Sony is bringing PlayStation games to HTC’s phones. The deal sees PlayStation Suite renamed as PlayStation Mobile and will allow third parties to make PlayStation Mobile-certified handsets, starting with HTC. The HTC One X featured prominently throughout the pre-E3 presentation. And as we all know, the One X is about the highest-specced mobile money can …
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Buy a Samsung Galaxy S3, get Olympics tickets
Samsung is giving away tickets to the Olympics with its Galaxy S3 smart phone, Android Central reports. If you’re among the first 50 people to pre-order the handset at London’s Westfield shopping centre in Stratford, you’ll be handed tickets to this summer’s sweaty sport-fest along with your phone. If you pre-order, you can pick up your S3 on 29 May …
Read More »ViewSonic teases 22
Yes, you read that right — two huge tablets are in the offing, and they measure no fewer than 22 and 80 inches, respectively. ViewSonic sent out a teaser for its series of “Touch and Connect” prototypes being shown off at Computex in Taipei, one of which is a 22-inch “smart business tablet monitor”. And from the invite, it looks …
Read More »RIM to cut 6,000 jobs?
The bad times continue in the tech industry. Struggling BlackBerry-maker RIM could be about to cut up to 6,000 jobs, Reuters reports. Canadian newspaper the Globe and Mail puts the number at 2,000 jobs, but a source close to RIM told Reuters the higher figure. The cuts could affect the legal, marketing, sales, operations, and human resources divisions worldwide. The …
Read More »Dell Latitude 10 is a Windows 8 tablet
What you can see up above are details for Dell’s first Windows 8 tablet, the Dell Latitude 10. And as you can see, it’s a full spec sheet that’s leaked, Neowin reports, meaning there’s not much we don’t know about the tablet. The screen is a 10.1-inch 1,366×768-pixel multi-touch effort with an optional stylus. There’s a dual-core Atom processor, Intel …
Read More »Oppo Finder takes the title of world’s thinnest smart phone
This is the Oppo Finder, the world’s thinnest smart phone. It measures just 6.65mm thick, pipping the Huawei Ascend P1S to the title by 0.03mm. As a comparison, the iPhone 4S is 9.3mm thin. Despite its wafer proportions, it packs some pretty impressive specs. Inside is a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM and 16GB storage. The screen is a …
Read More »Watch 15 demo videos of Motorola’s ICS skin. Yes, 15
Motorola promised the Razr would get Ice Cream Sandwich by the end of next month, and it looks like it’s true to its word. It’s released a series of videos showing off Android 4.0 running on the device, using its own skin à la HTC Sense, Droid Life reports. Despite Moto’s tweaks, it’s still recognisably Android. Click through to see …
Read More »Samsung PIN pop
With just days to go until Samsung’s Galaxy S3 goes on sale, the Korean company has released pictures of its PIN pop-up shop, where you’ll be able to get hands-on with the device. The pop-ups will be popping up all over London. The first two locations are the Westfield shopping centre in Shepherd’s Bush (not the one in Stratford, where …
Read More »Samsung Galaxy S3 ROM leaks, S
The Samsung Galaxy S3 doesn’t go on sale until 30 May — or 29 May if you head down to the Samsung store in London’s Westfield shopping centre in Stratford — but here’s how to get a taste of it right now. The full ROM has leaked over at Android Police, so if you have a rooted Android phone running …
Read More »Sony Tablet P scoffing Ice Cream Sandwich on 24 May
If you bought the Sony Tablet P, you may have been left wondering if its odd shape would hamper any upgrade to Android Ice Cream Sandwich. (As if anyone needed another hurdle.) And when its bigger brother, the Tablet S, got the upgrade almost a month ago, you could be forgiven for feeling left out in the cold. Worry no …
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