This might be the first surprise of CES. The chip maker Nvidia is stepping into gaming in a huge way. They’ll be making their own handheld gaming console – Project Shield. Project Shield is a combination of a 5 inch touch-screen, joy sticks and buttons in a clamshell design. The handheld is designed to link […]
HTC and EE partner for 4G HTC One SV launch
Today the government run auction on the 4G space in the UK starts. However, EE is already active (in some cities) and there are already some 4G LTE phones. HTC has timed this well; announcing their new 4G LTE phone that’ll be available via selected operators and retail partners. The launch partner is EE. The […]
Curiosity carved the cube: 22Cans pictures
22Cans is the studio gaming legend Peter Molyneux created and Curiosity follows on from such hits as Populous, Black and White, Fable and Dungeon Keeper. The game is available for iOS and at Google Play and is free. Except; game is the wrong word. Curiosity is an experiment. It’s an experiment to see whether people […]
Sponsored Video: Shiny tech is helping to evolve education
Technology is helping to shape education and this geek thinks it is a good thing. Gadgets are helping in two ways; through application and through culture. I think it’s important not to forget the cultural impact of technology on education or under estimate it. Late last year, a survey said that 60% of students wouldn’t […]
The Dark Horse horror sale
Dark Horse currently have Halloween inspired horror sale on with a range of titles reduced to less than a dollar. Dark Horse recently made some pretty big changes to their Android app. In the past, in order to buy a comic, you would have to leave the app and visible their digital store on your […]
Rumour: Could the LG Optimus G Nexus run Key Lime Pie?
Reports and apparent leaks of the expected next Nexus device are coming in. It looks like Google might have picked LG to be the next manufacturer to score the honour of producing the latest Nexus branded phone. One report said; ”I can confirm the next nexus is LG Optimus based. The phone looks surprisingly like […]
How do you read a .mobi attachment in Gmail on your Android Kindle app?
Now and then people email me .mobi attachments. This is a popular format for eBooks, .mobi files are quite small so they’re a popular alternative than shipping paper books around. My eBook reader is my Nexus 7 Android tablet. I have Amazon’s Kindle app on it which lets me resize text, sync across devices and, […]
Sony Xperia’s “Unleash your music on the world” ad ramps up NFC
Apple has announced an event for September 12th and so the speculation around the iPhone 5 begins. One heated area is NFC (near field communication) and whether the iPhone will support it or not. Lots of people want the feature but some of the best tipped pundits are saying it is unlikely. This Xperia ad […]
The Sony Xperia announcements
Sony are having a busy day with a number of announcements. Here’s a run through of some of the headline grabbers. Sony are launching a new range of Xperia smartphones and bringing tablets into the range too. The James Bond Skyfall movie wil feature one of the new phones, the Xperia T which Sony is […]
The Nikon S800C – the 16 megapixel phone camera
I think this is the natural evolution of the camera phone. After all, I bet most readers reach first for their smartphone to take a picture these days and leave their digital camera only for those trips you suspect will feature a lot of photography. I know I do. So, what is the natural evolution […]
