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Nintendo Australia has announced that the Nintendo 3DS console has sold 200,000 units in 37 weeks (more than 9 months after its launch date) in Australia. This is a very good figure, considering it beat every other console that sold 200k in a faster time frame in Australia. The price drop would have helped Nintendo a lot here, as the 3DS is pretty much selling well in almost all regions.
Grad Theft Auto III, released in the year 2001, was one of the most successful open-world RPG games. after nearly 10 years of its launch, Rockstar Games has ported and released the game for iOS and Android mobile platform. For those who don’t like on-screen controls, the game also supports select game-pads on Android devices.
During the Video Game Awards 2011, Electronic Arts announced that its label Bioware would be resurrecting a branch of the Command & Conquer franchise many fans had given up for dead. Bioware Victory would develop the sequel to Command & Conquer Generals as PC exclusive.
Starting from January 2012 Kboo, in an attempt to match Amazon’s Lending Library proposition, will start to offer a free download each month to new Touch eReader owners. Kobo customers will be able to pick from a broad selection of Pride and Prejudice, HBR’s 10 Must Reads: On Managing People and Star Wars Vs. Star Trek.
Samsung has announced a second-gen dual-screen Android clamshell mobile. This mobile is announced in partnership with China Telecom. The SCH-W999 flip phone packs two 3.5-inch 480×800 Super AMOLED panels back to back, along with a 1.2 GHz dual-core Qualcomm MSM8660 processor, Android 2.3 with Samsung proprietary TouchWiz UI, HyperSkin back cover (as featured on the Galaxy Nexus for grip plus anti-smear), five megapixel camera, Bluetooth 3.0, WiFi and WAPI (China’s not-so-successful take on WiFi, basically).
We don’t know what is going on, but one thing is sure , Sony e-readers are just getting cheaper. The latest Sony Reader WiFi, which was launched with a price tag of $ 149.99 just a couple months back has received a permanent price drop to $129.99. What is more is Sony has gone all out with a trade-in program through the end of December that will give you an additional $50 off if you turn in any old e-reader. Not quite the instant discount that an ad-supported Kindle gives you, but certainly not a bad deal if you’re looking to upgrade from an older model.
For: Light weight, Solid build, comfortable to hold one-handed, excellent screen for reading and touch functions, easy to access public library, Internet, and Google books content, Multimedia features, pinch to zoom touchscreen.Against: Full screen refresh on every page turn, Costly compared to 3G models and future competition.Sony is still fighting the good fight in e-ink powered e-book readers, and its latest model is, the Sony Reader WiFi PRS-T1 looks like a gem. Amazon is the clear leader in the space with fourth generation Kindle and the Kindle Touch. But the PRS-T1 certainly takes some steps in that direction, both in terms of pricing and features. Is it enough? Find out in the review.
One of the highlights of the Unity UI is the launcher that sits on the left side of the Unity Desktop. This allows users to access favorite apps
For: Good Design, Clear Screen, Solid Camera, and Great Performance while surfing.Against: Shorter battery life.Finally the Samsung Galaxy S II is on our hands, its fast, thin, light, and the screen is enormous and it never failed to impress us. We can call it as a One of the best Android smartphone yet. Samsung clearly wanted to concentrate somewhere else and the only thing that would make a company divert its attention from its most successful smartphone ever, would be its successor. It runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system, its equipped with an 8 MP camera, and can record videos in 1080p Full HD, another 2 MP camera in the front for video calls and self-portraits.
For: Pocket sized, Fast processor, Cheap, Improved build quality.Against: No touchscreen, No memory card slot, Lacks MP3 Playback, Not ideal for one-handed reading.The new tablet makes the change for the companys Kindle line up, the company made a surprise move, offers a new device that will bear the Readers name. The fourth generation Amazon Kindle is least expensive, lightest, and easiest to use the reader we have ever tested. It is a cheap one $109 for standard version and $79 for the ad-supported. So is the new Kindle worthy of name that has become synonymous with e-readers? Find it out on our review.
Halloween is even more popular in Europe, but still remain the most crazy ideas for costumes for the time being in America. There, young people have a shirt that is two iPads Sun tinkered turn, it would look like him As though someone in the belly shot a hole would have. The whole thing is a Face Time Chat on Wireless and of course have to allow iPad 2 are used.
FujiFilm has introduced an exciting new product that should be of particular interest for the use of 3D smartphones, cameras and camcorders. The FujiFilm FinePix REAL 3D V3 represent one of the first frames of the glasses-less 3D. It has a 7.2 inch screen, a resolution of 800 600 pixel display is active, but with wonderful handle material of 10,000 10,000 pixels.
HTC is mainly due to the wide range of smartphones and its beautiful quarter figures, which have once again recorded an 80 percent increase. After the HTC Wildfire S entry phone, now comes the HTC Explorer on the market soon with a similar design, but replaceable rear. The unique difference is the lack of flash to only 3MP camera and a lack of radio. Therefore, you pay less or equal to 20 and get the Explorer for 200 instead of 220 RRP as the brother. Hands On is a short video with the still slightly unfinished product.
For: Good Performance, Improved camera, Siri is good and useful, Screen qualityAgainst: No LTE, Good Glass and Metal Design but easy to shatter.The iPhone 4S is finally here with many surprise, with Apple expected to release the iPhone 5 but instead we got an iPhone 4S now. The question is how good is it, and is it for you?. I t got some hardware changes, good design and compatible with existing accessories. It also has most apps, and often best apps. It also supports upgraded rear camera, an improved antenna design and a new internal radio allows the device to perform double duty on both CDMA and GSM networks. Read on the review to see whether it is really worth an upgrade.
Few days ago, Western Digital has introduced new version of its “all-rounder” named Mediabox. It is now kept completely dull and also has integrated with WiFi. When unpacking, you will also find a pleasant, large remote control, and even wireless keyboards or mice can be used with the NetStream. This allows the users to surf more conveniently in the Web to deal with Twitter and Facebook and other integrated services with the input.
Dropbox is incredibly handy, but the odds are that it’s not your only cloud storage space. Maybe you’ve got a few MP3s sitting in Amazon’s digital warehouse, or multiple holiday photo albums resting comfortably in Picasa. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could merge these services, or at least have one portal that offered access to your various cloud services? Otixo aims to do just that, and it’s free. Here’s how to use it.
Mobile phones do not increase the risk of cancer, according to a large study involving more than 350,000 people by Danish researchers published Friday. The results, released on the British Medical Journal’s website, chime with a series of other studies that have reached similar conclusions. Scientists from the Institute of Cancer Epidemiology in Copenhagen looked at people aged at least 30 who subscribed to mobile phone contracts and compared their rates of brain tumours with non-subscribers between 1990 and 2007.
Slowly but surely, Google is finding more and more ways to integrate Google+ into all of their other products. The latest tweak: a one-click button, smack dab in the middle of your search results, for adding the author of the relative content to a Google+ circle. Google has been fiddling with the integration of Google+ into search results for weeks. It began with the integration of public Google+ postings into search results, and later grew to include blogger/author headshots (complete with links to their Plus profiles) next to relevant items.
