Smartphone users just don't know what they want. One of the biggest, loudest complaints about all-touchscreen phones like the iPhone is its lack of a hardware keyboard, and now a survey shows Pre users most want a soft keyboard.

The survey shows that users like the hardware keyboard but don't like sliding it out every time they want to type something. Certain Android devices have both soft and hardware keyboards, but they're very much in the minority. It's an interesting problem for Palm, whose rumored next WebOS device, the Eos, features a fixed hardware keyboard but a much smaller screen. Still, Palm wouldn't have too difficult a time updating the Pre's firmware with a soft keyboard—after all, Android did it already.

http://gizmodo.com/5312543/palm-pre-...creen-keyboard ...

News/release from UmbySpit93

First of all, scuse me for my "scholastic" english XD
now...
Today I release a new version of my HB, PSP X-SHELL 4.8.
Is a multifunction shell whit a spectacular grafic and useful function.

This is a changelog of this version:
Ufficial changelog:

Grafic
Added a inizial Boot.

Funzioni:
Added a recovery(bootable by pressing the R key during the execution of the boot)
Added a VSH Menù to enter in recovery even when it was Ingame
Added the English Language(selectable by the recovery)
Added the possibility to choose the style of the recovery(m33, GEN)
[Not been possible to add a file browser because it is full of bugs, will be added in next release]

Bug Fix:
Fixed a bug that did not allow the opening of the Browser and
the automatic upgrade.



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The JSS team, six months after the last release, it releases an update for PSPdisp, software that will turn your PSP into an additional monitor for PC with a resolution of 960X544. The program comes as version 0.3
Following the changelog, a video demo and the link to download.

Changelog v0.3:

Quote:

- Driver SlideShow for Windows Vista / 7
- Improved speed and reduced CPU utilization
- Reduced CPU load when using the display driver PSPdisp
- Rotation Available on PSP, does not increase the CPU utilization on the PC
- Completely renovated mode WLAN
- Added option to disable the streaming video
- New option that allows the switch to the PSP screen containing the mouse
- New command to display the on-screen keyboard on PSP
- New command to display the menu of PSPdisp at the current cursor position of the mouse
- It 's now possible to set a key combination and assign a button to PSP
- Settings for energy savings PSP
- It 's possible to set the frequency of the CPU of the PSP mode WLAN
- Streaming audio test

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A new Michael Jackson game was confirmed earlier this morning, but very few details about the project were released. Now it's revealed the game was to be as big as one of Jackson's albums.

David Perry, a legendary game designer (Earthworm Jim, Wild 9), told IGN he was working with Jackson on the new project and that the singer was hoping to capture a new audience.

"I was working with Michael on an idea to release a brand new album as a game. It was one of those "big" ideas and would have introduced millions of new players to the video game industry, that was the goal," Perry said.

"He was going to help promote it on a grand scale. We worked on a design and I even brought an industry friend up there to Neverland to help with the work. The timing was terrible however as this was when the 2nd round of allegations happened and everything went to a standstill.

Perry would continue on say he was thrilled to have been a part of the project and is glad the game will eventually see a release.

"That said, I'm really honored to have spent time with the guy, any gamer would get along with him, he really loved the same kind of stuff we do. I also was lucky as I was given free roam of Neverland and have played even his Moonwalker arcade machine, and watched movies in his theater," Perry added.

"I'm really happy to hear there's a game coming, it's sad he won't be able to really promote his love of gaming when it launches."

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Killzone fans will be getting a rather large dish of DLC sometime soon.

The new content offers tons of new features and gameplay fixes. Among them are two new multiplayer maps, weapons and trophies. Here is just a small taste, but check out the full list on Sony's official Playstation Blog,



Feature - Code support for DLC pack III "Napalm & Cordite". The update will enable players to create games with the newest maps "Suljeva Cliffside" and "Arctower Landing"


Feature - Code support for DLC to allow the additions of the Flamethrower and the Boltgun to multiplayer.


Trophies – New trophies added for DLC pack III "Napalm and Cordite".


Feature - Detailed information screen when browsing games. Items displayed include: Friendly Fire, Faction Balancing, Custom Weapons and Custom Badges as well as the region, game size, selected maps and allowed Missions and Badges.


Feature - Higher values for Bodycount mode. Players can now create games with 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 50, 100 and 200 points to increase the time of the mode for 32 player games.


Feature - Moderators can now create double-points events. ...

The hugely anticipated DS title Scribblenauts – developed by 5th Cell and published by Warner Bros. – has a simple but addictive concept: Write anything, solve everything. With stylus in hand players can hop into the game as pretty-boy Maxwell, and with a quick stroke of the pen (or click of the on-screen keyboard) enter in any noun and have it show up. The game has gained serious momentum since its debut, and with it exploding at E3, all eyes are on this innovative title.

Apparently "all eyes" includes the ESRB as well, and the result is some great reading. True, Scribblenauts is a perfect example of why the rating company needs to exist – if you can cover a baby in gasoline and then light it on fire, parents should know that – but as with all first-time players it's just as entertaining to watch as it is to actually interact with Scribble, as the ESRB's rating is as much a critique as a window into its warped soul. It's cold here. Very cold.

First off, the ESRB gave Scribble an E10+ rating. It's pretty expected, really. The game has guns, zombies, and Keyboard Cat; that's all pretty scary stuff. Check out the actual text provided with the game, however, and you're sure to have at least a couple good laughs:

" This is a puzzle game in which players navigate a series of traps, puzzles, and enemies to collect stars scattered throughout the colorful levels. Players have the ability to summon different objects by writing/typing in the word (e.g., bike, spaceship, lion) and watching it come to life. If multiple words are entered in a sequence, different whimsical scenarios can be triggered: a bicycle can be used to jump over a baby; a bulldozer can clear away a shark; and cabbage can be fed to dinosaurs. Players can elect to summon "cartoony" versions of bats, bombs, guns, and flamethrowers. These types of items can be used to destroy objects or even other summoned items (e.g., a club can be used to hit an animal; steak can be attached to a baby to attract lions; rockets can be lobbed at a man). These triggered animations are minimally depicted and are usually accompanied by popping, musical sound effects; bright, star-shaped flashes; or small puffs of smoke. If players wish to, they may type in the word vomit, which causes a beige-colored lump to appear on the screen."

Wait wait wait. We were with you when it came to things like bikes, spaceships, and even lions. But hitting animals with sticks? Covering a baby in meat so that predators attack it? Jumping a child with a bike? Firing rockets at people? Holy hell ESRB… why not calm down and take a break from the game for a little bit? Perhaps we can point you in the direction of a slew of younglings to curb your destructive desires? Maybe we can put down the videogames for just a little bit and go knock ice cream cones out of the hands of toddlers? Maybe go buy a few copies of Windows Vista to further fuel your evil tendencies?

We tease because we love though. Truth is, this is exactly why a company like the ESRB should exist, and if it isn't covering babies in meat and shoving the child into a pack of lions, someone else will. Someone like us, actually. In fact, forget all our ill-mannered blabber about your inner-evil, ESRB. Instead, hit us up and we'll tell you about a few other doozies that make what you did in Scribble look like a walk in the park. In the meantime though, how about we all take a nice deep breath, write "flowers" a few times, and then go hand "money" off to "bums" for a few play sessions, huh? There's only one way to heal this crazy world of ours, and it has to start in our hearts. Scribblenauts can help.

Can someone play that "we just made up at the end of the episode" tune from Full House please?

http://uk.ds.ign.com/articles/100/1002649p1.html ...

News/release from Pate

Hello!

I just released a Nintendo DS port of my 15 years old DOS game LineWars II as a public beta. It is called LineWarsDS. More info can be found on my LineWars web pages at http://linewars.patrickaalto.com/.

See screen copy here: http://linewars.patrickaalto.com/lwds.png

Thanks for reading, please let me know if you find any problems with the game! It has a couple of minor bugs, but they don't affect the game play, so I decided to release it already as a public beta.

Patrick "Pate" Aalto

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