LG’s eagerly anticipated Optimus 2X smart phone will set you back £499.99 if you want to buy it SIM-free, according to online store Expansys. The site, however, has just added the option to get a free one if you sign up to a Vodafone contract. The Optimus 2X now has a predicted release date of …
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Infinity Blade? Nah. Rage HD? Tsk. Real Racing 2? Schmeal Racing 2! Not everyone expects cutting-edge graphical overload from their iPhone or iPad games. For those with a more retro frame of mind, we have good news: Jet Set Willy is live on the App Store. Yes, that Jet Set Willy. Originally released in 1982 for the ZX Spectrum, the …
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Sony Ericsson is pulling out all the stops to ensure there are some exclusive games available this year for its new Xperia Play PlayStation phone. The Android-based handset is already slated to get PSOne games and ports of popular iPhone titles, but more could be on the cards. ‘A source close to Sony Ericsson’, quoted by Pocket Gamer, claims exclusive …
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More than 7.5 million people are using social-location app Foursquare to check in to real-world places to earn badges and mayorships, but now the app has been updated to version 3.0 on iPhone and Android. The major new feature is recommendations. “For years we’ve wanted to build a recommendation engine for the real world by turning all the check-ins and …
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Still doubting that Apple will ever release its white iPhone 4? That means you’re calling Phil Schiller a barefaced liar. Apple’s SVP for worldwide product marketing has taken the unusual step (by his company’s standards) of confirming the device’s imminent launch on Twitter. In a reply to a question about how people can get their hands on a white iPhone, …
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A white iPhone 5? This might seem like a cruel joke on our part, given the fact that the white iPhone 4 still hasn’t gone on sale. We’re not making it up though: reports in China claim that Apple has got its suppliers sorted for a blanc-generation version of the iPhone. Specifically, the Chinese-language Economic Daily News claims that local …
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And still the Android 3.0 tablets keep coming… Sony officially confirmed plans for its first two Honeycomb slates this morning, but Lenovo is also in the news for accidentally officially confirming its plans for a new Google-powered ThinkPad tablet. While its name appears to be still under discussion — ThinkPad Tablet and Think Slate are both mentioned in the leaked …
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Samsung’s Galaxy S2 smart phone makes a starring appearance in a new YouTube video published by the manufacturer, in advance of the handset’s formal unveiling at Mobile World Congress. The camera operator appears to have forgotten a sunglare filter, though — the handset is unfortunately obscured in every shot by a flash of sunlight. Okay, so it’s just Samsung trying …
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Itching to play World of Warcraft on an iPad? The game’s publisher Blizzard shows no signs of bringing its MMORPG to iOS (Armory app aside), although cloud gaming technologies like Gaikai are working on doing the job for it. In the meantime, though, Gameloft’s new iOS game Order & Chaos Online is as close as you can get to an …
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Rejoice, people. Rejoice. No, not because a rich woman with lovely hair is getting hitched to an even richer man with rapidly disappearing hair tomorrow. Rejoice because today sees Apple’s white iPhone 4 finally go on sale, as was announced yesterday. So what took it so long? In a rare move, the company has been explaining why in an interview. …
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