WIN: Tickets to Ibiza Rocks to see Maverick Sabre and Labrinth live
Epic prize courtesy of Sony
Win tickets to Ibiza Rocks to see Maverick Sabre and Labrinth live!
Courtesy of our friends over at Sony we have a great competition up for grabs. After a wet start to the summer we’ve got a great way to turn it into a scorcher – you and a friend could win [...]
Canon EOS 650D coming in June – specs leaked
About time and all
Canon has been rather tardy with the release of its 2012 mid-level DSLR, the EOS 650D (Rebel T4i in the US and other regions). Its predecessors, the Canon EOS 600D and EOS 550D, were released in March 2011 and April 2010 respectively, but this year’s spring has passed and there’s still no [...]
How Yahoo Botched Its Acquisition of Flickr
Lengthy, detailed treatise by Mat Honan for Gizmodo:
There’s a difference between a missed opportunity and a complete
fuck-up. When Yahoo failed to capitalize on Flickr’s social
potential, that was a missed opportunity. But if you want to see
where it completely fucked up, where it just butchered Flickr with
dull knives and duller wit, turn on your phone and [...]
Leica X2 pictures and hands-on
Premium compact, premium price
There’s something about Leica cameras; it’s hard to quite put a finger on it. So when Pocket-Lint had the chance to play with a brand new Leica X2 we rushed at the opportunity.
Announced last week, the Leica X2, which will replace 2009’s X1, adds a new 16.2-megapixel APS-C sensor, among some other [...]
ITV Digital website offers split screen Euro 2012 experience
Game footage and news feed on one page
Football fans will be able to enjoy (or commiserate as the case made be) this summer’s European Championship via a split-screen facility on ITV Digital’s dedicated Euro 2012 website.
Optimised for both smartphones and tablets, the site will broadcast any games being shown on the ITV channel at the [...]
Google to take on Apple by giving early Android access to other smartphones
No more Google Nexus
Google’s next version of Android could arrive on as many as five different manufactured smartphones as it changes its approach to launching new operating systems.
In the past Google has always tested the water by saddling with one manufacturer to produce the first smartphone on a new Android platform, as part of the [...]
HTC Desire C: Ice Cream Sandwich on a budget
From ?169.99 PAYG
HTC has launched its Desire C, a handset it bills as entry-level, but with a spec list that suggests otherwise – which may suggest why it’s been bumped up from the Wildfire C.
For starters, HTC has kitted the Desire C with Ice Cream Sandwich from launch. It’s also fitted with Beats Audio technology, [...]
T-Mobile reveals Samsung Galaxy S III pricing
NOT free on contract
T-Mobile has finally announced its pricing for the Samsung Galaxy S III before it arrives on 30 May.
The operator is the last of the main UK networks to reveal its price plans and unlike its competitors the phone won’t actually be available free on contract.?
Available on a 24-month Full Monty plan at [...]
Sony conjures up magic with a Doll for UK HX8 Bravia TV launch
Kimberley Wyatt assists
Ex-Pussycat Doll and Got to Dance judge Kimberley Wyatt and world famous?magician?Drummond Money Coutts have been drafted in to help Sony put across the message that its HX8 Bravia edge-lit LED TV offers pictures as good as the real thing.
The set, available in 40-, 46- and 55-inch screen sizes, is in stores now [...]
Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition sells over 400,000 copies on day one
Hints Markus “Notch” Persson
After Pocket-lint’s estimation that Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition has been the biggest launch ever on Xbox Live, Microsoft has confirmed such by releasing a statement that it has, indeed, eclipsed Trials Evolution (the previous record holder) on day one sales. It hasn’t actually released any figures, however.
There is more than one way [...]
