Archive for December, 2010

Be ready for the new year celebrations with the Times Square Official New Year’s Eve Ball App 2011. It works great as a festive countdown clock and closer to the celebrations, a few more surprises will become available. One of the coolest features is the option to submit your own photos to be displayed on the big screen in Times Square on December 31. A good way to begin counting down the final moments of 2010. More »


From Wirebot:

So you’ve all heard about the Kinect for Xbox360 and how sometimes it’s not the best piece of equipment for gaming. Sure, you become the controller, but instructing the game with a combination of voice and hand controls becomes too much trouble then what its worth. However, it seems that Microsoft may be planning to increase the Kinect’s accuracy. More »


From Wirebot: GameStop have the Nintendo 3DS at hand for pre-ordering. However, no price has yet been set for it in the US. The story seems to be different depending on where you go- $50 was asked as a deposit in New York whereas only a $25 depost was requested in Arizona. More »


Here’s another tablet being thrown into the massive ring that is the tablet market today- the Airis Slimpad. With a mini HDMI output and 1.3-megapixel camera, the device will run on Windows 7. More »


It was reported that Google had announced a last-minute delay for the Google TV software leaving many people who are attending the CES next month disappointed. Now some more bad news has come, Logitech has stopped it’s shipments of their Revue box because of the Google delay. More »


The HTC Sense is a user interface overlay designed to make the HTC phone experience more enjoyable and efficient. Now the the head of HTC User Experience, Drew Bamford has given his statement on the future goals of the HTC Sense. More »


According to an SEC filing, Zumbox has now raised just above $9.7 million in their paperless postal system. Adding this amount to last years amount, $8 would equal a total of $17.7 million. More »


It was recently reported that Apple has secretly applied Cherokee language support into iOS. Three years ago, Cherokee tribal leaders had a talk with Apple to include native support for the Cherokee lanuage in iOS, it seems like Apple has now agreed with the request. More »


This video is a quick and simple video which shows the successes of Apple of the year of 2010. As you probably already know Apple have had a great year, launching the iPad, the new Apple Mac Air and many others. More »


It’s official: ordering the “QWERTY monster” Nokia’s E7 from Amazon for $679 will give you a couple of weeks’ wait at the very least for the handset. More »


For those of you with a bit of cash in your pocket after Christmas and are looking for a good deal to put that cash towards, the Dell Adamo ultraportable has now dropped to the price of $899- a saving of $200. More »


It has been confirmed that Amazon’s own Kindle device has been the best-selling product over the Christmas period, beating Toy Story and Call of Duty to the title. This year, the top four best-selling products are all of different genre, with the Kindle belonging to electronics, Toy Story 3 being the best selling DVD, Call Of Duty Black Ops at the top of the gaming charts, and Progress, Take That’s latest selling album, was a hit among music fans. More »


- You can now place a pre-order for a shiny new Nintendo 3DS at your local GameStop, though the actual full price is still unknown for now.

- The very eye-catching A-Jays Four iPhone earbuds will be getting their US debut at the start of the new year. More »


Ignore Barinov is the developer behind the WikiLeaks app which was removed from the App Store. He revealed the total breakdown of his app’s reach before it was taken down by Apple. More »


From Htcyou: According to PC World, BenQ will be releasing their R100 Android-powered tablet next year, where it will also be officially announced at CES in January. Let’s take a look at some specifications. More »


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