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- News@8pm: IPhone 5 release set for June and Xoom price
- Toshiba Places: Internet TV service officially launches
- Next-gen iPod Touch leaks with capacitive home button
- Toshiba: Glasses free 3D TV within 12 months
- Toshiba: Glasses free TV within 12 months
- Harry Potter eBooks put on hold by JK Rowling
- Editor's desk competition: This week's winners revealed
- Motorola Xoom price dropped just days ahead of UK launch
- New Commodore 64 pictures show off early prototype
- EA faces billion dollar lawsuit from Madden creator
- BlackBerry Bold Touch leaks in YouTube tutorial video
- Nikon D5100 UK release date set for April 21st
- HTC New Eden concept phone offers peek of the future
- Sony BDV-EF200, BDV-L600 and BDP-S780 Blu-ray systems outed
- Fujifilm Finepix Z900 EXR unveiled
- Editor's Desk Competition clues: Win free gadgets
- News@10: Apple store death and Android tops charts
- iPhone 5 release date: new rumour says phone will be out in June
- Xbox 360 app store launching next week?
- PSN and PlayStation websites hit by hackers
- David Bowie to release 'Golden Years' iPhone app
| News@8pm: IPhone 5 release set for June and Xoom price Posted: 05 Apr 2011 12:00 PM PDT Welcome to your nightly round-up of the day's news and goings on courtesy of T3.com. Future mobile handsets showing up before they are supposed to is the tech industry's bi-weekly Christmas. Today we have been offered advanced peeks of both future HTC and BlackBerry devices. Whilst the HTC New Eden Concept No. 1 was a deliberate release as part of the concept phone project, the appearance of RIM's BlackBerry Bold Touch on Youtube was certainly not planned with the feature revealing videos quickly given the chop.
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Back to the Future and Motorola's Xoom tablet has seen a price drop just days ahead of the device being officially released to a UK market. Now just £479.99 the Android 3.0 tablet is price competitive with the similarly specced iPad although with a considerably smaller following. Elsewhere in future news and Toshiba officially confirmed it will have mastered glasses-free 3DTV within 12 months.
Apple devices leak and we love to snap them up, today saw the next-gen Apple iPod Touch rear its head with a capacitive home button doing away the physical button and storage space being bumped to 128GB. Keeping with Apple and new reports suggest that the upcoming Apple iPhone 5 will official launch in June.
Gaming hit and miss stories round off today's News@8pm. Starting with the miss and EA is facing a billion dollar lawsuit after the developer behind the original Madden release sues over lost royalties. Now to the hit and Microsoft is rumoured to be bringing an app store to the Xbox 360 Marketplace within a matter of weeks. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Toshiba Places: Internet TV service officially launches Posted: 05 Apr 2011 09:02 AM PDT Download movies from a TV or laptop, play games or watch iPlayer First seen at IFA last year Toshiba has fully introduced Toshiba Places, it’s integrated IPTV solution. As well as offering the usual catch-up selection like iPlayer, it’s an open platform service that lets you share video and music between Toshiba TVs, as well tablets, smartphones and computers, crucially this includes non-Toshiba devices - via the cloud.
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| Next-gen iPod Touch leaks with capacitive home button Posted: 05 Apr 2011 09:01 AM PDT Apple do away with physical home button in leaked iPod Touch The next generation Apple iPod Touch is to land with a new capacitive home button and storage increased to 128GB, new leaked information has suggested.
Appearing thanks to a flurry of leaked spyshots the claimed iPod Touch revamp can be seen to have done away with the physical home button, a feature previously rumoured for Apple’s next iPhone handset, instead opting for a capacitive touch option.
Joining the leaked Touch’s nifty bag of tricks the device’s ‘About’ screen clearly displays its 128GB capacity, doubling the current top end storage options of the latest range of iPod Touch devices that top out at just 64GB.
Will we really see Apple dropping the physical home button for the next-gen iPod Touch and iPhone? Share your thoughts via the T3 Twitter and Facebook feeds.
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| Toshiba: Glasses free 3D TV within 12 months Posted: 05 Apr 2011 09:00 AM PDT Stunning sets with 3D, but no glasses free - yet At the Toshiba World conference in Rome, the Japanese electronics giant has announced its new REGZA TV range, including the flagship Regza WL and YL 3D Pro-LED TV series. Both include cutting-edge CEVO tech and enhanced web capabilities via Toshiba Places. Although both have been designed in collaberation with Jacob Jensen Design, the YL series includes the floating design, where the TV appears to float over a soundbar underneath.
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| Toshiba: Glasses free TV within 12 months Posted: 05 Apr 2011 09:00 AM PDT Stunning sets with 3D, but no glasses free - yet At the Toshiba World conference in Rome, the Japanese electronics giant has announced its new REGZA TV range, including the flagship Regza WL and YL 3D Pro-LED TV series. Both include cutting-edge CEVO tech and enhanced web capabilities via Toshiba Places. Although both have been designed in collaberation with Jacob Jensen Design, the YL series includes the floating design, where the TV appears to float over a soundbar underneath.
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| Harry Potter eBooks put on hold by JK Rowling Posted: 05 Apr 2011 08:15 AM PDT Potter eBooks still some way off The phenomenally popular series of Harry Potter novels will not hit eBook readers in the near future as author JK Rowling continues to stall plans of digitally converting the boy wizard tales.
Refuting recent claims in a number of Scottish newspapers that have suggested Rowling is on the brink of unleashing the Potter franchise in a digital book form, the authors agent, Neil Blair at the Christopher Little Agency, has stated there is “nothing more to say” on the matter.
Speaking on the prospect of Harry Potter eBooks Waterstone’s spokesperson Jon Howells told The Guardian such a release would be a “massive story.”
Howells added: "They are the biggest book property of recent decades, with a legion of fans who have read them a dozen times and want to read them again in the way they want.” He concluded: “Seven guaranteed top-selling eBooks just waiting to happen".
Does certain content availability dictate your gadget buying habits, would Harry Potter or other any other book tempt you into buying an eBook reader? Let us know via the T3 Twitter and Facebook feeds.
Via: Guardian | Via: TechRadar This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Editor's desk competition: This week's winners revealed Posted: 05 Apr 2011 07:41 AM PDT Find out what this week's mystery prize was and past editor's desk giveaways Tuesday’s are often a day of dread, the buoyant energy recovered from the weekend is gone and the following weekend’s recuperation is nothing more than a mere spot on the ever distant horizon. Fear not though for your trusted T3 brings you the unique opportunity to claim some tasty tech swag each and every Tuesday through our competition: ‘What’s on the Editor’s desk?’
This week we had a easiskins Carbon White iPad protective cover to give away. Although numerous entries across both Facebook and Twitter guessed we had a carbon iPad skin to give away sadly not one entry correctly guessed it was a easiskins branded model. As such this week's prize will now go into a rollover for next week's Editor's Desk comp. Stay tuned. Gallery of previous editor's desk competition prizes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
To be in with a chance of winning next week’s mystery editor’s desk prize simply follow T3 on Twitter and Facebook and await the first clue next Tuesday at 10am. Still not quaking with excitement? Then take a look at the prizes we have already given away to our Facebook fans and Twitter followers:
- Five Gillette Fusion ProGlide Power Razors
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| Motorola Xoom price dropped just days ahead of UK launch Posted: 05 Apr 2011 07:22 AM PDT Xoom price drop hints towards low pre-orders Retailer PC World has dropped the price of the Motorola Xoom just days ahead of the Android tablet’s official UK release.
With the retailer’s online outlet having offered pre-orders of the Motorola Xoom for some weeks now ahead of a “release in the 1st week of April (date TBC),” PC World has today dropped the price of the Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet suggesting pre-release orders have been lower than expected.
Whilst this new lower price brings the 10.1-inch, dual-core, 1GB of RAM touting Xoom almost in line with the 32GB Wi-Fi only iPad 2, still 99 pence more expensive, the pre-release price drops suggests the arrival of the second-generation Apple tablet has severely hampered the arrival of the first Android Honeycomb device.
Can the Xoom’s new price point help it challenge the iPad atop the tablet market? Let us know what you think via the T3 Twitter and Facebook feeds.
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| New Commodore 64 pictures show off early prototype Posted: 05 Apr 2011 06:30 AM PDT Beloved 8-bit gaming machine is coming back with a modern twist First images of an early prototype of new Commodore 64 have surfaced giving us a glimpse of what we can expect from its nostalgic return.
Sporting the iconic C64 body, the new machine will carry the same name and feature a similar all-in-keyboard, but will also be packing a dual-core Intel Atom 525 and an NVIDIA Ion 2 chipset.
Set to run similarly to a Windows PC, you'll also be able to indulge in some retro gaming nostalgia with direct access to a C64 emulator.
Other notable specs include 2GB of memory which can be expanded to 4GB, PureVideo Full 1080p HD video and Blu-ray playback, 6 Channel High Definition Audio, four USB ports, and support for HDMI, DVI VGA and Ethernet.
The original Commodore 64, a computer gaming first for many back in the 1980s, sold 17 million units between 1982 and 1994.
Commodore USA, the company behind the C64 resurrection, has yet to reveal when it will go on sale or how much it will cost, but we will keep you posted as soon as we know more.
Link: CommodoreUSA via Geeky Gadgets
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| EA faces billion dollar lawsuit from Madden creator Posted: 05 Apr 2011 06:19 AM PDT Popular gaming franchise faces massive legal action Global game developer EA is being sued for tens of millions of dollars by the man who created the basis for the first Madden NFL American Football title, reports have revealed.
With EA’s Madden franchise going on to gross billions of dollars globally and becoming one of the most popular gaming franchises in the world selling more than 85 million copies along the way, Robin Antonick, who claims he created the pigskin-hurling series, is to take EA to court in an attempt to claim lost royalties and revenues.
In pushing for such a lawsuit the former developer’s lawyers have stated: "Only recently, as a result of publicity surrounding the 20th Anniversary of the 'Madden' videogame did Antonick become aware that Electronic Arts did not independently develop subsequent versions of its Madden NFL software.”
They added: “According to recent statements by Electronic Arts founder Trip Hawkins, the current generation of software apparently derived from software developed by Antonick."
Taking on action on the fact that Antonick has not received any such royalties from EA since 1992, his lawyers concluded: "Electronic Arts decided that it did not want to share profits with him even though he was responsible for the development of virtually all of the ground-breaking technology at the heart of the game."
With Madden 12 set to touch down later this summer ahead of the new football season, EA will be looking to resolve all legal issues surrounding the popular gaming franchise.
Which of America’s ‘big four’ sports make the best video games for us Brits, American Football, Basketball, Baseball or Ice Hockey? Share your views via the T3 Twitter and Facebook feeds.
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| BlackBerry Bold Touch leaks in YouTube tutorial video Posted: 05 Apr 2011 04:37 AM PDT Pinch to zoom to land on upcoming BlackBerry handsets Leaked video tutorials for upcoming BlackBerry handsets have appeared in YouTube, outing a range of yet to be announced touchscreen devices.
Having originally leaked late last week the BlackBerry Bold Touch, reportedly going by the codename the BlackBerry Monaco or Monza, strangely both top class European race tracks, the new videos, which were quickly pulled from the video sharing site but have since landed elsewhere on the web, offer a tantalising look at what RIM has in store for future handsets.
Taking hints and tips from the upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook, a tablet device that will utilise a full array of gesture controls, the upcoming Bold Touch will, judging by the leaked video content, allow users to make use of features such as pinch to zoom and a fluid muti-directional scrolling UI.
Would you like to see a well worked BlackBerry touchscreen device or do you believe it would do away from the brands base specialities? Let us know via the T3 Twitter and Facebook feeds. Confirmed release dates or prices for the leaked Touch handsets are currently unknown.
Via: Engadget
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| Nikon D5100 UK release date set for April 21st Posted: 05 Apr 2011 03:47 AM PDT Long-awaited DSLR update inbound imminently Nikon has finally unveiled the sequel to the much-loved D5000 DSLR; the D5100. The camera, which will launch on April 21st for a base price of £669.99, boasts a lot of the features that make the D7000 a winner older brother so successful while offering a slew of new ones.
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| HTC New Eden concept phone offers peek of the future Posted: 05 Apr 2011 03:35 AM PDT Concept phone gives hints to the future of handset design HTC has officially revealed the future of phone design with the unveiling of a concept handset displayed as part of the New Eden Project.
Dubbed the HTC New Eden Concept No. 1 the concept design from the maker of the hugely popular Desire and Wildfire handsets was unveiled as part of the BriefMovile project that is looking to gain an insight into the future of feasible, appealing and usable handset design.
Whilst we don’t expect to see the HTC New Eden Concept No. 1 turned into a reality anytime soon, the Taiwanese phone manufacturer is holding a press event in London next week where the mooted HTC Pyramid is expected to land as the company’s first dual-core smartphone.
Does the New Eden Concept No. 1 replicate the future handsets that you envisaged? Let us know your thoughts via the T3 Twitter and Facebook feeds.
Via: DeviceMag This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Sony BDV-EF200, BDV-L600 and BDP-S780 Blu-ray systems outed Posted: 05 Apr 2011 03:02 AM PDT Two new home cinema systems and 3D upconverting Blu-ray player unveiled. Sony has just pulled the wrappers off of three new Blu-ray systems. The BDV-EF200 and BDV-L600 are complete Blu-ray 2.1 home cinema packages, while the new BDP-S780 Blu-ray player can upscale your bog-standard 2D pics into glorious 3D.
The BDV-EF200 and BDV-L600 both pack in Sony’s Bravia Internet Video software, so you can access the likes of YouTube and BBC iPlayer direct. There’s also the chance to tap into and rent films from Lovefilm, as well as get the latest headlines via Sky News’s dedicated TV app.
Both packages come with Sony’s S-Force 3D virtual surround sound tech, as well as two HDMI ports and even an iPod dock for checking out tunes and clips stashed on your Apple jukebox. The BDV-L600 can be wall-mounted or stood vertically too.
If you’re not after a full-on home cinema system, then the BDP-S780 is an ace compromise. It comes with 3D up-conversion skills, Skype access and Wi-Fi, not to mention noise reduction tech to ensure low quality web video is upscaled and looks the part.
There’s no word yet on price or release date, so keep an eye on our Facebook and Twitter pages for more as we get it. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Fujifilm Finepix Z900 EXR unveiled Posted: 05 Apr 2011 02:14 AM PDT 16 megapixels and stunning 3.5-inch touchscreen make this a must-have. Fujifilm has just come over all official with its new Finepix Z900 EXR compact camera. The new snapper packs in a whacking 16 megapixel sensor, along with a 3.5-inch touchscreen round the back and even 1080p video recording smarts.
Fujifilm reckons the CMOS sensor, which packs in back side illumination, will improve sensitivity so you can take super sharp snaps no matter the light. And low light shouldn’t be a problem for the Finepix Z900 EXR thanks to a hefty ISO of 6,400.
There’s a 3fps continuous shooting mode so you don’t miss a thing, 5x optical zoom, while the Full HD video feature records in H.264, taking up less space on your memory card than an AVI file. Plus you can slap your home movies straight onto your telly thanks to a HDMI port.
At 18.2mm, it’s also just about slim enough to slip into your pocket and comes in black, red, pink and blue hues. There’s no word on price just yet, so stay tuned to our Facebook and Twitter pages for more as we get it. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Editor's Desk Competition clues: Win free gadgets Posted: 05 Apr 2011 02:00 AM PDT Free tech swag to be given away in weekly Editor's Desk competition T3’s popular ‘What’s on the Editor’s Desk?’ competition is back for another week with followers of the T3 Facebook and Twitter feeds given the exclusive opportunity to win some of the best tech, gadgets and gizmos on the market.
With the first clue available from 10am, the second will land an hour later with the third and final prize teaser touching down at midday. Entrants will then have until 3pm to get their guesses in and try win what is on the desk of the T3 editor.
Clue 1: Clue 2: Clue 3:
Sign up to the T3 Twitter and Facebook feeds now to get your guesses in and stand a chance of winning this week's Editor's Desk competition and check out the full range of T3 competitions here. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| News@10: Apple store death and Android tops charts Posted: 05 Apr 2011 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. TuesdayONLINE NEWS @BBC - Criminals target mobile devices and social networks
MOBILE NEWS @TechWatch - Android most popular smartphone platform in the UK
GOOGLE NEWS @TechRadar - Chrome OS will not create a walled garden, says Google
APPLE NEWS @PocketLint - Apple store raid ends in death
MOBILE NEWS @GeekyGadgets - 87 per cent of Android developers think fragmentation is a problem
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| iPhone 5 release date: new rumour says phone will be out in June Posted: 05 Apr 2011 01:16 AM PDT Korean report claims next-gen iPhone will be released in summer. The iPhone 5’s release date has been pushed back until September, right? Well, not according to Korean site ETnews. See, it reckons the next-gen Apple cell will actually be out in June, contradicting a string of recent reports that said the device would take a bow in September.
Rather than being revealed at Apple’s WWDC bash at the start of the month, ETnews says Apple will hold a special event in the last week of June, with Steve Jobs himself taking to the stage to reveal the blower.
ETnews says Apple itself has confirmed the plans for a summer unveiling, which seems highly unlikely. With stacks of other reports to the contrary, from multiple trustworthy news sources, it appears this tidbit might just be too outlandish to believe.
For more on this story and the rest of the day’s gadget news, stay tuned to our Facebook and Twitter pages.
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| Xbox 360 app store launching next week? Posted: 04 Apr 2011 11:56 PM PDT Big M expected to detail Silverlight for Xbox 360 plans at Las Vegas event next week. Microsoft could unveil a new Xbox 360 app store as soon as next week. That’s according to an anonymous source, who says the new emporium could be revealed alongside the Big M’s plans for bringing its Silverlight platform to the games console.
Silverlight, a framework for developing apps, has been mooted for an Xbox 360 debut for months. Microsoft will outline its plans at the MIX11 event in Las Vegas next week. Word is that devs would be able to use Silverlight to help them bring versions of their Windows Phone 7 apps to the Xbox 360.
Such a move would help Microsoft keep the pressure up on Sony and Nintendo, as well as give it a jump on major TV manufacturers’ attempts to corner the TV app space with web-connected Smart TVs.
The Xbox 360 and WP7 already play nice over Xbox Live, so using Silverlight to bring their app stores closer together makes sense. Is it a move you’d welcome? Tell us what you think on our Facebook and Twitter pages.
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| PSN and PlayStation websites hit by hackers Posted: 04 Apr 2011 11:39 PM PDT Sony websites and PlayStation network both downed as Sony plays PR game. PSN and Sony’s PlayStation websites have been hit by hackers collective Anonymous, following a threat to take down the Big S’s online services. The group says it is reacting to the alleged treatment of the hacker Geohot, who first worked out how to jailbreak the PS3 and Graf_Chokolo, another hacker being pursued by Sony.
In an open letter, Anonymous said, “You have now received the undivided attention of Anonymous. Your recent legal action against our fellow hackers, Geohot and Graf_Chokolo has not only alarmed us, it has been deemed wholly unforgivable."
Anonymous, which last year took down Amazon and Mastercard as part of its campaign to support the Wikileaks whistle-blowing website, managed to bring down Sony’s online presences in Europe and the US yesterday.
Sony said any outage on PSN was down to, “…sporadic maintenance,” according to the official AskPlayStation Twitter feed. Anonymous’s recent history suggests it will not let Sony off with just this single attack.
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| David Bowie to release 'Golden Years' iPhone app Posted: 04 Apr 2011 10:25 PM PDT Create your own version of the Bowie classic with new app. Pop legend David Bowie will launch an iPhone application that will let fans create their own remixes from his forthcoming "Golden Years" EP.
The Life on Mars singer will launch a collection of newly re-mixed versions of the 1975 track, on June 6th, with new interpretations from Anthony Valadez, Eric J. Lawrence, Chris Douridas and Jeremy Sole.
But the accompanying iPhone app is the real news for us tech fans. It will include the original multi-tracks, which will allow Bowie fans to create their own versions of the songs, export them as an mp3 file and share with friends.
With the new GarageBand for iPad among the best apps ever to hit the App News, are we entering a new era of music creation using smartphone apps?
Link: Gibson.com
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