Over the last week of 2011 (December 25 to December 31), there were more downloads made than ever before by iOS and Android users. The stats company Flurry has reported that 1.2 billion apps were downloaded through that week.
Retrode 2 Lets you Play SNES and Genesis Games on a PC
January 3, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Retrode 2 is a device that lets you connect up your old SNES and Genesis games to a PC and play them. What makes this device great is that it is capable of reading the data from the cartridges and then loading it up in an emulator on the PC. As well as being able to read the games it also has a couple of ports for each console allowing you to connect up 2 SNES and 2 Genesis controllers. The controller information is then passed through the Retrode 2 on to the emulator.
Android App Makes Internet Tethering Undetectable
January 3, 2012 by Leave a Comment
A new Android app has been launched that aims to hide tethering from carriers. The reason some users might want to do this is so that they can pay for the data allowance on their mobile plan and then use that allowance to either browse on a mobile device or browse on a laptop tethered to the device. Recently, carriers have decided to charge for tethering which means an additional cost to the user, even if they stay within their plan.
Apple Event to be Held in NYC This Month
January 3, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Apple is planning to hold an event this month in New York City. The event will be held towards the end of the month and is believed to be regarding electronic publishing and media content.
Sony Tablet S Drops to $400 for 16GB Model
January 2, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Sony Tablet S has dropped in price to $400 for the 16GB model. The 32GB model is now priced at $499.99. Just a few weeks ago, Sony had dropped the price of the Tablet S by $50 over the Christmas period. This new price drops knocks another $50 off that Christmas price.
Samsung Galaxy S II Leaked Ice Cream Sandwich Begins Rolling Out (Unofficial)
January 2, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Samsung Galaxy S II is now beginning to get the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update although the update isn’t official. This particular update comes from SamMobile who managed to get hold of an alpha build of Ice Cream Sandwich. As it’s Alpha, it’s a little buggy still although you do get a sense of what ICS will run and look like on the SGS2.
PS Vita Plays Sega Megadrive/Genesis Games
January 2, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Sony PlayStation Vita launched less than a month ago and already, someone has managed to get a Sega Megadrive/Genesis game running on it. Rather than the game being run on an emulator direct, the actual game is running on an emulator within an emulator… meaning that the game is running on the Genesis emulator which runs within the Vita PSP emulator.
60beat GamePad for iOS Launches
January 2, 2012 by Leave a Comment
60beat has launched a new games controller for iOS devices. The controller is called GamePad and is unique in that it uses the headphone port of any iOS device to function. As it uses a 3.5mm jack, all power is provided by the iPhone, iPad or iPod touch meaning that no charging/batteries are needed.
Fake Siri App for Android Pulled from Market
January 2, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Last week, an app for Android was released called Siri for Android. The app was fake although in order to try convince people to download it, the developer decided to call himself “Official App” and also use the official Siri icon as the Android version icon. When loading up the app is simply took users to Google Voice Actions.
Windows Phone Roadmap Gets Leaked
December 28, 2011 by Leave a Comment
What you see below is what is believed to be a leaked roadmap of Windows Phone and where Microsoft [MSFT] is taking it.
Facebook Timeline Support for iPad Rumoured for January Launch
December 28, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Facebook released Timeline to all desktop users in the middle of December. A few days later the universal iPhone/iPad app for Facebook was updated although Timeline was only given to iPhone users on this app update.
We now hear that by the end of January another update will happen which will allow iPad users to be able to use Timeline via the Facebook app.
iPhone 5 Likely to be Redesigned
December 28, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Rumours are heating up for the iPhone 5 launch. Although the date for launch isn’t known at the moment, it will likely be sometime from June to October of 2012 depending on if Apple [AAPL] have permanently changed the yearly cycle from June to October as done with the iPhone 4S. The latter month is more likely to be the launch month to make it around 5 – 6 months after the iPad 3 launch.
What we hear today, which also comes as no surprise, is that the iPhone 5 will be redesigned. Apple tend to do this with the iPhone… think 3G/3GS and 4/4S.
