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- Mark Zuckerberg Facebook hack: Company blames 'bug'
- Weird News: Facebook Wedding, $100 iFine
- Apple iPhone 5 release date to see NFC technology inclusion
- LG Optimus 2X UK release date March 18th priced £470
- Samsung Galaxy S 2 dual-core official: MWC 2011 launch?
- NGP will not cost $599 says Sony President
- The Daily release date officially set as February 2nd
- BlackBerry Messenger 6 to have social gaming built in?
- BlackBerry Curve Touch leaks ahead of MWC 2011
- Amazon Kindle 3 begins to outsell paperbacks
- Flip Wi-Fi incoming
- Nokia smartphone share slips
- News@10: HTC handset leaks and iTunes 10.1.2 released
- HTC Facebook phone does not exist, says Facebook
- Samsung Galaxy Tab passes two million mark
- Sony NGP: not all models will have 3G
- Dead Space iPhone and iPad app launches
| Mark Zuckerberg Facebook hack: Company blames 'bug' Posted: 28 Jan 2011 08:20 AM PST Official line says mysterious message was not a malicious attack Facebook has spoken out on the recent attack on founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s official fan page stating “a bug” was to blame for an errant message that appeared to come from the young billionaire. Having originally failed to comment on the apparent hack to Zuckerberg’s fan profile, Facebook has since issued an official statement claiming: "A bug enabled status postings by unauthorised people on a handful of pages” It went on to reassure the millions of Facebook users: “The bug has been fixed." This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Weird News: Facebook Wedding, $100 iFine Posted: 28 Jan 2011 08:00 AM PST This week's more eccentric tech happenings
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| Apple iPhone 5 release date to see NFC technology inclusion Posted: 28 Jan 2011 06:52 AM PST Apple to add NFC to upcoming iDevices Repeatedly rumoured to be hitting both the upcoming iPad 2 and mooted iPhone 5, Apple looks all the more likely to incorporate Near Field Communication technology into its future portable devices as the company advertises a number of NFC roles.
The three new roles, two for managers of global payment platforms and one seeking out a test engineer for iPhone hardware all hint towards the iPhone 5 sporting NFC wireless technologies allowing for contact-free payments to be made with user’s iDevices.
Although not concrete evidence of the upcoming inclusion of NFC technologies in future iPhone and iPad iterations, Apple’s biggest hint yet of wireless payment making it to Cupertino designed products comes shortly after Everything Everywhere, the mash-up of Orange and T-Mobile announced it was to introduce widespread NFC payment plans this spring.
Is NFC a key component of future portable technologies or just the latest in a long line of passing buzz words? Share your thoughts via the T3 Twitter and Facebook feeds.
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| LG Optimus 2X UK release date March 18th priced £470 Posted: 28 Jan 2011 06:29 AM PST LG's dual-core smartphone under £500 The world’s first dual-core processor rocking mobile phone, the LG Optimus 2X, is to launch in the UK on March 18th priced £469.99, online retailer Play.com has revealed.
Available to pre-order now ahead of its mid-March launch, the LG Optimus 2X will touch down as the first mobile handset to tout a dual-core processor, beating the recently announced Motorola Atrix and the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S 2 to the coveted punch.
Set to launch running Google’s Android 2.2 mobile operating system, FroYo, the 2X, which has recently been spotted sporting a lighter-hued white shell, has already been confirmed to be on the receiving end of a 2.3, Gingerbread, innards update shortly after arrival.
Which of the upcoming breed of dual-core smartphones tickle your fancy? Let us know via the T3 Twitter and Facebook feeds.
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| Samsung Galaxy S 2 dual-core official: MWC 2011 launch? Posted: 28 Jan 2011 04:17 AM PST Galaxy Tab 2 arrival imminent Following a leaked conference timetable that showed an MWC 2011 arrival of the Samsung Galaxy S 2, Samsung has confirmed the imminent arrival of the Galaxy S sequel with the device to host a dual-core processor.
Outlined in a press release to investors Samsung has today declared: “Samsung announced it will introduce the successor to its Galaxy S smartphone during the first half of 2011,” suggesting the leaked Mobile World Congress timeline could be the real deal.
With these specs expected to be enhanced by Google’s Android 2.3, Gingerbread, mobile operating system the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S 2 is likely to launch with the usual host of Wi-Fi, 3G and Bluetooth connectivity options, alongside front and rear facing cameras.
Leaked alongside the Galaxy S 2 on the outed MWC set list, Samsung has also offered up some tantalising new information on the expected Samsung Galaxy Tab 2. In the same investor report the company wrote: “In the tablet market, Samsung will complement its Galaxy Tab with a range of devices to optimally meet various user needs.”
Which Samsung MWC 2011 gadget are you most looking forward to seeing, the Samsung Galaxy S 2 or the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2? Let us know via the T3 Twitter and Facebook feeds and stay tuned to T3.com for all the latest live from the Samsung MWC press conference in Barcelona on Sunday February 13th. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| NGP will not cost $599 says Sony President Posted: 28 Jan 2011 03:44 AM PST Shu Yoshida ensures you won't have to break the bank for the next PSP Sony has confirmed that the NGP (PSP 2) will not set gamers back $599, and the Next Generation Portable will be "affordable" when it's available.
Speaking to Game Informer, Sony Computer Entertainment President of Worldwide Studios, Shu Yoshida said, “from the very beginning of the project - since 2008 - pricing was one of the considerations that we had.”
The NGP has yet to be given an official launch price by Sony and Yoshida revealed that it is "not going to be $599."
UK game publisher Codemasters does not expect buying a NGP to break the bank, and believes it will have some parity with Nintendo 3DS pricing. Talking to CVG, Codemasters CEO Rod Cousens said "My hope [for the NGP price] is sub £200," adding, "but I suspect something in the 229 - 249 pounds to be more likely."
In other NGP-related news, there are doubts whether the console will launch in all territories in time for the slated 'late 2011' release.
In an interview with Engadget, Sony Computer Entertainment America boss Jack Tretton revealed,"You want to have a worldwide simultaneous launch. Having said that, this'll be our sixth platform launch, and it's very difficult to have the quantities to be able to launch on a worldwide basis on the same date. So while that's the goal, the reality might be something different. I think our goal is, we would get at least one territory out by the end of holiday 2011."
T3 spoke to Tim Ingham, online editor of CVG who shared his thoughts on whether the NGP would make a global release:
"Sony has indicated that it won’t be a simultaneous global launch, so no-one can be certain it will hit Europe in time for Christmas. Japan is a safe bet to get it first, and my guess, backed by previous console iterations like PS3 and PSP Go, is that one of the US or Europe will get it the wrong side of December 25."
Are you looking forward to maybe getting your hands on the Sony NGP (PSP 2) in 2011? Lets us know your thoughts via Facebook and Twitter.
Link: CVG and Game Informer and Engadget
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| The Daily release date officially set as February 2nd Posted: 28 Jan 2011 03:26 AM PST Apple and News Corp merger incoming Following numerous delays and repeated near appearances The Daily, the iPad newspaper collaboration between News Corp and Apple is to be officially launched on February 2nd.
Announced via an event invitation sent to industry press, Rupert Murdoch will take to the stage of the Guggenheim Museum in New York next Wednesday to officially out The Daily iPad newspaper alongside the subscription-based app service Apple is said to be launching alongside the publication and which was pegged as the cause of the most recent delayed arrival on January 19th.
Expanding on The Daily at the DLD Conference in Munich recently, Murdoch Jnr proclaimed: “It’s going to be a brand new piece of journalism. We want to get out there quickly, at a good price, and I think it will surprise people. I also think it will succeed or fail on the journalism part, not the bells and whistles.”
Leaking the yet to be confirmed Daily pricing Murdoch followed on to say: “We wanted it to have a very good price, affordable for most people, at 99 cents a week. It lowers the barrier for people to enjoy high quality journalism.”
Will you be giving your iPad a Daily filling come the launch next Wednesday, February 2nd? Let us know via the T3 Twitter and Facebook feeds. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| BlackBerry Messenger 6 to have social gaming built in? Posted: 28 Jan 2011 03:18 AM PST BlackBerry to break the chains of BBM in new iteration. Rumours are afoot that RIM is set to overall the popular BlackBerry Messenger platform to include social gaming for the first time.
The SMS service which allows BlackBerry smartphone users to engage in group SMS chats and share pictures in a sort of secret BlackBerry club that the rest of civilisation is allowed no part is one that BlackBerry users have flouted in the face of the supersonic smartphones - even though it's not that big of a deal.
Up until now, the service has been all business, in true BlackBerry style, but reports emerging from an Indonesian source suggest that games and fun-times are on the way, with Gameatchi said to be developing for the platform.
According to the reports, BBM6 users will be able to use their username as a gamertag, and when tasks are completed in these games it will show up in the user's status. It is also suggested that the new BBM, for phones running BlackBerry OS 5 and upwards, will enable larger group chats and cross chats between users.
No word yet on when the new iteration of the App will be available, but it looks like RIM is ready to throw the shackles off it's BlackBerry handsets like a drunken rendez-vous at an office party.
Link: Pocketberry
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| BlackBerry Curve Touch leaks ahead of MWC 2011 Posted: 28 Jan 2011 03:15 AM PST Not a keyboard in sight for RIM's next smartphone The BlackBerry Curve has found favour with a lot of people since its launch due to its decent keyboard, workmanlike-yet-useable OS and a mid-range price that’s seen it on a myriad tariffs for free.
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| Amazon Kindle 3 begins to outsell paperbacks Posted: 28 Jan 2011 03:08 AM PST Kindle 3 power: Paperbacks playing second fiddle thanks to e-book download figures Amazon’s Kindle e-book is proving to be a popular choice with our friends across the pond with last quarter’s figures showing that books for the e-reader are outselling paperbacks. The Seattle-based online retailer announced that for every 100 paperbacks sold, 115 e-books were sold and that’s excluding free downloads.
Via Tech Radar
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| Posted: 28 Jan 2011 03:00 AM PST FCC filing points to spanking new version of cammie. The Flip might have helped kick off the craze for bargain bucket camcorders, but it’s certainly been gazumped by killer rivals from Sony, Toshiba and Panasonic. So now Flip’s owner, Cisco, is firing back with a Wi-Fi version.
The news comes via a FCC filing from across the pond, which tells us the new shooter will come loaded with N standard wireless, as well as HDMI and the ubiquitous flip-put USB stick.
Sadly, there are no pictures of the new effort, but expect it to keep that same small time plasticky look in order to keep the price as low as week’s shopping at Lidl.
The idea of a Flip Wi-Fi certainly makes sense, with the possibilities of direct uploading to YouTube and Facebook bound to excite ‘the kids’. For more on this and the rest of today’s gadget news, hit up our Facebook and Twitter pages.
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| Posted: 28 Jan 2011 02:22 AM PST Slump means Nokia needs to change faster says new boss. Nokia’s smartphone share slumped in the last quarter of 2010, with Espoo’s own estimates showing it fell from a healthy 40 per cent during the same period in 2009 to 31 per cent in 2010.
Sales of Nokia smartphones during the same quarter were actually up 36 per cent year on year. But with Android and Apple both activating over 200,000 new users daily, Nokia seemingly can’t keep up with the pace.
One slice of good news came from Symbian 3, with over 5 million phones packing the new-look OS now in the wild. However, new Nokia boss Stephen Elop has admitted that its quarterly stats make for bad reading and has called for the mobile maker to make swift adjustments.
Saying Nokia had, “…a fundamental competitive problem overall,” Elop added, "In short, the industry's changed and now it's time for Nokia to change faster.”
This year’s MWC promises to be massive for Nokia. MeeGo needs to hit the spot and it must show up with phones that can at least match the slew of Android handsets that will be on show. Can it make a comeback? Tell us what you think on our Facebook and Twitter pages. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| News@10: HTC handset leaks and iTunes 10.1.2 released Posted: 28 Jan 2011 02:00 AM PST 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. FridayONLINE NEWS @Reuters - UK police arrest WikiLeaks backers for web attacks
MOBILE NEWS @PocketLint - HTC buttonless handset makes (blurred) appearence
MOBILE NEWS @Engadget - BlackBerry Curve Touch leaks out
GAMING NEWS @Engadget - Sony says NGP will be 'affordable', won't cost $599
APPLE NEWS @GeekyGadgets - Apple iTunes 10.1.2 released
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| HTC Facebook phone does not exist, says Facebook Posted: 28 Jan 2011 01:00 AM PST Staffer dismisses rumours of phone as 'overblown'. Gossip about a HTC Facebook phone has been rife this week, but the social network has moved to calm claims that it’s done a deal with the Taiwanese tech titan.
Dan Rose, Facebook’s head of business development, told a gathering of hacks yesterday that such a phone simply didn’t exist. "The rumours around there being something more to this HTC device are overblown.”
He added, “This is really just another example of a manufacturer who has taken our public APIs and integrated them into their device in an interesting way." When asked flat out if the phone would be Facebook-branded, Rose answered with an emphatic, “No.”
So that’s that. Or is it? HTC may well have that very phone ready to roll at MWC, but it won’t be slapped with a Facebook logo. All will be revealed at the Barcelona gathering in two weeks time.
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| Samsung Galaxy Tab passes two million mark Posted: 27 Jan 2011 11:43 PM PST News comes after impressive run-up to Christmas for iPad rival. The Samsung Galaxy Tab has passed the two million mark, nearly three months after it first hit gadget emporia around the world. Sammy says the numbers are down to the fact it flogs its iPad rival in 94 countries via over 200 mobile networks.
The figure is all the more impressive when you consider Samsung only announced it had sold 1.5 million Galaxy Tabs at CES three weeks ago, having hit the million mark ahead of schedule in early December.
Word on the web is that the Galaxy Tab 2 will be making an appearance at Samsung’s MWC press bash on 13 February, suggesting the FroYo-packing original might not be long for this life. Either way, the Galaxy Tab has shown Android lovers that there’s a decent alternative to the iPad.
Got a Galaxy Tab? Or are you holding out for a Honeycomb slate? Let us know now on our Facebook and Twitter pages.
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| Sony NGP: not all models will have 3G Posted: 27 Jan 2011 11:26 PM PST 3G data plans still being worked out, but expect to pay says Sony. Sony’s Euro head honcho, Andrew House, has explained that there’ll be more than one version of the Sony NGP when it lands around Christmas 2011. And importantly, while they’ll pack Wi-Fi, only one will come with 3G.
In an interview with the chaps at Eurogamer, House said, “"The first thing to clarify, which I'm not sure the presentation did a perfect job of doing today, is that all of the devices will have Wi-Fi capability; a separate SKU will have 3G."
"So the user gets a choice. Wi-Fi is available wherever, which clearly is the most important aspect of connectivity and that connected experience. 3G will be a subset of that."
House said 3G data plans would be revealed nearer launch, which suggests this is something tech experts and pundits will spend most of 2011 gossiping about. Either way, will you want to stump up monthly for yet another gadget? Or will a W-Fi only NGP do for you?
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| Dead Space iPhone and iPad app launches Posted: 27 Jan 2011 09:38 AM PST Scaring the hell out of you on your daily commute Survival horror game Dead Space is now officially available to download for the iPhone, iPod Touch and the Apple iPad.
Having already experienced success on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC, the iOS version brings an original story and some seriously impressive graphics having taken full advantage of the new Retina display on the iPhone 4 and iPod Touch.
New weaponry which include a plasma saw and a core extractor have been added to your armoury, while in-app upgrades mean dismemberment can be taken to a whole different level.
Featuring a voice-acted soundtrack along with orchestrated score effects, you can expect to experience a similarly haunting environment which made the console version so gripping.
If you register your iOS copy of Dead Space, those planning to grab a copy of Dead Space 2 for PS3, Xbox 360 or PC which launches on the 28th January, will be able to unlock new content in the Dead Space sequel.
Dead Space which is available from the App Store now is priced at £3.99, and requires iOS 3.0 or later and a hefty 291 MB of space.
Link: Dead Space
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