Blizzcon 2009 Sparks New Battle.Net and Starcraft II Details
Pardo believes that the new matchmaking system is more powerful than Microsoft's TrueSkill and when paired with Real ID, it should help players of all skill levels get into games that they have a chance to win. On this point, the ladder system has been improved to take player skill into account. After a player completes around 10 games, they will be placed into a skill tier. Within each skill tier, the player is matched up with 99 other players in 100 player divisions. The focus of the season is on competing with these 99 other players with tournaments taking place at the end of each season between division leaders.
[G4 TV, Kotaku]
Friday, August 21, 2009 | 0 Comments
First Flexible and Transparent Non-Organic LED Display
[Ars Technica, Gizmodo]
Friday, August 21, 2009 | 0 Comments
Some Windows Mobile 7 Minimum Requirements Leak Out?
[WMExperts]
Friday, August 21, 2009 | 0 Comments
Get Hands-On With the Zune HD This Weekend at Select Best Buys -- America Only
[Maximum PC]
Friday, August 21, 2009 | 0 Comments
Snow Leopard to be Available Next Friday, August 28th!
[9 to 5 Mac, TUAW, Gizmodo, Mac NN]
Friday, August 21, 2009 | 0 Comments
Nvidia Ion-Based Lenovo IdeaPad S12 Delayed Until Windows 7 Gets Released
[Liliputing, Gizmodo, Engadget]
Friday, August 21, 2009 | 0 Comments
Low-Cost Samsung S3650 Handset Launching in Europe In a Couple of Weeks
[Unwired View]
Friday, August 21, 2009 | 0 Comments
DJ Hero Hitting the US on October 27th, Launching Worldwide in Late October
[Joystiq]
Friday, August 21, 2009 | 0 Comments
HTC Click Official, Hands-On Video With Mutant
[Phandroid, Gizmodo]
Friday, August 21, 2009 | 0 Comments
Silver Asus Eee PC 1005HA Launching in Japan Next Month
[Liliputing]
Friday, August 21, 2009 | 0 Comments
Lower-End Lenovo O1e OPhone to Sport 3MP Camera
[Engadget Mobile]
Friday, August 21, 2009 | 0 Comments
Telus to Launch BlackBerry Storm 2 on September 15th
[Slash Gear]
Friday, August 21, 2009 | 0 Comments
Asus Launching Nvidia Ion-Based Nettop, Eee Top All-In-One PC and Eee Keyboard PC This Fall
[Maximum PC]
Friday, August 21, 2009 | 0 Comments
Blue Samsung N120 Netbook Now Available
[Netbooked]
Friday, August 21, 2009 | 0 Comments
S60-Based Samsung M8000 Handset Spotted, But Might Not Get Launched
[Unwired View, Cell Passion]
Friday, August 21, 2009 | 0 Comments
Amazon Says They're Facing PS3 Shortages, Sony Says NEVAARR
[Engadget]
Friday, August 21, 2009 | 0 Comments
Palm Pre Has "Unprecendented Demand" Says Bell; Bell Launches New Pre Ad
Below is an ad for the Palm Pre that has just launched in Canada. Surprisingly enough, it mimics the Apple iPhone ads. Thankfully, the freaky / scary girl is gone. Take a look at it below.
[Mobile Syrup, Crunch Gear]
Friday, August 21, 2009 | 0 Comments
Nokia Taking Pre-Orders For the 5530 XpressMusic For $290; Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition Shipping in Q3
Below is the Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition. You may notice it because it's just a variant of the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and it has a silver chrome outline, which is identical to the Nokia XpressMusic that was in the retailer photo last week. On Nokia's official website, they have just stated that the 5800 Navigation Edition will be available in Q3 of this year for €285 ($405 USD).
The new phone is bundled with lifetime WALK navigation and voice-guided DRIVE licenses, and it also comes with the latest release of Ovi Maps (which includes high-res aerial images, weather service, terrain maps, and 3D landmarks for over 200 cities). The other features don’t differ from the ones of Nokia 5800 XpressMusic.
Nokia 5530 XpressMusic: Phone Arena
Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition: Unwired View
Friday, August 21, 2009 | 0 Comments
Android-Based Samsung InstinctQ M900 Headed to UK on O2
Two days ago, the first pictures on the Sprint-bound Samsung InstinctQ M900 popped up. The latest word is that this Android-based handset is actually headed to UK via O2 soon. The specs of this handset hasn't been mentioned yet, so we're still looking into that. Fortunately, we do know that this handset has WiFi connectivity and, obviously, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard.
[Pocket-Lint]
Friday, August 21, 2009 | 0 Comments
AT&T to Launch White BlackBerry Bold?
Personally, the black one will probably look better, but I know people out there will definitely want to get a white variant as well. Keep in mind that this is all speculation right now.
[CrackBerry]
Friday, August 21, 2009 | 0 Comments
Social-Networking Samsung B3310 Being Released Next Month -- Official Specs
Update on August 24th: According to Unwired View, Samsung officially unveiled this handset in France. Samsung has also mentioned the full spec sheet, so that's: a 2-inch display with a 240 x 320 resolution, a 2MP camera with QVGA video recording, quad-band GSM/EDGE connectivity, Bluetooth 2.1, an FM radio, 43MB of internal storage, and a microSD card slot. The pricing is still unknown.
[Phone Arena]
Friday, August 21, 2009 | 0 Comments
MSI Wind12 U200 Now Official, Still Not Available
[Electronista]
Friday, August 21, 2009 | 0 Comments
Acer Aspire 1410 Now Available For Pre-Orders on Amazon For $450
In case you forgot, the Aspire 1410 notebook has: an 11.6-inch display with a 1,366 x 768 resolution, a 1.4GHz Intel ULV Core 2 Colo SU3500 CPU, integrated GMA4500MHD graphics, 2GB of RAM, a 250GB HDD, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, HDMI output, and a 6-cell battery.
[Slash Gear, Liliputing]
Friday, August 21, 2009 | 0 Comments
Nokia "Looking" to Enter Netbook Market, Probably Alongside Intel
Back in June (here and here), the rumour mill kept on spitting out that Nokia was planning a netbook for a Q3 release. Yesterday, Nokia confirmed that they are indeed "looking" to release a netbook in the future. They've cited that there is a "lot of opportunity" in the netbook field. They're probably looking to find a new way to make profits, since their mobile phone sales are plummeting. As of right now, we don't know anything about their netbook, but it'll probably have something to do with Intel. They recently announced their Alliance. This could mean an Atom CPU or Intel's Moblin OS... or both.
[Electronista]
Friday, August 21, 2009 | 0 Comments
Android-Based T-Mobile Pulse / Huawei U8220 Hitting Europe on T-Mobile, €257 Off-Contract
In case you forgot, here's a short breakdown of the specs: a 3.5-inch touchscreen display with a 320 x 480 resolution, a 3.2MP camera, a microSD card slot, HSDPA 7.2Mbps / HSUPA 5.76Mbps, and WiFi / GPS / Bluetooth support. This handset runs on Google's Android.
[Unwired View]
Friday, August 21, 2009 | 0 Comments
CDMA HTC Hero Passes FCC, Likely Headed to Sprint
[Mobile Crunch]
Friday, August 21, 2009 | 0 Comments
Alltel Now Selling BlackBerry Tour For $199 on a 1-Year Contract
[Boy Genius]
Friday, August 21, 2009 | 0 Comments
Telus Now Selling Prepaid LG Masterpiece For $130
[Mobile Syrup]
Friday, August 21, 2009 | 0 Comments
PS3 Slim Available For Pre-Orders on GameStop For $299, Shipping on August 25th -- Amazon Too
Update: According to Engadget, Amazon's PS3 Slim shipment is set for the same day as GameStop's. If you head over to Amazon's official website, the 120GB PS3 Slim is also available for $299 USD and it also says that it's shipping on August 25th.
[G4 TV]
Friday, August 21, 2009 | 0 Comments
T-Mobile Sidekick LX Gets Price Dropped to $175 in the US
[Engadget Mobile]
Friday, August 21, 2009 | 0 Comments
AT&T Launching Garmin-Asus Nuvifone G60 and M20 This Year
[Engadget Mobile]
Friday, August 21, 2009 | 0 Comments
ASRock ION 330 Nettop Now Available in the US -- Possibly Old News
You'll be able to pack 4GB of RAM into this sucker and you'll be able to play 1080p video, thanks to its Ion graphics. A Blu-ray model is expected to be available soon, so maybe you'll want to wait for that. It's now available for $380 USD on NewEgg and $350 on SuperBiiz.com; you can always check it out on ASRock's official website though.
[Netbooked]
Friday, August 21, 2009 | 0 Comments
JVC Releasing 7.8mm Thin LCD TV Next Month For a Whopping £1,700
JVC has also mentioned that they're planning to ship out a 42-inch model of this TV next year and a 50-inch model could be available in the future as well. However, these TVs won't be as thin as the 32-inch model, but I'm sure we'll all be okay.
[Tech Radar]
Friday, August 21, 2009 | 0 Comments