RIM BlackBerry Storm 9530 firmware 4.7.0.86 leaked
By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: January 12, 2009 | 4 CommentsTag: blackberry
If you’re a RIM BlackBerry Storm 9530 owner and are eagerly waiting for the next Storm firmware update and do not mind getting an unofficial leaked version of the BlackBerry Storm OS then today you are in luck
Samsung TWOSTEP SCH-r470: U.S. Cellular Exclusive
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: January 12, 2009 | No CommentsTag: samsung
If you are a cell phone user who is looking for quick access to numerous multimedia features, then the Samsung SCH-r470 TWOSTEP is the handset for you. The latest phone from Samsung has been officially announced as a U.S. Cellular…
COD6 Cross Platform Skirmishes: Xbox 360, PS3 and PC
By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: January 12, 2009 | 20 CommentsTag: call of duty
It’s not a new idea to connect the games console world with the PC gamers, Microsoft united Xbox 360 and PC gamers with “Games for Windows and LIVE”. It was great to see Xbox LIVE extended to Windows Vista, but…
Xbox 360 increase sales, Nintendo Wii and Sony PS3 drop
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: January 12, 2009 | 8 CommentsTag: Xbox 360
Microsoft has something to smile about with Japan’s 2008 sales figures for the Xbox 360. It was no surprise to learn that the Nintendo Wii was still king in 2008 despite the fact that the games console saw a 20…
LG KC910 Renoir Full Hands-on Review and Specs
By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: January 12, 2009 | No CommentsTag: lg
We received the LG Kc910 Renoir a few months ago so I had time to really get to know the phone and also the good and the bad points. The first thing I noticed about this phone is that it…
Sanyo PRO 200 & 700 launched today
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: January 12, 2009 | No CommentsTag: Sanyo
Today is the day when Bell launches the Sanyo PRO 200 and 700, and we can already see by the photos that these phones will be able to take a bit of a beating. These dummy phones are available today,…
Plasma TV Ban: UK, California and rest of EU
By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: January 12, 2009 | 3 CommentsTag: Plasma tv
When you bought your nice big screen TV was it a Plasma or LCD television? This question may be more important to you than you first think if the future of both formats have anything to do with it. We…
CDMA Palm Treo receives FCC approval ahead of Pre
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: January 12, 2009 | No CommentsTag: palm
A Palm handset has just been given FCC approval, and the guys at Engadget Mobile assumed that is was for the upcoming Palm Pre. Upon closer inspection, the approval was for a CDMA version of the Palm Treo, which is…
Hands on: Koolu Android custom-loaded FreeRunner
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: January 12, 2009 | No CommentsTag: Google Android
The new Koolu, custom-loaded FreeRunner is not just running Google Android it is running Cupcake. With that in mind, every G1 owner must be feeling a little jealous by now. There are a few cons to this handset though.
Killzone 2 review: 4 out of 5
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: January 12, 2009 | 3 CommentsTag: Guerrilla Games
Gamers have been waiting for some time now for the first online review of Killzone 2, and thanks to a Swedish website, we now have one. The greatest part of the review is that the Sony PS3 exclusive scores 4…
Motorola Aura Video: beautiful in person
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: January 12, 2009 | No CommentsTag: Motorola
Engadget Mobile was at CES 2009 and while there they managed to get their hands on the Motorola Aura, they thought they would tease us with a video. Engadget Mobile begins by saying that it is hard to describe how…
Crysis and Killzone 2: visual comparison on PC
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: January 12, 2009 | No CommentsTag: Guerrilla Games
With just a few weeks to go until the launch of Killzone 2, there is nothing better than to look at a visual comparison of this First Person Shooter game for the Sony PS3. So what game should it be…
Motorola handset division: 50% layoffs this week?
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: January 12, 2009 | No CommentsTag: Motorola
We are only in our second week of 2009 and already Motorola are talking about layoffs in their handset division. Phonescoop have learned that the layoffs could be as much as 50% of the total handset operation. It is thought…
Ford Motor Co. could ask for $13 billion federal loan
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: January 12, 2009 | No CommentsTag: Ford
A the end of last year Ford Motor Co. did not take the U.S. Government up on their offer of support, something that Chevrolet and General Motors did. A month has not even past, and now Ford might have to…
New Palm Pre will not support old apps
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: January 12, 2009 | No CommentsTag: palm
Palm’s latest Smartphone, the Pre, which is to run on the new WEB OS, will not offer support for old apps. It seems that these older applications that run on the Palm Treo and other Smartphones will not play ball…
