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Tech Today: iPhone 4S details, MacBook Air price cut Posted: 30 May 2011 01:36 PM PDT Posted by Chris Smith on Mon 30 May 2011 The biggest tech news from Bank Holiday Monday. Sony gets back to selling PlayStation goods After a long struggle to enable PS3 users to actually use the PlayStation Network once again, Sony is back to flogging accessories for it. The new PlayStation wireless headphones certainly look the part, and if you can part with around £60 you'll get 7.1 sound and on screen displays. They'll be out in September Link: Gizmodo   iPhone 4S in September? iPhone 5 in 2012? The latest in the never-ending new Apple iPhone release saga rumbles on with yet more reports claiming that Apple is planning to launch the iPhone 4S with a 8-megapixel camera and an A5 chip, while the new and improved iPhone 5 might not be making its way into the wild until Spring 2012. Link: 9to5Mac  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  App of the Day | AirVideo Stream video from your home computer, via a Wi-Fi connection all with a minimal of fuss. T3 App Chart | Top 10 iPhone Apps | AirVideo App review  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   ASUS PadFone is official The ASUS PadFone was officially announced today at Computex in Tapei on an otherwise quiet Bank Holiday Monday. The concept is simple, but effective. Simply slide the Android smartphone into an empty docking shell and you have an Android tablet, just like the Motorola Atrix laptop dock. The ASUS PadFone will be out around Christmas. Link: FT   MacBook Air price drop There have been rumblings that Apple is planning a MacBook Air refresh next month, complete with the new Thunderbird I/O tech. Well now Apple has given the gossips a little more ammunition by dropping the price of refurbished MacBook Air's on its online store. Could we see a new Air at WWDC next week? Link: 9to5Mac   Emulator clampdown on the Android Market Google spent the Bank Holiday weekend removing one of the more popular console emulators from the Android Market. Retro gaming fans have been using emulators created by developer 'Yongzh' to play old school games from Sega, Nintendo and Atari. The developer has revealed that all of his apps have now been taken down. Link: CNET   Twitter to launch own photo-sharing service? Has Twitter had enough of clients like yfrog and Twitpic hogging all the photo sharing glory? TechCrunch cites numerous sources claiming that Twitter is about to launch its own photo-sharing service. After picking up Tweetdeck for a cool $40m last week, it seems that Twitter is about to expand its app empire. Link: TechCrunch     This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

iPad app news: X-Men EXTRA magazine hits app store Posted: 30 May 2011 04:08 AM PDT Posted by Chris Smith on Mon 30 May 2011 X-Men First Class arrives this week, prep yourself with this fun free app. The mutants are coming and the world stands on the bring of an evolutionary revolution. To commemorate that the X-Men EXTRA magazine has just hit the App Store.   The make-believe magazine, launched to promote the release of the X-Men: First Class this week, is a nicely-designed storyline companion serving up plenty of background goss to keep even the most avid student of Xavier up to date.   More from the T3 App Chart Best iPad apps Vote now for your App of the Year Best apps: 50 Mobile apps to change your life Marvel Comics for iPad review Our top rated iPhone apps Injecting the X-Men into real-life events from history, EXTRA features articles about how the X-Men helped to avert the Cuban Missile Crisis, with President Kennedy pinning a Medal of Merit on Professor Charles Xavier.   There's a profile of the mysterious Magneto and an audio recording of how Kennedy plans to tackle his alliance with Fidel Casto and Cuba, and a profile entitled "What you don't know about Emma Frost."   There's also specially-tailored movie trailers for characters like the ever-popular Mystique as the magazine encourages you to click on images to find hidden videos. You can share articles, which will be updated between now and the movie's release on June 3rd, with friends.   The free app is available to download now (There's a PlayBook, iPhone and Android version incoming) and seems to be a really novel way to promote forthcoming movies. Comic book fans are going to love this one.   Link: iTunes (via Shockya) This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

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