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Senin, 27 Agustus 2012

Apple iPad mini to allegedly launch in October

AllThingsD is reporting that Apple will announce the iPad mini in October, according to several of their sources.

The launch event will take place only a month after the iPhone event, which is supposed to take place on September 12, although Apple is yet to confirm that.

Initially, some postulated that the iPhone and the iPad mini events will take place simultaneously, although that seemed unlikely considering Apple has historically kept the two product events separate.

This latest news tells us that although Apple might not be willing to merge the iPad events with the iPhone's, they are also not going to wait till next year's main iPad event to release the smaller variant.

Rabu, 15 Agustus 2012

SimCity will launch on Mac in February 2013, same time as the PC version

The next SimCity will come to Macs as well as PCs in February 2013.

This was revealed today by Electronic Arts at its Gamescom press event.

The SimCity for Mac game will be available as a digital download through Origin and will, reportedly, be identical to its PC sibling. There’s even going to be support for cross-platform online multiplayer.

You can also sign up for the beta testing of the game, over here. You’ll need to register with Origin and answer a survey before you get access to the beta, which will be launched tomorrow.

Jumat, 10 Agustus 2012

OUYA Android console goes on pre-order, expected to launch in April 2013

OUYA did it! The Android-based gaming console wrapped its Kickstarter campaign, raising $8,596,475 from 63,416 backers. Missed it? Don’t sweat it, the beautiful looking thing is now available for pre-order.

OUYA didn’t waste any time putting the thing out there for pre-order. However, you’ll have to wait until April 2013 to get your unit.

But don’t let that put you off, as the pricing isn’t as bad as one would imagine for a project that scored one of the most successful Kickstarter funding of all time. The pre-order price for a console coming with one controller is $99. If you want two controllers its $129, and $189 for four controllers. Sounds like a pretty sweet deal to me.

That price, however, doesn’t include shipping. If you are based in the United States it’s additional $10 and $20 for outside the US.

Are you getting one?

Source | Via

Selasa, 15 Mei 2012

LG to launch the Optimus 4X HD in Europe next month

LG has announced that they will be launching the Optimus 4X HD next month in Europe, just in time to go against its Korean rival's flagship Galaxy S III.

The Optimus 4X HD will start selling in Germany, Sweden, Great Britain, Italy and Poland in June and we expect other regions to get it shortly after that.

In case you have forgotten about it by now since it was announced back in MWC, the Optimus 4X HD has a quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor, 4.7-inch 720p IPS LCD (with no PenTile matrix non-sense), 8 megapixel, 2,140 mAh battery camera and Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. You can check our hands-on with the Optimus 4X HD here.

Senin, 07 Mei 2012

Verizon to launch 911 SMS service in 2013

There have been talks for SMS/MMS service to the emergency 911 number for quite some time but Verizon is the first to actually do something about it.

A few days ago Verizon announced it is working closely with TeleCommunication Systems to provide SMS support for 911.

According to Verizon everyone with a phone that can send SMS and a plan that supports text will be able to use the new service.

This will help people in need who are deaf or hard of hearing and cannot make voice calls or who could be placed in additional danger by speaking. There are also some cases that the battery won’t be enough to carry a voice call, but will be capable of handling a text message.

So, the SMS to 911 service is coming soon. Let’s hope other carries enable it as well.

Kamis, 03 Mei 2012

Microsoft to allegedly launch subsidized $99 Xbox 360 with Kinect next week

The Verge has managed to get their hands on some rather exciting news for gamers in the US who cannot afford to pay the full price for an Xbox-Kinect bundle but would still want to get their hands on one.

According to their sources, Microsoft is set to launch a subsidized version of the Xbox-Kinect bundle only for $99 and it could be released as early as next week.

For the $99 that you pay, you will get the base Xbox 360 with 4GB of built-in memory (you can always purchase additional storage from Microsoft) and the Kinect sensor. You will be signing into a two year contract where you will have to pay $15 every month. During that period, you also get Xbox Live Gold membership as well as two year warranty. There will be an option to opt out early and pay the early termination fee.

Unfortunately, it is said that in the beginning the $99 Xbox will only be sold in the US that too only through Microsoft Stores. This will put it out of a lot of people’s reach. Hopefully, Microsoft will have an option to sell it online and in other markets.