• May 2013 - The Announcement of the Xbox One

    Its Now May 2013 and the Next Gen Console race is hotting up. Today May21st we have the announcement of the New Xbox One and details coming in all the time of the PS4. If your a fan of mobile phones then im sure you have already brought a Samsung Galaxy S4. If your after a WiiU then Target are selling the console at a decent £240.

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    UK PS4 launch set for 2013, ad lists 

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    Published on May 25th, 2013 00:13
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    Newspaper advert lists release of new console as this year

    A Sony ad for the PS4 in today’s issue of UK newspaper, the Metro, confirms a 2013 release for the machine.
    The ad, pictured by Future’s James Jarvis, carries a simple “Coming 2013” line at the bottom.

    Until now all signs had pointed to Sony being very, very keen on getting the console out in both Europe and America by the end of the year. This seems to serve as confirmation.
    Here’s the ad in full:


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    Kindle Fire HD 7 and 8.9 now available for pre-order in 'over 170 countries' 

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    Published on May 23rd, 2013 23:29
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    Amazon's Kindle Fire HD 7- and 8.9-inch slates have only seen limited shores since they were formally announced, but today the company said they're now available for pre-order in more than "170 countries and territories around the world." We could try and list all the new tablet markets, but it's easier to say that until now, they've only found spots in Amazon stores in the US, Europe and Japan. We're not surprised to see the hardware get a much wider release, given that the e-tailer revealed its plan to take the Appstore global last month. The only other nugget in the PR is an expected shipping date of June 13th. Head over to your local Amazon portal to confirm if your region is one of the lucky 170.
    Update: Amazon's issued a second PR saying those international plans for the Appstore are no longer plans -- it's now up and running in "nearly 200 countries."


    Pricing and Availability
    Kindle Fire HD 8.9” is available for preorder starting today for just $284 at www.amazon.com/global-kindle-fire-hd-8.9.
    Kindle Fire HD 7” is available for preorder starting today for just $214 at www.amazon.com/global-kindle-fire-hd.
    Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Fire HD 8.9” will be available for order and ship June 13 to customers in Ireland and Gibraltar fromwww.amazon.co.uk; for customers in Austria and Luxembourg from www.amazon.de; and for customers in Monaco fromwww.amazon.fr.
    Kindle Fire HD is also available at various retailers around the world. Customers can discover stores and location atwww.amazon.com/KindleRetailers.

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    AT&T to carry Samsung Galaxy S 4 in Aurora Red on June 14th 

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    Published on May 23rd, 2013 23:24
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    Looks like there are more smartphone-loving vampires than we first thought. Following Samsung's plans to offer the Galaxy S 4 in multiple new colors, AT&T has scored a US exclusive for the smartphone in a very distinctive Aurora Red. The crimson-hued Life Companion will be available for pre-order on May 24th, with retail stores getting their supply on June 14th. The lone disappointment is the capacity: AT&T is only offering red for the 16GB, $200 model. Still, we're happy that we won't have to wait for the Galaxy S 4 Active just to get a Samsung flagship in a livelier color.

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    Acer C7 Chromebook getting 16GB SSD option, keeping $199 price tag 

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    Published on May 23rd, 2013 23:22
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    Acer's C7 Chromebook is the cheapest way to get in on Google's cloud-OS party. But, it still ships a 320GB 5,400RPM drive. Truth be told, such a large amount of local storage is counter to the whole idea of Chrome OS -- not to mention that the slow spin introduces a certain amount of unwelcome lag. Thankfully the bargain-basement $199 laptop is about to get an SSD makeover, according to a listing at Best Buy. The official specs at the Google Play store still list the standard hard drive, but the big box shop has a model featuring 16GB of solid state storage. The updated C7 keeps the same affordable price point, though we have no idea when it might start shipping. Best Buy lists the Chromebook simply as "coming soon," with no estimated delivery date. From what we can see there are no other changes to the machine, so if you weren't a fan of the cheap construction before, don't expect that to change.

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    Cheap Firaxis bundle headlines Amazon Digital Mayhem sale 

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    Published on May 23rd, 2013 00:31
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    Amazon is bundling together three of Firaxis Games' most recent at a really low price. For $20, you can snag PC download codes of XCOM: Enemy Unknown,Civilization 5: Gold Edition – a definitive version with Gods and Kings and a bunch of other DLC – and Civilization 4: The Complete Edition, also including a host of DLC and extra goodies.

    The Firaxis bundle headlines Amazon's Digital Mayhem promotion, with other discounts spanning Telltale's The Walking Dead, Battlefield 3, BioShock, Mark of the Ninja and many more. The sale ends on May 31, so feel free to take your time perusing the hundreds of eligible discounts.

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    Cricket launching Galaxy S 4 on June 7th, starting at $55 down 

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    Published on May 22nd, 2013 23:49
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    The Galaxy S 4 is now readily available in the US, but it hasn't had much sway with the prepaid crowd so far. Cricket should be addressing that deficit soon, as it just narrowed down its launch of the Samsung flagship to June 7th. The contract-free carrier is making up for being late to the party with a low up front price: customers can plunk down $55 to start an installment plan rather than pay the GS4's full $600 cost in one shot. Would-be adopters will need to live in one of Cricket's LTE coverage areas to pick up a GS4, but those who do may get a rare discount on a (mostly) fresh device.
    http://www.mycricket.com/cell-phones

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    Namco Bandai scores #1 in Japanese charts 

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    wraggster
    Published on May 22nd, 2013 22:39
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    Summon Night 5 knocks Tomodachi Collection off the top spot
    This week it was no change in the hardware charts, but a brand new number one on the software chart for Namco Bandai with Summon Night 5 for the PSP.
    Hardware sales fell across the board but the 3DS XL still managed 24,123, more than enough to keep it ahead of its nearest rival, the original 3DS, by more than 10,000 units.

    1. 3DS XL - 24,123 (Last week - 33,351)
    2. 3DS - 13,001 (16,412)
    3. PlayStation 3 - 10,948 (12,793)
    4. PlayStation Vita - 10,931 (12,331)
    5. PSP - 6,524 (6,360)
    6. Wii U - 6,037 (7,974)
    7. Wii - 1,143 (1,506)
    8. Xbox 360 - 349 (485)

    There were two new entries in the top five on the software chart, with a new number one and PS3 game Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse debuting at five.

    1. [PSP] Summon Night 5 - 105,511 (New entry)
    2. [3DS] Tomodachi Collection: New Life - 63,055 (Lifetime sales -925,108)
    3. [3DS] Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon - 20,304 (712,225)
    4. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf - 16,492 (3,217,351)
    5. [PS3] Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse - 12,373 (New entry)


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    Xbox One wants to transform television – but why? 

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    Published on May 22nd, 2013 22:12
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    So now we know: the evolution will be televised. As had been heavily trailed, Microsoft’s Xbox One reveal in Redmond yesterday focused sharply on the importance of television, sports, and other forms of mainstream entertainment. The platform holder wants living room supremacy more than ever before, and hopes that Xbox One can become the definitive all-in-one box that various lumpen media centres haven’t.As a man who already watches a thrombosis-inducing amount of television, I’m not convinced. The nagging question I had as Yusuf Mehdi swiped, grabbed and panned his way around the UI was: what problem does this actually solve? During his segment there was a lovely moment of Orwellian doublespeak when he gleefully confirmed that switching channels is: “as fast as using your TV remote”. Non-problem solved.“It sounds simple and obvious, and it should be,” lamented Medhi, “but today it isn’t, because of the need to change inputs to get to live TV”. And so it continued. Problems were unconvincingly conjured and then fixed to the audience’s muted delight. When Mehdi asked what the biggest problem facing TV watchers was, I genuinely had no idea.The answer was, apparently, knowing what to watch. Microsoft’s solution was the Xbox One Guide, an admittedly swish-looking EPG, which coupled with ‘trending’ and ‘favourites’ areas, Microsoft hopes can… actually, I don’t know what’s it’s for. Is it for digital ingénues to discover that quite a lot of people like Game Of Thrones? For me to remind myself that I quite like Game Of Thrones?Perhaps there’s some logic to it, if the Xbox One’s functionality helps me unearth a show like Borgen, or a movie like Primer, or a band that’s equally worthy and intellectual – let’s say, The Knife – but wouldn’t I have already discovered these by dint of having friends with such wonderful taste, who I speak to on social media and, begrudgingly, in real life? Conversely, won’t the global trending area inevitably be full of the most populist mulch all day, every day? (Note: I say that as a fan of populist mulch, I just don’t need much help discovering it.) Or, to put it another way, there’s every chance Call Of Duty: Ghosts will be trending from launch until the eventual release of Call Of Duty: Djinns.

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    Sony unveils waterproof Xperia Tablet Z, pre-orders available from O2 

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    wraggster
    Published on May 22nd, 2013 21:46
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    Sony has announced that its new 10.1-inch Xperia Tablet Z will be released on May 30th.
    The Japanese firm claims the new device is the world’s slimmest tablet. It measures 6.9mm thick, weighs just 495 grams and has the same water-resistant capabilities as the Sony Xperia Z smartphone.
    The tablet runs Android 4.1.2 and is equipped with Qualcomm S4 Pro 1.5Ghz quad-core processor, 10.1-inch 1920x1200 touchscreen display, a 2GB RAM, 2MP front-facing camera and an 8MP rear-facing one.
    “Keeping with the promise to launch the Xperia Tablet Z in Q2 2013, Sony introduced the tablet extension of its flagship Android smartphone, the Xperia Z,” the company said in a media statement this morning.
    “The Xperia Tablet Z is a game-changer in terms of its design and diversity of communication and entertainment offerings,” commented Kazutoyo Araki, General Manager, IT Marketing Division, Sony Middle East and Africa.
    “From Sony’s innovative One-Touch technology to a slim, durable, waterproof exterior, the Xperia Tablet Z is an exemplary Android device that will help us remain a frontrunner in the industry. We know this from the incredible success of its predecessor, the Xperia Z, features of which have been seamlessly captured in the tablet.”
    O2 has today begun accepting pre-orders for the device and is offering the most expensive LTE model ahead of its 4G rollout later this year. This means consumers will have to pay out £499.99 for the tablet before signing up for a data tariff.
    O2 will ship orders on May 30th, as long as the device is ordered before 4pm on May 29th.

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    Xbox One pre-order notification is live: here's where to sign up 

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    wraggster
    Published on May 22nd, 2013 00:10
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    How much? When? Where? Who cares? If you aren't exactly interested in knowing how much the impending Xbox One will cost you -- let alone when it'll actually hit your doorstep -- you can sign up to be notified of your opportunity to pre-order the console right now. To be clear, this isn't a sign-up for a pre-order. It's just a sign-up to be notified of pre-orders officially opening up. So really, what's to lose? Hit the source link below in order to share your email address, and you'll get a $10 Microsoft online store credit for your trouble. (Or, you can hit the Amazon link for those needing an excuse to make better use of their Prime subscription.)

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