Month: August 2013

Call of Duty: Ghosts Prestige Edition will include a 1080p action camera

by

Activision and Infinity Ward have previously bundled gadgets with the last few Call of Duty special editions, and they’re keeping up this recent tradition with Call of Duty: Ghosts. Buy the Prestige Edition of the game on November 5th and you’ll get a 1080p, water-resistant “tactical camera” with a 4GB memory card. While it’s not … Read more

Philips 65PLF9708 4k UHD TV to be launched at IFA

by

Philips have leaked the 4k 65PLF9708 television winning the European Ultra HD TV 2013-2014 award before it has even been publicly announced. Philips has announced that the set scooped the gong, before going on to say that more details will be revealed at the company’s IFA 2013 press conference in September. Philips says that the … Read more

Ubuntu Edge raises $10 million not likely to hit $32,000,000 goal.

by

The Ubuntu Edge is a very interesting smartphone, that hopes to dual boot Android and Ubuntu mobile, plus have a Ubuntu Desktop OS.

Rather than use Kickstarter, Canonical has chosen to use Indiegogo, and while they have raised a record breaking $10,327,371 (vs $10,266,846 for the Pebble Smartwatch) it is unlikely they will hit their goal of $32,000,000. Which is a shame as it has some impressive specs in comparison to the SGS4 and iPhone 5

Ubuntu Edge Apple iPhone 5 Samsung Galaxy S4
Mobile OS Dual-boots Android and Ubuntu mobile iOS Android
Desktop OS Ubuntu Desktop No No
RAM 4GB 1GB 2GB
Internal storage 128GB 64GB 16GB
Screen 720 x 1,280, 4.5 inches 640 x 1,136, 4 inches 1,080 x 1,920, 5 inches
Protection Sapphire Glass Corning Gorilla Glass Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Connectivity Dual-LTE, GSM LTE, GSM LTE, GSM
Speakers Stereo Mono Mono
Battery Silicon-anode Li-ion Li-ion Li-ion
Price $695 $849* $750**

ubuntu-edge

GTA V online looks like it could be amazing – GTA V Online Gameplay Video

by

Well GTA V looks like it is going to be pretty special, this time round they have really gone to town with the online experience, and have just launched the above video showing some of the game play.

It appears that you can play various games including races, death match, heists, sports based games, and general free roam. Everything you do goes towards making money and reputation which you can spend on customising your character, vehicle and even bar an apartment and garage to fill with vehicles! Pretty impressive stuff, and we cant wait to review it on our sister site Mighty Gaming

GTA-V-Heists

Samsung KN55S9C 55-inch Curved OLED TV now shipping in the US for $9,000

by

Several years later than expected it seems OLED TVs are coming to the market and in the form of curved OLED screens. LG has already launched theirs, at an eye watering price of $15,000, and now Samsung are releasing their KN55S9C at a slightly less eye water price of $9,000.

The OLED set includes the company's Multi-View feature, which lets two people watch different programming at the same time when using compatible active 3D glasses, and it's compatible with the Evolution Kit Samsung.

It certainly looks like a beautiful TV however with 4K TVs being released it will be interesting to see if there is any room for commercial success now they are so late to the game.

LG Optimus Vu 3 phablet specs leak, to be launched at the IFA in Berlin

by

The existence of the The LG Optimus Vu 3 was leaked a few days ago, now thanks to Korean site Asiae.co.kr some possible specs have been leaked. Unlike other phablets LG have chosen the unusual 4:3 aspect ratio, making it a rather chubby phablet. LG is reportedly upsizing from the current model’s 5in panel to … Read more

XBMC on Android adds AirPlay and other features in new alpha build

by

Our favourite home theatre software, XBMC, has announced some important new features to their Android build of XBMC. The Gotham build now has Zeroconf support essentially letting any Android device act as an AirPlay receiver without any third-party workarounds. Further, media launched from an Android browser can now be played by default on XBMC, where … Read more

LG G2 officially announced – 5.2-inch 1080p display, 2.26GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 & 13-megapixel camera.

by

LG have finally announced the heavily leaked G2, the follow-up to last year’s Optimus G. The device runs Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean, a 5.2-inch 1080p IPS panel, 2.26GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 SoC, 13-megapixel camera with optical image stabilization (as well as a 2.1MP front-facing cam), 24 bit/192kHz HiFi playback, a non-removable 3,000mAh battery, 2GB of … Read more

Samsung Galaxy Note III and HTC One Max to be launched at the IFA in Berlin on September 4th

by

Samsung has sent out its IFA invitations, and they all but confirm that the Galaxy Note 3 will appear at this year’s German technology show. Samsung’s IFA invitation pictured arrived in our inbox on Monday afternoon, telling us to “Note the date” of Samsung’s 4 September press conference alongside a trio of Samsung Unpacked images. … Read more