Evidence suggests potential PSP phone gaming platform Following on from the Sony PlayStation Phone pictures leaked yesterday, it appears one of the snaps may have also revealed the rumoured handset's potential gaming platform.
An eagle-eyed reader spotted the domain name 'z-system.com' on the PlayStation Phone prototype picture here which is a domain currently owned by Sony Ericsson.
The phone manufacturer strongly rumoured to help bring the device to life, currently hold the trademarks for Z-System in the US and Benelux trademark offices. Filed this year, the filing category includes "software for interacting or playing with electronic or video games."
The Z-System platform theory is further supported by claims from Engadget the site that leaked the pictures, that the project is currently known under the codename 'Zeus'.
Sony still continues to adopt the stance of not commenting on rumour and speculation, but as the evidence continues to mount, denying the existence of an Android smartphone/PSP mash-up device is likely to get tougher.
Link: Engadget
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| HTC Mecha Android handset announced via HTC Sense site Posted: 28 Oct 2010 03:48 AM PDT HTC Mecha to suppert top-draw Sense UI Rising force in the mobile market HTC has seemingly leaked its own upcoming handset as an Android powered device dubbed Mecha has appeared on the company’s HTC Sense registration website.
Appearing in the ‘Choose your phone’ section of HTCSense.com, the online registration for the HTC service that allows users to track their compatible Android run phone’s location and content, the Mecha device joins the upcoming releases the HTC Desire HD and the Desire Z in the list of pocket blowers supporting the Sense UI.
Whilst this is not the first time that HTC has leaked one of its top devices ahead of its official unveiling, this latest leak in certainly one of the most blatant and high-profile outings.
Stay tuned to T3.com and the T3 Twitter and Facebook feeds for all the latest on the leaked HTC handset including specs, prices and release dates. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Apple iPhone 5 to feature integrated SIM card? Posted: 28 Oct 2010 03:19 AM PDT Apple working on integrated SIM for iPhone 5 As rumour and speculation surrounding the touted iPhone 5 grows, new reports suggest that the predicted Apple handset will include an integrated SIM card allowing Apple to assign networks to individual handsets at customer’s request.
The technology reportedly being worked on by Steve Jobs’ team ahead of the next addition to its iPhone range is believed to come in the form of an integrated chip which will carry subscriber identification information and ultimately see the end of the little plastic cards currently issued directly from network service providers.
With users able to pick a network provider at the point of sale, Apple could simply program the new device to that company’s service eliminating the need for shoppers to wait for networks to activate the handset or for the arrival of the corresponding SIM.
Whilst this muted integration would provide consumers with a simpler shopping experience and more control over their devices, it would essentially eliminate the network’s highstreet stores from the shopping chain of what will no doubt be one of the most popular handsets on the market.
What features would you like to see integrated into the expected iPhone 5? Share your thoughts, hopes and predictions with us via the T3 Twitter and Facebook feeds. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Samsung Google Nexus Two coming November 8th? Posted: 28 Oct 2010 03:08 AM PDT Will it be Android 2.3 or 3.0? The web is alive with rumour today that a sequel to the Google Nexus One smartphone, naturally called the Nexus Two, will be with us this side of Christmas courtesy of Samsung. Where does this gossip come from? The image to the right, which promises a new Android Sammie handset on November 8th.
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| News@10: BlackBerry Bold 9780 and Acer tablet launch Posted: 28 Oct 2010 02:00 AM PDT T3 scans the Twitterverse to bring you a handy daily round-up of gadget news, tech rumours and randomness from the WWW. Kick back with your morning cuppa and catch up. Thursday3D NEWS @PocketLint - Oakley 3D eyewear - Tron Legacy edition
TABLET NEWS @Gaj-it - Acer tablet in line for November release
MOBILE NEWS @TechRadar - RIM unveils new BlackBerry Bold 9780
BUSINESS NEWS @BBC - Nintendo reports loss as sales fall
IPHONE NEWS @GeekyGadgets - Apple working on integrated SIM for next generation iPhone?
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